José María Morelos

José María Teclo Morelos Pérez y Pavón was a Mexican Catholic priest, statesman and military leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811.

30 September 1765

Born on the same birth day (30 September): Adam Jones (American football) • Ben Phillips (cricketer) • Carlos Guillén • Cissy Houston • Crystal Bernard • David Barbe • Emmanuelle Houdart • Jay Asher • John Drew (basketball) • John Lombardo • Julia Adamson • Jurek Becker • Marion Cotillard • Markus Burger • Ta-Nehisi Coates • Wayne Selden Jr.

Born in the same month (September 1765): Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille • Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg • Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage • Paolo Ruffini • Pope Gregory XVI • Pope Gregory XVI