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September 30

Biographies: September 30

Featured Biography Elie Wiesel

The works of Romanian-born Jewish writer Elie Wiesel, who was born this day in 1928 and received the 1986 Nobel Prize for Peace, provide a sober yet passionate testament of the destruction of Europe’s Jews in the Holocaust.

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February 16, 1903 — September 30, 1978

Edgar Bergen

Edgar Bergen was an American ventriloquist and radio comedian whose...

September 30, 1922 — August 27, 2006

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Hrishikesh Mukherjee was an Indian filmmaker who, in a Bollywood career...

1559 — September 30, 1626

Nurhachi

Nurhachi was a chieftain of the Jianzhou Juchen, a Manchurian tribe,...

September 30, 1732 — April 9, 1804

Jacques Necker

Jacques Necker was a Swiss banker and director general of finance...

September 30, 1951 —

Barry J. Marshall

Barry J. Marshall is an Australian physician who won, with J. Robin...

September 30, 1765 — December 22, 1815

José María Morelos

José María Morelos was a revolutionary priest who assumed leadership...

September 30, 1908 — October 24, 1974

David Oistrakh

David Oistrakh was a world-renowned Soviet violin virtuoso acclaimed...

Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl, Viscount St. Pierre

September 30, 1832 — November 14, 1914

Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts

Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts was a British field marshal,...