Famous Birthdays for June 9th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1016 – Deokjong of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 1034)
• 1424 – Blanche II of Navarre (d. 1464)
• 1580 – Daniel Heinsius, Belgian poet and scholar (d. 1655)
• 1588 – Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (d. 1666)
• 1595 – Władysław IV Vasa, Polish king (d. 1648)
• 1597 – Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Dutch painter (d. 1665)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1640 – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1705)
• 1661 – Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)
• 1672 – Peter the Great, Russian emperor (d. 1725)
• 1686 – Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1747)
• 1696 – Shiva Rajaram, infant Chattrapati of the Maratha Empire (d. 1726)
• 1732 – Giuseppe Demachi, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1791)
• 1754 – Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth, English general and politician, Governor of Barbados (d. 1815)
• 1768 – Samuel Slater, English-American engineer and businessman (d. 1835)
• 1781 – George Stephenson, English engineer, designed the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (d. 1848)
• 1810 – Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor (d. 1849)
• 1812 – Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer and academic (d. 1910)
• 1836 – Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and politician (d. 1917)
• 1837 – Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie, English author (d. 1919)
• 1842 – Hazard Stevens, American military officer, mountaineer, politician and writer (d. 1918)
• 1843 – Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
• 1845 – Frank Norton, American baseball player (d. 1920)
• 1849 – Michael Ancher, Danish painter and academic (d. 1927)
• 1851 – Charles Joseph Bonaparte, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Attorney General (d. 1921)
• 1861 – Pierre Duhem, French physicist, mathematician, and historian (d. 1916)
• 1861 – Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, Russian-German chemist and physicist (d. 1938)
• 1864 – Jeanne Bérangère, French actress (d. 1928)
• 1865 – Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (d. 1914)
• 1865 – Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1931)
• 1868 – Jane Avril, French model and dancer (d. 1943)
• 1874 – Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter and wrestler (d. 1930)
• 1875 – Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
• 1879 – Harry DeBaecke, American rower (d. 1961)
• 1882 – Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (d. 1963)
• 1885 – Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Polish general and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Poland (d. 1962)
• 1890 – Leslie Banks, English actor, director, and producer (d. 1952)
• 1891 – Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (d. 1964)
• 1893 – Irish Meusel, American baseball player and coach (d. 1963)
• 1895 – Archie Weston, American football player and journalist (d. 1981)
• 1898 – Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (d. 1952)
• 1900 – Fred Waring, American singer, bandleader, and television host (d. 1984)

1901–present[edit]

• 1902 – Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1969)
• 1903 – Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (d. 1953)
• 1903 – Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (d. 1996)
• 1906 – Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and businessman, founded Repository for Germinal Choice (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Luis Kutner, American lawyer, author, and activist (d. 1993)
• 1908 – Branch McCracken, American basketball player and coach (d. 1970)
• 1910 – Robert Cummings, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1990)
• 1910 – Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (d. 1984)
• 1912 – Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970)
• 1915 – Jim McDonald, American football player and coach (d. 1997)
• 1915 – Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Jurij Brězan, German soldier and author (d. 2006)
• 1916 – Siegfried Graetschus, German SS officer (d. 1943)
• 1916 – Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2009)
• 1917 – Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (d. 2012)
• 1918 – John Hospers, American philosopher and politician (d. 2011)
• 1921 – Arthur Hertzberg, American rabbi and scholar (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Jean Lacouture, French journalist, historian, and author (d. 2015)
• 1922 – George Axelrod, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 1922 – Hein Eersel, Surinamese linguist and Minister of Education^[4] (d. 2022)
• 1922 – John Gillespie Magee Jr., Anglo-American pilot and poet (d. 1941)
• 1922 – Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist and academic (d. 1988)
• 1923 – Gerald Götting, German politician (d. 2015)
• 1924 – Ed Farhat, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003)
• 1925 – Keith Laumer, American soldier and author (d. 1993)
• 1925 – Herman Sarkowsky, German-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Seattle Seahawks (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American singer and bass player (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, 31st Second Lady of the United States (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Jim Nolan, American basketball player (d. 1983)
• 1928 – R. Geraint Gruffydd, Welsh critic and academic (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Johnny Ace, American singer and pianist (d. 1954)
• 1930 – Barbara, French singer (d. 1997)
• 1930 – Jordi Pujol, Spanish physician and politician, 126th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
• 1931 – Jackie Mason, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2021)
• 1931 – Nandini Satpathy, Indian author and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Odisha (d. 2006)
• 1931 – Bill Virdon, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1933 – Al Cantello, American javelin thrower and coach
• 1934 – Michael Mates, English colonel and politician
• 1934 – Jackie Wilson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
• 1935 – Dutch Savage, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Nell Dunn, English playwright, screenwriter and author^[5]
• 1936 – Mick O'Dwyer, Irish Gaelic footballer and manager
• 1936 – George Radda, Hungarian chemist and academic
• 1937 – Harald Rosenthal, German hydrobiologist and academic
• 1938 – Jeremy Hardie, English economist and businessman
• 1938 – Giles Havergal, Scottish actor, director, and playwright
• 1938 – Charles Wuorinen, American composer and educator (d. 2020)
• 1939 – Ileana Cotrubaș, Romanian soprano and actress
• 1939 – Eric Fernie, Scottish historian and academic
• 1939 – David Hobbs, English race car driver and sportscaster
• 1939 – Dick Vitale, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1939 – Charles Webb, American author (d. 2020)
• 1940 – André Vallerand, Canadian businessman and politician
• 1941 – Jon Lord, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2012)
• 1942 – Anton Burghardt, German footballer and manager
• 1942 – Nicholas Lloyd, English journalist
• 1943 – John Fitzpatrick, English race car driver
• 1943 – Charles Saatchi, Iraqi-English businessman, co-founded Saatchi & Saatchi
• 1944 – Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon, English accountant and politician
• 1944 – Wally Gabler, American football player and sportscaster
• 1946 – Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Point (d. 2004)
• 1946 – James Kelman, Scottish author and playwright
• 1946 – Peter Kilfoyle, English politician
• 1946 – Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, Italian politician and diplomat, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1947 – Robert Indermaur, Swiss painter
• 1947 – Robbie Vincent, UK disc jockey and radio presenter
• 1948 – Jim Bailey, American football player
• 1948 – Gudrun Schyman, Swedish social worker and politician
• 1949 – Kiran Bedi, Indian police officer and activist
• 1950 – Trevor Bolder, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2013)
• 1950 – Fred Jackson, American football player and coach
• 1950 – Giorgos Kastrinakis, Greek-American basketball player
• 1951 – Michael Patrick Cronan, American graphic designer and academic (d. 2013)
• 1951 – James Newton Howard, American composer, conductor, and producer
• 1951 – Dave Parker, American baseball player and coach
• 1951 – Brian Taylor, American basketball player
• 1952 – Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
• 1952 – Billy Knight, American basketball player
• 1953 – Ken Navarro, Italian-American guitarist and composer
• 1954 – Pete Byrne, English singer-songwriter
• 1954 – Paul Chapman, Welsh guitarist and songwriter (d. 2020)
• 1954 – Gregory Maguire, American author
• 1954 – Elizabeth May, American-Canadian environmentalist, lawyer, and politician
• 1954 – George Pérez, American author and illustrator (d. 2022)
• 1956 – Berit Aunli, Norwegian skier
• 1956 – Patricia Cornwell, American journalist and author
• 1956 – Marek Gazdzicki, Polish nuclear physicist
• 1956 – Joaquín, Spanish footballer
• 1956 – John Le Lievre, British squash player (d. 2021)
• 1956 – Kayhan Mortezavi, Iranian director
• 1956 – Francine Raymond, French Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1956 – Nikolai Tsonev, Bulgarian politician
• 1956 – Rudolf Wojtowicz, Polish footballer
• 1957 – Randy Read, English crystallographer and academic
• 1958 – David Ancrum, American basketball player and coach
• 1959 – Peter Fowler, Australian golfer
• 1960 – Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist and author
• 1961 – Thomas Benson, American football player
• 1961 – Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, producer, and author
• 1961 – Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter, producer, and playwright
• 1962 – Yuval Banay, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Ken Rose, American football player
• 1962 – David Trewhella, Australian rugby league player
• 1963 – Gilad Atzmon, Israeli-English saxophonist, author, and activist
• 1963 – Johnny Depp, American actor
• 1963 – David Koepp, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Gloria Reuben, Canadian-American actress
• 1964 – Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (d. 2009)
• 1967 – Rubén Maza, Venezuelan runner
• 1967 – Jian Ghomeshi, Iranian-Canadian radio personality^[6][7]
• 1968 – Niki Bakoyianni, Greek high jumper and coach
• 1969 – André Racicot, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1969 – Eric Wynalda, American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1971 – Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer and sportscaster
• 1971 – Jean Galfione, French pole vaulter and sportscaster
• 1971 – Jackie McKeown, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 – Matt Horsley, Australian footballer and coach
• 1973 – Aigars Apinis, Latvian discus thrower and shot putter
• 1973 – Tedy Bruschi, American football player and sportscaster
• 1973 – Frédéric Choffat, Swiss director, producer, and cinematographer
• 1973 – Grant Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 – Samoth, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 – Otto Addo, German-Ghanaian footballer and manager
• 1975 – Ameesha Patel, Indian actress and model^[8]
• 1975 – Andrew Symonds, English-Australian cricketer (d. 2022)
• 1977 – Usman Afzaal, Pakistani-English cricketer
• 1977 – Paul Hutchison, English cricketer
• 1977 – Olin Kreutz, American football player
• 1977 – Peja Stojaković, Serbian basketball player
• 1978 – Matt Bellamy, English singer, musician and songwriter
• 1978 – Shandi Finnessey, American model and actress, Miss USA 2004
• 1978 – Miroslav Klose, German footballer
• 1978 – Heather Mitts, American soccer player
• 1978 – Hayden Schlossberg, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1979 – Dario Dainelli, Italian footballer
• 1979 – Amanda Lassiter, American basketball player
• 1980 – D'banj, Nigerian singer-songwriter and harmonica player
• 1980 – Mike Fontenot, American baseball player
• 1980 – Udonis Haslem, American basketball player
• 1980 – Lehlohonolo Seema, South African footballer
• 1981 – Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress^[9]
• 1981 – Parinya Charoenphol, Thai boxer, model, and actress^[10]
• 1982 – Yoshito Ōkubo, Japanese footballer
• 1982 – Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer-songwriter
• 1983 – Firas Al-Khatib, Syrian footballer
• 1983 – Josh Cribbs, American football player
• 1983 – Dwayne Jones, American basketball player
• 1983 – Danny Richar, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1984 – Yulieski Gourriel, Cuban baseball player
• 1984 – Jake Newton, Guyanese footballer
• 1984 – Asko Paade, Estonian basketball player
• 1984 – Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer
• 1984 – Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer
• 1985 – Richard Kahui, New Zealand rugby player
• 1985 – Sonam Kapoor, Indian model and actress^[11]
• 1985 – Sebastian Telfair, American basketball player
• 1986 – Doug Legursky, American football player
• 1986 – Yadier Pedroso, Cuban baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1986 – Ashley Postell, American gymnast
• 1987 – Jaan Mölder, Estonian race car driver
• 1988 – Jason Demers, Canadian ice hockey defenseman
• 1988 – Sara Isaković, Slovenian swimmer
• 1988 – Mae Whitman, American actress^[12]
• 1989 – Dídac Vilà, Spanish footballer
• 1990 – Matthias Mayer, Austrian skier
• 1990 – Antonella Alonso, Venezuelan pornographic actress^[13]
• 1991 – Aaron M. Johnson, American jazz saxophonist^[14]
• 1992 – Zach Hyman, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 – Yannick Agnel, French swimmer
• 1992 – Boyd Cordner, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 – George Jennings, Australian rugby league player