History Births on April 09

Nigel Shadbolt, English computer scientist and academic
#Nigel_Shadbolt

Dennis Quaid, American actor
#Dennis_Quaid

Jerzy Maksymiuk, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor
#Jerzy_Maksymiuk

Mance Lipscomb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
#Mance_Lipscomb

James Bannerman, Scottish theologian and academic (d. 1868)
#James_Bannerman_(theologian)

Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (d. 1913)
#Somerset_Lowry-Corry,_4th_Earl_Belmore
Graham Gano, American football player
#Graham_Gano

Harris Wofford, American politician, author and civil rights activist (d. 2019)
#Harris_Wofford

Adam Loewen, Canadian baseball player
#Adam_Loewen

Austin Peck, American actor
#Austin_Peck

Kristen Stewart, American actress
#Kristen_Stewart

Daniel Johnson Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (d. 1968)
#Daniel_Johnson_Sr.

Peter Canavan, Irish footballer and manager
#Peter_Canavan

Keshia Knight Pulliam, American actress
#Keshia_Knight_Pulliam

Elias Lönnrot, Finnish physician and philologist (d. 1884)
#Elias_Lönnrot

Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Italian economist and academic
#Giovanni_Andrea_Cornia

Mark Kelly, Irish keyboard player
#Mark_Kelly_(keyboardist)

F. Albert Cotton, American chemist and academic (d. 2007)
#F._Albert_Cotton
Rick Tocchet, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
#Rick_Tocchet

Frankie Thomas, American actor (d. 2006)
#Frankie_Thomas

Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar and academic (d. 1761)
#Johann_Matthias_Gesner
Virginia Gibson, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2013)
#Virginia_Gibson

Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Polish-American mathematician and engineer (d. 1923)
#Charles_Proteus_Steinmetz

Hans-Joachim Reske, German sprinter
#Hans-Joachim_Reske

Michel Simon, Swiss-French actor (d. 1975)
#Michel_Simon

Kay Adams, American singer-songwriter
#Kay_Adams_(singer)

Robbie Fowler, English footballer and manager
#Robbie_Fowler

Léon Blum, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1950)
#Léon_Blum

Jesse McCartney, American singer-songwriter and actor
#Jesse_McCartney

Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer and cinematographer (d. 1904)
#Eadweard_Muybridge

Albert Hammond Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Albert_Hammond_Jr.

Helen Alfredsson, Swedish golfer
#Helen_Alfredsson
Michael Learned, American actress
#Michael_Learned

Leighton Meester, American actress
#Leighton_Meester

Joe Scarborough, American journalist, lawyer, and politician
#Joe_Scarborough

Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian businessman and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2010)
#Viktor_Chernomyrdin

Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer (d. 1881)
#Theobald_Boehm

David Gordon Green, American director and screenwriter
#David_Gordon_Green

James Craggs the Younger, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1721)
#James_Craggs_the_Younger

Cynthia Nixon, American actress
#Cynthia_Nixon

Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founded Playboy Enterprises (d. 2017)
#Hugh_Hefner

Robert Helpmann, Australian dancer, actor, and choreographer (d. 1986)
#Robert_Helpmann

Jorge Andrade, Portuguese footballer
#Jorge_Andrade

Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge
#Simon_Brown,_Baron_Brown_of_Eaton-under-Heywood

Emerson Hyndman, American soccer player
#Emerson_Hyndman

Hal Ketchum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Hal_Ketchum
Ward Bond, American actor (d. 1960)
#Ward_Bond

Nate Colbert, American baseball player
#Nate_Colbert

Étienne Aignan, French author and academic (d. 1824)
#Étienne_Aignan

Carlos Hernández, Costa Rican footballer
#Carlos_Hernández_(footballer)

Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg, German shot putter
#Heinz-Joachim_Rothenburg

Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress (d. 1996)
#Rafaela_Aparicio
Brandon deWilde, American actor (d. 1972)
#Brandon_deWilde
Jim Roberts, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
#Jim_Roberts_(ice_hockey,_born_1940)

Théodore Monod, French explorer and scholar (d. 2000)
#Théodore_Monod

Margo Smith, American singer-songwriter
#Margo_Smith

Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor
#Jay_Baruchel

Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician
#Jaya_Bachchan

Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter (d. 1997)
#Victor_Vasarely

Marina Zoueva, Russian ice dancer and coach
#Marina_Zoueva

Sam Harris, American author, philosopher, and neuroscientist
#Sam_Harris

Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz, Spanish Augustinian Recollect priest and saint (d. 1906)
#Ezequiél_Moreno_y_Díaz

Jenna Jameson, American actress and pornographic performer
#Jenna_Jameson

Erich Ludendorff, German general and politician (d. 1937)
#Erich_Ludendorff

Johann Caspar Kerll, German organist and composer (d. 1693)
#Johann_Caspar_Kerll

Jarrod Mullen, Australian rugby league player
#Jarrod_Mullen

Allen Jenkins, American actor and singer (d. 1974)
#Allen_Jenkins

James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (d. 1685)
#James_Scott,_1st_Duke_of_Monmouth

Jeff Reed, American football player
#Jeff_Reed_(American_football)

Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic (d. 1997)
#Lev_Kopelev

Elle Fanning, American actress and model
#Elle_Fanning

Jan Letzel, Czech architect (d. 1925)
#Jan_Letzel

Yamina Benguigui, Algerian-French director and politician
#Yamina_Benguigui

Patty Pravo, Italian singer
#Patty_Pravo

Stephen Paddock, American mass murderer responsible for the 2017 Las Vegas shooting (d. 2017)
#Stephen_Paddock
Eric Harris, American mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999)
#Eric_Harris_and_Dylan_Klebold

Mary Jackson, African American mathematician and aerospace engineer (d. 2005)
#Mary_Jackson_(engineer)

Kirk McCaskill, Canadian-American baseball and hockey player
#Kirk_McCaskill
Sharkey Bonano, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1972)
#Sharkey_Bonano

Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (d. 1867)
#Charles_Baudelaire

Luciano Galletti, Argentinian footballer
#Luciano_Galletti

Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver
#Jacques_Villeneuve

Natascha Engel, German-English translator and politician
#Natascha_Engel

Jackie Evancho, American singer
#Jackie_Evancho

Danielle Kahle, American figure skater
#Danielle_Kahle
Mike Hart, American football player
#Mike_Hart_(American_football)

Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (d. 1550)
#Jean,_Cardinal_of_Lorraine

Ihor Podolchak, Ukrainian director, producer, and screenwriter
#Ihor_Podolchak

Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor (d. 1994)
#Gian_Maria_Volonté
Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian linguist, author, and scholar (d. 1963)
#Rahul_Sankrityayan

Marty Krofft, Canadian screenwriter and producer
#Sid_and_Marty_Krofft
Paulina Porizkova, Czech-born Swedish-American model and actress
#Paulina_Porizkova

Antonio Nocerino, Italian footballer
#Antonio_Nocerino

Rachel Stevens, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
#Rachel_Stevens

Marc Jacobs, American-French fashion designer
#Marc_Jacobs

Steve Gadd, American drummer and percussionist
#Steve_Gadd

Konrad Tom, Polish actor, writer, singer, and director (d. 1957)
#Konrad_Tom

Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American talent manager (d. 1974)
#Sol_Hurok

Tony Cragg, English sculptor
#Tony_Cragg

René Burri, Swiss photographer and journalist (d. 2014)
#René_Burri

Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (d. 1988)
#Antal_Doráti

Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)
#Henri_de_Massue,_Earl_of_Galway

Robert Bauer, German-Kazakhstani footballer
#Robert_Bauer_(footballer)

Camilla Battista da Varano, Italian saint (d. 1524)
#Camilla_Battista_da_Varano

Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1946)
#Frederick_Francis_IV,_Grand_Duke_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin

J. Presper Eckert, American engineer, invented the ENIAC (d. 1995)
#J._Presper_Eckert

Habiba Ghribi, Tunisian runner
#Habiba_Ghribi

Joolz Denby, English poet and author
#Joolz_Denby

Siiri Vallner, Estonian architect
#Siiri_Vallner

J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician (d. 1995)
#J._William_Fulbright

Frank King, American cartoonist (d. 1969)
#Frank_King_(cartoonist)

Juliet Cuthbert, Jamaican sprinter
#Juliet_Cuthbert

Philippe Néricault Destouches, French playwright (d. 1754)
#Philippe_Néricault_Destouches

Ryan Kelly, American basketball player
#Ryan_Kelly_(basketball)

Miguel Ángel Russo, Argentinian footballer and coach
#Miguel_Ángel_Russo

Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1941)
#Chris_Watson

Paolo Tosti, Italian-English composer and educator (d. 1916)
#Paolo_Tosti

Ken Kalfus, American journalist and author
#Ken_Kalfus

Peter Gammons, American journalist
#Peter_Gammons

A. J. Ellis, American baseball player
#A._J._Ellis
Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (d.1967)
#Charles_E._Burchfield

Ireneusz Jele?, Polish footballer
#Ireneusz_Jele?

John Davenport, English minister, co-founded the New Haven Colony (d. 1670)
#John_Davenport_(minister)

Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (d. 1831)
#Thomas_Johann_Seebeck

Johannes Bobrowski, German songwriter and poet (d. 1965)
#Johannes_Bobrowski

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English engineer, designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge (d. 1859)
#Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel

John Howard, English singer-songwriter and pianist
#John_Howard_(singer-songwriter)

Bernard Jenkin, English businessman and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
#Bernard_Jenkin

Leo Fortune-West, English footballer and manager
#Leo_Fortune-West

Jaak Aab, Estonian educator and politician, Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia
#Jaak_Aab

Leila Khaled, Palestinian activist
#Leila_Khaled

Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer and architect (d. 2011)
#Seve_Ballesteros

Iain Duncan Smith, British soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
#Iain_Duncan_Smith

Aulis Sallinen, Finnish composer and academic
#Aulis_Sallinen

Margaret Peterson Haddix, American author
#Margaret_Peterson_Haddix

Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach (d. 1965)
#Curly_Lambeau

Chorão, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
#Chorão

Paul Robeson, American singer, actor, and activist (d. 1976)
#Paul_Robeson

Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor and producer
#Jean-Paul_Belmondo

Isaac Hempstead Wright, English actor
#Isaac_Hempstead_Wright

Gerard Way, American singer-songwriter and comic book writer
#Gerard_Way

David Robertson, American baseball player
#David_Robertson_(baseball)

Montero Lamar Hill, American rapper
#Lil_Nas_X

Jeff Zucker, American businessman
#Jeff_Zucker

Johann Crüger, Sorbian-German composer and theorist (d. 1662)
#Johann_Crüger
Paul Arizin, American basketball player (d. 2006)
#Paul_Arizin

Yitzhak Navon, Israeli politician (d. 2015)
#Yitzhak_Navon

Kassim Abdallah, French-Comorian footballer
#Kassim_Abdallah

Ryan Williams, American football player
#Ryan_Williams_(American_football)

Tiny Hill, New Zealand rugby player
#Tiny_Hill_(rugby_union)

Craig Mabbitt, American singer
#Craig_Mabbitt

Leopold II of Belgium (d. 1909)
#Leopold_II_of_Belgium

Tom Lehrer, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and mathematician
#Tom_Lehrer

Bill Birch, New Zealand surveyor and politician, 38th New Zealand Minister of Finance
#Bill_Birch

Avery Schreiber, American actor and comedian (d. 2002)
#Avery_Schreiber

Paul Willis, American actor and director (d. 1960)
#Paul_Willis_(actor)
Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and author (d. 1912)
#Jacques_Futrelle

Dennis Sarfate, American baseball player
#Dennis_Sarfate

Jazmine Sullivan, American singer-songwriter
#Jazmine_Sullivan

Julius Henry, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1665)
#Julius_Henry,_Duke_of_Saxe-Lauenburg

Henrik Rysensteen, Dutch military engineer (d. 1679)
#Henrik_Rysensteen