Sonny Rollins

Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins is an American former jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards. Rollins has been called "the greatest living improviser".

7 September 1930

Born on the same birth date (7 September 1930): Baudouin of Belgium • S. Sivanayagam

Born on the same birth day (7 September): Angela Gheorghiu • Buddy Holly • David Packard • Gene Pritsker • Gökhan Zan • James Van Allen • Jermaine Stewart • LeRoi Moore • Mammootty • Miranda (footballer, born 1984) • S. Sivanayagam • Tom Everett Scott • Uta Pippig • Vic Richardson

Born in the same month (September 1930): Allan Bloom • Angelo Muscat • Baudouin of Belgium • Bettye Lane • Cherry Wilder • Endel Lippmaa • Eugene I. Gordon • Immanuel Wallerstein • Jack Gaughan • Joe Brown (climber) • John Morgan (comedian) • John Tolos • Muhal Richard Abrams • Nguyễn Cao Kỳ • Robert Arneson • Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron • Romola Costantino • S. Sivanayagam • Saleh Selim • Sehba Akhtar • Shel Silverstein • T. S. Sinnathuray • Turgut Özakman