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August 9 birthdays

276 notable historical figures were born on August 9, and 189 died on this day. Everyone born on August 9 is a Leo.

18% of August 9 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (70) than any other country.

Born on August 9

• Whitney Houston (1963 to 2012. American singer and actress (1963–2012))
• Gillian Anderson (born 1968. American actress (born 1968))
• Vivek Ramaswamy (born 1985. American entrepreneur and politician (born 1985))
• Sarah McBride (born 1990. American politician and activist (born 1990))
• Kate Siegel (born 1982. American actress and writer (born 1982))
• Tove Jansson (1914 to 2001. Finnish writer and illustrator (1914–2001))
• Leonid Kuchma (born 1938. President of Ukraine from 1994 to 2005)
• Philip Larkin (1922 to 1985. English poet, novelist and librarian (1922–1985))
• Lisa Nandy (born 1979. British politician (born 1979))
• Romano Prodi (born 1939. Italian politician (born 1939))
• Probus (232 to 282. Roman emperor from 276 to 282)
• Amedeo Avogadro (1776 to 1856. Italian scientist (1776–1856))
• Arlo Parks (born 2000. British singer)
• Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754 to 1825. French-American architect (1754–1825))
• Surangel Whipps Jr. (born 1968. President of Palau since 2021)
• André Bessette (1845 to 1937. Canadian Catholic brother and saint (1845–1937))
• Augustus William of Prussia (1722 to 1758. Son of King Frederick William I of Prussia (1722–1758))
• Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783 to 1801. Grand Duchess of Russia)
• Edmond Albius (1829 to 1880. Réunion horticulturalist (1829–1880))
• Joop den Uyl (1919 to 1987. Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 to 1977)
• Reynaldo Hahn (1874 to 1947. Venezuelan-French composer (1874–1947))
• John William Godward (1861 to 1922. English painter (1861–1922))
• Cecilie Skog (born 1974. Norwegian adventurer (born 1974))
• Jean Tirole (born 1953. French economist (born 1953))
• Jahangir II (1703 to 1746. Titular Mughal emperor in 1720)
• Charles Theodore of Bavaria (1839 to 1909. Duke in Bavaria (1839–1909))
• Jonathan Kellerman (born 1949. American novelist)
• Alfred Aho (born 1941. Canadian computer scientist (born 1941))
• William Alfred Fowler (1911 to 1995. American nuclear physicist (1911–1995))
• Aminu Kano (1920 to 1983. Nigerian politician (1920–1983))
• Filippo Inzaghi (born 1973. Italian football manager (born 1973))
• Anand Panyarachun (born 1932. Prime Minister of Thailand from 1991 to 1992)
• Manea Mănescu (1916 to 2009. Romanian politician)
• Vinayaka Krishna Gokak (1909 to 1992. Indian writer (1909–1992))
• Anna Kendrick (born 1985. American actress (born 1985))
• Neil L. Andersen (born 1951. American Latter-day Saint leader (born 1951))
• Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo (1847 to 1876. Queen consort of Spain from 1870 to 1873)
• Melanie Griffith (born 1957. American actress (born 1957))
• Rumaan Alam (born 1977. Bangladeshi-American writer (born 1977))
• João Silva (photographer) (born 1966. Portuguese-born South African war photographer)
• Charlie David (born 1980. Canadian actor, writer, director and producer)
• Kuroda Seiki (1866 to 1924. Japanese artist (1866–1924))
• Eric Bana (born 1968. Australian actor (born 1968))
• Mary Golda Ross (1908 to 2008. First Native American female engineer)
• Fatana Najib (born 1953. Afghan linguist)
• Gangadhar Meher (1862 to 1924. Indian (Odia-language) poet born in Utkala (1862-1924))
• Rosemary Ward, Viscountess Ednam (1893 to 1930. British socialite who served as a nurse in France during the First World War)
• Roy Hodgson (born 1947. English football manager and player (born 1947))
• Francis Allotey (1932 to 2017. Ghanaian physicist and mathematician)
• Anatole Katok (1944 to 2018. American mathematician (1944–2018))
• Justo L. González (born 1937. Cuban-American Methodist historian)
• Dalal Abu Amneh (born 1983. Palestinian poet, singer, teacher)
• Nabil Shaath (born 1938. Politician of Palestine (born 1938))
• Jean Piaget (1896 to 1980. Swiss psychologist (1896–1980))
• Erich Hückel (1896 to 1980. German physical chemist and physicist (1896–1980))
• Filipe Luís (born 1985. Brazilian association football player (born 1985))
• Eleonore Stump (born 1947. American philosopher (born 1947))
• Ramón Pérez de Ayala (1880 to 1962. Spanish writer and ambassador)
• Kim Hwang-sik (born 1948. South Korean lawyer and politician)
• Hugh Brady (academic) (born 1959. Irish medic and university administrator)

Died on August 9

• Hermann Hesse (1877 to 1962. German writer (1877–1962))
• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 to 1975. Soviet composer and pianist (1906–1975))
• Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (1963 to 1963. Son of U.S. president John F. Kennedy)
• Edith Stein (1891 to 1942. German nun and philosopher (1891–1942))
• Ernst Haeckel (1834 to 1919. German zoologist (1834–1919))
• Valens (328 to 378. Roman emperor from 364 to 378)
• Irene of Athens (752 to 803. Byzantine empress regnant from 797 to 802)
• Raymond Briggs (1934 to 2022. English illustrator (1934–2022))
• Al-Ma'mun (786 to 833. Abbasid Caliph from 813 to 833)
• Frank Whittle (1907 to 1996. British Royal Air Force engineer and air officer (1907–1996))
• Walter Bedell Smith (1895 to 1961. United States general (1895–1961))
• Edward Thorndike (1874 to 1949. American psychologist (1874–1949))
• Almanzor (938 to 1010. Andalusian military leader and statesman (c. 938–1002))
• Chaïm Soutine (1893 to 1943. French, Jewish Belarusian painter (1893–1943))
• Grand Duke Friedrich II (1857 to 1928. Grand Duke of Baden from 1907 to 1918)
• Steve Shirley (1933 to 2025. British businesswoman and philanthropist (1933–2025))
• Edmond Albius (1829 to 1880. Réunion horticulturalist (1829–1880))
• Frederick Augustus II (1797 to 1854. King of Saxony from 1836 to 1854)
• Vito Marcantonio (1902 to 1954. American lawyer and politician (1902–1954))
• Sisowath of Cambodia (1840 to 1927. King of Cambodia from 1904 to 1927)
• Damasus II (1000 to 1048. Head of the Catholic Church in 1048)
• John Charles Fields (1863 to 1932. Canadian mathematician (1863–1932))
• Frederick Marryat (1792 to 1848. Royal Naval officer and novelist (1792–1848))
• Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen (1893 to 1968. Margrave of Meissen)
• George Kenney (1889 to 1977. United States Army Air Forces general)
• Emperor Horikawa (1079 to 1107. Emperor of Japan from 1087 to 1107)
• Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847 to 1919. American painter (1847–1919))
• Constantin Ion Parhon (1874 to 1969. Romanian endocrinologist and politician (1874–1969))
• Mahmoud Farshchian (1930 to 2025. Iranian artist (1930–2025))
• C. F. Powell (1903 to 1969. British physicist (1903–1969))

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