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March 9 birthdays

324 notable historical figures were born on March 9, and 197 died on this day. Everyone born on March 9 is a Pisces.

21% of March 9 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (81) than any other country.

Born on March 9

• Yuri Gagarin (1934 to 1968. Soviet cosmonaut (1934–1968))
• Bobby Fischer (1943 to 2008. American chess grandmaster (1943–2008))
• Amerigo Vespucci (1454 to 1512. Italian explorer and navigator (1454–1512))
• John Cale (born 1942. Welsh musician (born 1942))
• Juliette Binoche (born 1964. French actress (born 1964))
• Vita Sackville-West (1892 to 1962. English writer and gardener (1892–1962))
• Mircea Eliade (1907 to 1986. Romanian historian (1907–1986))
• Ornella Muti (born 1955. Italian actress (born 1955))
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 to 1881. Russian composer (1839–1881))
• Jose P. Laurel (1891 to 1959. President of the Philippines from 1943 to 1945)
• Samuel Barber (1910 to 1981. American composer (1910–1981))
• Karan Singh, Crown Prince of Kashmir (born 1931. Indian politician (born 1931))
• Mickey Spillane (1918 to 2006. American crime novelist (1918–2006))
• Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749 to 1791. French writer, orator and statesman (1749–1791))
• Aloysius Gonzaga (1568 to 1591. Italian Jesuit seminarian and saint (1568–1591))
• Mátyás Rákosi (1892 to 1971. Hungarian Communist leader (1892-1971))
• Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (1900 to 1948. Italian prince and nominal king of Croatia (1900–1948))
• Mark Mancina (born 1957. American film composer (born 1957))
• Luis Barragán (1902 to 1988. Mexican architect (1902-1988))
• Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753 to 1800. French army officer and architect (1753–1800))
• William Cobbett (1763 to 1835. English pamphleteer, farmer and journalist (1763–1835))
• Zillur Rahman (1929 to 2013. President of Bangladesh from 2009 to 2013)
• Taina Elg (1930 to 2025. Finnish actress and dancer (1930–2025))
• Alejandro Giammattei (born 1956. President of Guatemala from 2020 to 2024)
• Andrew Viterbi (born 1935. Italian-American engineer and businessman)
• Archduke Joseph (1776 to 1847. Palatine of Hungary from 1796 to 1847)
• Walter Kohn (1923 to 2016. American physicist (1923–2016))
• Robert L. Eichelberger (1886 to 1961. US Army general (1886–1961))
• Edward Durell Stone (1902 to 1978. American architect (1902–1978))
• Gongyang of Goryeo (1345 to 1394. King of Goryeo from 1389 to 1392)
• Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn (1864 to 1945. British royal physician)
• László Lovász (born 1948. Hungarian mathematician (born 1948))
• Maggie Aderin (born 1968. British space scientist and science educator (born 1968))
• Josef Mysliveček (1737 to 1781. Czech composer)
• Takaaki Kajita (born 1959. Japanese physicist)
• Caroline of Zweibrücken (1721 to 1774. Landgravine consort of Hesse-Darmstadt)
• Paciano Rizal (1851 to 1930. Filipino general and revolutionary)
• Chika (rapper) (born 1997. American rapper (born 1997))
• David Willetts (born 1956. British politician)
• Alexandru Averescu (1859 to 1938. Romanian marshal and populist politician (1859–1938))
• Francisco del Rosario Sánchez (1817 to 1861. Dominican revolutionary and politician (1817–1861))
• Emma Bonino (born 1948. Italian politician (born 1948))
• David Smith (sculptor) (1906 to 1965. American sculptor and painter)
• Oscar Isaac (born 1979. American actor (born 1979))
• Bettino Ricasoli (1809 to 1880. Italian politician (1809–1880))
• Wage Rudolf Supratman (1903 to 1938. Indonesian creator of the national anthem (1903–1938))
• Emperor Go-Nijō (1285 to 1308. Emperor of Japan from 1301 to 1308)
• Margaret Murray Washington (1865 to 1925. American academic)
• Bogdan III The One-Eyed (1479 to 1517. Voivode of Moldavia from 1504 to 1517)
• Hugh IV (1213 to 1272. Duke of Burgundy from 1218 to 1272)
• Desmond Hoyte (1929 to 2002. President of Guyana, politician, lawyer (1929–2002))
• Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu (born 1961. Chief of the Turkish General Staff since 2025)
• León Febres Cordero (1931 to 2008. President of Ecuador from 1984-1988)
• Anna Clyne (born 1980. English composer)
• Hamo Thornycroft (1850 to 1925. English sculptor (1850–1925))
• Noureddin Bongo Valentin (born 1992. Gabonese politician (born 1992))
• Oscar Stanton De Priest (1871 to 1951. American politician and civil rights advocate (1871–1951))
• Suga (born 1993. South Korean rapper (born 1993))
• Ion Caramitru (1942 to 2021. Romanian actor (1942–2021))
• Alexander Mozhaysky (1825 to 1890. Russian admiral and aviation pioneer (1825–1890))

Died on March 9

• Charles Bukowski (1920 to 1994. American writer (1920–1994))
• Menachem Begin (1913 to 1992. Prime Minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983)
• Wilhelm I (1797 to 1888. German Emperor from 1871 to 1888)
• Alexandra Kollontai (1872 to 1952. Soviet politician and diplomat (1872–1952))
• Cardinal Mazarin (1602 to 1661. Italian clergyman and politician (1602–1661))
• Hans Christian Ørsted (1777 to 1851. Danish chemist and physicist (1777–1851))
• Yohannes IV (1837 to 1889. Emperor of Ethiopia from 1871 to 1889)
• Jamal al-Din al-Afghani (1838 to 1897. Political activist and Islamic ideologist (1838/1839–1897))
• Catherine of Bologna (1413 to 1463. Italian writer, artist (1413–1463))
• Jon English (1949 to 2016. Australian singer, songwriter, musician and actor (1949–2016))
• The Notorious B.I.G. (1972 to 1997. American rapper (1972–1997))
• John Polkinghorne (1930 to 2021. Physicist and priest (1930–2021))
• Harry Seidler (1923 to 2006. Austrian-Australian architect (1923–2006))
• Sverre of Norway (1151 to 1202. King of Norway from 1184 to 1202)
• Frances of Rome (1384 to 1440. Italian saint)
• Irene Worth (1916 to 2002. American actress (1916–2002))
• Imogen Holst (1907 to 1984. English composer and conductor (1907–1984))
• Kim Il (politician) (1910 to 1984. North Korean politician (1910–1984))
• Frei Otto (1925 to 2015. German architect (1925–2015))
• Jean-Marie Villot (1905 to 1979. Roman Catholic cardinal)
• Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1796 to 1881. Queen of Denmark from 1839 to 1848)
• Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743 to 1825. English author (1743–1825))
• Otto von Below (1857 to 1944. Prussian military officer)
• Erling Lorentzen (1923 to 2021. Norwegian businessman (1923–2021))
• Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736 to 1798. Duchess consort of Württemberg)
• Jhaverchand Meghani (1896 to 1947. Indian poet, writer, social reformer and freedom fighter)
• Charles Henry Allan Bennett (1872 to 1923. Buddhist monk and occultist (1872–1923))
• Raphael Mechoulam (1930 to 2023. Israeli chemist (1930–2023))
• Howard Hodgkin (1932 to 2017. British painter and printmaker (1932–2017))
• Sophie of Saxony (1845 to 1867. Duchess Karl Theodor in Bavaria)

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