Who Was Born Today – February 9 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on February 9 | ||
1773 | William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. President and the first to die in office. | |
1814 | Samuel Tilden, philanthropist. | |
1819 | Lydia E. Pinkham, patent-medicine maker and entrepeneur. | |
1846 | William Maybach, German engineer, designed the first Mercedes automobile. | |
1871 | Howard T. Ricketts, pathologist. | |
1874 | Amy Lowell, poet. | |
1880 | James Stephens, Irish writer (The Charwoman’s Daughter, The Crock of Gold). | |
1909 | Dean Rusk, Secretary of State under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. | |
1923 | Brendan Behan, Irish playwright and poet (The Hostage, The Quare Fellow). | |
1944 | Alice Walker, Pulitzer prize winning author (The Color Purple). |