Famous Birthdays for April 9th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1096 – Al-Muqtafi, caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate (d. 1160)^[12]
• 1285 – Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, Emperor Renzong of Yuan (d. 1320)
• 1458 – Camilla Battista da Varano, Italian saint (d. 1524)
• 1498 – Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (d. 1550)
• 1586 – Julius Henry, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1665)
• 1597 – John Davenport, English minister, co-founded the New Haven Colony (d. 1670)
• 1598 – Johann Crüger, Sorbian-German composer and theorist (d. 1662)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1624 – Henrik Rysensteen, Dutch military engineer (d. 1679)
• 1627 – Johann Caspar Kerll, German organist and composer (d. 1693)
• 1634 – Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau (d. 1696)
• 1648 – Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)
• 1649 – James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (d. 1685)
• 1654 – Samuel Fritz, Czech Jesuit missionary to South America (d. 1725?)
• 1680 – Philippe Néricault Destouches, French playwright (d. 1754)
• 1686 – James Craggs the Younger, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1721)
• 1691 – Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar and academic (d. 1761)
• 1717 – Georg Matthias Monn, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1750)
• 1770 – Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (d. 1831)
• 1773 – Étienne Aignan, French author and academic (d. 1824)
• 1794 – Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer (d. 1881)
• 1802 – Elias Lönnrot, Finnish physician and philologist (d. 1884)
• 1806 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English engineer, designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge (d. 1859)
• 1807 – James Bannerman, Scottish theologian and academic (d. 1868)
• 1821 – Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (d. 1867)
• 1830 – Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer and cinematographer (d. 1904)
• 1835 – Leopold II of Belgium (d. 1909)
• 1835 – Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (d. 1913)
• 1846 – Paolo Tosti, Italian-English composer and educator (d. 1916)
• 1848 – Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz, Spanish Augustinian Recollect priest and saint (d. 1906)
• 1865 – Erich Ludendorff, German general and politician (d. 1937)
• 1865 – Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Polish-American mathematician and engineer (d. 1923)
• 1867 – Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1941)
• 1867 – Charles Winckler, Danish tug of war competitor, discus thrower, and shot putter (d. 1932)
• 1872 – Léon Blum, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1950)
• 1875 – Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and author (d. 1912)
• 1880 – Jan Letzel, Czech architect (d. 1925)
• 1882 – Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1946)
• 1882 – Otz Tollen, German actor (d. 1965)
• 1883 – Frank King, American cartoonist (d. 1969)
• 1887 – Konrad Tom, Polish actor, writer, singer, and director (d. 1957)
• 1888 – Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American talent manager (d. 1974)
• 1893 – Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (d.1967)
• 1893 – Victor Gollancz, English publisher, founded Victor Gollancz Ltd (d. 1967)
• 1893 – Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian linguist, author, and scholar (d. 1963)
• 1895 – Mance Lipscomb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
• 1895 – Michel Simon, Swiss-French actor (d. 1975)
• 1897 – John B. Gambling, American radio host (d. 1974)
• 1898 – Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach (d. 1965)
• 1898 – Paul Robeson, American singer, actor, and activist (d. 1976)
• 1900 – Allen Jenkins, American actor and singer (d. 1974)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Jean Bruchési, Canadian historian and author (d. 1979)
• 1901 – Paul Willis, American actor and director (d. 1960)
• 1902 – Théodore Monod, French explorer and scholar (d. 2000)
• 1903 – Ward Bond, American actor (d. 1960)^[13]
• 1904 – Sharkey Bonano, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1972)
• 1905 – J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician (d. 1995)
• 1906 – Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress (d. 1996)
• 1906 – Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (d. 1988)
• 1906 – Hugh Gaitskell, British politician and leader of the Labour Party (d. 1963)
• 1906 – Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Joseph Krumgold, American author and screenwriter (d. 1980)
• 1908 – Paula Nenette Pepin, French composer, pianist and lyricist (d. 1990)^[14]
• 1909 – Robert Helpmann, Australian dancer, actor, and choreographer (d. 1986)
• 1910 – Abraham A. Ribicoff, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (d. 1998)
• 1912 – Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic (d. 1997)
• 1915 – Daniel Johnson Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (d. 1968)
• 1916 – Julian Dash, American swing music jazz tenor saxophonist (d. 1974)
• 1916 – Heinz Meyer, German Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) during World War II (d. 1987)
• 1916 – Bill Leonard, American journalist (d. 1994)
• 1917 – Johannes Bobrowski, German songwriter and poet (d. 1965)
• 1917 – Ronnie Burgess, Welsh international footballer and manager (d. 2005)^[15]
• 1917 – Brad Dexter, American actor (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Henry Hewes, American theater writer (d. 2006)^[16]
• 1918 – Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (d. 2008)
• 1919 – J. Presper Eckert, American engineer, invented the ENIAC (d. 1995)
• 1921 – Jean-Marie Balestre, French businessman (d. 2008)
• 1921 – Yitzhak Navon, Israeli politician (d. 2015)
• 1921 – Frankie Thomas, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Mary Jackson, African-American mathematician and aerospace engineer (d. 2005)^[17]
• 1922 – Carl Amery, German author and activist (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Leonard Levy, American historian and author (d. 2006)
• 1924 – Arthur Shaw, English professional footballer (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Virginia Gibson, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Art Kane, American photographer (d. 1995)
• 1926 – Gerry Fitt, Northern Irish soldier and politician; British life peer (d. 2005)
• 1926 – Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founded Playboy Enterprises (d. 2017)^[18]
• 1926 – Harris Wofford, American politician, author, and civil rights activist (d. 2019)^[19]
• 1927 – Tiny Hill, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2019)
• 1928 – Paul Arizin, American basketball player (d. 2006)
• 1928 – Tom Lehrer, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and mathematician
• 1929 – Sharan Rani Backliwal, Indian sarod player and scholar (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Fred Hollows, New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist (d. 1993)
• 1929 – Paule Marshall, American author and academic (d. 2019)
• 1930 – Nathaniel Branden, Canadian-American psychotherapist and author (d. 2014)
• 1930 – F. Albert Cotton, American chemist and academic (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Jim Fowler, American zoologist and television host (d. 2019)
• 1930 – Wallace McCain, Canadian businessman, founded McCain Foods (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Richard Hatfield, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Premier of New Brunswick (d. 1991)
• 1932 – Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (d. 2006)
• 1932 – Peter Moores, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016)
• 1932 – Carl Perkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
• 1933 – Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor and producer (d. 2021)
• 1933 – René Burri, Swiss photographer and journalist (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Fern Michaels, American author
• 1933 – Richard Rose, American political scientist and academic
• 1933 – Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor (d. 1994)
• 1934 – Bill Birch, New Zealand surveyor and politician, 38th New Zealand Minister of Finance
• 1934 – Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle racer (d. 1962)
• 1934 – Mariya Pisareva, Russian high jumper
• 1935 – Aulis Sallinen, Finnish composer and academic
• 1935 – Avery Schreiber, American actor and comedian (d. 2002)
• 1936 – Jerzy Maksymiuk, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1936 – Valerie Solanas, American radical feminist author, attempted murderer (d. 1988)
• 1937 – Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge
• 1937 – Marty Krofft, Canadian screenwriter and producer
• 1937 – Valerie Singleton, English television and radio host
• 1938 – Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian businessman and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2010)
• 1939 – Michael Learned, American actress
• 1940 – Hans-Joachim Reske, German sprinter
• 1940 – Jim Roberts, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1941 – Kay Adams, American singer-songwriter
• 1941 – Hannah Gordon, Scottish actress^[20]
• 1942 – Brandon deWilde, American actor (d. 1972)
• 1942 – Margo Smith, American singer-songwriter
• 1943 – Leila Khaled, Palestinian activist
• 1943 – Terry Knight, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2004)
• 1943 – Clive Sullivan, Welsh rugby league player (d. 1985)^[21]
• 1944 – Joe Brinkman, American baseball player and umpire
• 1944 – Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg, German shot putter
• 1945 – Steve Gadd, American drummer and percussionist^[22]
• 1946 – Nate Colbert, American baseball player^[23]
• 1946 – Alan Knott, English cricketer^[24]
• 1946 – Sara Parkin, Scottish activist and politician^[25]
• 1946 – David Webb, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 1947 – Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Italian economist and academic
• 1948 – Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician
• 1948 – Tito Gómez, Puerto Rican salsa singer (d. 2007)^[26]
• 1948 – Michel Parizeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1948 – Patty Pravo, Italian singer
• 1949 – Tony Cragg, English sculptor
• 1952 – Robert Clark, American author
• 1952 – Bruce Robertson, New Zealand rugby player
• 1952 – Tania Tsanaklidou, Greek singer and actress
• 1953 – John Howard, English singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1953 – Hal Ketchum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
• 1953 – Stephen Paddock, American mass murderer responsible for the 2017 Las Vegas shooting (d. 2017)
• 1954 – Ken Kalfus, American journalist and author
• 1954 – Dennis Quaid, American actor
• 1954 – Iain Duncan Smith, British soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• 1955 – Yamina Benguigui, Algerian-French director and politician
• 1955 – Joolz Denby, English poet and author
• 1956 – Miguel Ángel Russo, Argentinian footballer and coach
• 1956 – Nigel Shadbolt, English computer scientist and academic
• 1956 – Vahur Sova, Estonian architect
• 1956 – Marina Zoueva, Russian ice dancer and coach
• 1957 – Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer and architect (d. 2011)
• 1957 – Martin Margiela, Belgian fashion designer
• 1957 – Jamie Redfern, English-born Australian television presenter and pop singer
• 1958 – Nadey Hakim, British-Lebanese surgeon and sculptor^[27]
• 1958 – Tony Sibson, English boxer
• 1958 – Nigel Slater, English food writer and author
• 1959 – Bernard Jenkin, English businessman and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
• 1960 – Jaak Aab, Estonian educator and politician, Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia
• 1961 – Mark Kelly, Irish keyboard player
• 1961 – Kirk McCaskill, Canadian-American baseball and hockey player
• 1962 – John Eaves, American production designer and illustrator
• 1962 – Ihor Podolchak, Ukrainian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Imran Sherwani, English field hockey player
• 1962 – Jeff Turner, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1963 – Marc Jacobs, American-French fashion designer
• 1963 – Joe Scarborough, American journalist, lawyer, and politician
• 1964 – Rob Awalt, German-American football player
• 1964 – Juliet Cuthbert, Jamaican sprinter
• 1964 – Peter Penashue, Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
• 1964 – Margaret Peterson Haddix, American author
• 1964 – Rick Tocchet, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 – Helen Alfredsson, Swedish golfer
• 1965 – Paulina Porizkova, Czech-born Swedish-American model and actress
• 1965 – Jeff Zucker, American businessman
• 1965 – Mark Pellegrino, American actor^[28]
• 1966 – John Hammond, English weather forecaster
• 1966 – Cynthia Nixon, American actress
• 1967 – Natascha Engel, German-English translator and politician
• 1967 – Sam Harris, American author, philosopher, and neuroscientist
• 1968 – Jay Chandrasekhar, American actor, comedian, writer and director
• 1969 – Barnaby Kay, English actor
• 1969 – Linda Kisabaka, German runner
• 1970 – Chorão, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 1971 – Peter Canavan, Irish footballer and manager
• 1971 – Leo Fortune-West, English footballer and manager
• 1971 – Austin Peck, American actor
• 1971 – Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver
• 1972 – Bernard Ackah, German-Japanese martial artist and kick-boxer
• 1972 – Siiri Vallner, Estonian architect
• 1974 – Megan Connolly, Australian actress (d. 2001)
• 1974 – Jenna Jameson, American actress and pornographic performer
• 1975 – Robbie Fowler, English footballer and manager
• 1975 – David Gordon Green, American director and screenwriter
• 1976 – Kyle Peterson, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1977 – Gerard Way, American singer-songwriter and comic book writer
• 1978 – Kousei Amano, Japanese actor
• 1978 – Jorge Andrade, Portuguese footballer
• 1978 – Rachel Stevens, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1979 – Jeff Reed, American football player
• 1979 – Keshia Knight Pulliam, American actress
• 1980 – Sarah Ayton, English sailor
• 1980 – Luciano Galletti, Argentinian footballer
• 1980 – Albert Hammond Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 – Milan Bartovič, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1981 – A. J. Ellis, American baseball player
• 1981 – Ireneusz Jeleń, Polish footballer
• 1981 – Dennis Sarfate, American baseball player
• 1981 – Eric Harris, American mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999)
• 1982 – Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor
• 1982 – Carlos Hernández, Costa Rican footballer
• 1982 – Kathleen Munroe, Canadian-American actress
• 1983 – Ryan Clark, Australian actor
• 1984 – Habiba Ghribi, Tunisian runner^[29]
• 1984 – Adam Loewen, Canadian baseball player
• 1984 – Óscar Razo, Mexican footballer
• 1985 – Antonio Nocerino, Italian footballer
• 1985 – David Robertson, American baseball player
• 1986 – Mike Hart, American football player
• 1986 – Leighton Meester, American actress
• 1987 – Kassim Abdallah, French-Comorian footballer
• 1987 – Graham Gano, American football player
• 1987 – Craig Mabbitt, American singer
• 1987 – Jesse McCartney, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1987 – Jarrod Mullen, Australian rugby league player
• 1987 – Jazmine Sullivan, American singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Jeremy Metcalfe, English racing driver
• 1989 – Danielle Kahle, American figure skater
• 1990 – Kristen Stewart, American actress
• 1990 – Ryan Williams, American football player
• 1991 – Gai Assulin, Israeli footballer^[30]
• 1991 – Ryan Kelly, American basketball player
• 1991 – Mary Killman, American synchronized swimmer
• 1992 – Joshua Ledet, American singer
• 1994 – Joey Pollari, American actor
• 1995 – Domagoj Bošnjak, Croatian basketball player
• 1995 – Robert Bauer, German-Kazakhstani footballer
• 1995 – Demi Vermeulen, Dutch Paralympic equestrian^[31]
• 1996 – Jayden Brailey, Australian rugby league player^[32]
• 1996 – Giovani Lo Celso, Argentinian international footballer^[33]
• 1998 – Elle Fanning, American actress^[34]
• 1999 – Montero Lamar Hill, American rapper^[35]
• 2000 – Jackie Evancho, American singer^[36]
• 2004 – Thomas Simons, British YouTuber and Twitch streamer^[37]