History Births on May 09

Richard Adams, English novelist (d. 2016)

#Richard_Adams

Vance D. Brand, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut

#Vance_D._Brand

Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian economist and politician (d. 1915)

#Gopal_Krishna_Gokhale

Albert Finney, English actor (d. 2019)

#Albert_Finney

John Brown, American activist (d. 1859)

#John_Brown_(abolitionist)

Svein Tuft, Canadian cyclist

#Svein_Tuft

Richie Furay, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Richie_Furay

Thanat Khoman, Thai politician and diplomat, Former Deputy Prime Minister (1980-1982) and Foreign Minister (1959-1971) of Thailand, one of the Founding Fathers of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (d. 2016)

#Thanat_Khoman

Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer

#Grant_Hackett

Angela Nikodinov, American figure skater

#Angela_Nikodinov

Zita of Bourbon-Parma, last Empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1989)

#Zita_of_Bourbon-Parma

Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish soprano and actress

#Anne_Sofie_von_Otter

Pierre Bouvier, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Pierre_Bouvier

José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic (d. 1955)

#José_Ortega_y_Gasset

Christos Marangos, Cypriot footballer

#Christos_Marangos

Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933)

#Anton_Cermak

Hans Georg Bock, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic

#Hans_Georg_Bock

Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan historian and linguist (d. 2010)

#Kalifa_Tillisi

Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (d. 2012)

#Meles_Zenawi

Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer and businessman (d. 1913)

#Gustaf_de_Laval

J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (d. 1937)

#J._M._Barrie

Daniel Berrigan, American priest, poet, and activist (d. 2016)

#Daniel_Berrigan

Mona Van Duyn, American poet and academic (d. 2004)

#Mona_Van_Duyn

Leandro Cufré, Argentinian footballer

#Leandro_Cufré

Jo Hyun-jae, South Korean actor

#Jo_Hyun-jae

James Collinson, Victorian painter (d. 1881)

#James_Collinson

Fay Kanin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)

#Fay_Kanin

Tamia, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

#Tamia

Vitaliy Pushkar, Ukrainian race car driver

#Vitaliy_Pushkar

Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer (d. 1932)

#Julius_Röntgen

Ion ?iriac, Romanian tennis player and manager

#Ion_?iriac

Ralph Boston, American long jumper

#Ralph_Boston

Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)

#Tony_Gwynn

Tommy Roe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Tommy_Roe

Maharana Pratap, Indian ruler (d. 1597)

#Maharana_Pratap

J. R. Fitzpatrick, Canadian race car driver

#J._R._Fitzpatrick

Frederick Weld, English-New Zealand politician, 6th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1891)

#Frederick_Weld

Candice Bergen, American actress and producer

#Candice_Bergen

Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990)

#Géza_Ottlik

Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards (d. 1967)

#Henry_J._Kaiser

Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor (d. 1917)

#Valdemar_Psilander

Alan Campbell, British sculler

#Alan_Campbell_(rower)

Ghostface Killah, American rapper and actor

#Ghostface_Killah

Ellen White, English footballer

#Ellen_White_(footballer)

Orville Freeman, American soldier and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Agriculture (d. 2003)

#Orville_Freeman

Manfred Eigen, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)

#Manfred_Eigen

Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (d. 1964)

#Rolf_de_Maré

Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer, poet, and author (d. 1997)

#Bulat_Okudzhava

Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor and director (d. 2005)

#Carlo_Maria_Giulini

Hank Snow, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)

#Hank_Snow

Gordon Bunshaft, American architect, designed the Solow Building (d. 1990)

#Gordon_Bunshaft

Richard Barthelmess, American actor (d. 1963)

#Richard_Barthelmess

Marwan al-Shehhi, Emirati terrorist (d. 2001)

#Marwan_al-Shehhi

Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (d. 1995)

#Pancho_Gonzales

Baldur von Schirach, German politician (d. 1974)

#Baldur_von_Schirach

Paul Heaton, English singer-songwriter

#Paul_Heaton

Dorothy Hyman, English sprinter

#Dorothy_Hyman

Ruth Kelly, British economist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport

#Ruth_Kelly

Yukiya Amano, Japanese diplomat (d. 2019)

#Yukiya_Amano

Averno, Mexican wrestler

#Averno_(wrestler)

Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot (d. 1918)

#Francesco_Baracca

Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress and producer

#Wendy_Crewson

János Batsányi, Hungarian-Austrian poet and author (d. 1845)

#János_Batsányi

Marek Jankulovski, Czech footballer

#Marek_Jankulovski

Kevin Gameiro, French footballer

#Kevin_Gameiro

Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater (d. 2012)

#Barbara_Ann_Scott

Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (d. 1989)

#Frank_Foss_(athlete)

Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect, designed the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and Valladolid Science Museum

#Rafael_Moneo

Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician

#Glenda_Jackson

Ferdinand Monoyer, French ophthalmologist, invented the Monoyer chart (d. 1912)

#Ferdinand_Monoyer

Andrew W.K., American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, motivational speaker, and music producer

#Andrew_W.K.

Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player

#Gilles_Müller

Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (d. 1655)

#Frederick,_Landgrave_of_Hesse-Eschwege

Ken Nomura, Japanese race car driver and sportscaster

#Ken_Nomura

Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (d. 1939)

#Howard_Carter

Dave Prater, American singer (d. 1988)

#Dave_Prater

John Ashcroft, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General

#John_Ashcroft

Maria Malicka, Polish stage and film actress (d. 1992)

#Maria_Malicka

Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961)

#Lucian_Blaga

Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

#Steve_Yzerman

Vince Cable, English economist and politician, former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

#Vince_Cable

Harry Vardon, British golfer (d. 1937)

#Harry_Vardon

Jackie Grant, Trinidadian cricketer (d. 1978)

#Jackie_Grant

William Tenn, English-American author and academic (d. 2010)

#William_Tenn

William Moulton Marston, American psychologist and author (d. 1947)

#William_Moulton_Marston

Nokie Edwards, American guitarist (d. 2018)

#Nokie_Edwards

Jupp Heynckes, German footballer and manager

#Jupp_Heynckes

Jake Long, American football player

#Jake_Long

Adam Opel, German engineer, founded the Opel Company (d. 1895)

#Adam_Opel

Edward Weston, English-American chemist (d. 1936)

#Edward_Weston_(chemist)

Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded the town of Fleetwood (d. 1866)

#Peter_Hesketh-Fleetwood

Graham Harman, American philosopher and academic

#Graham_Harman

James L. Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#James_L._Brooks

Tyler Lumsden, American baseball player

#Tyler_Lumsden

Dave Gahan, English singer-songwriter

#Dave_Gahan

Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (probable; d. 1816)

#Giovanni_Paisiello

Majlinda Kelmendi, Kosovar judoka

#Majlinda_Kelmendi

Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese sh?gun (d. 1199)

#Minamoto_no_Yoritomo

Bill Murphy, American baseball player

#Bill_Murphy_(baseball)

Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist (d. 1998)

#Lilí_Álvarez

Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist and author (d. 1976)

#Kathryn_Kuhlman

Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (d. 2014)

#Colin_Pillinger

Dan Burn, English footballer

#Dan_Burn

Jerónima de la Asunción, Spanish Catholic nun and founder of the first monastery in Manila (d. 1630)

#Jerónima_de_la_Asunción

Richard S. Williamson, American lawyer and diplomat, 17th Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (d. 2013)

#Richard_S._Williamson

Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg, military leader in the Thirty Years' War (d. 1662)

#Louis_Henry,_Prince_of_Nassau-Dillenburg

Billy Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist

#Billy_Joel

Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1818)

#Gaspard_Monge

Alley Mills, American actress

#Alley_Mills

Chase Headley, American baseball player

#Chase_Headley

Tegla Loroupe, Kenyan runner

#Tegla_Loroupe

Jason Lee, English footballer and manager

#Jason_Lee_(footballer)

Sophie Scholl, German activist (d. 1943)

#Sophie_Scholl

Mike Wallace, American journalist, media personality and one-time game show host (d. 2012)

#Mike_Wallace

Prince Fielder, American baseball player

#Prince_Fielder

Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963)

#Pedro_Armendáriz

John Brougham, Irish-American actor and playwright (d. 1880)

#John_Brougham

Alan Bennett, English screenwriter, playwright, and novelist

#Alan_Bennett

Aaron Harang, American baseball player

#Aaron_Harang

Leandro Rinaudo, Italian footballer

#Leandro_Rinaudo

Rosario Dawson, American actress

#Rosario_Dawson

John Corbett, American actor

#John_Corbett

Ken Warby, Australian motorboat racer

#Ken_Warby

Calvin Murphy, American basketball player and radio host

#Calvin_Murphy

Dan Chiasson, American poet and critic

#Dan_Chiasson

Ryuhei Matsuda, Japanese actor

#Ryuhei_Matsuda

Valdemar II of Denmark (d. 1241)

#Valdemar_II_of_Denmark

Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer (d. 2008)

#Johnny_Grant_(radio_personality)

Saron Läänmäe, Estonian footballer

Scott Bolton, Australian rugby league player

Henrique Andrade Silva, Brazilian footballer

Giacomo Brichetto, Italian footballer

Evangelos Tsiolis, Greek footballer

Tony Schmidt, German race car driver

Santiago Dellapè, Argentinian-Italian rugby player

Brian Deegan, American motocross rider

Leonard Myles-Mills, Ghanaian sprinter

Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and singer

Doug Christie, American basketball player

Masahiko Harada, Japanese ski jumper

Mark Tinordi, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Joe Cirella, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Sean Altman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Andrew Jones, New Zealand cricketer

Graham Smith, Canadian swimmer

Jana Wendt, Australian television host

Bruno Brokken, Belgian high jumper

Steven W. Mosher, American social scientist and author

John Mahaffey, American golfer

Ay?e Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist (d. 2002)

Steve Katz, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian journalist and author (d. 2015)

Anders Isaksson, Swedish historian and journalist (d. 2009)

Danny Rapp, American rock & roll singer (Danny & the Juniors) (d. 1983)

John Ogbu, Nigerian-American anthropologist and professor (d. 2003)

Giorgio Zancanaro, Italian baritone

Charles Simi?, Serbian-American poet and editor

Sonny Curtis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Terry Downes, British boxer and former world middle-weight champion (d. 2017)

Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator (d. 1988)

Conrad Hunte, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1999)

Joan Sims, English actress (d. 2001)

Ralph Goings, American painter (d. 2016)

John Middleton Murry, Jr., English soldier, pilot, and author (d. 2002)

Clifford Chadderton, Canadian soldier and journalist (d. 2013)

Moisis Michail Bourlas, Greek soldier and educator (d. 2011)

William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (d. 1993)

Denham Fouts, American prostitute (d. 1948)

Patricia Swift Blalock, American librarian (d.2011)

Per Imerslund, Norwegian-German soldier and author (d. 1943)

Harry Simeone, American music arranger, conductor, and composer (d. 2005)

Don Messer, Canadian violinist (d. 1973)

Eleanor Estes, American librarian, author, and illustrator (d. 1988)

Conrad Bernier, Canadian-American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1988)

Richard Day, Canadian-American art director and set decorator (d. 1972)

George Barker, American painter (d. 1965)

Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist and author (d. 1896)