| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
|---|
| 232 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Probus |
Roman emperor (d. 282) |
| 1201 |
August 9 |
Thursday |
Arnold Fitz Thedmar |
English chronicler (d. 1274) |
| 1537 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Francesco Barozzi |
Italian mathematician‚ astronomer and humanist (d. 1604) |
| 1544 |
August 9 |
Thursday |
Bogislaw XIII |
Duke of Pomerania (d. 1606) |
| 1593 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Izaak Walton |
English angler (d. 1683) |
| 1603 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Johannes Cocceius |
Dutch theologian |
| 1631 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
John Dryden |
English Poet Laureate (d. 1700) |
| 1648 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Johann Michael Bach |
German composer (d. 1694) |
| 1653 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
John Oldham |
English poet (d. 1683) |
| 1669 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Tsarina Eudoxia Lopukhina of Russia |
(d. 1731) |
| 1674 |
August 9 |
Thursday |
Frantisek Maxmilian Ka?ka |
Czech architect (d. 1766) |
| 1696 |
August 9 |
Thursday |
Joseph Wenzel I |
Prince of Liechtenstein (d. 1772) |
| 1722 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Augustus William‚ Prince of Prussia |
(d. 1758) |
| 1726 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Francesco Cetti |
Italian Jesuit scientist (d. 1778) |
| 1754 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Pierre Charles L'Enfant |
French architect (d. 1825) |
| 1757 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Thomas Telford |
Scottish civil engineer (d. 1834) |
| 1776 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Amedeo Avogadro |
Italian chemist (d. 1856) |
| 1788 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Adoniram Judson |
American Baptist missionary (d. 1850) |
| 1797 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
Charles Robert Malden |
British naval officer (d. 1855) |
| 1805 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Joseph Locke |
English railway and civil engineer (d. 1860) |
| 1809 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
William Barret Travis |
American lieutenant colonel in the Battle of the Alamo (d. 1836) |
| 1845 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Andre Bessette |
Canadian religious figure (d. 1937) |
| 1867 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Evelina Haverfield British suffragette |
(d. 1920) |
| 1871 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
Leonid Andreyev |
Russian writer (d. 1919) |
| 1872 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Archduke Joseph August of Austria |
Austrian field marshal (d. 1962) |
| 1874 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Charles Fort |
American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena (d. 1932) |
| 1874 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Reynaldo Hahn |
Venezuelan composer and conductor (d. 1947) |
| 1875 |
August 9 |
Monday |
Albert Ket?lbey |
English conductor‚ composer‚ and pianist (d. 1959) |
| 1896 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Erich Hckel |
German physicist (d. 1980) |
| 1896 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Jean Piaget |
Swiss psychologist (d. 1980) |
| 1899 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
P. L. Travers |
Australian author (d. 1996) |
| 1901 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Charles Farrell |
American actor (d. 1990) |
| 1902 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Zino Francescatti |
French violinist (d. 1991) |
| 1909 |
August 9 |
Monday |
Adam von Trott zu Solz |
German diplomat (d. 1944) |
| 1911 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
William Alfred Fowler |
American physicist‚ Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1996) |
| 1911 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
Eddie Futch |
American boxing trainer (d. 2001) |
| 1914 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Ferenc Fricsay |
Hungarian conductor (d. 1963) |
| 1914 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Tove Jansson |
Finnish author (Moomins) (d. 2001) |
| 1914 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Joe Mercer |
English footballer (d. 1990) |
| 1919 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Joop den Uyl |
Dutch politician‚ Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 until 1977 (d. 1987) |
| 1919 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Ralph Houk |
American baseball player and manager |
| 1920 |
August 9 |
Monday |
Enzo Biagi |
Italian journalist and writer (d. 2007) |
| 1921 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Ernest Angley |
American televangelist |
| 1921 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
J. James Exon |
American politician (d. 2005) |
| 1922 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
Philip Larkin |
English poet (d. 1985) |
| 1925 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
David A. Huffman |
American computer scientist‚ creator of Huffman coding (d. 1999) |
| 1927 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Daniel Keyes |
American author |
| 1927 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Marvin Minsky |
American Computer Scientist ‚ Turing Award winner (Artificial Intelligence) |
| 1927 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Robert Shaw |
English actor (d. 1978) |
| 1928 |
August 9 |
Thursday |
Bob Cousy |
American basketball player |
| 1930 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Jacques Parizeau |
Quebec economist and politician |
| 1931 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Chuck Essegian |
American baseball player |
| 1931 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Mario Zagallo |
Brazilian football coach and player |
| 1932 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
John Gomery |
Canadian jurist |
| 1933 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi |
Japanese television personality and children's author |
| 1935 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Beverlee McKinsey |
American actress (d. 2008) |
| 1936 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Julian Javier |
American baseball player |
| 1936 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Patrick Tse Yin |
Hong Kong film director |
| 1938 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Leonid Kuchma |
Ukrainian politician |
| 1938 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Rod Laver |
Australian tennis player |
| 1938 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Otto Rehhagel |
German football manager |
| 1939 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
Brito |
Brazilian footballer |
| 1939 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
Romano Prodi |
Prime Minister of Italy‚ former President of the European Commission |
| 1941 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Way Bandy |
American make-up artist (d. 1986) |
| 1942 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Tommie Agee |
American baseball player (d. 2001) |
| 1942 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
David Steinberg |
Canadian comedian |
| 1943 |
August 9 |
Monday |
Ken Norton |
American boxer |
| 1944 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
Sam Elliott |
American actor |
| 1945 |
August 9 |
Thursday |
Posy Simmonds |
English cartoonist |
| 1946 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Jim Kiick |
American football player |
| 1947 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Roy Hodgson |
English football manager |
| 1947 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Barbara Mason |
American soul singer |
| 1948 |
August 9 |
Monday |
Bill Campbell |
American baseball player |
| 1949 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Jonathan Kellerman |
American writer |
| 1952 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Prateep Ungsongtham Hata |
Thai politician |
| 1954 |
August 9 |
Monday |
Ray Jennings |
South African cricketer and coach |
| 1955 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Peter Schmuck |
American sportswriter |
| 1955 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
John E. Sweeney |
American politician |
| 1957 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Melanie Griffith |
American actress |
| 1958 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Amanda Bearse |
American actress |
| 1959 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Kurtis Blow |
American rapper |
| 1959 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Stuart Hughes |
Canadian actor |
| 1961 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
Brad Gilbert |
American tennis player |
| 1961 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
John Key |
Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| 1961 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
Amy Stiller |
American actress |
| 1962 |
August 9 |
Thursday |
Kevin Mack |
American football player |
| 1962 |
August 9 |
Thursday |
Louis Lipps |
American football player |
| 1962 |
August 9 |
Thursday |
"John ""Hot Rod"" Williams" |
American basketball player |
| 1963 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Whitney Houston |
American singer and actress |
| 1964 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Brett Hull |
Canadian-born ice hockey player |
| 1964 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Hoda Kotb |
American television news anchor |
| 1966 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Vinny Del Negro |
American basketball player and head coach |
| 1967 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
Deion Sanders |
American football player |
| 1968 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Gillian Anderson |
American actress |
| 1968 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Eric Bana |
Australian actor |
| 1968 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Sam Fogarino |
American musician (Interpol) |
| 1968 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Joseph McGinty Nichol |
American film producer and director |
| 1969 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Divine Brown |
American convicted felon |
| 1969 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Smaragda Karydi |
Greek singer |
| 1969 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Troy Percival |
American baseball player |
| 1970 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Rod Brind'Amour |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1970 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Chris Cuomo |
American TV journalist |
| 1970 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Thomas Lennon |
American actor |
| 1970 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Arion Salazar |
American musician (Third Eye Blind) |
| 1971 |
August 9 |
Monday |
James Kim |
American technology reporter (d. 2006) |
| 1971 |
August 9 |
Monday |
Davide Rebellin |
Italian cyclist |
| 1971 |
August 9 |
Monday |
Mack 10 |
American rapper |
| 1972 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
Juanes |
Colombian singer |
| 1972 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
A-Mei |
Taiwanese singer |
| 1973 |
August 9 |
Thursday |
Kevin McKidd |
Scottish actor |
| 1973 |
August 9 |
Thursday |
Filippo Inzaghi |
Italian footballer |
| 1974 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Mahesh Babu |
Indian film actor |
| 1974 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Derek Fisher |
American basketball player |
| 1974 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Matt Morris |
American baseball player |
| 1974 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Kirill Reznik |
American politician |
| 1974 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Nicola Stapleton |
English actress |
| 1974 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Stephen Fung |
Hong Kong actor‚ director |
| 1975 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Mike Lamb |
American baseball player |
| 1975 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Robbie Middleby |
Australian footballer |
| 1976 |
August 9 |
Monday |
Jessica Capshaw |
American actress |
| 1976 |
August 9 |
Monday |
Aled Jones |
British Radio Producer |
| 1976 |
August 9 |
Monday |
Rhona Mitra |
English actress |
| 1976 |
August 9 |
Monday |
Mark Priestley |
Australian actor (d. 2008) |
| 1977 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Jason Frasor |
American baseball player |
| 1977 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Chamique Holdsclaw |
American basketball player |
| 1977 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Adewale Ogunleye |
American football player |
| 1977 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Mikael Silvestre |
French footballer |
| 1978 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
Audrey Tautou |
French actress |
| 1980 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Ryu Seung-beom |
South Korean actor |
| 1980 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Dominic Tabuna |
Nauruan politician |
| 1981 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Jarvis Hayes |
American basketball player |
| 1981 |
August 9 |
Sunday |
Li Jiawei |
Singaporean Olympic table tennis player |
| 1982 |
August 9 |
Monday |
Tyson Gay |
American sprinter |
| 1982 |
August 9 |
Monday |
Kanstantsin Siutsou |
Belarusian cyclist |
| 1983 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Ashley Johnson |
American actress |
| 1983 |
August 9 |
Tuesday |
Shane O'Brien |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1984 |
August 9 |
Thursday |
Paul Gallagher |
Scottish footballer |
| 1984 |
August 9 |
Thursday |
Saori Horii |
Japanese gravure idol |
| 1985 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Luca Filippi |
Italian racing driver |
| 1985 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Anna Kendrick |
American actress |
| 1985 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Hayley Peirsol |
American swimmer |
| 1985 |
August 9 |
Friday |
JaMarcus Russell |
American football player |
| 1986 |
August 9 |
Saturday |
Daniel Preussner |
German rugby player |
| 1989 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
Stefano Okaka Chuka |
Italian footballer |
| 1989 |
August 9 |
Wednesday |
Jason Heyward |
American baseball player |
| 1990 |
August 9 |
Thursday |
Adelaide Kane |
Australian actress |
| 1991 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Candela Vetrano |
argentine actress |
| 1991 |
August 9 |
Friday |
Hansika Motwani |
Indian actress |
