June 9 - Births

Births

• 1508 – Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586)
• 1580 – Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (d. 1655)
• 1588 – Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer (d. 1666)
• 1595 – King Wladislaus IV of Poland (d. 1648)
• 1640 – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1705)
• 1661 – Tsar Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)
• 1672 – Tsar Peter I of Russia (d. 1725)
• 1686 – Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (d. 1747)
• 1768 – Samuel Slater, American industrialist (d. 1835)
• 1781 – George Stephenson, English mechanical engineer (d. 1848)
• 1810 – Otto Nicolai, German composer (d. 1849)
• 1812 – Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (d. 1910)
• 1843 – Bertha von Suttner, Austrian novelist, Nobel laureate (d. 1914)
• 1845 – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (d. 1914)
• 1849 – Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (d. 1927)
• 1851 – Charles Joseph Bonaparte, French politician (d. 1921)
• 1865 – Albéric Magnard, French composer (d. 1914)
• 1865 – Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (d. 1931)
• 1875 – Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)
• 1882 – Bobby Kerr, Canadian sprinter (d. 1963)
• 1890 – Leslie Banks, British actor (d. 1952)
• 1891 – Cole Porter, American composer and lyricist (d. 1964)
• 1893 – Irish Meusel, American baseball player (d. 1963)
• 1898 – Luigi Fagioli, Italian racing driver (d. 1952)
• 1900 – Fred Waring, American bandleader (d. 1984)
• 1906 – Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and entrepreneur (d. 1997)
• 1910 – Robert Cummings, American actor (d. 1990)
• 1911 – George Webb, British actor (d. 1998)
• 1912 – Ingolf Dahl, American composer (d. 1970)
• 1912 – Philip Simmons, American ornamental ironworker (d. 2009)
• 1915 – Les Paul, American guitarist and inventor (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Robert McNamara, U.S. Defense Secretary and President of the World Bank (d. 2009)
• 1918 – John Hospers, American philosopher and Libertarian politician
• 1921 – Arthur Hertzberg, American scholar (d. 2006)
• 1922 – George Axelrod, American producer, playwright and director (d. 2003)
• 1922 – John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (d. 1941)
• 1922 – Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist (d. 1988)
• 1924 – Ed Farhat ("The Sheik"), American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
• 1925 – Keith Laumer, American author (d. 1993)
• 1929 – Johnny Ace, American rhythm and blues singer (d. 1954)
• 1930 – Barbara, French singer (d. 1997)
• 1931 – Joe Santos, American actor
• 1931 – Bill Virdon, American baseball player and manager
• 1934 – Jackie Wilson, American singer (d. 1984)
• 1936 – Mick O'Dwyer, Irish footballer and manager
• 1936 – Jackie Mason, American comedian
• 1937 – Harald Rosenthal, German biologist
• 1938 – Charles Wuorinen, American composer
• 1939 – Ileana Cotrubaş, Romanian soprano
• 1939 – David Hobbs, English racecar driver and commentator
• 1939 – Dick Vitale, American sportscaster
• 1939 – Charles Webb, American novelist
• 1941 – Jon Lord, English pianist and organist (Deep Purple)
• 1943 – Joe Haldeman, American science fiction author
• 1945 – Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (d. 1994)
• 1945 – Nike Wagner, German art festival director
• 1947 – Kiran Bedi, Indian social activist and police officer
• 1947 – John Gurda, American historian
• 1948 – Gudrun Schyman, Swedish politician
• 1951 – James Newton Howard, American film composer
• 1951 – Dave Parker, American baseball player
• 1951 – Reinhard Schmitz, German footballer
• 1952 – Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer (d. 2004)
• 1954 – Paul Chapman, Welsh guitarist (UFO, Lone Star)
• 1954 – Gregory Maguire, American novelist
• 1954 – George Pérez, American comic book artist
• 1954 – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada
• 1955 – Stephen Pewsey, English historian
• 1955 – Wolfgang Schilling, German footballer
• 1956 – Patricia Cornwell, American Novelist
• 1960 – Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist
• 1961 – Michael J. Fox, Canadian-born actor
• 1961 – Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter and playwright
• 1962 – Yuval Banai, Israeli musician and singer (Mashina)
• 1963 – Gilad Atzmon, Israeli-born British jazz saxophonist and political activist
• 1963 – Johnny Depp, American actor
• 1963 – David Koepp, American screenwriter and director
• 1964 – Gloria Reuben, Canadian actress
• 1964 – Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and smooth jazz bassist (d. 2009)
• 1964 – Hiroko Yakushimaru, Japanese actress and singer
• 1967 – Richard Cooey, American murderer (d. 2008)
• 1967 – Jian Ghomeshi, Canadian broadcaster
• 1967 – Rubén Maza, Venezuelan long-distance runner
• 1968 – Niki Bakoyianni, Greek high jumper
• 1969 – Nick Kiriazis, American actor
• 1969 – Eric Wynalda, American footballer
• 1970 – Erika Miklósa, Hungarian coloratura soprano
• 1971 – Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer
• 1971 – Jackie McKeown, Scottish vocalist and guitarist (The Yummy Fur, 1990s)
• 1971 – Rick Renstrom, American guitarist
• 1972 – Tomoe Hanba, Japanese voice actress
• 1972 – Matt Horsley, Australian football player
• 1973 – Tedy Bruschi, American football player
• 1973 – Frederic Choffat, Swiss film director
• 1973 – Iain Lee, British television/radio personality
• 1973 – Laura Ponte, Spanish model and member (by marriage) of the Spanish Royal Family
• 1974 – Samoth, Norwegian guitarist and drummer (Emperor, Zyklon)
• 1974 – Randy Winn, American baseball player
• 1975 – Otto Addo, German-born Ghanaian footballer
• 1975 – Jeff Saturday, American football player
• 1975 – Andrew Symonds, Australian cricketer
• 1977 – Roopa Mishra, Indian civil servant
• 1977 – Amisha Patel, Indian actress
• 1977 – Peja Stojakovic, Serbian basketball player
• 1978 – Matthew Bellamy, English vocalist, guitarist, pianist and songwriter (Muse)
• 1978 – Michaela Conlin, American actress
• 1978 – Shandi Finnessey, American beauty queen
• 1978 – Miroslav Klose, German football player
• 1980 – Navíd Akhavan, Iranian-German actor
• 1980 – Mike Fontenot, American baseball player
• 1980 – Udonis Haslem, American basketball player
• 1980 – Lehlohonolo Seema, South African football player
• 1980 – D'banj, Nigerian singer, songwriter and harmonica player
• 1981 – Natalie Portman, Israeli-born actress
• 1981 – Anoushka Shankar, English-born sitarist, daughter of Ravi Shankar
• 1981 – Vic Zhou, Taiwanese actor, singer and model
• 1982 – Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer
• 1982 – Andrew Walker, Canadian actor
• 1983 – Alektra Blue, American pornographic actress
• 1983 – Firas Al Khatib, Syrian football player
• 1983 – Danny Richar, Dominican baseball player
• 1983 – Jim Tang, Hong Kong actor
• 1984 – Yulieski Gourriel, Cuban baseball player
• 1984 – Aruni Kashyap, Indian poet
• 1984 – Kaleth Morales, Colombian vallenato singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1984 – Masoud Shojaei, Iranian football player
• 1984 – Wesley Sneijder, Dutch football player
• 1985 – Anthimos Ananiadis, Greek actor
• 1985 – Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress
• 1985 – Sebastian Telfair, American basketball player
• 1985 – Richard Kahui, New Zealand All Black rugby player
• 1986 – Kary Ng, Hong Kong singer and actress
• 1986 – Adamo Ruggiero, Canadian actor
• 1986 – Karan Wahi, Indian actor
• 1988 – Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Greek football player
• 1988 – Sara Isakovič, Slovenian swimmer
• 1988 – Mae Whitman, American actress and voice actress
• 1989 – Chloë Agnew, Irish singer (Celtic Woman)
• 1993 – Danielle Chuchran, American actress