History Births on January 09

Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (d. 1881)

#Antoine_Samuel_Adam-Salomon

Earl W. Renfroe, African American orthodontist, educator, and activist (d. 2000)

#Earl_W._Renfroe

Stuart Woods, American author and critic

#Stuart_Woods

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

#Catherine,_Duchess_of_Cambridge

Anthony Mamo, Maltese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Malta (d. 2008)

#Anthony_Mamo

Eric Erlandson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

#Eric_Erlandson

Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (d. 1908)

#Friedrich_von_Esmarch

Katherine Copely, American ice dancer

#Katherine_Copely

Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader (d. 1985)

#Kenny_Clarke

Javad Alizadeh, Iranian cartoonist and painter

#Javad_Alizadeh

Édgar Álvarez, Honduran footballer

#Édgar_Álvarez

Michiko Kakutani, American journalist and critic

#Michiko_Kakutani

Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1926)

#Vladimir_Steklov_(mathematician)

Sergio García, Spanish golfer

#Sergio_García

Gracie Fields, English actress and singer (d. 1979)

#Gracie_Fields

Harun Farocki, German filmmaker (d. 2014)

#Harun_Farocki

Heiner Müller, German poet, playwright, and director (d. 1995)

#Heiner_Müller

Dave Matthews, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#Dave_Matthews

Thomas Warton, English poet, historian, and critic (d. 1790)

#Thomas_Warton

Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboard player and songwriter

#Alex_Staropoli

Giorgos Theofanous, Greek-Cypriot composer and producer

#Giorgos_Theofanous

Tom Riley, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)

#Tom_Riley_(Iowa_politician)

Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (d. 1935)

#Kurt_Tucholsky

Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (d. 1912)

#Anton_Aškerc

Earl G. Graves Sr., American businessman and publisher

#Earl_G._Graves_Sr.

Chad Johnson, American football player and actor

#Chad_Johnson

Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate (d. 2011)

#Har_Gobind_Khorana

Karel ?apek, Czech author and playwright (d. 1938)

#Karel_?apek

Charles Bacon, American runner and hurdler (d. 1968)

#Charles_Bacon

Sandy Martin, American actress

#Sandy_Martin

Irwin McLean, Northern Irish biologist and academic

#Irwin_McLean

Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist

#Joan_Baez

Michael Beasley, American basketball player

#Michael_Beasley

Simon Vouet, French painter (d. 1649)

#Simon_Vouet

Lloyd Loar, American sound engineer and instrument designer (d. 1943)

#Lloyd_Loar

Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (d. 1900)

#Félix-Gabriel_Marchand

Sergei Parajanov, Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter (d. 1990)

#Sergei_Parajanov

Vrindavan Lal Verma, Indian author and playwright (d. 1969)

#Vrindavan_Lal_Verma

Anita Louise, American actress (d. 1970)

#Anita_Louise

Dick Enberg, American sportscaster (d. 2017)

#Dick_Enberg

Yana Maksimava, Belarusian heptathlete

#Yana_Maksimava

Sean Paul, Jamaican rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor

#Sean_Paul

Vilma Bánky, Hungarian-American actress (d. 1991)

#Vilma_Bánky

Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician, 45th Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Mogens_Lykketoft

Bart Starr, American football player and coach (d. 2019)

#Bart_Starr

Empress Meish? of Japan (d. 1696)

#Empress_Meish?

Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1956)

#Giovanni_Papini

Hugh Bayley, English politician

#Hugh_Bayley

Sam Bird, English race car driver

#Sam_Bird

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (d. 1942)

#Gertrude_Vanderbilt_Whitney

Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1934)

#Hayim_Nahman_Bialik

Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)

#Pope_Gregory_XV

Eva Bowring, American lawyer and politician (d. 1985)

#Eva_Bowring

Jimmy Page, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer

#Jimmy_Page

Thomas Curtis, American sprinter and hurdler (d. 1944)

#Thomas_Curtis

Gilles Vaillancourt, Canadian politician

#Gilles_Vaillancourt

Marc Crosas, Spanish footballer

#Marc_Crosas

Marcus Peters, American football player

#Marcus_Peters

Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor, singer, and director (d. 1982)

#Fernando_Lamas

Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (d. 1984)

#Ahmed_Sékou_Touré

Justin Blackmon, American football player

#Justin_Blackmon

Stan Javier, Dominican baseball player and manager

#Stan_Javier

Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)

#Richard_Nixon

Ágnes Keleti, Hungarian Olympic gymnast

#Ágnes_Keleti

Peter Edelman, American lawyer and educator

#Peter_Edelman

James Francis, English-Australian businessman and politician, 9th Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)

#James_Francis

Joey Lauren Adams, American actress

#Joey_Lauren_Adams

Susannah York, English actress and activist (d. 2011)

#Susannah_York

Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer and manager

#Gennaro_Gattuso

Mathieu Garon, Canadian ice hockey player

#Mathieu_Garon

Crinitus, Italian scholar and author (d. 1507)

#Crinitus

Michaëlla Krajicek, Dutch tennis player

#Michaëlla_Krajicek

Ronnie Landfield, American painter and educator

#Ronnie_Landfield

Matt Bevin, American politician, 62nd governor of Kentucky

#Matt_Bevin

Kevin Korjus, Estonian race car driver

#Kevin_Korjus

Otis Nixon, American baseball player

#Otis_Nixon

Robert García, American soldier and politician (d. 2017)

#Robert_Garcia_(New_York_politician)

Uwe Hünemeier, German footballer

#Uwe_Hünemeier

John Graham, New Zealand rugby player and educator (d. 2017)

#John_Graham_(rugby_union)

Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge (d. 1938)

#Joseph_Strauss_(engineer)

Chris Sandow, Australian rugby league player

#Chris_Sandow

Caleb Strong, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1819)

#Caleb_Strong

Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author (d. 1986)

#Simone_de_Beauvoir

AJ McLean, American singer

#AJ_McLean

John Knowles Paine, American composer and academic (d. 1906)

#John_Knowles_Paine

Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress

#Nina_Dobrev

Luísa Todi, Portuguese soprano and actress (d. 1833)

#Luísa_Todi

Imelda Staunton, English actress and singer

#Imelda_Staunton

Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author and critic (d. 2008)

#Algis_Budrys

Alvaro Soler, Spanish singer-songwriter

#Álvaro_Soler

Richard Halliburton, American journalist and author (d. 1939)

#Richard_Halliburton

John Hartley, English tennis player (d. 1935)

#John_Hartley_(tennis)

Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English long jumper and heptathlete

#Katarina_Johnson-Thompson

Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English journalist and author (d. 1856)

#Gilbert_Abbott_à_Beckett

Joely Richardson, English actress

#Joely_Richardson

Bob Denver, American actor (d. 2005)

#Bob_Denver

Wilbur Smith, Zambian-English journalist and author

#Wilbur_Smith

Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (d. 1994)

#Domenico_Modugno

Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss journalist and politician, 86th President of the Swiss Confederation

#Ruth_Dreifuss

Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Paolo_Nutini

Haddaway, Trinidadian-German singer and musician

#Haddaway

David Johansen, American musician and actor

#David_Johansen

Harald Tammer, Estonian journalist and weightlifter (d. 1942)

#Harald_Tammer

Stephen Neale, English philosopher and academic

#Stephen_Neale

S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist and academic (d. 1939)

#S._P._L._Sørensen

Jordan Turner, English rugby league player

#Jordan_Turner

Lady Randolph Churchill, American-born wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, mother of Sir Winston Churchill (d. 1921)

#Lady_Randolph_Churchill

Kaushik Basu, Indian economist and academic

#Kaushik_Basu

Scott Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player

#Scott_Thornton_(ice_hockey)

Eldred G. Smith, American patriarch (d. 2013)

#Eldred_G._Smith

Stephen Metcalfe, English politician

#Stephen_Metcalfe_(politician)

Alec Jeffreys, English geneticist and academic

#Alec_Jeffreys

Carl Bell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Carl_Bell_(musician)

Lee Yeon-hee, South Korean actress

#Lee_Yeon-hee

Mark Martin, American race car driver and coach

#Mark_Martin

Jan Tomaszewski, Polish footballer, manager, and politician

#Jan_Tomaszewski

Crystal Gayle, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Crystal_Gayle

John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral and politician (d. 1823)

#John_Jervis,_1st_Earl_of_St_Vincent

Carrie Chapman Catt, American activist, founded the League of Women Voters and International Alliance of Women (d. 1947)

#Carrie_Chapman_Catt

Judy Malloy, American poet and author

#Judy_Malloy

Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate

#Rigoberta_Menchú

Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)

#Princess_Frederica_of_Hanover

Mike Capuano, American lawyer and politician

#Mike_Capuano

John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (d. 1958)

#John_B._Watson

Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint, founded Opus Dei (d. 1975)

#Josemaría_Escrivá

Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer

#Claudio_Caniggia

Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989)

#Lee_Van_Cleef

Hayes Carll, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Hayes_Carll

Cassandra Austen, English painter and illustrator (d. 1845)

#Cassandra_Austen

Francisco Pavón, Spanish footballer

#Francisco_Pavón

Scott Walker, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 2019)

#Scott_Walker_(singer)

August Gailit, Estonian journalist and author (d. 1960)

#August_Gailit

Edon Hasani, Albanian football player

#Edon_Hasani

Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player

#Radek_Bonk

Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Syrian-Armenian scholar and politician, 1st President of Armenia

#Levon_Ter-Petrosyan

Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (d. 1766)

#Tiberius_Hemsterhuis

Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (d. 2015)

#Brian_Friel

Drew Brown, American musician and songwriter

#Drew_Brown_(musician)

James Beckford, Jamaican long jumper

#James_Beckford_(athlete)

Adolf Schlagintweit, German botanist and explorer (d. 1857)

#Adolf_Schlagintweit

Philippa Gregory, Kenyan-English author and academic

#Philippa_Gregory

Thomas William Robertson, English director and playwright (d. 1871)

#Thomas_William_Robertson

Emperor Daizong of Tang (d. 779)

#Emperor_Daizong_of_Tang

John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower (d. 1938)

#John_Flanagan_(athlete)

Roy Head, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Roy_Head

Tom Evenson, English runner (d. 1997)

#Tom_Evenson

Braden Uele, New Zealand rugby league player

Jami Puustinen, Finnish footballer

Lucas Leiva, Brazilian footballer

Amanda Mynhardt, South African netball player

Jéferson Gomes, Brazilian footballer

Juan Francisco Torres, Spanish footballer

Benjamin Danso, German rugby player

Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer and manager

Wang Zulan, Hong Kong singer

Luke Patten, Australian rugby league player and referee

Rawson Stovall, American video game producer and author

Jay Powell, American baseball player

Hal Niedzviecki, Canadian author and critic

Angie Martinez, American rapper, actress, and radio host

Lara Fabian, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress

Mardi Lunn, Australian golfer

Jimmy Adams, Jamaican cricketer and coach

Gary Teichmann, South African rugby player

Andrei Nazarov, Estonian decathlete and coach

Iain Dowie, English-Northern Irish footballer and coach

Henry Omaga-Diaz, Filipino journalist

Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter and producer

Didier Camberabero, French rugby player

Lisa Walters, Canadian golfer

Waltraud Meier, German soprano and actress

J.K. Simmons, American actor

Bill Cowsill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)

Mohammad Ishaq Khan, Indian historian and academic (d. 2013)

Mihalis Violaris, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actor

Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2007)

Robert Drewe, Australian author and playwright

John Dunning, American author

Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (d. 1993)

Claudette Boyer, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2013)

Michael Nicholson, English journalist and author (d. 2016)

Marko Veselica, Croatian academic and politician (d. 2017)

Anne Rivers Siddons, American author

Brian Harradine, Australian politician (d. 2014)

Judith Krantz, American novelist

Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2002)

Len Quested, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)

John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (d. 2014)

Lister Sinclair, Indian-Canadian broadcaster and playwright (d. 2006)

Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (d. 1998)

Clive Dunn, English actor (d. 2012)

William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet and academic (d. 2007)

Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and golfer (d. 2005)

Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (d. 2004)

Vic Mizzy, American soldier, pianist, and composer (d. 2009)

Ralph Tubbs, English architect, designed the Dome of Discovery (d. 1996)

Patrick Peyton, Irish-American priest, television personality, and activist (d. 1992)

Rudolf Bing, American impresario and businessman (d. 1997)

Chic Young, American cartoonist (d. 1973)

Karl Löwith, German philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1973)

Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-English conductor and director (d. 1971)

Edwin Baker, Canadian soldier and educator, co-founded the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (d. 1968)

Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic (d. 1938)

Carol Benesch, Czech-Romanian architect, designed the Pele? Castle (d. 1896)

Hammamizade ?smail Dede Efendi, Turkish Ney player and composer (d. 1846)

Reinhard Keiser, German composer (d. 1739)

Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet, English noble and politician (d. 1712)

William Dugard, English printer (d. 1662)

Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, French commander (d. 1621)

Juan Ramón Folch III de Cardona, Aragonese admiral (d. 1485)