Who Was Born Today – March 9 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on March 9 | ||
1451 | Amerigo Vespucci, Italian navigator. | |
1824 | Leland Stanford, railroad builder, founder of Stanford University. | |
1890 | Vyacheslav Molotov, former Soviet Prime Minister. | |
1892 | Vita Sackville-West, writer. | |
1905 | Peter Quennell, biographer. | |
1910 | Samuel Barber, American composer (“Adagio for Strings,” Vanessa). | |
1918 | Frank Morrison Spillane [Mickey Spillane], crime writer (Kiss Me, Deadly, The Erection Set). | |
1930 | Ornette Coleman, jazz saxophonist. | |
1934 | Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut, the first man to orbit the Earth. | |
1943 | Bobby Fischer, first American world chess champion. | |
1947 | Keri Hulme, New Zealand novelist (The Bone People). |