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November 9 birthdays

284 notable historical figures were born on November 9, and 167 died on this day. Everyone born on November 9 is a Scorpio.

19% of November 9 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (57) than any other country.

Born on November 9

• Edward VII (1841 to 1910. King of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910)
• Hedy Lamarr (1914 to 2000. Austrian-American actress and inventor (1914–2000))
• Carl Sagan (1934 to 1996. American scientist and science communicator (1934–1996))
• Alessandro Del Piero (born 1974. Italian footballer (born 1974))
• Muhammad Iqbal (1877 to 1938. Islamic philosopher and poet (1877–1938))
• Isabella of Valois (1389 to 1409. Queen of England from 1396 to 1399)
• Louis Ferdinand (1907 to 1994. German prince (1907–1994))
• Stanford White (1853 to 1906. American architect (1853–1906))
• Imre Kertész (1929 to 2016. Hungarian author (1929–2016))
• Claire van Kampen (1953 to 2025. English director and composer (1953–2025))
• Erika Mann (1905 to 1969. German actress and writer)
• Tahereh Mafi (born 1988. Iranian-American author (born 1986))
• Enrico De Nicola (1877 to 1959. President of Italy in 1948)
• Imre Lakatos (1922 to 1974. Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science (1922–1974))
• Spiro Agnew (1918 to 1996. Vice President of the United States from 1969 to 1973)
• Raphaël Enthoven (born 1975. French philosophy teacher, radio host and television host)
• Carroll Quigley (1910 to 1977. American historian (1910–1977))
• Gustav, Prince of Vasa (1799 to 1877. Heir to the Swedish throne (1799–1877))
• Ingvar Carlsson (born 1934. Prime Minister of Sweden (1986–1991; 1994–1996))
• Roger McGough (born 1937. English poet and performer (b. 1937))
• Jack W. Szostak (born 1952. American biologist)
• Jackie Kay (born 1961. Scottish poet, novelist and non-fiction writer (born 1961))
• Choi Hong-hi (1918 to 2002. South Korean general and martial artist (1918–2002))
• Giles Gilbert Scott (1880 to 1960. English architect (1880–1960))
• Erich Auerbach (1892 to 1957. German philologist (1892–1957))
• Emperor Gong of Song (1271 to 1323. Emperor of China from 1274 to 1276)
• Kishor Kadam (born 1967. Indian actor)
• Pyotr Petrovich (1715 to 1719. Tsarevich of Russia)
• Ronald Harwood (1934 to 2020. South African playwright and novelist (1934–2020))
• Gyeongjong (955 to 981. King of Goryeo from 975 to 981)
• Juan Yagüe (1891 to 1952. Spanish Nationalist general nicknamed "Butcher of Badajoz")
• Zivia Lubetkin (1914 to 1978. Polish Jewish underground leader (1914–1978))
• Zaimis (1855 to 1936. Prime Minister of Greece (1840–1936))
• Ernst, Prince of Leiningen (1830 to 1904. Prince of Leiningen)
• Thomas Berry (1914 to 2009. American Catholic priest and scholar (1914–2009))
• Alistair Horne (1925 to 2017. British writer and historian)
• Ferdinand von Hompesch (1744 to 1805. Last Grand Master of the Knights of Malta (1744-1805))
• James Schuyler (1923 to 1991. American poet)
• Elizabeth Hawley (1923 to 2018. Journalist and chronicler of Nepal Himalayan expeditions)
• Émile Gaboriau (1832 to 1873. French writer (1832–1873))
• Aubrey Gordon (born 1983. Author, podcaster, and activist)
• Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (1948 to 2025. Indian singer and composer (1948–2025))
• Aed Carabao (born 1954. Thai musician and entrepreneur (born 1954))
• Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1723 to 1787. Prussian princess (1723–1787))
• Florence R. Sabin (1871 to 1953. American medical scientist (1871–1953))
• Mohammed Ali Tewfik (1875 to 1955. Egyptian prince and heir presumptive to the throne of Egypt and Sudan (1875–1955))
• Philippa of Guelders (1464 to 1547. Duchess consort of Lorraine (1464–1547))
• Chris Jericho (born 1970. American-Canadian professional wrestler, rock musician, and actor (born 1970))
• Ignacio Ellacuría (1930 to 1989. Spanish-Salvadoran Jesuit, philosopher and theologian (1930-1989))
• Janet Fitch (born 1955. American novelist (born 1955))
• Albert I (1414 to 1486. Elector of Brandenburg from 1471 to 1486)
• Basil Davidson (1914 to 2010. British journalist and historian (1914–2010))
• Shulamit Lapid (born 1934. Israeli novelist and playwright (born 1934))
• Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897 to 1978. British chemist (1897–1978))
• Roger Edens (1905 to 1970. American composer (1905–1970))
• Karl Loewenstein (1891 to 1973. German lawyer and political scientist (1891–1973))
• Niccolò III (1383 to 1441. Marquis of Ferrara (1383–1441))
• Maria Ribeiro (born 1975. Brazilian actress)
• Mykhailo Burmystenko (1902 to 1941. Soviet politician; Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR (1902–1941))
• Delta Goodrem (born 1984. Australian singer-songwriter (born 1984))

Died on November 9

• Charles de Gaulle (1890 to 1970. French general and statesman (1890–1970))
• Neville Chamberlain (1869 to 1940. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940)
• Ibn Saud (1876 to 1953. King of Saudi Arabia from 1932 to 1953)
• Ramsay MacDonald (1866 to 1937. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1924; 1929–1935))
• Chaim Weizmann (1874 to 1952. Israeli statesman and British chemist (1874–1952))
• K. R. Narayanan (1920 to 2005. President of India from 1997 to 2002)
• Guillaume Apollinaire (1880 to 1918. French poet and writer (1880–1918))
• Har Gobind Khorana (1922 to 2011. Indian-American molecular biologist (1922–2011))
• Constantine VII (905 to 959. Byzantine emperor from 913 to 959)
• Ernst vom Rath (1909 to 1938. German diplomat (1909–1938))
• Henry Cabot Lodge (1850 to 1924. American politician (1850–1924))
• Jami (1414 to 1492. Persian poet (1414–1492))
• Handan Sultan (1570 to 1605. Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 to 1605)
• Dylan Thomas (1914 to 1953. Welsh poet and writer (1914–1953))
• George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough (1844 to 1892. British duke (1844–1892))
• Giovanni Leone (1908 to 2001. President of Italy from 1971 to 1978)
• Emperor Gaozong of Song (1107 to 1187. Emperor of China from 1127 to 1162)
• Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858 to 1962. Indian social reformer (1858–1962))
• Alvin Straight (1920 to 1996. American man who became notable for traveling on a lawn mower)
• Amadou Toumani Touré (1948 to 2020. Leader of Mali (1991–1992, 2002–2012))
• La Veneno (1964 to 2016. Spanish media personality)
• Hortense Mancini (1646 to 1699. Duchess of La Meilleraye)
• Mary Fortune (1832 to 1911. Australian detective writer (1832–1911))
• Ignacio Anaya (1897 to 1975. Mexican executive chef (1895–1975))
• Hryhorii Skovoroda (1722 to 1794. Ukrainian philosopher (1722–1794))
• Sigmund Romberg (1887 to 1951. Hungarian-American composer (1887–1951))
• Luis Herrera Campins (1925 to 2007. President of Venezuela from 1979 to 1984)
• Otto V (1261 to 1312. King of Hungary and Croatia from 1305 to 1307)
• Ferdinand of Austria (1609 to 1641. Spanish and Portuguese prince (1609-1641))
• Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880 to 1906. French Discalced Carmelite nun)

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