9 December Births

December 9 is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).

Births

1392 – Peter, Duke of Coimbra (d. 1449)
1447 – Chenghua Emperor of China (d. 1487)
1482 – Frederick II, Elector Palatine (d. 1556)
1493 – Íñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the Infantado (d. 1566)
1508 – Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555)
1561 – Edwin Sandys, English lawyer and politician (d. 1629)
1571 – Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)
1579 – Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)
1594 – Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (d. 1632)
1608 – John Milton, English poet and philosopher (d. 1674)
1610 – Baldassare Ferri, Italian singer and actor (d. 1680)
1617 – Richard Lovelace, English poet (d. 1657)
1652 – Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (d. 1723)
1667 – William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (d. 1752)
1717 – Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and historian (d. 1768)
1721 – Peter Pelham, English-American organist and composer (d. 1805)
1728 – Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian composer (d. 1804)
1745 – Maddalena Laura Sirmen, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1818)
1748 – Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic (d. 1822)
1752 – Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer (d. 1813)
1787 – John Dobson, English architect, designed Eldon Square and Lilburn Tower (d. 1865)
1779 – Tabitha Babbitt, American tool maker and inventor (d. ca. 1853)
1806 – Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician (d. 1838)
1813 – Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (d. 1885)
1837 – Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1915)
1842 – Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, economist, geographer, and philosopher (d. 1921)
1845 – Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (d. 1908)
1850 – Emma Abbott, American soprano and actress (d. 1891)
1861 – Hélène Smith, French psychic and occultist (d. 1929)
1867 – Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek journalist and author (d. 1951)
1868 – Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
1870 – Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician and missionary (d. 1960)
1871 – Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (d. 1943)
1873 – George Blewett, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1912)
1875 – Harry Miller, American engineer (d. 1943)
1876 – Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1940)
1882 – Elmer Booth, American actor (d. 1915)
1882 – Joaquín Turina, Spanish-French composer, critic, and educator (d. 1949)
1883 – Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic (d. 1950)
1883 – Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1955)
1883 – Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness expert, developed Pilates (d. 1967)
1886 – Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (d. 1956)
1887 – Tim Moore, American actor (d. 1958)
1889 – Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish-American runner (d. 1966)
1890 – Laura Salverson, Canadian author (d. 1970)
1891 – Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (d. 1917)
1892 – André Randall, French actor (d. 1974)
1895 – Dolores Ibárruri, Spanish activist, journalist and politician (d. 1989)
1895 – Conchita Supervía, Spanish soprano and actress (d. 1936)
1897 – Hermione Gingold, English actress and singer (d. 1987)
1898 – Emmett Kelly, American clown and actor (d. 1979)
1899 – Jean de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator (d. 1937)
1900 – Albert Weisbord, American activist, founded the Communist League of Struggle (d. 1977)
1901 – Jean Mermoz, French pilot and politician (d. 1936)
1901 – Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-German author and playwright (d. 1938)
1902 – Margaret Hamilton, American schoolteacher, actress and voice artist (d. 1985)
1904 – Robert Livingston, American actor and singer (d. 1988)
1905 – Dalton Trumbo, American author, screenwriter, and blacklistee (d. 1976)
1906 – Grace Hopper, American admiral and computer scientist, designed COBOL (d. 1992)
1906 – Freddy Martin, American bandleader and tenor saxophonist (d. 1983)
1909 – Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American captain, actor, and producer (d. 2000)
1911 – Broderick Crawford, American actor (d. 1986)
1911 – Ryūzō Sejima, Japanese colonel and businessman (d. 2007)
1912 – Tip O'Neill, American lawyer and politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1994)
1912 – Jim Turnesa, American golfer (d. 1971)
1914 – Max Manus, Norwegian lieutenant (d. 1996)
1914 – Frances Reid, American actress (d. 2010)
1914 – Ljubica Sokić, Serbian painter and illustrator (d. 2009)
1915 – Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author (d. 2000)
1915 – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-Austrian soprano and actress (d. 2006)
1916 – Jerome Beatty, Jr., American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2002)
1916 – Kirk Douglas, American actor, singer, and producer
1916 – Colin McCool, Australian cricketer (d. 1986)
1917 – James Jesus Angleton, American CIA agent (d. 1987)
1917 – James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
1918 – Joyce Redman, Irish-born British actress (d. 2012)
1919 – V. Dakshinamoorthy, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1919 – William Lipscomb, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
1920 – Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy (d. 2016)
1920 – Bruno Ruffo, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (d. 2007)
1922 – Redd Foxx, American actor (d. 1991)
1925 – Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1926 – Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, photographer, and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
1926 – David Nathan, British journalist (d. 2001)
1926 – Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (d. 1995)
1926 – Lorenzo Wright, American sprinter and coach (d. 1972)
1927 – Pierre Henry, French composer (d. 2017)
1928 – Joan Blos, American author and educator
1928 – André Milhoux, Belgian race car driver
1928 – Dick Van Patten, American actor (d. 2015)
1929 – John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1929 – Bob Hawke, Australian union leader and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia
1930 – Buck Henry, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1930 – Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores, Guatemalan soldier and politician, 27th President of Guatemala (d. 2016)
1931 – William Reynolds, American actor
1931 – Ladislav Smoljak, Czech actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1931 – Paddi Edwards, English-American actress (d. 1999)
1932 – Donald Byrd, American trumpet player and academic (d. 2013)
1932 – Bill Hartack, American jockey (d. 2007)
1932 – Billy Edd Wheeler, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and playwright
1933 – Ashleigh Brilliant, English-American author and illustrator
1933 – Milt Campbell, American decathlete and football player (d. 2012)
1933 – Morton Downey, Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host (d. 2001)
1933 – Orville Moody, American golfer (d. 2008)
1934 – Judi Dench, English actress
1934 – Junior Wells, American blues singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1998)
1938 – David Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
1938 – Deacon Jones, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2013)
1938 – Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (d. 2014)
1940 – Clancy Eccles, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
1941 – Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author (d. 2013)
1941 – Beau Bridges, American actor, director, and producer
1941 – Dan Hicks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
1942 – Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1997)
1942 – Dick Butkus, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
1942 – Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
1942 – Joe McGinniss, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
1943 – Pit Martin, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
1943 – Joanna Trollope, English author, playwright, and director
1943 – Kenny Vance, American singer-songwriter and music producer
1944 – Neil Innes, English singer-songwriter
1944 – Ki Longfellow, American author, playwright, and producer
1944 – Bob O'Connor, American businessman and politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (d. 2006)
1945 – Michael Nouri, American actor
1946 – David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone, English economist and academic
1946 – Dennis Dunaway, American bass player and songwriter
1946 – Sonia Gandhi, Italian-Indian politician
1946 – Nicholas Reade, English bishop
1947 – Tom Daschle, American soldier, academic, and politician
1947 – Jaak Jõerüüt, Estonian politician, 24th Estonian Minister of Defense
1947 – Allan Jones, English cricketer and umpire
1948 – Marleen Gorris, Dutch director and screenwriter
1948 – Jonathan Sumption, English historian, author, and judge
1949 – Tom Kite, American golfer and architect
1950 – Joan Armatrading, Kittian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Liaqat Baloch, Pakistani politician
1953 – Cornelis de Bondt, Dutch composer and educator
1953 – World B. Free, American basketball player
1953 – John Malkovich, American actor and producer
1954 – Phil Bryant, American academic and politician, 63rd Governor of Mississippi
1954 – Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
1954 – Henk ten Cate, Dutch footballer and manager
1955 – Otis Birdsong, American basketball player and radio host
1955 – Chamras Saewataporn, Thai singer-songwriter
1956 – Sylvia, American country singer-songwriter
1956 – Jean-Pierre Thiollet, French journalist and author
1957 – Peter O'Mara, Australian guitarist and composer
1957 – Donny Osmond, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1957 – Steve Taylor, American singer-songwriter and producer
1958 – Nick Seymour, Australian bass player, songwriter, and producer
1959 – Susan Bullock, English soprano
1960 – Stefen Fangmeier, American visual effects designer and director
1960 – Caroline Lucas, English activist and politician
1960 – Terry Moran, American journalist
1960 – Dobroslav Paraga, Croatian politician
1960 – Juan Samuel, Dominican-American baseball player and manager
1961 – David Anthony Higgins, American actor and screenwriter
1962 – Felicity Huffman, American actress and producer
1962 – Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) ceramic sculptor
1963 – Masako, Crown Princess of Japan
1963 – Dave Hilton, Jr., Canadian boxer
1964 – Michael Foster, American drummer
1964 – Hape Kerkeling, German actor and singer
1964 – Les Kiss, Australian rugby league player
1964 – Johannes B. Kerner, German journalist and sportscaster
1964 – Paul Landers, German guitarist
1965 – Joe Ausanio, American baseball player and coach
1966 – Kirsten Gillibrand, American lawyer and politician
1966 – Dave Harold, English snooker player
1966 – Gideon Sa'ar, Israeli lawyer and politician, 24th Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs
1966 – Martin Taylor, English footballer and coach
1967 – Joshua Bell, American violinist and conductor
1967 – Jason Dozzell, English footballer and manager
1967 – Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian footballer
1968 – Brian Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Brent Price, American basketball player
1969 – Jakob Dylan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Saskia Garel, Jamaican-Canadian singer-songwriter
1969 – Lori Greiner, American businesswoman
1969 – Bixente Lizarazu, French footballer
1969 – Raphaël Rouquier, French mathematician and academic
1970 – Kara DioGuardi, American singer-songwriter and producer
1970 – Lance Krall, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Geoff Barrow, English drummer, DJ, composer, and producer
1971 – Nick Hysong, American pole vaulter and coach
1971 – Petr Nedvěd, Czech-Canadian ice hockey player
1972 – Reiko Aylesworth, American actress
1972 – Tré Cool, German-American drummer and songwriter
1972 – Michael Corcoran, American singer-songwriter and producer
1972 – Fabrice Santoro, Tahitian-French tennis player and sportscaster
1973 – Fabio Artico, Italian footballer
1973 – Vénuste Niyongabo, Burundian runner
1973 – Bárbara Padilla, Mexican-American soprano
1974 – Canibus, Jamaican-American rapper
1974 – Aloísio da Silva Filho, Brazilian footballer
1974 – Wendy Dillinger, American soccer player, coach, and manager
1976 – Chris Booker, American baseball player
1977 – Shayne Graham, American football player
1977 – Imogen Heap, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1978 – Gastón Gaudio, Argentinian tennis player
1978 – Jesse Metcalfe, American actor and musician
1979 – Olivia Lufkin, Japanese-American singer-songwriter
1979 – Stephen McPhail, Irish footballer
1979 – Aiko Uemura, Japanese skier
1980 – Simon Helberg, American actor, comedian, and musician
1980 – Ryder Hesjedal, Canadian cyclist
1980 – Mark Riddell, Australian rugby league player and spostscaster
1981 – Mardy Fish, American tennis player
1982 – Tamilla Abassova, Russian cyclist
1982 – Nathalie De Vos, Belgian runner
1982 – Ryan Grant, American football player
1982 – Bastian Swillims, German sprinter
1983 – Jermaine Beckford, English-Jamaican footballer
1983 – Neslihan Demir Darnel, Turkish volleyball player
1983 – Dariusz Dudka, Polish footballer
1984 – Michael Adam, German politician
1984 – Ángel Guirado, Spanish–Filipino footballer
1984 – Leon Hall, American football player
1985 – Wil Besseling, Dutch golfer
1987 – Kostas Giannoulis, Greek footballer
1987 – Mat Latos, American baseball player
1987 – Hikaru Nakamura, Japanese-American chess player
1988 – Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer
1990 – Denise Hannema, Dutch cricketer
1991 – Choi Minho, Korean singer and actor
1993 – Mark McMorris, Canadian snowboarder
1993 – Laura Smulders, Dutch cyclist
1995 – McKayla Maroney, American gymnast
1996 – MyKayla Skinner, American gymnast
2000 – Diāna Ņikitina, Latvian figure skater

Source: wikipedia