This Week’s Birthdays – Week of September 5

September 5, 1946 – Freddie Mercury, British rock star.

September 6, 1757 – Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, French general.

September 7, 1707 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, mathematician, biologist, cosmologist and author.

September 8, 1922 – Sid Caesar, American comedian

September 9, Oliver Heywood, English banker and philanthropist.

September 10, 1659 – Henry Purcell, English composer (d. 1695)

September 11, 1885 – D. H. Lawrence, English novelist (d. 1930)