Famous People Born on January 9

Famous people born on January 9 include Richard Nixon (1913), Simone de Beauvoir (1908) and Rigoberta Menchú (1959).

BORN ON THIS DAY

Richard Nixon

Born 1913 · Politics & Leadership

37th US president, resigned after Watergate

Simone de Beauvoir

Born 1908 · Philosophy & Thought

The Second Sex, feminist existentialist

Rigoberta Menchú

Born 1959 · Activism & Social Change

Indigenous rights leader, Nobel Peace Prize

MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Karel Čapek

1890–1938

Czech science fiction writer and playwright (1890–1938)

Catherine, Princess of Wales

1982–present

Member of the British royal family (born 1982)

Joan Baez

1941–present

American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)

Pope Gregory XV

1554–1623

Head of the Catholic Church from 1621 to 1623

Nina Dobrev

1989–present

Canadian actress (born 1989)

Jimmy Page

1944–present

English guitarist (born 1944)

Har Gobind Khorana

1922–2011

Indian-American molecular biologist (1922–2011)

Ahmed Sékou Touré

1922–1984

President of Guinea from 1958 to 1984

Sarah Toscano

2006–present

Italian singer-songwriter and actress (born 2006)

J. K. Simmons

1955–present

American actor (born 1955)

John B. Watson

1879–1958

American psychologist (1878–1958)

Gennaro Gattuso

1978–present

Italian football manager and former player (born 1978)

Josemaría Escrivá

1902–1975

Spanish Catholic priest and saint (1902–1975)

Lara Fabian

1970–present

Belgian-Italian and Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1970)

Clive Dunn

1920–2012

English actor (1920–2012)

MORE FAMOUS DEATHS

Napoleon III

1808–1873

Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870

Emily Greene Balch

1867–1961

American economist, academic, and Nobel Laureate

Victor Emmanuel II

1820–1878

King of Italy from 1861 to 1878

Maria Gaetana Agnesi

1718–1799

Italian mathematician and philanthropist (1718–1799)

Caroline Herschel

1750–1848

German-British astronomer (1750–1848)

Bob Saget

1956–2022

American comedian and actor (1956–2022)

Katherine Mansfield

1888–1923

New Zealand author (1888–1923)

Zygmunt Bauman

1925–2017

Polish sociologist and philosopher (1925–2017)

James M. Buchanan

1919–2013

American economist and Nobel Laureate (1919–2013)

Wilhelm Busch

1832–1908

German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter (1832–1908)

Sources

January 9 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
Richard Nixon — Wikipedia
Simone de Beauvoir — Wikipedia
Rigoberta Menchú — Wikipedia
Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths

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