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June 9 birthdays

253 notable historical figures were born on June 9, and 195 died on this day. Everyone born on June 9 is a Gemini.

19% of June 9 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (73) than any other country.

Born on June 9

• Michael J. Fox (born 1961. Canadian-American actor and activist (born 1961))
• Johnny Depp (born 1963. American actor (born 1963))
• Natalie Portman (born 1981. Israeli and American actress (born 1981))
• Robert McNamara (1916 to 2009. American businessman and government official (1916–2009))
• Cole Porter (1891 to 1964. American composer and songwriter (1891–1964))
• Anoushka Shankar (born 1981. British-American musician (born 1981))
• Les Paul (1915 to 2009. American guitarist, songwriter and inventor (1915–2009))
• Leopold I (1640 to 1705. Holy Roman Emperor from 1658 to 1705)
• Benny Gantz (born 1959. Israeli general and politician)
• Miroslav Klose (born 1978. German football player and manager (born 1978))
• Eric Hobsbawm (1917 to 2012. British academic historian and Marxist historiographer (1917–2012))
• George Stephenson (1781 to 1848. English mechanical and civil engineer (1781–1848))
• Bertha von Suttner (1843 to 1914. Austrian novelist and pacifist (1843–1914))
• Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930 to 2012. Norwegian princess (1930–2012))
• Władysław IV (1595 to 1648. Ruler of Poland–Lithuania from 1632 to 1648)
• David Cage (born 1969. French video game designer, writer and musician)
• Feodor III (1661 to 1682. Tsar of Russia from 1676 to 1682)
• Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (born 1983) (born 1983. British-Greek actress)
• Emilio Mola (1887 to 1937. Spanish military commander)
• Lothair II (1075 to 1137. Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 to 1137)
• Carl Nielsen (1865 to 1931. Danish composer (1865–1931))
• Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851 to 1921. American lawyer and political activist (1851–1921))
• Curzio Malaparte (1898 to 1957. Italian writer and filmmaker)
• Yousaf Raza Gillani (born 1952. Prime Minister of Pakistan, 2008–2012)
• Joe Haldeman (born 1943. American science fiction writer (born 1943))
• Ada Palmer (born 1981. American novelist)
• Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse (1806 to 1877. Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1848 to 1877)
• James Maynard (mathematician) (born 1987. British mathematician (born 1987))
• George Axelrod (1922 to 2003. American dramatist (1922–2003))
• Lin Carter (1930 to 1988. American fantasy writer, editor, poet and critic)
• Tshekedi Khama II (born 1958. Botswana politician)
• Blanche II (1424 to 1464. Titular queen of Navarre from 1461 to 1464)
• Dmitry Borovikov (1984 to 2006. Russian neo-Nazi pagan (1984–2006))
• Roy Meadow (born 1933. British paediatrician)
• Sayyida Nafisa (762 to 824. Muslim scholar (d. 830 CE))
• Jordi Pujol (born 1930. Catalan politician)
• Gul Hassan Khan (1921 to 1999. Pakistani general (1921–99))
• Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington (1876 to 1941. British peer (1876–1941))
• Susan Strange (1923 to 1998. British international relations and political theorist (1923–1998))
• Sylvanus Thayer (1785 to 1872. United States Army general (1785–1872))
• Charles Wuorinen (1938 to 2020. American composer (1938–2020))
• Henry Hallett Dale (1875 to 1968. English pharmacologist and physiologist (1875–1968))
• Hiro Arikawa (born 1972. Japanese light novelist (born 1972))
• Marcia Davenport (1903 to 1996. American novelist (1903–1996))
• Wesley Sneijder (born 1984. Dutch footballer (born 1984))
• Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough (1888 to 1973. Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1943 to 1963)
• Matsudaira Hirotada (1526 to 1549. Japanese nobleman (1526 – 1549))
• Bernard Judge (1931 to 2021. American architect (1931–2021))
• Connect-R (born 1982. Romanian musician)
• Aaron Sorkin (born 1961. American screenwriter, playwright, and filmmaker (born 1961))
• Sonam Kapoor (born 1985. Indian actress (born 1985))
• Lisbet Rausing (born 1960. Swedish-British philanthropist and historian of science)
• A. D. Gordon (1856 to 1922. Russian-Jewish philosopher, worker, and educator)
• Lorraine Daston (born 1951. American historian of science (born 1951))
• Kōsaku Yamada (1886 to 1965. Japanese musical artist (1886–1965))
• Maria Stepanova (poet) (born 1972. Russian poet, novelist, and journalist (born 1972))
• Bill Backer (1926 to 2016. American advertising executive (1926–2016))
• Albéric Magnard (1865 to 1914. French composer (1865–1914))
• Mamuka Bakhtadze (born 1982. Georgian politician)
• Lucien Daudet (1878 to 1946. French writer (1878–1946))

Died on June 9

• Charles Dickens (1812 to 1870. English writer and journalist (1812–1870))
• Nero (37 to 68. Roman emperor from AD 54 to 68)
• Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640 to 1701. French prince (1640–1701))
• Iain Banks (1954 to 2013. Scottish writer (1954–2013))
• Ananda Mahidol (1925 to 1946. King of Thailand from 1935 to 1946)
• Columba (521 to 597. Irish monk and saint (521–597 AD))
• Birsa Munda (1875 to 1900. Indian tribal freedom fighter and religious leader (1875–1900))
• Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846 to 1923. British princess, daughter of Queen Victoria (1846–1923))
• Ephrem the Syrian (306 to 373. Syriac saint, theologian and writer (c. 306 – 373))
• Claudia Octavia (40 to 62. Roman empress from AD 54 to 62)
• Sanford B. Dole (1844 to 1926. American judge and Hawaii politician (1844–1926))
• al-Saffah (722 to 754. Abbasid caliph from 748 to 754)
• Pauline (1780 to 1825. Princess of Guastalla)
• Lynn Conway (1938 to 2024. American computer scientist and electrical engineer (1938–2024))
• James Last (1929 to 2015. German composer and big band leader (1929–2015))
• Joana III (1528 to 1572. Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572)
• Masahisa Fukase (1934 to 2012. Japanese photographer (1934–2012))
• Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899 to 1974. Guatemalan writer and poet-diplomat (1899-1974))
• Ousmane Sembène (1923 to 2007. Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and author (1923–2007))
• Shahrbaraz (600 to 630. Shah of the Sasanian Empire in 630)
• Jacob Lawrence (1917 to 2000. American painter (1917–2000))
• Umar Shaikh Mirza II (1456 to 1494. Timurid ruler of Fergana from 1469 to 1494)
• Yoshitoshi (1839 to 1892. Japanese artist and printmaker (1839–1892))
• George Washington Adams (1801 to 1829. American politician (1801–1829))
• Adolf Windaus (1876 to 1959. German chemist (1876–1959))
• Ion Luca Caragiale (1852 to 1912. Romanian writer, political commentator and journalist (1852–1912))
• Agostino Casaroli (1914 to 1998. Catholic cardinal and diplomat)
• Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290 to 1348. Italian painter (1290–1348))
• Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (1751 to 1820. Princess of Orange from 1767 to 1806)
• George Beadle (1903 to 1989. American geneticist (1903–1989))

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