Births on 9 August
2000s
Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva
2005
Andorran tennis player (born 2005)
Aidan Hutchinson
2000
American football player (born 2000)
Arlo Parks
2000
British singer
1900s
Deniss Vasiļjevs
1999
Latvian figure skater (born 1999)
Sanya Lopez
1996
Filipino actress (born 1996)
Eli Apple
1995
American football player (born 1995)
Justice Smith
1995
American actor (born 1995)
Hwang Min-hyun
1995
South Korean singer and actor (born 1995)
Kelli Hubly
1994
American soccer player (born 1994)
King Von
1994
American rapper (1994–2020)
Jun.Q
1993
South Korean rapper and actor (born 1993)
Dipa Karmakar
1993
Indian gymnast and Olympic medalist
Farahnaz Forotan
1992
Afghan journalist
Alice Barlow
1991
English actress and singer
Alexa Bliss
1991
American professional wrestler (born 1991)
Hansika Motwani
1991
Indian actress (born 1991)
İshak Doğan
1990
Turkish footballer
Sarah McBride
1990
American politician and activist (born 1990)
Stuart McInally
1990
Scotland international rugby union player
Brice Roger
1990
French alpine skier (born 1990)
D'Arcy Short
1990
Australian cricketer
Bill Skarsgård
1990
Swedish actor and model (born 1990)
Jason Heyward
1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
Stefano Okaka
1989
Italian footballer (born 1989)
Kento Ono
1989
Japanese actor and model
Anthony Castonzo
1988
American football player (born 1988)
Willian (footballer, born 1988)
1988
Brazilian footballer (born 1988)
Vasilis Koutsianikoulis
1988
Greek footballer (born 1988)
Marek Niit
1987
Estonian sprinter
Michael Lerchl
1986
German footballer
Daniel Preussner
1986
Germany international rugby union player
Tyler Smith (musician)
1986
American musician (born 1986)
Luca Filippi
1985
Italian racing driver
Filipe Luís
1985
Brazilian association football player (born 1985)
Anna Kendrick
1985
American actress (born 1985)
Hayley Peirsol
1985
American swimmer
Vivek Ramaswamy
1985
American entrepreneur and politician (born 1985)
JaMarcus Russell
1985
American football player (born 1985)
Chandler Williams
1985
American gridiron football player (1985–2013)
Paul Gallagher (footballer)
1984
Scottish footballer (born 1984)
Dan Levy (Canadian actor)
1983
Canadian actor and filmmaker (born 1983)
Hamilton Masakadza
1983
Zimbabwean cricketer (born 1983)
Shane O'Brien (ice hockey)
1983
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1983)
Alicja Smietana
1983
Musical artist
Joel Anthony
1982
Canadian basketball player (born 1982)
Tyson Gay
1982
American sprinter (born 1982)
Yekaterina Samutsevich
1982
Russian political activist and musician (born 1982)
Kanstantsin Sivtsov
1982
Belarusian road bicycle racer
Jarvis Hayes
1981
American-Qatari basketball player and coach
Li Jiawei
1981
Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player
Michael Kingma
1979
Australian-Dutch basketball player (born 1979)
Kliff Kingsbury
1979
American football player and coach (born 1979)
Lisa Nandy
1979
British politician (born 1979)
Tony Stewart (American football)
1979
American football player (born 1979)
Dorin Chirtoacă
1978
Mayor of Chișinău from 2007 to 2018
Ana Serradilla
1978
Mexican actress (born 1978)
Wesley Sonck
1978
Belgian footballer
Jason Frasor
1977
American baseball player (born 1977)
Chamique Holdsclaw
1977
American basketball player (born 1977)
Ravshan Irmatov
1977
Uzbek professional football referee
Adewale Ogunleye
1977
American football player (born 1977)
Ime Udoka
1977
Nigerian-American basketball player and coach (born 1977)
Mikaël Silvestre
1977
French footballer (born 1977)
Rhona Mitra
1976
English actress (born 1976)
Audrey Tautou
1976
French actress (born 1976)
Jessica Capshaw
1976
American actress
Mahesh Babu
1975
Indian actor (b. 1975)
Valentin Kovalenko
1975
Uzbekistani football referee
Mike Lamb
1975
American baseball player (born 1975)
Robbie Middleby
1975
Australian soccer player
Derek Fisher
1974
American basketball player and coach (born 1974)
Stephen Fung
1974
Hong Kong actor, singer, and filmmaker (born 1974)
Lesley McKenna
1974
British snowboarder
Matt Morris (baseball)
1974
American baseball player (born 1974)
Kirill Reznik
1974
American politician (born 1974)
Raphaël Poirée
1974
French biathlete (born 1974)
Filippo Inzaghi
1973
Italian football manager (born 1973)
Kevin McKidd
1973
Scottish actor (born 1973)
Gene Luen Yang
1973
American graphic novelist (born 1973)
Ryan Bollman
1972
American television and film actor (born 1972)
Juanes
1972
Colombian musician (born 1972)
Rod Brind'Amour
1970
Canadian ice hockey player & coach (born 1970)
Chris Cuomo
1970
American news broadcaster (born 1970)
Thomas Lennon
1970
American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1970)
Troy Percival
1969
American baseball player (born 1969)
Gillian Anderson
1968
American actress (born 1968)
Eric Bana
1968
Australian actor (born 1968)
Sam Fogarino
1968
American drummer
McG
1968
American film director and producer (born 1968)
Deion Sanders
1967
American football coach and former player (born 1967)
Vinny Del Negro
1966
American basketball player and coach (born 1966)
Linn Ullmann
1966
Norwegian author and journalist (born 1966)
Nitin Chandrakant Desai
1965
Indian art director (1965–2023)
Brett Hull
1964
Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1964)
Hoda Kotb
1964
American journalist and author (born 1964)
Whitney Houston
1963
American singer and actress (1963–2012)
Jay Leggett
1963
American actor, comedian and director
Barton Lynch
1963
Australian former professional surfer (born 1963)
Louis Lipps
1962
American football player (born 1962)
Kevin Mack
1962
American football player (born 1962)
John "Hot Rod" Williams
1962
American basketball player (1962–2015)
Brad Gilbert
1961
American tennis player and coach (born 1961)
John Key
1961
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016
Kurtis Blow
1959
American rapper (born 1959)
Michael Kors
1959
American fashion designer (born 1959)
Amanda Bearse
1958
American actress
Calie Pistorius
1958
South African academic (born 1958)
Melanie Griffith
1957
American actress (born 1957)
Gordon Singleton
1956
Canadian and world champion track cyclist (1956–2024)
John E. Sweeney
1955
American politician (born 1955)
Ray Jennings
1954
South African cricketer (born 1954)
Pete Thomas (drummer)
1954
British musician also known as the drummer from the 1982 project Blanket of Secrecy
Kay Stenshjemmet
1953
Norwegian speed skater (born 1953)
Jean Tirole
1953
French professor of economics
Prateep Ungsongtham Hata
1952
James Naughtie
1951
British journalist (born 1951)
Steve Swisher
1951
American baseball player (born 1951)
Jonathan Kellerman
1949
American novelist
Ted Simmons
1949
American baseball player and coach (born 1949)
Bill Campbell (baseball)
1948
American baseball player (1948–2023)
Roy Hodgson
1947
English football manager and former player (born 1947)
Barbara Mason
1947
American soul singer (born 1947)
John Varley (author)
1947
American science fiction author (1947–2025)
Rinus Gerritsen
1946
Dutch musician
Barbara Delinsky
1945
American novelist
Aleksandr Gorelik
1945
Soviet pair skater (1945–2012)
Posy Simmonds
1945
British cartoonist, writer and illustrator
George Armstrong (footballer)
1944
English footballer and manager
Patrick Depailler
1944
French racing driver (1944–1980)
Sam Elliott
1944
American actor (born 1944)
Patricia McKissack
1944
American writer (1944–2017)
Ken Norton
1943
American boxer (1943–2013)
David Steinberg
1942
Canadian comedian, actor, director, and writer (born 1942)
Linda Keen
1940
American mathematician
Brito (footballer, born 1939)
1939
Brazilian footballer
Vincent Hanna
1939
British television journalist (1939–1997)
The Mighty Hannibal
1939
American singer-songwriter and record producer (1939–2014)
Billy Henderson (American singer)
1939
American musician (1939–2007)
Bulle Ogier
1939
French actress and screenwriter (born 1939)
Romano Prodi
1939
Italian politician (born 1939)
Butch Warren
1939
American jazz bassist (1939–2013)
Leonid Kuchma
1938
President of Ukraine from 1994 to 2005
Rod Laver
1938
Australian tennis player (born 1938)
Otto Rehhagel
1938
German football player and manager (born 1938)
Julián Javier
1936
Dominican baseball player (born 1936)
Patrick Tse
1936
Hong Kong actor and filmmaker (born 1936)
Beverlee McKinsey
1935
American actress (1935–2008)
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
1933
Japanese actress (born 1933)
Tam Dalyell
1932
Scottish politician (1932–2017)
John Gomery
1932
Canadian judge (1932–2021)
Chuck Essegian
1931
American baseball player (born 1931)
James Freeman Gilbert
1931
American geophysicist (1931–2014)
Paula Kent Meehan
1931
American actress
Mário Zagallo
1931
Brazilian footballer and manager (1931–2024)
Milt Bolling
1930
American baseball player (1930–2013)
Jacques Parizeau
1930
Premier of Quebec from 1994 to 1996
Abdi İpekçi
1929
Turkish journalist, intellectual and human rights activist (1929–1979)
Bob Cousy
1928
American basketball player and coach (born 1928)
Camilla Wicks
1928
American violinist (1928–2020)
Dolores Wilson
1928
American actress
Daniel Keyes
1927
American author (1927–2014)
Robert Shaw
1927
English actor and writer (1927–1978)
Denis Atkinson
1926
West Indian cricketer
David A. Huffman
1925
American computer scientist (1925–1999)
Mathews Barnabas
1924
Frank Martínez (artist)
1924
American painter (1924–2013)
Philip Larkin
1922
English poet, novelist and librarian (1922–1985)
Ernest Angley
1921
American Christian evangelist (1921–2021)
J. James Exon
1921
American politician (1921–2005)
Enzo Biagi
1920
Italian journalist and writer (1920–2007)
Joop den Uyl
1919
Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 to 1977
Ralph Houk
1919
American baseball player and coach (1919-2010)
Kermit Beahan
1918
US Air Force officer
Giles Cooper (playwright)
1918
British playwright (1918–1966)
Albert Seedman
1918
American law enforcement officer
Mareta West
1915
American astrogeologist
Ferenc Fricsay
1914
Hungarian conductor
Tove Jansson
1914
Finnish writer and illustrator (1914–2001)
Joe Mercer
1914
English footballer and manager (1914–1990)
Wilbur Norman Christiansen
1913
Australian radio astronomer and electrical engineer
William Alfred Fowler
1911
American nuclear physicist (1911–1995)
Eddie Futch
1911
American boxer, boxing trainer
John McQuade
1911
Northern Irish boxer and politician
Vinayaka Krishna Gokak
1909
Indian writer (1909–1992)
Willa Beatrice Player
1909
American educator and civil rights activist
Adam von Trott zu Solz
1909
German noble and diplomat (1909–1944)
Leo Genn
1905
English actor (1905–1978)
Zino Francescatti
1902
French violinist (1902–1991)
Panteleimon Ponomarenko
1902
Soviet partisan and politician (1902-1984)
Charles Farrell
1900
American actor (1900–1990)
1800s
P. L. Travers
1899
Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist (1899–1996)
Erich Hückel
1896
German physical chemist and physicist (1896–1980)
Jean Piaget
1896
Swiss psychologist (1896–1980)
Eino Kaila
1890
Finnish philosopher
Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
1881
Brazilian prince
John Willcock
1879
Australian politician
Eileen Gray
1878
Irish architect and furniture designer
Albert Ketèlbey
1875
English composer and pianist (1875–1959)
Reynaldo Hahn
1874
Venezuelan-French composer (1874–1947)
Archduke Joseph August of Austria
1872
Archduke of Austria
Evelina Haverfield
1867
British suffragette and aid worker (1867–1920)
Dorothea Klumpke
1861
American astronomer
Alfred David Benjamin
1848
Australian-born businessman and philanthropist
Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo
1847
Queen consort of Spain from 1870 to 1873
André Bessette
1845
Canadian Catholic brother and saint (1845–1937)
Joseph Locke
1805
English civil engineer (1805–1860)
Before 1800
Charles Robert Malden
1797
British naval officer, surveyor and educator
Adoniram Judson
1788
American missionary (1788–1850)
Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia
1783
Grand Duchess of Russia
Amedeo Avogadro
1776
Italian scientist (1776–1856)
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
1757
Wife of Alexander Hamilton (1757–1854)
Thomas Telford
1757
Scottish civil engineer (1757–1834)
Bernhard Schott
1748
Francesco Cetti
1726
Italian Jesuit priest, zoologist and mathematician (1726–1778)
Prince Augustus William of Prussia
1722
Son of King Frederick William I of Prussia (1722–1758)
Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein
1696
Prince of Liechtenstein (r. 1712–1718, 1748–1772)
John Oldham (poet)
1653
English poet and translator (1653–1683)
Johann Michael Bach
1648
German composer
Henry of Nassau-Siegen (1611–1652)
1611
German count, officer in the Dutch Army, diplomat for the Dutch Republic (1611–1652)
Johannes Cocceius
1603
Dutch theologian (1603–1669)
John Webster (governor)
1590
Governor of the Colony of Connecticut in 1656
Bogislaw XIII
1544
Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast
Francesco Barozzi
1537
Italian mathematician, astronomer and humanist (1537–1604)
Arnold Fitz Thedmar
1201
English chronicler and merchant (1201–1275)