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December 9 birthdays

301 notable historical figures were born on December 9, and 181 died on this day. Everyone born on December 9 is a Sagittarius.

19% of December 9 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (82) than any other country.

Born on December 9

• Judi Dench (born 1934. English actress (born 1934))
• Kirk Douglas (1916 to 2020. American actor (1916–2020))
• Kurt Angle (born 1968. American wrestler (born 1968))
• John Milton (1608 to 1674. English poet and civil servant (1608–1674))
• Beau Bridges (born 1941. American actor (born 1941))
• Redd Foxx (1922 to 1991. American comedian and actor (1922–1991))
• Fritz Haber (1868 to 1934. German chemist (1868–1934))
• Grace Hopper (1906 to 1992. U.S. naval officer and computer scientist (1906–1992))
• Kirsten Gillibrand (born 1966. American lawyer and politician (born 1966))
• Gustav II Adolf (1594 to 1632. King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632)
• Bob Hawke (1929 to 2019. Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991)
• Baruch Goldstein (1956 to 1994. American-Israeli mass murderer (1956–1994))
• Jean-Claude Juncker (born 1954. Luxembourgish and European Union politician (born 1954))
• Lori Greiner (born 1969. American TV personality and entrepreneur)
• Joan Armatrading (born 1950. English musician (born 1950))
• Buck Henry (1930 to 2020. American actor (1930–2020))
• Sonia Gandhi (born 1946. Indian politician (born 1946))
• Martin de Porres (1579 to 1639. Catholic saint (1579–1639))
• Maria Luisa of Parma (1751 to 1819. Queen of Spain from 1788 to 1808)
• Dolores Ibárruri (1895 to 1989. Former leader of the Communist Party of Spain (1895–1989))
• Caroline Lucas (born 1960. British politician (born 1960))
• Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920 to 2016. President of Italy from 1999 to 2006)
• Şehzade Cihangir (1531 to 1553. Ottoman prince (1531–1553))
• Joanna Trollope (1943 to 2025. English writer (1943–2025))
• Rab Butler (1902 to 1982. British politician (1902–1982))
• Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717 to 1768. German art historian (1717–1768))
• Begum Rokeya (1880 to 1932. Bengali feminist writer and social reformer (1880–1932))
• Louise Elisabeth of Orléans (1709 to 1742. Queen consort of Spain in 1724)
• Chenghua (1447 to 1487. Emperor of China from 1464 to 1487)
• Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742 to 1786. Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen (1742–1786))
• Joseph Needham (1900 to 1995. British biochemist, historian and sinologist (1900–1995))
• Vaclav Smil (born 1943. Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst (born 1943))
• E. K. Nayanar (1918 to 2004. Former Chief minister of Kerala)
• James Hogg (1770 to 1835. Scottish poet and novelist (1770–1835))
• Ernest Gellner (1925 to 1995. Czech anthropologist, philosopher and sociologist (1925–1995))
• Anno Birkin (1980 to 2001. English poet and musician (1980–2001))
• Theophilus Danjuma (born 1938. Nigerian general and oil magnate (born 1938))
• Hu Hanmin (1879 to 1936. Chinese politician)
• Alexandros Papagos (1883 to 1955. Greek military leader and politician (1883–1955))
• Aden Adde (1908 to 2007. Somali politician; President of Somalia from 1960 to 1967)
• Raif Dizdarević (born 1926. 10th President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia)
• Whina Cooper (1895 to 1994. New Zealand Māori leader (1895–1994))
• William Whiston (1667 to 1752. English theologian, historian, translator and mathematician (1667–1752))
• Francisco S. Carvajal (1870 to 1932. President of Mexico in 1914)
• Henry Way Kendall (1926 to 1999. American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics)
• John Malkovich (born 1953. American actor (born 1953))
• Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1810 to 1835. Prince consort of Portugal in 1835)
• Hikaru Nakamura (born 1987. American chess grandmaster and streamer (born 1987))
• Steven Holl (born 1947. American architect)
• Liz Friedlander (born 1970. American music video and television director)
• Kabayama Sukenori (1837 to 1922. Japanese general (1837–1922))
• Nikolai Luzin (1883 to 1950. Russian mathematician)
• Lord Frederick FitzClarence (1799 to 1854. British soldier and royal bastard (1799–1854))
• William Lipscomb (1919 to 2011. American chemist (1919–2011))
• Pierre Henry (1927 to 2017. French composer)
• Imangali Tasmagambetov (born 1956. Kazakh politician (born 1956))
• Eliza Hittman (born 1979. American film director)
• Peter, Duke of Coimbra (1392 to 1449. Duke of Coimbra)
• Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony (1896 to 1971. Saxon royal (1896–1971))
• Zurab Zhvania (1963 to 2005. Georgian politician; Prime Minister of Georgia (1963-2005))

Died on December 9

• Sigismund (1368 to 1437. King of Hungary from 1387 to 1437 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 to 1437)
• Al-Biruni (973 to 1048. Persian scholar and polymath (973–1050))
• Tarabai (1675 to 1761. Regent of the Maratha Empire from 1700 to 1708)
• Anthony van Dyck (1599 to 1641. Flemish Baroque artist (1599–1641))
• Ralph Bunche (1904 to 1971. American diplomat and political scientist)
• Patrick Moore (1923 to 2012. English astronomer, broadcaster and writer (1923–2012))
• Begum Rokeya (1880 to 1932. Bengali feminist writer and social reformer (1880–1932))
• Pius IV (1499 to 1565. Head of the Catholic Church from 1559 to 1565)
• Isabel Moctezuma (1509 to 1550. ''Huey Cihuātlahtoāni'' of the Aztec Empire)
• Mary Leakey (1913 to 1996. British paleoanthropologist (1913–1996))
• Clement IX (1600 to 1669. Head of the Catholic Church from 1667 to 1669)
• Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609 to 1674. English politician and historian (1609–1674))
• Artem Mikoyan (1905 to 1970. Soviet aircraft designer (1905–1970))
• Shah Nawaz Khan (general) (1914 to 1983. Azad Indian National Army General and MP)
• Shivaram Karanth (1902 to 1997. Indian Kannada writer (1902-1997))
• Alain Poher (1909 to 1996. French politician (1909–1996))
• Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141 to 1165. King of Alba from 1153 to 1165)
• Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1865 to 1941. Russian novelist (1866–1941))
• William Blum (1933 to 2018. American writer, critic, and socialist (1933–2018))
• Luisito Rey (1945 to 1992. Spanish musician and executive)
• Max Bill (1908 to 1994. Swiss architect, artist, painter and designer)
• Gustaf Dalén (1869 to 1937. Swedish engineer and inventor (1869–1937))
• Vyacheslav Kebich (1936 to 2020. Belarusian politician (1936–2020))
• Juan de la Cierva (1895 to 1936. Spanish engineer and count (1895–1936))
• Antonio Salandra (1853 to 1931. Italian politician (1853–1931))
• Gillian Rose (1947 to 1995. British philosopher (1947–1995))
• Riccardo Giacconi (1931 to 2018. Italian-American astrophysicist (1931–2018))
• Laza Kostić (1841 to 1910. Serbian writer and politician (1841–1910))
• Alceste De Ambris (1874 to 1934. Italian journalist and activist (1874–1934))
• Robert Jervis (1940 to 2021. American political scientist and academic (1940–2021))

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