October 9 - Births

Births

• 1201 – Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (d. 1274)
• 1221 – Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler (d. c. 1290)
• 1261 – King Dinis of Portugal (d. 1325)
• 1328 – King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369)
• 1581 – Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician (d. 1638)
• 1585 – Heinrich Schütz, German composer (d. 1672)
• 1586 – Archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)
• 1704 – Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777)
• 1757 – King Charles X of France (d. 1836)
• 1796 – Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English Egyptologist (d. 1878)
• 1835 – Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (d. 1921)
• 1840 – Simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905)
• 1852 – Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
• 1859 – Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (d. 1935)
• 1871 – Georges Gauthier, French-Canadian Catholic bishop (d. 1940)
• 1871 – Didak Buntić, Croatian monk and scholar (d. 1922)
• 1873 – Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer (d. 1916)
• 1873 – Charles Walgreen, American entrepreneur (d. 1939)
• 1873 – Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist (d. 1944)
• 1874 – Nicholas Roerich, Russian painter (d. 1947)
• 1879 – Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)
• 1886 – Rube Marquard, American baseball player (d. 1980)
• 1888 – Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Russian politician (d. 1938)
• 1890 – Aimee Semple McPherson, American evangelist (d. 1944)
• 1892 – Ivo Andrić, Serbian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
• 1892 – Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet (d. 1941)
• 1893 – Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer and photographer (d. 1945)
• 1900 – Joseph Friedman, American inventor (d. 1982)
• 1900 – Alastair Sim, Scottish actor (d. 1976)
• 1902 – Freddie Young, British cinematographer (d. 1998)
• 1903 – Walter O'Malley, American baseball executive (d. 1979)
• 1906 – Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician (d. 2001)
• 1907 – Quintin Hogg, British politician (d. 2001)
• 1907 – Jacques Tati, French filmmaker (d. 1982)
• 1908 – Harry Hooton, Australian poet (d. 1961)
• 1908 – Lee Wiley, American jazz singer (d. 1975)
• 1909 – Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000)
• 1911 – Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (d. 2006)
• 1915 – Clifford M. Hardin, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture (d. 2010)
• 1918 – E. Howard Hunt, American Watergate figure (d. 2007)
• 1918 – Lila Kedrova, Russian actress (d. 2000)
• 1919 – Belva Plain, American novelist (d. 2010)
• 1920 – Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (d. 1976)
• 1921 – Michel Boisrond, French film director (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Léon Dion, Quebec political scientist (d. 1997)
• 1922 – Fyvush Finkel, American actor
• 1925 – Johnny Stompanato, American organized crime figure (d. 1958)
• 1926 – Danièle Delorme, French actress
• 1928 – Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer
• 1931 – Tony Booth, British actor
• 1933 – Peter Mansfield, British physicist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
• 1933 – Judy Tyler, American actress (d. 1957)
• 1934 – Jill Ker Conway, Australian-born American author
• 1935 – Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, member of the British Royal Family
• 1937 – Brian Blessed, English actor
• 1938 – Heinz Fischer, Austrian politician
• 1940 – Gordon Humphrey, American politician
• 1940 – John Lennon, British musician and songwriter (The Beatles) (d. 1980)
• 1940 – Joe Pepitone, American baseball player
• 1941 – Trent Lott, American politician
• 1941 – Brian Lamb, American television executive
• 1941 – Chucho Valdés, Cuban musician
• 1941 – Karam ud Din, Pakistani Navy officer (d. 2008)
• 1943 – Mike Peters, American cartoonist
• 1943 – Douglas Kirby, American teenage behavior researcher
• 1944 – John Entwistle, British musician (The Who) (d. 2002)
• 1944 – Nona Hendryx, American singer (Labelle)
• 1945 – Taiguara, Brazilian musician (d. 1996)
• 1946 – Tansu Çiller, Prime Minister of Turkey
• 1947 – France Gall, French singer
• 1947 – William E. McAnulty, Jr., American lawyer (d. 2007)
• 1947 – Tony Zappone, American broadcaster and journalist
• 1948 – Jackson Browne, American musician
• 1950 – Jody Williams, American teacher and aid worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1950 – Brian Downing, American baseball player
• 1950 – Reichi Nakaido, Japanese rock guitarist
• 1952 – Sharon Osbourne, English music manager and wife of Ozzy Osbourne
• 1953 – Tony Shalhoub, American actor
• 1954 – Scott Bakula, American actor
• 1954 – James Fearnley, English musician (The Pogues)
• 1954 – Anne-Marie Goumba, African politician
• 1954 – John O'Hurley, American actor and game show host
• 1955 – Linwood Boomer, Canadian writer
• 1957 – Don Garber, American sports commissioner
• 1958 – Michael Pare, American actor
• 1958 – Al Jourgensen, American musician (Ministry)
• 1958 – Mike Singletary, American football player
• 1959 – Michael Cobley, English-born Scottish writer
• 1960 – Kenny Garrett, American jazz saxophonist
• 1960 – Maddie Blaustein, American actress (d. 2008)
• 1961 – Julian Bailey, British racing driver
• 1962 – Jorge Burruchaga, Argentinian footballer
• 1962 – Ōnokuni Yasushi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 62^nd Yokozuna
• 1964 – Guillermo del Toro, Mexican film director
• 1964 – John Ralston, Canadian actor
• 1965 – Jimbo Fisher, American college football coach
• 1966 – Christopher Östlund, Swedish publisher and entrepreneur
• 1966 – David Cameron, British politician
• 1967 – Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canadian tennis player
• 1967 – Eddie Guerrero, American professional wrestler (d. 2005)
• 1969 – P.J. Harvey, English musician
• 1969 – Christine Hough, Canadian figure skater
• 1969 – Giles Martin, British record producer
• 1970 – Kenny Anderson, American basketball player
• 1970 – Steve Jablonsky, American music composer
• 1970 – Jason Butler Harner, American actor
• 1970 – Park Sang-min, South Korean actor
• 1970 – Savannah, American pornographic actress (d. 1994)
• 1970 – Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer
• 1971 – Simon Atlee, British photographer (d. 2004)
• 1971 – Jason Jones, American filmmaker
• 1971 – Michael Manna, American professional wrestler
• 1972 – Sarah Vandenbergh, Australian actor
• 1972 – Audie England, American actress
• 1973 – Terry Balsamo, American guitarist (Evanescence)
• 1973 – Steve Burns, American actor and musician
• 1973 – Erin Daniels, American actress
• 1973 – Fabio Lione, Italian musician (Rhapsody)
• 1973 – Carlos Pavón, Honduran footballer
• 1974 – Kieren Hutchison, New Zealand actor
• 1975 – Sean Lennon, American musician
• 1975 – Rale Micic, Serbian musician
• 1975 – Mark Viduka, Australian footballer
• 1976 – Nick Swardson, American actor
• 1977 – Brian Roberts, American baseball player
• 1978 – Nicky Byrne, Irish musician (Westlife)
• 1978 – Juan Dixon, American basketball player
• 1978 – Rossa, Indonesian singer
• 1979 – Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer
• 1979 – Brandon Routh, American actor
• 1979 – Alex Greenwald, American musician (Phantom Planet)
• 1979 – Todd Kelly, Australian racing driver
• 1980 – Ibrahim Fazeel, Maldivian footballer
• 1980 – Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1981 – Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor
• 1981 – Darius Miles, American basketball player
• 1982 – António Mendonça, Angolan footballer
• 1982 – Shi Jun, Chinese footballer
• 1983 – Spencer Grammer, American actress
• 1983 – Jang Mi-Ran, South Korean weightlifter
• 1983 – Andreas Zuber, Austrian racing driver
• 1983 – Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player
• 1984 – Ghetto, British musician
• 1986 – Laure Manaudou, French swimmer
• 1987 – Bill Walker, American basketball player
• 1992 – Tyler James Williams, American actor
• 1994 – Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress