Famous Birthdays for May 9th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1147 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun (d. 1199)
• 1151 – al-Adid, last Fatimid caliph (d. 1171)^[8]
• 1540 – Maharana Pratap, Indian ruler (d. 1597)^[9]
• 1555 – Jerónima de la Asunción, Spanish Catholic nun and founder of the first monastery in Manila (d. 1630)^[10]
• 1594 – Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg, military leader in the Thirty Years' War (d. 1662)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1617 – Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (d. 1655)
• 1740 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (probable;^[11] d. 1816)
• 1746 – Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1818)^[12]
• 1763 – János Batsányi, Hungarian-Austrian poet and author (d. 1845)
• 1800 – John Brown, American activist (d. 1859)
• 1801 – Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded the town of Fleetwood (d. 1866)
• 1814 – John Brougham, Irish-American actor and playwright (d. 1880)
• 1823 – Frederick Weld, English-New Zealand politician, 6th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1891)
• 1824 – Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist and author (d. 1896)
• 1825 – James Collinson, Victorian painter (d. 1881)
• 1836 – Ferdinand Monoyer, French ophthalmologist, invented the Monoyer chart (d. 1912)
• 1837 – Adam Opel, German engineer, founded the Opel Company (d. 1895)
• 1845 – Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer and businessman (d. 1913)
• 1850 – Edward Weston, English-American chemist (d. 1936)
• 1855 – Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer (d. 1932)
• 1860 – J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (d. 1937)
• 1866 – Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian economist and politician (d. 1915)
• 1870 – Harry Vardon, British golfer (d. 1937)
• 1873 – Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933)
• 1874 – Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (d. 1939)
• 1882 – George Barker, American painter (d. 1965)
• 1882 – Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards (d. 1967)
• 1883 – José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic (d. 1955)
• 1884 – Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor (d. 1917)
• 1885 – Gianni Vella, Maltese artist (d. 1977)^[13]
• 1888 – Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot (d. 1918)
• 1888 – Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (d. 1964)
• 1892 – Zita of Bourbon-Parma, last Empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1989)
• 1893 – William Moulton Marston, American psychologist and author (d. 1947)
• 1894 – Benjamin Graham, British-American economist, professor, and investor (d. 1976)^[14]
• 1895 – Richard Barthelmess, American actor (d. 1963)
• 1895 – Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961)
• 1895 – Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (d. 1989)
• 1896 – Richard Day, Canadian-American art director and set decorator (d. 1972)
• 1900 – Maria Malicka, Polish stage and film actress (d. 1992)^[15]

1901–present[edit]

• 1904 – Conrad Bernier, Canadian-American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1988)
• 1905 – Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist (d. 1998)^[16]
• 1906 – Eleanor Estes, American librarian, author, and illustrator (d. 1988)
• 1907 – Jackie Grant, Trinidadian cricketer (d. 1978)
• 1907 – Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist and author (d. 1976)
• 1907 – Baldur von Schirach, German politician (d. 1974)
• 1909 – Don Messer, Canadian violinist (d. 1973)
• 1909 – Gordon Bunshaft, American architect, designed the Solow Building (d. 1990)
• 1911 – Harry Simeone, American music arranger, conductor, and composer (d. 2005)
• 1912 – Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963)
• 1912 – Per Imerslund, Norwegian-German soldier and author (d. 1943)
• 1912 – Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990)
• 1914 – Patricia Swift Blalock, American librarian (d.2011)^[17]
• 1914 – Denham Fouts, American prostitute (d. 1948)
• 1914 – Thanat Khoman, Thai politician and diplomat (d. 2016)
• 1914 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor and director (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Hank Snow, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
• 1916 – William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (d. 1993)
• 1917 – Fay Kanin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Moisis Michail Bourlas, Greek soldier and educator (d. 2011)
• 1918 – Orville Freeman, American soldier and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Agriculture (d. 2003)
• 1918 – Mike Wallace, American journalist, media personality and one-time game show host (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Clifford Chadderton, Canadian soldier and journalist (d. 2013)^[18]
• 1920 – William Tenn, English-American author and academic (d. 2010)^[19]
• 1920 – Richard Adams, English novelist (d. 2016)
• 1921 – Daniel Berrigan, American priest, poet, and activist (d. 2016)
• 1921 – Sophie Scholl, German activist (d. 1943)
• 1921 – Mona Van Duyn, American poet and academic (d. 2004)
• 1923 – Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer, poet, and author (d. 1997)
• 1926 – John Middleton Murry, Jr., English soldier, pilot, and author (d. 2002)
• 1927 – Manfred Eigen, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)
• 1928 – Ralph Goings, American painter (d. 2016)
• 1928 – Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (d. 1995)
• 1928 – Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Joan Sims, English actress (d. 2001)
• 1930 – Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan historian and linguist (d. 2010)
• 1931 – Vance D. Brand, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut
• 1932 – Conrad Hunte, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1999)
• 1932 – Geraldine McEwan, English actress (d. 2015)^[20]
• 1934 – Alan Bennett, English screenwriter, playwright, and novelist
• 1935 – Nokie Edwards, American guitarist (d. 2018)
• 1935 – Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator (d. 1988)
• 1936 – Terry Downes, British boxer and former world middle-weight champion (d. 2017)
• 1936 – Albert Finney, English actor (d. 2019)
• 1936 – Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician
• 1937 – Sonny Curtis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1937 – Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect, designed the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and Valladolid Science Museum
• 1937 – Dave Prater, American singer (d. 1988)
• 1938 – Charles Simić, Serbian-American poet and editor
• 1939 – Ralph Boston, American long jumper
• 1939 – Ion Țiriac, Romanian tennis player and manager
• 1939 – Ken Warby, Australian motorboat racer
• 1939 – Giorgio Zancanaro, Italian baritone
• 1939 – John Ogbu, Nigerian-American anthropologist and professor (d. 2003)
• 1940 – James L. Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 – Dorothy Hyman, English sprinter
• 1941 – Danny Rapp, American musician (d. 1983)
• 1942 – John Ashcroft, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General
• 1942 – Tommy Roe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 – Vince Cable, English economist and politician, former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
• 1943 – Anders Isaksson, Swedish historian and journalist (d. 2009)
• 1943 – Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (d. 2014)
• 1944 – Richie Furay, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 – Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian journalist and author (d. 2015)
• 1945 – Jupp Heynckes, German footballer and manager
• 1945 – Steve Katz, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1946 – Candice Bergen, American actress and producer
• 1946 – Ayşe Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist (d. 2002)
• 1947 – Yukiya Amano, Japanese diplomat (d. 2019)
• 1948 – Hans Georg Bock, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic
• 1948 – John Mahaffey, American golfer
• 1948 – Steven W. Mosher, American social scientist and author
• 1948 – Calvin Murphy, American basketball player and radio host
• 1949 – Billy Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1949 – Richard S. Williamson, American lawyer and diplomat, 17th Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (d. 2013)
• 1951 – Alley Mills, American actress
• 1951 – Joy Harjo, American poet, musician, playwright and author, 23rd United States Poet Laureate^[21]
• 1953 – Bruno Brokken, Belgian high jumper
• 1955 – Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (d. 2012)
• 1955 – Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish soprano and actress
• 1956 – Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress and producer
• 1956 – Jana Wendt, Australian television host
• 1958 – Graham Smith, Canadian swimmer
• 1959 – Andrew Jones, New Zealand cricketer
• 1960 – Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1961 – Sean Altman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 – John Corbett, American actor
• 1962 – Dave Gahan, English singer-songwriter
• 1962 – Paul Heaton, English singer-songwriter
• 1963 – Joe Cirella, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 – Ken Nomura, Japanese race car driver and sportscaster
• 1965 – Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1966 – Mark Tinordi, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 – Masahiko Harada, Japanese ski jumper
• 1968 – Graham Harman, American philosopher and academic
• 1968 – Ruth Kelly, British economist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1968 – Marie-José Pérec, French sprinter^[22]
• 1968 – Neil Ruddock, English international footballer and television personality^[23]
• 1970 – Doug Christie, American basketball player
• 1970 – Hao Haidong, Chinese footballer^[24]
• 1970 – Ghostface Killah, American rapper and actor
• 1971 – Jason Lee, English footballer and manager
• 1971 – Dan Chiasson, American poet and critic
• 1972 – Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and singer
• 1973 – Tegla Loroupe, Kenyan runner
• 1973 – Leonard Myles-Mills, Ghanaian sprinter
• 1975 – Tamia, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1975 – Brian Deegan, American motocross rider
• 1977 – Averno, Mexican wrestler
• 1977 – Marek Jankulovski, Czech footballer
• 1977 – Svein Tuft, Canadian cyclist
• 1978 – Leandro Cufré, Argentinian footballer
• 1978 – Santiago Dellapè, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 1978 – Aaron Harang, American baseball player
• 1978 – Marwan al-Shehhi, Emirati terrorist (d. 2001)
• 1979 – Pierre Bouvier, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 – Rosario Dawson, American actress
• 1979 – Andrew W.K., American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, motivational speaker, and music producer
• 1980 – Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
• 1980 – Angela Nikodinov, American figure skater
• 1980 – Tony Schmidt, German race car driver
• 1980 – Jo Hyun-jae, South Korean actor
• 1981 – Bill Murphy, American baseball player
• 1981 – Evangelos Tsiolis, Greek footballer
• 1983 – Giacomo Brichetto, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Alan Campbell, British sculler
• 1983 – Christos Marangos, Cypriot footballer
• 1983 – Ryuhei Matsuda, Japanese actor
• 1983 – Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player
• 1983 – Tyler Lumsden, American baseball player
• 1983 – Leandro Rinaudo, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Prince Fielder, American baseball player
• 1984 – Chase Headley, American baseball player
• 1985 – Jake Long, American football player
• 1985 – Henrique Andrade Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 – Scott Bolton, Australian rugby league player
• 1987 – Kevin Gameiro, French footballer
• 1987 – Vitaliy Pushkar, Ukrainian race car driver
• 1988 – J. R. Fitzpatrick, Canadian race car driver
• 1989 – Ellen White, English footballer
• 1991 – Majlinda Kelmendi, Kosovar judoka
• 1992 – Dan Burn, English footballer^[25]
• 1995 – Tommy Edman, American baseball player^[26]
• 1996 – Saron Läänmäe, Estonian footballer
• 1996 – Grace Reid, Scottish diver^[27]