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February 9 Birthdays in History - February 9 Deaths - February 9 Events
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February 9, 1981 John Walker Lindh, American Criminal February 9, 1979 Mena Suvari, American Actress February 9, 1979 Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress February 9, 1979 Ziyi Zhang, Chinese Actress February 9, 1974 Brad Maynard, punter for the New York Giants February 9, 1974 John Wallace, NBA forward for the Toronto Raptors February 9, 1974 Orlando Bobo, guard for the Minnesota Vikings February 9, 1973 Amber Valletta, born in Phoenix, Arizona, model, Face, House of Style, Bazaar February 9, 1972 Jason George, actor, Michael Bourre-Sunset Beach February 9, 1972 Norbert Rosza, Hungarian swimmer, 100m freestyle record February 9, 1971 Gonzalo Floyd, CFL defensive end for the Hamilton Tiger Cats February 9, 1971 Jason Mathews, NFL tackle for the Indianapolis Colts February 9, 1971 Jim Miller, NFL quarterback, Pittsburgh Steelers, Atl Falcons, Jaguars February 9, 1971 Ken Felder, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers February 9, 1971 Pat O'Neill, NFL punter/place kicker for the New England Patriots February 9, 1971 Sharon Case, Det, Michigan, actress, Sharon Collins-Young and Restless February 9, 1970 Glenn McGrath, cricketer, NSW and Australian fast bowler 1993- February 9, 1970 Grant Moorhead, New Plymouth NZ, Australasia golfer February 9, 1969 Jeff Pahukoa, NFL guard and tackle for the Atlanta Falcons February 9, 1969 Jimmy Smith, NFL wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars February 9, 1969 Peta Edebone, Australian softball outfielder 1996 Olympics bronze February 9, 1969 Thomas Brandl, Bad Tolz GER, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998 February 9, 1969 Todd Lyght, U.S. football quarterback for the St. Louis Rams February 9, 1968 Derek Strong, NBA forward, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic February 9, 1968 Marcus Meloan, Agana Guam, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 U.S. Amat Champ February 9, 1968 Paul Claxton, Vidalia Georgia, Nike golfer, NIKE Central Georgia Open-38th February 9, 1967 Kate Golden, Beaumont Texas, LPGA golfer, 1992 Ping/Welch-5th February 9, 1967 Stevon Moore, NFL safety, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens February 9, 1967 Todd Pratt, U.S. baseball catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies February 9, 1966 Amanda Roocroft, opera singer February 9, 1966 James "Rachel" Bolan, Pt Pleasant, New Jersey, rocker, Skid Row-Psycho Love February 9, 1965 David Brandon, NFL linebacker, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Falcons February 9, 1965 Lennox Lewis, born in London, England, Super HW boxer 1988 Olympics gold February 9, 1964 Rachel Bolan, rocker, Skid Row February 9, 1963 Bonnie Levin, Miami Beach, Florida, WPVA volleyballer February 9, 1963 Madusa Miceli, [Debra Ann], Milan Italy, wrestler, WCW February 9, 1963 Mike Rindel, cricketer, N Transvaal opening bat ODI ton vs. Pak 1995 February 9, 1963 Travis Tritt, Marietta, Georgia, country vocalist, Country Club February 9, 1963 Brian Greene, American Physicist February 9, 1962 Diego Perez, Spain, tennis star February 9, 1962 Martin D Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary February 9, 1961 John Kruk, U.S. baseball 1st baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies February 9, 1960 Peggy A. Whitson, Mt Ayr Iowa, PhD/astronaut February 9, 1958 Alexander W. B. Lyle, Shrewsbury England, PGA golfer, 1988 Phoenix Open February 9, 1958 Sandy Lyle, British golfer February 9, 1957 Gordon Strachan, soccer player February 9, 1957 Mohammed Valli Moosa, South African leader, UDF February 9, 1956 Philip Jackson Ford, Jr., North Carolina, basketball player 1976 Olympics gold February 9, 1955 Charles Shaughnessy, London, actor, Shane-Days of our Lives, Nanny February 9, 1955 Jm J Bullock, Casper Wyoming, actor, Monroe-Too Close for Comfort February 9, 1954 Ulrich Walter, German FR, cosmonaut February 9, 1953 Andre Sevard, NHLer February 9, 1953 Antonius GM "Toon" Agterberg, Dutch actor, Hunk February 9, 1953 Gary Franks, Rep-R-Connecticut February 9, 1953 Rick Wagoner, American Businessman February 9, 1952 Danny White, quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys February 9, 1951 Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, saxophonist, Kool and Gang-Celebration February 9, 1951 Jay Inslee, Rep-D-Washington February 9, 1951 Penny Peyser, Irvington, New York, actress, Rich Man Poor Man, Knots Landing February 9, 1950 Andrew N Meltzoff, developmental psychologist February 9, 1950 Lloyd Weldon Keasor, Pumphrey, Maryland, wrestler 1976 Olympics silver February 9, 1950 Terry Hawkins, theatre administrator February 9, 1949 Bernard Gallacher, British golfer February 9, 1949 Janet Issaca Ashford, writer February 9, 1949 Judith Light, Trenton, New Jersey, Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live February 9, 1947 Joe Ely, Amarillo, Texas, country vocalist, Honky Tonk Masquerade February 9, 1947 Major Harris, U.S. R&B-singer, Love won't Let me wait February 9, 1946 Annette Penhaligon February 9, 1946 M J H Sterling, Vice-Chancellor, Brunel University February 9, 1945 Bill Bergey, NFLer February 9, 1945 Mia Farrow, American Actress February 9, 1944 Alice Walker, U.S., novelist, Color Purple, Meridian February 9, 1943 Barbara Lewis, U.S. vocalist, Hello Stranger February 9, 1943 James King, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, basketball player, 1968 Olympics gold February 9, 1943 Joe Pesci, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Half Nelson, Goodfellas February 9, 1943 Jonny Nilsson, Sweden, 10K speed skater 1964 Olympic gold February 9, 1943 Ryland Davies, tenor February 9, 1943 Squire Fridell, born in Oakland California, actor, Rosetti and Ryan February 9, 1943 Joseph E. Stiglitz, American Economist February 9, 1942 Carole King, [Klein], born in Brooklyn, New York, pianist/singer, Tapestry February 9, 1942 Charlie Morrow, composer February 9, 1942 Milos Stedron, composer February 9, 1942 Peder Lunde, Jr., Norway, yachtsman 1960 Olympics gold February 9, 1941 Sheila James Kuehl, politician/actress, Zelda-Dobie Gillis February 9, 1940 Brian Bennett, London, rock drummer, Shadows February 9, 1940 Smokey Robinson, rocker, & Miracles-Tears of Clown February 9, 1939 Barry Mann, R&B singer, Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp Bomp Bomp February 9, 1939 Janet Suzman, South Africa, actress, Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run February 9, 1937 Brian Wenham, media consultant/journalist February 9, 1937 Johnny Sayles, U.S. vocalist, You Made Me Wiggle February 9, 1936 Clive Swift, Liverpool, actor, Frenzy, Passage to India February 9, 1935 Paul Flynn, MP February 9, 1934 John A. Ziegler, Jr., Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 4th NHL President, 1977-92 February 9, 1933 Countess of Airlie February 9, 1933 Jo Ann Prentice, LPGA golfer February 9, 1933 Justice Johnson February 9, 1933 Lord Williams of Elvel February 9, 1931 Robert Morris, sculptor February 9, 1931 Xavier Benguerel, composer February 9, 1930 Emil Petrovics, composer February 9, 1929 Bill Barrett, Rep-R-Nebraska February 9, 1929 James Mulcro Drew, composer February 9, 1929 Lennox Butler, cricketer, 1 Test WI vs. Aust 1955, 16 and 2-151 February 9, 1929 Willem Kersters, Flemish composer, Parwati, Gospel Song February 9, 1928 Roger Mudd, Washington D.C., news ancher, CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News February 9, 1928 Frank Frazetta, American Artist February 9, 1927 Donald Miller, CEO, Scottish Power February 9, 1927 Norman Adams, painter/ceramic sculptor February 9, 1926 Garret FitzGerald, Prime Minister of Ireland February 9, 1925 Vic Wertz, baseball player February 9, 1924 George Guest, British organist February 9, 1923 Brendan Behan, born in Dublin, Ireland, author and poet, Hostage February 9, 1923 Kathryn Grayson, born in North Carolina, vocalist/actress, Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate February 9, 1923 Norman E. Shumway, born in Michigan, pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon February 9, 1922 James C "Jim" Laker, Bradford England, cricket off spinner February 9, 1921 B M Ducat-Amos, Air Commandant/director, RAF Nursing Service February 9, 1921 Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher February 9, 1914 Bill "Rhymes with Wreck" Veeck, baseball club owner February 9, 1914 Ernest Tubb, born in Texas, guitarist/singer, I'm Walking the Floor over You February 9, 1914 Gypsy Rose Lee, born in Seattle, Washington stripper, or 0109 or 0208 February 9, 1914 Max Manus, resistance fighter February 9, 1914 Ralph Herman, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, orch leader, Circus Time February 9, 1913 Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder, Sports funds February 9, 1912 Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist February 9, 1911 Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord February 9, 1910 Jacques Monod, French biochemist February 9, 1910 Jacques Lucien Monod, French Scientist February 9, 1909 Carmen Miranda, born in Brazil, vocalist/actress, Copacabana, Date With Judy February 9, 1909 Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State, 1961-69 February 9, 1909 Harald Genzmer, composer February 9, 1909 Heather Angel, Oxford England, actress, Informer, Last of Mohicans February 9, 1909 John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian February 9, 1909 David Dean Rusk, American Politician February 9, 1908 Jackie Fields, U.S., featherweight boxer 1924 Olympics gold February 9, 1907 Aubrey "Dit" Clapper, NHL hall of famer, Boston Bruins February 9, 1906 Gwen Catley, British soprano February 9, 1903 Georg Trexler, composer February 9, 1902 Blanche Calloway, U.S. vocalist/dancer, 12 Clouds of Joy February 9, 1902 Chester H Lauck, Allene AR, actor, Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live February 9, 1901 Brian Donlevy, Ireland, actor, Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island February 9, 1897 Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator February 9, 1892 Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, Indonesian adat justice February 9, 1892 Peggy Wood, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, One Life to Live, Mama February 9, 1891 Pietro Nenni, Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs, 1946-47 February 9, 1891 Ronald Colman, England, 1947 Acad Award actor, Tale of 2 Cities February 9, 1890 Jacobus J P Oud, Dutch architect/co-founder, Stijl February 9, 1887 Henry Zimmerman, baseball player, 1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs February 9, 1887 Vital Celen, Flemish writer, Puppy Love February 9, 1885 Alban Maria Johannes Berg, Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer! February 9, 1885 Alban Berg, Austrian Composer February 9, 1884 Frederik Gerretson, [Geerten Gossaert], Dutch poet/politician February 9, 1882 Thomas Campbell, South African cricket wicketkeeper, 5 Tests 1909-12 February 9, 1879 Carl Natanael Berg, composer February 9, 1879 Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist February 9, 1876 Alois Walgrave, Flemish writer/pastor, Silent hours February 9, 1876 Martin Stixrud, Norway, figure skater, Olympic-bronze-1920 February 9, 1875 Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer February 9, 1874 Amy Lowell, U.S. poet and critic, Patterns, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed February 9, 1874 Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatrical director/actor, Houligan February 9, 1871 Franc S Finzgar, Slovenian clergyman/writer, Our Blood February 9, 1871 Howard T Ricketts, U.S. pathologist, studied typhus fever February 9, 1867 Edward Naylor, composer February 9, 1867 Natsume Soseki [Natsume Kinnosuke], Japanese author, Kokoro February 9, 1866 George Ade, U.S., journalist/playwright/humorist, Fables in Slang February 9, 1865 Erich von Drygalski, Germany, geographer/glaciologist/Antarctic expl February 9, 1865 Mrs [Beatrice] Patrick Campbell, England, actress, Pygmalion February 9, 1863 Anthony Hope, British Writer February 9, 1857 Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education February 9, 1854 Aletta [Henriette] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician February 9, 1854 Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader, Irish Unionist Party February 9, 1853 Leander Starr Jameson, PM of South African Cape colony February 9, 1846 Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes February 9, 1834 Felix Dahn, writer February 9, 1834 Franz Xaver Witt, composer February 9, 1830 Abdul Aziz, Istanbul Ottoman, 32nd sultan of Turkey, 1861-76 February 9, 1826 John Alexander Logan, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1886 February 9, 1822 Charles T Stork, Dutch industrialist February 9, 1814 Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for New York Public Library February 9, 1808 Francesco Gomez da Rocha, composer February 9, 1783 Vasili A. Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator, Homer February 9, 1780 Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer February 9, 1775 Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungary, mathematician, parallel axiom February 9, 1773 William Henry Harrison, Virginia, Whigs, 9th President, March 4-April 4, 1841 February 9, 1772 Frans Mikael Franzen, Finnish-Swedish poet, Abo February 9, 1771 Daniel Belknap, composer February 9, 1756 Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer February 9, 1748 Luther Martin, American Politician February 9, 1744 Amos Bull, composer February 9, 1741 Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer February 9, 1735 Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian February 9, 1708 Egidio Romoaldo Duni, composer, opera-comique February 9, 1700 Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch Mathematician February 9, 1607 Abraham Megerle, composer February 9, 1602 Franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza February 9, 1579 John Meursius, [van Meurs], Dutch historian February 9, 1578 Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright/actor, L'adamo February 9, 1441 Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet and author, Mahbub al-kulub February 9, 1404 Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor |