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February 9 birthdays

323 notable historical figures were born on February 9, and 206 died on this day. Everyone born on February 9 is a Aquarius.

15% of February 9 birthdays work in Science, more than any other field. More come from United States (85) than any other country.

Born on February 9

• William Henry Harrison (1773 to 1841. President of the United States in 1841)
• Thomas Paine (1737 to 1809. American philosopher and author (1737–1809))
• Alice Walker (born 1944. American author and activist (born 1944))
• Omar M. Yaghi (born 1965. Chemist (born 1965))
• Joseph E. Stiglitz (born 1943. American economist and Nobel Laureate (born 1943))
• J. M. Coetzee (born 1940. South African and Australian writer (born 1940))
• Holly Johnson (born 1960. British singer (born 1960))
• Nas Daily (born 1992. Israeli-Palestinian video blogger (born 1992))
• Ali Bongo (born 1959. President of Gabon from 2009 to 2023)
• Frank Frazetta (1928 to 2010. American illustrator and painter (1928–2010))
• Brendan Behan (1923 to 1964. Irish poet and writer (1923–1964))
• Tom Hiddleston (born 1981. English actor (born 1981))
• Thomas Bernhard (1931 to 1989. Austrian playwright and novelist (1931–1989))
• Dean Rusk (1909 to 1994. American statesman (1909–1994))
• Kamehameha IV (1834 to 1863. King of Hawaii from 1855 to 1863)
• Trường Chinh (1907 to 1988. Vietnamese political leader (1907–1988))
• Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani (born 1988. Qatari royal and politician (born 1988))
• Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1846 to 1930. German military officer (1846–1930))
• Gaston Browne (born 1967. Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda since 2014)
• Mike Hughes (daredevil) (1956 to 2020. American daredevil and flat-Earther (1956–2020))
• Filipe Nyusi (born 1959. President of Mozambique from 2015 to 2025)
• Matthieu Ricard (born 1946. French writer and Buddhist monk)
• Princess Raiyah bint Hussein (born 1986. Jordanian royal (born 1986))
• Laurel Hubbard (born 1978. New Zealand weightlifter (born 1978))
• Garret FitzGerald (1926 to 2011. Taoiseach (1981–1982, 1982–1987))
• Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441 to 1501. Turkic poet and politician (1441–1501))
• Mia Farrow (born 1945. American actress and activist (born 1945))
• Jacques Monod (1910 to 1976. French biochemist (1910–1976))
• Manuel Castells (born 1942. Spanish sociologist and politician)
• Stuart Young (born 1975. Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago in 2025)
• Vasily Zhukovsky (1783 to 1852. Russian poet (1783–1852))
• Mahendra Chaudhry (born 1942. Fijian politician (born 1942))
• Amy Lowell (1874 to 1925. American poet (1874–1925))
• David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905 to 1981. English athlete and sports official (1905–81))
• Leander Starr Jameson (1853 to 1917. British colonial politician (1853–1917))
• Léon M'ba (1902 to 1967. Prime Minister (1959–61) and President (1961–67) of Gabon)
• André Gorz (1923 to 2007. Austrian philosopher (1923 –2007))
• Zhang Ziyi (born 1979. Chinese actress and model (born 1979))
• Anthony Hope (1863 to 1933. English novelist (1863-1933))
• Princess Elizabeth of Tooro (born 1936. Ugandan politician)
• Wanu Hafidh Ameir (born 1982. Tanzanian politician)
• Rosie Batty (born 1962. Australian domestic violence campaigner (born 1962))
• Frederick Lenz (1950 to 1998. American spiritual leader)
• Robert Benevides (1930 to 2024. American actor (1930–2024))
• Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile (1313 to 1357. Queen of Castile and León from 1328 to 1350)
• Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (1907 to 2003. Canadian geometer (1907–2003))
• Eamon Duffy (born 1947. Irish historian (born 1947))
• Henry Krieger (born 1945. American composer (born 1945))
• Carole King (born 1942. American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1942))
• Louis of Toulouse (1274 to 1297. French Catholic bishop and saint (1274–1297))
• Georg Kajanus (born 1946. Norwegian composer and pop musician (born 1946))
• John B. Cobb (1925 to 2024. American theologian, philosopher and environmentalist (1925–2024))
• Ferdy Sambo (born 1973. Former Indonesian police general (born 1973))
• Ferdinando Carulli (1770 to 1841. Italian composer (1770–1841))
• Mohammed bin Saud Al Qasimi (born 1987. Crown Prince of Ras Al Khaimah)
• Nathan Barr (born 1973. American film and television composer and musician)
• Ed Pulaski (1868 to 1931. U.S. Forest Service ranger (1866–1931))
• Akiyama Yoshifuru (1859 to 1930. Japanese general (1859–1930))
• Denis Dutton (1944 to 2010. Professor and philosopher (1944–2010))
• Armen Garo (1872 to 1923. Armenian activist and politician (1872–1923))

Died on February 9

• Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930 to 2002. British princess (1930–2002))
• Yuri Andropov (1914 to 1984. Leader of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1984)
• John Gavin (1931 to 2018. American actor (1931–2018))
• Winfield Scott Hancock (1824 to 1886. United States Army officer (1824–1886))
• Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969 to 2018. Icelandic musician and composer (1969–2018))
• Frederick III of Denmark (1609 to 1670. King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 to 1670)
• Abdul-Karim Qasim (1914 to 1963. Prime Minister of Iraq from 1958 to 1963)
• Baba Amte (1914 to 2008. Indian social worker, reformer and activist (1914–2008))
• Saint Apollonia (150 to 249. Christian saint and martyr)
• Dennis Gabor (1900 to 1979. Hungarian-British physicist (1900–1979))
• Pelagius II (520 to 590. Head of the Catholic Church from 579 to 590)
• Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792 to 1873. Empress of Austria from 1816 to 1835)
• Ernst von Dohnányi (1877 to 1960. Hungarian composer and pianist (1877–1960))
• Anne Treisman (1935 to 2018. English cognitive psychologist (1935–2018))
• Sergey Ilyushin (1894 to 1977. Soviet aircraft designer (1894–1977))
• John Hick (1922 to 2012. English philosopher of religion and theologian (1922–2012))
• Louise Henriette de Bourbon (1726 to 1759. Duchess of Orléans (1726–1759))
• Allen Tate (1899 to 1979. American poet, essayist, social commentator (1899–1979))
• Alexandre Benois (1870 to 1960. Russian painter (1870–1960))
• Alejandro Finisterre (1919 to 2007. Spanish inventor, poet and publisher (1919–2007))
• François Louis, Prince of Conti (1664 to 1709. King of Poland (titular))
• Helen Schucman (1909 to 1981. American clinical and research psychologist (1909–1981))
• Bud Wilkinson (1916 to 1994. American football player and coach; sports announcer (1916–1994))
• Balasaraswati (1918 to 1984. Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (1918–1984))
• Robert I, Count of Artois (1216 to 1250. Count of Artois)
• Sayf al-Dawla (916 to 967. 10th-century Muslim ruler of northern Syria)
• Antonino Zichichi (1929 to 2026. Italian physicist (1929–2026))
• Howard Martin Temin (1934 to 1994. 20th-century American geneticist)
• Lauri Kristian Relander (1883 to 1942. Finnish politician (1883–1942))
• O Kuk-ryol (1930 to 2023. North Korean politician and general (1930–2023))

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