January 9 - Births

Births

1475 – Crinitus, Florentine humanist (d. 1507)
1554 – Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)
1571 – Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, soldier in Habsburg service (d. 1621)
1589 – Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet (d. 1638)
1622 – Empress Meishō (d. 1696)
1674 – Reinhard Keiser, German opera composer (d. 1739)
1685 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist (d. 1766)
1728 – Thomas Warton, English poet (d. 1790)
1735 – John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent Royal Navy, Admiral of the Fleet
1745 – Caleb Strong, 6th and 10th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1819)
1753 – Luísa Todi, Portuguese opera singer (d. 1833)
1773 – Cassandra Austen, English watercolorist and sister of Jane Austen (d. 1845)
1790 – Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet (d. 1855)
1811 – Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)
1818 – Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (d. 1881)
1819 – James Francis, Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)
1822 – Carol Benesch, Silesian and Romanian architect (d. 1896)
1823 – Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (d. 1908)
1829 – Thomas William Robertson, English playwright (d. 1871)
1829 – Adolf von Schlagintweit, German explorer (d. 1857)
1832 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, French-Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1900)
1839 – John Knowles Paine, American composer (d. 1906)
1848 – Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)
1849 – John Hartley, English tennis player (d. 1935)
1854 – Jennie Jerome, American socialite and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921)
1856 – Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (d. 1912)
1859 – Carrie Chapman Catt, American suffragist leader (d. 1947)
1864 – Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician (d. 1926)
1868 – S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)
1870 – Joseph B Strauss, American civil engineer (d. 1938)
1873 – Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Hebrew poet (d. 1934)
1873 – John Flanagan, Irish born-American athlete (d. 1938)
1873 – Harry Spanjer, American boxer (d. 1958)
1875 – Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942)
1876 – Arthur Darby, British rugby player (d. 1960)
1879 – John Broadus Watson, American psychologist (d. 1958)
1881 – Lascelles Abercrombie, British poet and critic (d. 1938)
1881 – Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904)
1881 – Giovanni Papini, Italian writer (d. 1956)
1886 – Lloyd Loar, Acoustical engineer and inventor of the Gibson F-5 mandolin (d. 1943)
1890 – Karel Čapek, Czech writer (d. 1938)
1890 – Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist (d. 1935)
1892 – Eva Bowring, American politician (d. 1985)
1896 – Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-born British conductor (d. 1971)
1897 – Karl Löwith, German philosopher (d. 1973)
1898 – Wally Baker, American supercentenarian (d. 2009)
1898 – Vilma Bánky, Hungarian actress (d. 1991)
1898 – Gracie Fields, English music hall performer (d. 1979)
1900 – Richard Halliburton, American adventurer (presumed dead 1939)
1900 – Maria of Romania, Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (d. 1961)
1901 – Chic Young, American cartoonist (d. 1973)
1902 – Rudolf Bing, Austrian-born opera manager (d. 1997)
1902 – Saint Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish Catholic priest and founder of Opus Dei (d. 1975)
1903 – Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator (d. 1969)
1908 – Simone de Beauvoir, French author (d. 1986)
1909 – Anthony Mamo, Malta's 1st President (d. 2008)
1909 – Herva Nelli, Italian-born soprano (d. 1994)
1909 – Patrick Peyton, Irish Roman Catholic prelate (d. 1992)
1909 – J. R. Simplot, American entrepreneur (d. 2008)
1911 – Gypsy Rose Lee, American burlesque entertainer, dancer, actress, and author (d. 1970)
1912 – Ralph Tubbs, British architect (d. 1996)
1913 – Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)
1914 – Kenny (Klook) Clarke, American jazz drummer and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 1985)
1915 – Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (d. 1982)
1915 – Anita Louise, American actress (d. 1970)
1916 – Vic Mizzy, American orchestra leader (d. 2009)
1916 – Peter Twinn, English World War II code-breaker (d. 2004)
1918 – Alma Ziegler, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1920 – Chan Canasta, Polish-British magician (d. 1999)
1920 – Clive Dunn, British actor
1920 – Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar (d. 1998)
1921 – Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright (d. 2006)
1922 – Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-born American Nobel laureate (d. 2011)
1922 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (d. 1984)
1924 – Sergei Parajanov, Soviet film director (d. 1990)
1925 – Len Quested, English footballer (d. 2012)
1925 – Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989)
1926 – Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian politician, Lieutenant governor of Quebec (d. 2002)
1928 – Judith Krantz, American author
1928 – Domenico Modugno, Italian singer and songwriter (d. 1994)
1929 – Brian Friel, Irish dramatist
1929 – Heiner Muller, German dramatist (d. 1995)
1929 – Dorothea Puente, American serial killer (d. 2011)
1929 – Tom Riley, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
1931 – Algis Budrys, American author (d. 2008)
1933 – Robert Garcia, American politician
1933 – Wilbur Smith, Zambian-British novelist
1934 – Bart Starr, American football player
1934 – Mahendra Kapoor, Indian singer (d. 2008)
1935 – Bob Denver, American actor (d. 2005)
1935 – Dick Enberg, American sportscaster
1935 – Earl G. Graves, Sr., African-American publisher
1935 – Brian Harradine, Australian independent Senator
1936 – Anne Rivers Siddons, American writer
1936 – Marko Veselica, Croatian politician
1938 – Stuart Woods, American novelist
1939 – Rik Kemp, Australian cartoonist
1939 – Susannah York, British actress (d. 2011)
1940 – Jimmy Boyd, American actor and singer (d. 2009)
1940 – Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (d. 1993)
1940 – Al Downing, American singer (d. 2005)
1940 – Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss politician
1941 – Joan Baez, American singer and activist
1941 – Gilles Vaillancourt, Canadian politician
1942 – K Callan, American actress
1942 – John Dunning, American writer
1942 – Lee Kun-hee, Korean industrialist
1942 – Judy Malloy, American hypertext fiction pioneer and artist
1943 – Robert Drewe, Australian author
1943 – Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
1943 – Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer
1943 – Scott Walker, American singer
1944 – Ian Hornak, American painter, draughtsman and sculptor (d. 2002)
1944 – Jimmy Page, British musician and producer (The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin)
1945 – John Doman, American actor
1947 – Ronnie Landfield, American artist
1948 – Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (d. 2006)
1948 – Cassie Gaines, American singer (The Honkettes) (d. 1977)
1950 – David Johansen, American singer
1950 – Rio Reiser, German singer (d. 1996)
1951 – M.L. Carr, basketball player and coach
1951 – Crystal Gayle, American singer
1952 – Hugh Bayley, British politician
1952 – Michael Capuano, American politician, United States Congressman from Massachusetts
1953 – Javad Alizadeh, Iranian cartoonist
1953 – Morris Gleitzman, British-Australian children's author
1954 – Philippa Gregory, English historical novelist
1955 – Michiko Kakutani, American literary critic
1955 – J. K. Simmons, American actor
1956 – Kimberly Beck, American actress
1956 – Imelda Staunton, British actress
1956 – Mike Walczewski, American public address announcer at Madison Square Garden
1957 – Bibie, Ghanaian singer
1957 – Phil Lewis, American singer (L.A. Guns)
1957 – Yury Bandazhevsky, Belarusian scientist imprisoned for work on the Chernobyl disaster
1958 – Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish attempted assassin of Pope John Paul II
1958 – Stephen Neale, British philosopher
1959 – Mark Martin, American race car driver
1959 – Rigoberta Menchú, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
1959 – Cristi Minculescu, Romanian musician
1959 – Otis Nixon, American baseball player
1961 – Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter
1961 – Al Jean, American television writer
1963 – Michael Everson, expert in writing systems and Unicode
1964 – Stan Javier, Dominican baseball player
1965 – Darren Bennett, Australian-born American football player
1965 – Muggsy Bogues, American basketball player
1965 – Iain Dowie, English football manager
1965 – Eric Erlandson, American musician (Hole and RRIICCEE)
1965 – Haddaway, Trinidadian singer
1965 – Joely Richardson, British actress
1965 – Farah Khan, Indian film director and choreographer
1966 – Jan Johansen, Swedish singer
1967 – Carl Bell, American musician (Fuel)
1967 – Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer
1967 – Steve Harwell, American singer and musician (Smash Mouth)
1967 – Dave Matthews, South African singer and musician (Dave Matthews Band)
1967 – Gary Teichmann, South African rugby player
1968 – Jimmy Adams, West Indian cricketer
1968 – Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
1968 – Catalina Saavedra, Chilean actress
1968 – Al Schnier, American rock guitarist (moe.)
1970 – Lara Fabian, Belgian singer
1970 – Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboardist (Rhapsody Of Fire)
1970 – Mia X, American rapper
1971 – Daniel Dumile, American hip hop artist (Danger Doom and Madvillain)
1971 – Angie Martinez, American rapper and radio talk host
1971 – Yusuke Naora, Japanese game art director
1971 – Hal Niedzviecki, Canadian author
1971 – Scott Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 – Sarah Beeny, British TV personality
1972 – Mat Hoffman, professional BMX rider
1972 – Jay Powell, baseball player
1973 – Angela Bettis, American actress
1974 – Farhan Akhtar, Indian Bollywood director, actor, producer, singer.
1975 – Kiko Calero, Puerto Rican baseball player
1975 – Julia Lutrova, Russian tennis player
1976 – Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player
1976 – Simon Gosejohann, German comedian
1976 – Todd Grisham, American professional wrestling interviewer
1977 – Beth Troutman, American production assistant
1978 – Mathieu Garon, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer
1978 – AJ McLean, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
1978 – Chad Ochocinco, American football player
1978 – Maggie Rizer, American model and AIDS activist
1979 – Athanassios Prittas, Greek footballer
1979 – Tomiko Van, Japanese singer (Do As Infinity)
1980 – Sergio García, Spanish golfer
1980 – Edgar Álvarez, Honduran footballer
1981 – Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer
1982 – Timmy Bowers, American basketball player
1982 – Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
1982 – Grétar Steinsson, Icelandic footballer
1983 – Sharad Malhotra, Indian television actor
1984 – Benjamin Danso, German rugby player
1984 – Drew Brown, American guitarist (OneRepublic and Debate Team)
1985 – Juanfran, Spanish footballer
1986 – Jéferson, Brazilian footballer
1986 – Amanda Mynhardt, South African netballer
1987 – Sam Bird, English racing driver
1987 – Mao Inoue, Japanese actress
1987 – Lucas Leiva, Brazilian footballer
1987 – Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer-songwriter
1987 – Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (d. 2006)
1988 – Marc Crosas, Spanish footballer
1989 – Michael Beasley, American basketball player
1989 – Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress
1989 – Michaëlla Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
1989 – Chris Sandow, Australian rugby player
1990 – Justin Blackmon, American football Player
1990 – Oteng Oteng, Batswana boxer
1990 – Melissa Ricks, Filipino actress
1993 – Ashley Argota, American actress