Nap Lajoie

Napoléon "Nap" Lajoie, also known as Larry Lajoie, was an American professional baseball second baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "the Frenchman", he represented both Philadelphia franchises and the Cleveland Naps, the latter of which he became the namesake of, and from 1905 through 1909, the player-manager.

5 September 1874

Born on the same birth day (5 September): Alexandre Geijo • Colt McCoy • Davion Mitchell • Dennis Letts • Elena Delle Donne • Frederick Kempe • Gilbert Remulla • John Shortland • Maria of Jever • Mariko Kouda • Minoru Fujita • Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy • Peter Winnen • Rosie Cooper • Salvatore Mastronunzio • Stacey Dales • Sören Nordin • Werner Erhard • Werner Herzog

Born in the same month (September 1874): Arnold Schoenberg • Charles Vyner Brooke • Gustav Holst • Henry F. Ashurst • Lewis Hine • Mamie Dillard • Samuel Rocke • Walter Murdoch