Famous Births on 9 Jan

Famous Births on 9 Jan

1554 - Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)
1571 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621)
1589 - Ivan Gundulic, Croatian poet (d. 1638)
1624 - Empress Meishō (d. 1696)
1685 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist (d. 1766)
1728 - Thomas Warton, English poet (d. 1790)
1745 - Caleb Strong, 6th and 10th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1819)
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)
1819 - James Francis, Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)
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, journalist, author and politician, Premier of Quebec (d. 1900)
1839 - John Knowles Paine, U.S. composer (d. 1906)
1848 - Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)
1849 - John Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (d. 1935)
1854 - Jennie Jerome, American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921)
1856 - Anton AÅ¡kerc, 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)
1875 - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942)
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)
1890 - Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist (d. 1935)
1890 - Karel ÄŒapek, Czech writer (d. 1938)
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 - Vilma Bánky, Hungarian actress (d. 1991)
1898 - Gracie Fields, English vaudeville performer (d. 1979)
1898 - Wally Baker, American supercentenarian
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 - Rudolph 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 - Herva Nelli, Italian-born soprano (d. 1994)
1912 - Ralph Tubbs, British architect (d. 1996)
1913 - Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)
1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee (or 1911), American burlesque entertainer (d. 1970)
1914 - Kenny (Klook) Clarke, American jazz drummer and composer (d. 1985)
1915 - Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (d. 1982)
1915 - Anita Louise, U.S. actress (d. 1970)
1916 - Vic Mizzy, American orchestra leader
1916 - Peter Twinn, English World War II code-breaker (d. 2004)
1920 - Chan Canasta, Polish-British magician (d. 1999)
1920 - Clive Dunn, British actor
1920 - Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar
1921 - Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright (d. 2006)
1922 - Har Gobind Khorana, Nobel laureate
1922 - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (d. 1984)
1924 - Sergei Parajanov, Armenian film director (d. 1990)
1925 - Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989)
1926 - Giannis Christou, Greek composer (d. 1970)
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 - Dorothea Puente, American serial killer
1929 - Heiner Muller, German dramatist (d. 1995)
1929 - Brian Friel, Irish dramatist
1931 - Algis Budrys, American author
1933 - Wilbur Smith, Zambian-British novelist
1933 - Robert Garcia, American politician
1934 - Bart Starr, American football player
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
1940 - Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss politician
1940 - Al Downing, American singer (d. 2005)
1940 - Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (d. 1993)
1940 - Jimmy Boyd, American actor and singer
1941 - Joan Baez, American singer and activist
1941 - Gilles Vaillancourt, Quebec politician
1942 - K Callan, American actress
1942 - Lee Kun-hee, Korean industrialist, chairman of Samsung
1942 - Susannah York, British actress
1943 - Scott Walker, American singer
1943 - Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer
1943 - Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
1944 - Ian Hornak, American Painter, Draughtsman and Sculptor (d. 2002)
1944 - Jimmy Page, British musician and producer (Led Zeppelin)
1945 - John Doman, American actor
1947 - Ronnie Landfield, American artist
1948 - Cassie Gaines Backup Singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
1948 - Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (d. 2006)
1950 - David Johansen American singer
1950 - Rio Reiser, German singer (d. 1996)
1951 - Crystal Gayle, American singer
1951 - M.L. Carr, basketball player and coach
1952 - Hugh Bayley, British politician
1953 - Morris Gleitzman, British-Australian children's author
1955 - J. K. Simmons, American actor
1955 - Michiko Kakutani, American literary critic
1956 - Mike Walczewski, American Public Address Announcer at Madison Square Garden
1956 - Imelda Staunton, British actress
1956 - Kimberly Beck, American actress
1957 - Phil Lewis, lead singer of L.A. Guns
1958 - Stephen Neale, British philosopher
1958 - Mehmet Ali AÄŸca, Turkish attempted assassin of Pope John Paul II
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
1963 - Michael Everson, expert in writing systems and Unicode
1965 - Joely Richardson, British actress
1965 - Eric Erlandson, American musician
1965 - Iain Dowie, English football manager
1965 - Muggsy Bogues, American basketball player
1965 - Darren Bennett, Australian-born American football player
1967 - Dave Matthews, South African singer and musician
1967 - Steven Harwell, American singer and musician (Smash Mouth)
1967 - Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer
1967 - Carl Bell, American musician
1968 - Jimmy Adams, West Indian cricketer
1968 - Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
1968 - Al Schnier, American rock guitarist (moe.)
1970 - Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboardist (Rhapsody Of Fire)
1970 - Lara Fabian, Belgian singer
1971 - Daniel Dumile, American hip hop artist
1971 - Hal Niedzviecki, Canadian author
1971 - Scott Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
1971 - Yusuke Naora, Japanese game art director
1972 - Jay Powell, baseball player
1972 - Angie Martinez, American radio and television personality
1972 - Sarah Beeny, British TV personality
1973 - Angela Bettis, American actress
1974 - Farhan Akhtar, Indian Bollywood Director, Actor, Producer, Singer.
1975 - Kimberley Ann Scott Mathers, former wife of Eminem
1975 - Kiko Calero, Puerto Rican baseball player
1976 - Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player
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 - Chad Johnson, American football player
1978 - AJ McLean, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
1978 - Maggie Rizer, American model and AIDS activist
1979 - Tomiko Van, Japanese singer
1980 - Sergio García, Spanish golfer
1981 - Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer
1982 - Kate Middleton, girlfriend of Prince William of Wales
1987 - Sam Bird, English racing driver
1987 - Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer/songwriter
1987 - Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (d. 2006)
1987 - Lucas Pezzini Leiva, Brazilian and Liverpool Footballer
1989 - Michaella Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
1997 - Lauryn McClain, American actress and singer