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April 9 birthdays

294 notable historical figures were born on April 9, and 182 died on this day. Everyone born on April 9 is a Aries.

22% of April 9 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (77) than any other country.

Born on April 9

• Kristen Stewart (born 1990. American actress and director (born 1990))
• Leopold II of Belgium (1835 to 1909. King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909)
• Timur (1336 to 1405. Turco-Mongol conqueror (1320s–1405))
• Lil Nas X (born 1999. American musician (born 1999))
• Sam Harris (born 1967. American neuroscientist and philosopher (born 1967))
• Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 to 1859. British mechanical and civil engineer (1806–1859))
• Charles Baudelaire (1821 to 1867. French poet and critic (1821–1867))
• Paul Robeson (1898 to 1976. American singer, actor, political activist, and athlete (1898–1976))
• Marc Jacobs (born 1963. American fashion designer (born 1963))
• Mary Jackson (engineer) (1924 to 2005. American aerospace engineer (1921–2005))
• Eadweard Muybridge (1830 to 1904. English photographer (1830–1904))
• Léon Blum (1872 to 1950. French politician (1872–1950))
• Ghassan Kanafani (1936 to 1972. Palestinian author and militant (1936–1972))
• Margaret, Maid of Norway (1283 to 1290. Queen-designate of Scotland from 1286 to 1290)
• Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865 to 1923. American mathematician and electrical engineer (1865–1923))
• Jørn Utzon (1918 to 2008. Danish architect (1918–2008))
• Florence Price (1887 to 1953. American composer (1887–1953))
• Hugh Gaitskell (1906 to 1963. British politician (1906–1963))
• Viktor Chernomyrdin (1938 to 2010. Russian politician (1938–2010))
• Elliot Handler (1916 to 2011. American inventor and business magnate (1916–2011))
• Mohammad Nadir Shah (1883 to 1933. King of Afghanistan from 1929 to 1933)
• Jenna Jameson (born 1974. American pornographic actress (born 1974))
• Jeff Zucker (born 1965. American media executive (born 1965))
• Michael Somare (1936 to 2021. Papua New Guinean politician (1936–2021))
• Chris Watson (1867 to 1941. Prime Minister of Australia in 1904)
• Victor Vasarely (1906 to 1997. Hungarian-French artist)
• Nikole Hannah-Jones (born 1976. American journalist (born 1976))
• Yitzhak Navon (1921 to 2015. President of Israel from 1978 to 1983)
• Hugh Hefner (1926 to 2017. American magazine publisher (1926–2017))
• Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan (1285 to 1320. Emperor of Yuan Dynasty from 1311 to 1320)
• Geneviève Castrée (1981 to 2016. Canadian musician and cartoonist (1981–2016))
• Emily Hobhouse (1860 to 1926. British welfare campaigner (1860–1926))
• Elias Lönnrot (1802 to 1884. Finnish polymath and poet (1802–1884))
• Sisowath Kossamak (1904 to 1975. Queen of Cambodia (b. 1904 – d. 1975))
• Charles M. Lieber (born 1959. American chemist (born 1959))
• Heisuke Hironaka (1931 to 2026. Japanese mathematician (1931–2026))
• Isabel Coixet (born 1960. Spanish film director (born 1960))
• Serena Auñón-Chancellor (born 1976. American physician, engineer, and NASA astronaut)
• Kountouriotis (1855 to 1935. Greek admiral and head of state (1855–1935))
• Marcel Grossmann (1878 to 1936. Swiss-Hungarian mathematician (1878–1936))
• Bernard Jenkin (born 1959. British politician (born 1959))
• Nund Rishi (1378 to 1439. Kashmiri saint (c. 1377 – c. 1438))
• Margaret Peterson Haddix (born 1964. American author)
• Christine Korsgaard (born 1952. American philosopher in Left-Kantian tradition)
• Ivan Yefremov (1907 to 1972. Soviet paleontologist, science-fiction author and social thinker)
• Jacques Villeneuve (born 1971. Canadian racing driver (born 1971))
• Geoff Palmer (scientist) (1940 to 2025. Academic and human rights activist (1940–2025))
• Al-Muqtafi (1096 to 1160. Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad (r. 1136–1160))
• Frederick Francis IV (1882 to 1945. Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1897 to 1918)
• Leighton Meester (born 1986. American actress (born 1986))
• Antal Doráti (1906 to 1988. Hungarian-born conductor and composer)
• Archduke Joseph Franz of Austria (1799 to 1807. Child of Francis II)
• Diego de los Ríos (1850 to 1911. Spanish general and colonial governor (1850-1911))
• Michel Sapin (born 1952. French politician (born 1952))
• David E. Grange Jr. (1925 to 2022. United States Army general (1925–2022))
• Theobald Boehm (1794 to 1881. German inventor and musician (1794–1881))
• Sol Hurok (1888 to 1974. Russian-American impresario (1888–1974))
• Paolo Tosti (1846 to 1916. Italian composer)
• Jorge Pacheco Areco (1920 to 1998. Uruguayan politician)
• Lúcio Lara (1929 to 2016. Angolan politician)

Died on April 9

• Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921 to 2021. Consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021)
• Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 to 1959. American architect (1867–1959))
• Edward IV (1442 to 1483. King of England (1461–70, 1471–83))
• Francis Bacon (1561 to 1626. English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626))
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 to 1945. German Lutheran pastor and theologian (1906–1945))
• Isabella II (1830 to 1904. Queen of Spain from 1833 to 1868)
• Andrea Dworkin (1946 to 2005. American feminist writer and activist (1946–2005))
• Zog I (1895 to 1961. Leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939)
• Wilhelm Canaris (1887 to 1945. German admiral (1887–1945))
• William of Ockham (1285 to 1349. English Franciscan friar and theologian (c. 1287 – 1347))
• François Rabelais (1494 to 1553. French writer and humanist (died 1553))
• Zeno (425 to 491. Eastern Roman emperor (474–475; 476–491))
• Jacques Necker (1732 to 1804. French statesman (1732–1804))
• William V (1748 to 1806. Prince of Orange from 1751 to 1806)
• Pope Constantine (700 to 715. Head of the Catholic Church from 708 to 715)
• Christian Wolff (philosopher) (1679 to 1754. German philosopher (1679–1754))
• Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (1473 to 1484. Heir apparent of Richard III of England (died 1484))
• Ramsey Clark (1927 to 2021. 66th United States Attorney General (1927–2021))
• Emperor Kanmu (737 to 806. Emperor of Japan from 781 to 806)
• John Clarke (1948 to 2017. New Zealand comedian, writer, and satirist (1948–2017))
• Alivardi Khan (Nawab of Bengal from 1740 to 1756)
• Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935 to 1980. Iraqi Islamic scholar (1935–1980))
• Mohammed III (1710 to 1790. Sultan of Morocco (1757–1790))
• William X (1099 to 1137. 12th-century French nobleman)
• Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1903 to 1993. American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher)
• Niko Pirosmani (1862 to 1918. Georgian painter (1862–1918))
• Mikael Agricola (1508 to 1557. 16th-century Finnish clergyman and the official founder of literary Finnish)
• Sutan Sjahrir (1909 to 1966. Indonesian statesman and independence leader (1909–1966))
• Henry II the Pious (1192 to 1241. High Duke of Poland from 1238 to 1241)
• Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland (1293 to 1327. Scottish soldier (c. 1296 – 1327))

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