Who Was Born Today – September 9 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on September 9 | ||
1585 | Duc Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, French cardinal and statesman who helped build France into a world power under the leadership of King Louis XIII. | |
1828 | Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (War and Peace, Anna Karenina). | |
1887 | Alfred M. Landon, Republican governor of Kansas who carried only two states in his overwhelming defeat for the presidency by Franklin Roosevelt in 1936. | |
1890 | Colonel Harland Sanders, originator of Kentucky Fried Chicken fast-food restaurants. | |
1900 | James Hilton, British novelist who authored Lost Horizon and Goodbye Mr. Chips and created the imaginary world of “Shangri-La.” | |
1905 | Joseph E. Levine, film producer, founder of Embassy Pictures Corporation, an independent studio and distributor of films such as Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, The Graduate, A Bridge Too Far, and The Lion in Winter. | |
1908 | Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese commander and pilot who led the second wave of the air attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941; posthumously promoted to admiral in 1945. | |
1922 | Bernard Bailyn, historian, author; received Pulitzer Prize for History (1968, 1987), and National Humanities Medal (2010). | |
1922 | Hoyt Curtin, composer and music producer; primary musical director for Hanna-Barbera animation studio (The Flintstones, Top Cat, The Smurfs). | |
1934 | Sonia Sanchez, poet. | |
1941 | Otis Redding, singer, songwriter, record producer, known as the “King of Soul”; “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” “Respect.” | |
1949 | Joe Theismann, American football player, sports announcer; member of College Football Hall of Fame; winning quarterback, Super Bowl XVII. | |
1949 | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesian general, 6th president of Indonesia. | |
1960 | Hugh Grant, actor, film producer; awards include Golden Globe (Four Weddings and a Funeral) and London Critics Circle’s British Actor of the Year (About a Boy) | |
1966 | Adam Sandler, actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer (Saturday Night Live, Happy Gilmore). | |
1975 | Michael Buble, multiple Grammy and Juno award–winning singer, songwriter, actor (Crazy Love, It’s Time). | |
1980 | Michelle Williams, Golden Globe–winning actress (My Week with Marilyn). | |
1988 | Jo Woodcock, actress (The Picture of Dorian Gray, Torn TV miniseries). |
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