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October 9 birthdays

300 notable historical figures were born on October 9, and 200 died on this day. Everyone born on October 9 is a Libra.

18% of October 9 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (70) than any other country.

Born on October 9

• John Lennon (1940 to 1980. English musician, songwriter and activist (1940–1980))
• David Cameron (born 1966. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016)
• Charles X of France (1757 to 1836. King of France from 1824 to 1830)
• Reginald Dyer (1864 to 1927. British Indian Army officer (1864–1927))
• Brian Blessed (born 1936. English actor (born 1936))
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 to 1921. French composer (1835–1921))
• Nikolai Bukharin (1888 to 1938. Soviet revolutionary and politician (1888–1938))
• Sayyid Qutb (1906 to 1966. Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary (1906–1966))
• Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880 to 1940. Russian Revisionist Zionist leader (1880–1940))
• Boris Nemtsov (1959 to 2015. Russian scientist, statesman, and politician (1959–2015))
• Annika Sörenstam (born 1970. Swedish professional golfer (born 1970))
• Ivo Andrić (1892 to 1975. Yugoslav writer and Nobel laureate (1892–1975))
• Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906 to 2001. First president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001))
• Alastair Sim (1900 to 1976. Scottish actor (1900–1976))
• Joy Crookes (born 1998. British singer-songwriter (born 1998))
• Karl Schwarzschild (1873 to 1916. German physicist (1873–1916))
• Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (1735 to 1806. Duke of Brunswick from 1780 to 1806)
• Guillermo del Toro (born 1964. Mexican filmmaker (born 1964))
• Victor Klemperer (1881 to 1960. German romance languages scholar and diarist)
• Lewis Cass (1782 to 1866. United States Army officer and politician (1782–1866))
• B. Traven (1882 to 1969. Novelist)
• Max von Laue (1879 to 1960. German physicist (1879–1960))
• Denis I (1261 to 1325. King of Portugal from 1279 to 1325)
• Ptolemy V Epiphanes (210 BC to 180 BC. 5th Pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt)
• Mihajlo Pupin (1858 to 1935. Serbian-American electrical engineer and inventor (1858–1935))
• Maddie Blaustein (1960 to 2008. American voice actress and comics writer (1960–2008))
• Nicholas Grimshaw (1939 to 2025. English architect (1939–2025))
• Heinz Fischer (born 1938. President of Austria from 2004 to 2016)
• Emil Fischer (1852 to 1919. German chemist (1852–1919))
• Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928 to 2016. Finnish composer (1928–2016))
• Ruth Sherman Tolman (1893 to 1957. American psychologist and professor (1893–1957))
• Jody Williams (born 1950. American political activist (born 1950))
• Ferdinand Verbiest (1623 to 1688. Flemish Jesuit missionary (1623–1688))
• Peter Mansfield (1933 to 2017. English physicist (1933–2017))
• Valter Longo (born 1967. Italian cellular biologist (born 1967))
• Simeon Solomon (1840 to 1905. British artist (1840–1905))
• Peter I of Cyprus (1328 to 1369. King of Cyprus from 1358 to 1369)
• Oliver Hart (economist) (born 1948. American economist (born 1948))
• Chucho Valdés (born 1941. Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger (born 1941))
• Gopabandhu Das (1877 to 1928. Indian writer (1877–1928))
• Paul Channon (1935 to 2007. British politician (1935–2007))
• Farah Damji (born 1966. British criminal charged with financial and stalking crimes)
• Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne (1727 to 1794. 18th-century French politician and bishop)
• Leopold V (1586 to 1632. Austrian bishop and archduke (1586–1632))
• Edward Bok (1863 to 1930. Dutch-born American editor and writer (1863–1930))
• Shukri Ghanem (1942 to 2012. Libyan Prime Minister (1942–2012))
• Fatma Aliye Topuz (1862 to 1936. Turkish writer and activist (1862–1936))
• Asaf Simhoni (1922 to 1956. Israeli major general)
• Evgeny Schwartz (1896 to 1958. Russian playwright)
• Alain Altinoglu (born 1975. French conductor (born 1975))
• PJ Harvey (born 1969. English musician (born 1969))
• Tomás Mascardo (1871 to 1932. Filipino general)
• Nessa Childers (born 1956. Irish former politician (born 1956))
• Jill Ker Conway (1934 to 2018. Australian-American scholar and author (1934-2018))
• Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1811 to 1902. Duchess consort of Anhalt-Bernburg)
• Ellen Wheeler (born 1961. American actress, director and producer)
• Jacobo Majluta (1934 to 1996. President of the Dominican Republic in 1982)
• John Sutherland (author) (born 1938. British journalist, literary critic and writer (born 1938))
• Eddie Guerrero (1967 to 2005. American professional wrestler (1967–2005))
• Ciaran Carson (1948 to 2019. Northern Ireland-born poet and novelist (1948–2019))

Died on October 9

• Che Guevara (1928 to 1967. Argentine revolutionary (1928–1967))
• Pius XII (1876 to 1958. Head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958)
• Oskar Schindler (1908 to 1974. German industrialist and humanitarian (1908–1974))
• Ratan Tata (1937 to 2024. Indian industrialist and philanthropist (1937–2024))
• Alec Douglas-Home (1903 to 1995. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964)
• Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888 to 1934. King of Yugoslavia from 1921 to 1934)
• Abolhassan Banisadr (1933 to 2021. President of Iran from 1980 to 1981)
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915 to 1973. American gospel and rock musician (1915–1973))
• Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646 to 705. Umayyad caliph from 685 to 705)
• Anna Freud (1895 to 1982. Austrian–British psychoanalyst (1895–1982))
• Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917 to 1979. Afghan politician (1917–1979))
• Grand Duke Ernest Louis (1868 to 1937. Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1892 to 1918)
• Bruno Latour (1947 to 2022. French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist (1947–2022))
• Clare Boothe Luce (1903 to 1987. American author and politician (1903–1987))
• John I of Castile (1358 to 1390. King of Castile and León from 1379 to 1390)
• Emílio Garrastazu Médici (1905 to 1985. President of Brazil from 1969 to 1974)
• Hussein Kamel of Egypt (1853 to 1917. Sultan of Egypt from 1914 to 1917)
• Balthasar Charles Prince of Asturias (1629 to 1646. Prince of Asturias (1629–1646))
• Robert Grosseteste (1175 to 1253. 13th-century Bishop of Lincoln, astrologer, scientist, and philosopher)
• Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781 to 1841. Prussian architect, city planner and painter (1781–1841))
• Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663 to 1690. English royal bastard (1663–1690))
• Pieter Zeeman (1865 to 1943. Dutch physicist (1865–1943))
• Pope Clement II (1005 to 1047. Head of the Catholic Church from 1046 to 1047)
• Gabriele Falloppio (1523 to 1562. Italian anatomist (1522/23–1562))
• Ferdinand (1751 to 1802. Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla from 1765 to 1802)
• Louis Barthou (1862 to 1934. French politician (1862–1934))
• Wilfried Martens (1936 to 2013. Belgian politician (1936–2013))
• Nicolai Hartmann (1882 to 1950. German philosopher (1882–1950))
• Stefan Branković (1417 to 1476. Despot of Serbia from 1458 to 1459)
• Kukrit Pramoj (1911 to 1995. Prime Minister of Thailand from 1975 to 1976)

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