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Famous People Born on May 9(116 people)
Trey Lance, American football player
Shaboozey, American rapper and singer-songwriter
J. R. Fitzpatrick, Canadian racing driver
Jake Long, American football player
Prince Fielder, American baseball player
Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player
Tamia, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Brian Deegan, American motocross rider
Doug Christie, American basketball player and coach
Ghostface Killah, American rapper and actor
Graham Harman, American philosopher and academic
Ruth Kelly, British economist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
Paul Heaton, English singer-songwriter
Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (died 2014)
Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress and producer
Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (died 2012)
Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish soprano and actress
Joy Harjo, American poet, musician, playwright and author, 23rd United States Poet Laureate
Billy Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Calvin Murphy, American basketball player and radio host
Yukiya Amano, Japanese diplomat (died 2019)
Candice Bergen, American actress and producer
Jupp Heynckes, German footballer and manager
Vince Cable, English economist and politician, former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (died 2014)
John Ashcroft, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General
David Gergen, American political consultant (died 2025)
James L. Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Ion Țiriac, Romanian tennis player and manager
Carroll Cole, American serial killer (died 1985)
Charles Simić, Serbian-American poet and editor (died 2023)
Dave Prater, American singer (died 1988)
Albert Finney, English actor (died 2019)
Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician (died 2023)
Nokie Edwards, American guitarist (died 2018)
Alan Bennett, English screenwriter, playwright, and novelist
Geraldine McEwan, English actress (died 2015)
Vance D. Brand, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut
Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (died 1995)
Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater (died 2012)
Manfred Eigen, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)
Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer, poet, and author (died 1997)
Daniel Berrigan, American priest, poet, and activist (died 2016)
Sophie Scholl, German activist (died 1943)
Mike Wallace, American journalist (died 2012)
Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor and director (died 2005)
J. Merrill Knapp, American musicologist (died 1993)
Hank Snow, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999)
Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (died 1963)
Gordon Bunshaft, American architect, designed the Solow Building (died 1990)
Billy Jurges, American baseball player and manager (died 1997)
Jackie Grant, Trinidadian cricketer (died 1978)
Baldur von Schirach, German politician (died 1974)
Maria Malicka, Polish stage and film actress (died 1992)
Richard Day, Canadian-American art director and set decorator (died 1972)
Richard Barthelmess, American actor (died 1963)
Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (died 1961)
Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (died 1989)
Benjamin Graham, British-American economist, professor, and investor (died 1976)
William Moulton Marston, American psychologist and author (died 1947)
Zita of Bourbon-Parma, last Empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (died 1989)
Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot (died 1918)
Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (died 1964)
José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic (died 1955)
Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards (died 1967)
Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (died 1939)
Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (died 1933)
Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian economist and politician (died 1915)
J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (died 1937)
Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer (died 1932)
Edward Weston, English-American chemist (died 1936)
Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer and businessman (died 1913)
Adam Opel, German engineer, founded the Opel Company (died 1895)
Ferdinand Monoyer, French ophthalmologist, invented the Monoyer chart (died 1912)
James Collinson, Victorian painter (died 1881)
Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist and author (died 1896)
Frederick Weld, English-New Zealand politician, 6th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1891)
John Brougham, Irish-American actor and playwright (died 1880)
Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded the town of Fleetwood (died 1866)
John Brown, American abolitionist (died 1859)
János Batsányi, Hungarian-Austrian poet and author (died 1845)
Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (died 1818)
Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (probable; (died 1816)
Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (died 1655)
Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg, military leader in the Thirty Years' War (died 1662)
Jerónima de la Asunción, Spanish Catholic nun and founder of the first monastery in Manila (died 1630)
Maharana Pratap, Indian ruler (died 1597)
al-Adid, last Fatimid caliph (died 1171)
Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun (died 1199)
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💰 Richest People Born on May 9
Net worth of notable people who share this birthday. Tap a name for the full breakdown.
Who Was Born on May 9?
Our records list 116 notable people born on May 9, with confirmed birth years spanning from 1147 (Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun (died 1199)) to 2000 (Trey Lance, American football player). At least 116 of them have no recorded death year.
Most Common Fields for May 9 Births
The people in our list for this date are concentrated in a handful of fields:
- Notable Figure — 23 people
- Athlete — 23 people
- Actor — 17 people
- Musician — 13 people
- Politician — 9 people
- Writer — 9 people
May 9 is also the birthday of 6 people tracked in our net-worth data, led by Stefan Quandt. See the full breakdown in the “Richest People Born on This Day” section above.
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