Famous Births on 9 Dec

Famous Births on 9 Dec

1447 - Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)
1508 - Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555)
1561 - Sir Edwin Sandys, English-born Virginian colonist (d. 1629)
1571 - Metius (Adriaan Adriaanszoon), Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)
1579 - Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)
1594 - Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (d. 1632)
1608 - John Milton, English poet (d. 1674)
1610 - Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato (d. 1680)
1652 - Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician (d. 1723)
1667 - William Whiston, English mathematician (d. 1752)
1748 - Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (d. 1822)
1751 - Maria Luisa of Parma, queen of Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819)
1787 - John Dobson, English architect (d. 1865)
1806 - Jean-Olivier Chénier, French Canadian physician and Patriote (d. 1838)
1837 - Émile Waldteufel, French composer (d. 1915)
1842 - Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (d. 1921)
1847 - George Grossmith, English actor (d. 1912)
1850 - Emma Abbott, American soprano (d. 1891)
1868 - Fritz Haber, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
1871 - Joe Kelley, American baseball player (d. 1943)
1876 - Berton Churchill, American actor (d. 1940)
1882 - Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (d. 1949)
1883 - Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician (d. 1950)
1886 - Clarence Birdseye, American frozen food manufacturer (d. 1956)
1887 - Tim Moore, American actor and vaudevillian (d. 1958)
1889 - Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish long-distance runner (d. 1966)
1891 - Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (d. 1917)
1895 - Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer (d. 1936)
1897 - Hermione Gingold, English actress (d. 1987)
1898 - Emmett Kelly, American circus clown (d. 1979)
1899 - Jean de Brunhoff, French author (d. 1937)
1900 - Albert Weisbord, American labor organizer (d. 1977)
1901 - Carol Dempster, American actress (d. 1991)
1901 - Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-born writer (d. 1938)
1901 - Jean Mermoz, French pilot (d. 1936)
1902 - Margaret Hamilton, American actress (d. 1985)
1904 - Robert Livingston, American actor (d. 1988)
1905 - Dalton Trumbo, American writer (d. 1976)
1906 - Grace Hopper, American computer pioneer (d. 1992)
1909 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (d. 2000)
1911 - Broderick Crawford, American actor (d. 1986)
1911 - Ryūzō Sejima, Japanese educator (d. 2007)
1912 - Tip O'Neill, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1994)
1914 - Frances Reid, American actress
1915 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-born soprano (d. 2006)
1916 - Kirk Douglas, American actor
1917 - James Angleton, head of counterintelligence for the CIA (d. 1987)
1917 - James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1986)
1918 - Jerome Beatty Jr., American author
1919 - William Lipscomb, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1920 - Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic
1922 - Redd Foxx, American comedian (d. 1991)
1925 - Dina Merrill, American actress
1926 - Jan Křesadlo, Czech writer (d. 1995)
1926 - Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1999)
1927 - Pierre Henry, French composer
1928 - André Milhoux, Belgian racing driver
1928 - Dick Van Patten, American actor
1929 - Bob Hawke, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia
1929 - John Cassavetes, American actor and director (d. 1989)
1930 - Buck Henry, American actor
1931 - William Reynolds, American actor
1931 - Ladislav Smoljak, Czech actor
1933 - Orville Moody, American golfer (d. 2008)
1933 - Monique Miller, French Canadian actress
1933 - Morton Downey Jr., American talk show host (d. 2001)
1934 - Dame Judi Dench, English actress
1934 - Junior Wells, American musician (d. 1998)
1937 - Darwin Joston, American actor (d. 1998)
1938 - David Houston, American country singer (d. 1993)
1938 - Deacon Jones, American football player
1941 - Dan Hicks, American musician
1941 - Beau Bridges, American actor
1942 - Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer (d. 1997)
1942 - Dick Butkus, American football player
1943 - Pit Martin, Canadian ice hockey player
1944 - Bob O'Connor, American politician
1944 - Ki Longfellow, American novelist
1944 - Neil Innes, English singer (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Rutles)
1945 - Matti Mäntylä, Finnish actor
1945 - Michael Nouri, American actor
1946 - Shatrughan Sinha, Indian actor
1946 - Sonia Gandhi, Italian-born Indian politician
1947 - Tom Daschle, American politician
1947 - Jaak Jõerüüt, Soviet-born Estonian politician
1948 - Dennis Dunaway, American musician
1948 - Marleen Gorris, Dutch film director
1949 - Tom Kite, American golfer
1949 - Nando Parrado, Uruguayan plane crash survivor
1950 - Joan Armatrading, St. Kitts-born English singer
1952 - Michael Dorn, American actor
1952 - Liaqat Baloch, Pakistani politician
1953 - World B. Free, American basketball player
1953 - John Malkovich, American actor
1954 - Herman Finkers, Dutch comedian
1955 - Chamras Saewataporn, Thai composer and musician
1957 - Donny Osmond, American singer and actor
1958 - Rikk Agnew, American guitarist (The Adolescents)
1958 - Nick Seymour, Australian bassist (Crowded House)
1960 - Dobroslav Paraga,Croatian politician and editor
1960 - Juan Samuel, Dominican baseball player
1960 - Terry Moran, American TV reporter
1961 - David Anthony Higgins, American actor
1961 - Joe Lando, American actor
1962 - Felicity Huffman, American actress
1963 - Dave Hilton, Jr., Canadian boxer
1963 - Masako, Crown Princess of Japan
1964 - Paul Landers, German guitarist (Rammstein)
1965 - Vecepia Towery, American Survivor contestant
1965 - Joe Ausanio, American baseball player
1966 - Kirsten Gillibrand, American politician
1966 - Toby Huss, American actor
1967 - Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian footballer
1967 - Jason Dozzell, English footballer
1967 - Joshua Bell, American violinist
1968 - Kurt Angle, American wrestler
1968 - Brian Bell, American guitarist (Weezer)
1968 - Dave Harold, English snooker player
1969 - Sebastian Spence, Canadian actor
1969 - Bixente Lizarazu, French footballer
1969 - Allison Smith, American actress
1969 - Jakob Dylan, American singer (The Wallflowers)
1971 - Petr Nedvěd, Czech ice hockey player
1972 - Reiko Aylesworth, American actress
1972 - Tre Cool, German-born American drummer (Green Day)
1972 - Fabrice Santoro, Tahitian-born French tennis player
1974 - Wendy Dillinger, American female soccer player and coach
1974 - Canibus, American rapper
1976 - Chris Booker, American baseball player
1977 - Saskia Garel, Canadian actress
1977 - Shayne Graham, American football player
1977 - Imogen Heap, English singer-songwriter
1978 - Jesse Metcalfe, American actor
1979 - Olivia Lufkin, Japanese singer
1979 - Stephen McPhail, Irish footballer
1980 - Ryder Hesjedal, Canadian cyclist
1981 - Mardy Fish, American tennis player
1981 - Diya Mirza, Indian actress
1982 - Tamilla Abassova, Russian cyclist
1982 - Vincent Accardi, American guitarist Brand New
1982 - Nathalie De Vos, Belgian athlete
1983 - Dariusz Dudka, Polish footballer
1983 - Jermaine Beckford, English footballer
1990 - LaFee, German singer