Deaths on 9 September
2000s
Mark Norell
2025
American paleontogist (1957–2025)
John Cassaday
2024
American comic book artist and writer (1971–2024)
James Earl Jones
2024
American actor (1931–2024)
Caterina Valente
2024
Italian-French singer and dancer (1931–2024)
Annemarie Bostroem
2015
German poet, playwright, and lyricist
Einar H. Ingman Jr.
2015
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1929–2015)
K. Kunaratnam
2015
Sri Lankan Tamil academic
Montserrat Abelló i Soler
2014
Catalan poet and translator
Firoza Begum (singer)
2014
Bangladeshi singer (1930–2014)
Graham Joyce
2014
British writer (1954–2014)
Sunila Abeysekera
2013
Sri Lankan human rights campaigner
Alberto Bevilacqua
2013
Italian writer and film director
Saul Landau
2013
American journalist (1936–2013)
Verghese Kurien
2012
Indian entrepreneur (1921–2012)
John McCarthy (Australian rules footballer, born 1989)
2012
Australian rules footballer
Mike Scarry
2012
American football player and coach (1920–2012)
Ron Tindall
2012
English cricketer and footballer
Gérard Brach
2006
French screenwriter and film director (1927–2006)
Richard Burmer
2006
Musical artist (1955-2006)
Matt Gadsby
2006
English footballer
William Bernard Ziff Jr.
2006
American publishing executive (1930–2006)
Ernie Ball
2004
American entrepreneur
Caitlin Clarke
2004
American actress (1952–2004)
Edward Teller
2003
Hungarian-American physicist and father of the H-bomb (1908–2003)
Don Willesee
2003
Australian politician (1916–2003)
Ahmad Shah Massoud
2001
Afghan military leader (1953–2001)
Julian Critchley
2000
British journalist and Conservative Party politician (1930-2000)
1900s
Arie de Vroet
1999
Dutch footballer and manager
Catfish Hunter
1999
American baseball player (1946–1999)
Ruth Roman
1999
American actress (1922–1999)
Lucio Battisti
1998
Italian singer-songwriter and composer (1943–1998)
Bill Cratty
1998
American modern dancer and choreographer (1951–1998)
Richie Ashburn
1997
American baseball player and broadcaster (1927–1997)
John Hackett (British Army officer)
1997
Australian-born British soldier, painter and author (1910–1997)
Burgess Meredith
1997
American actor (1907–1997)
Bill Monroe
1996
American bluegrass musician, songwriter (1911–1996)
Patrick O'Neal (actor)
1994
American actor and restaurateur (1927–1994)
Larry Noble (actor)
1993
British actor (1914–1993)
Helen O'Connell
1993
American actress and singer (1920–1993)
Nicola Abbagnano
1990
Italian existential philosopher (1901-1990)
Samuel Doe
1990
Leader of Liberia from 1980 to 1990
Alexander Men
1990
Russian Orthodox priest and human-rights activist (1935 – 1990)
Magda Tagliaferro
1986
Brazilian pianist (1893–1986)
Neil Davis (cameraman)
1985
Australian combat cameraman (1934–1985)
Paul Flory
1985
American chemist (1910–1985)
Antonino Votto
1985
Italian operatic conductor and vocal coach (1896–1985)
Yılmaz Güney
1984
Kurdish filmmaker (1937–1984)
Robert Askin
1981
Australian politician
Jacques Lacan
1981
French psychoanalyst and writer (1901–1981)
John Howard Griffin
1980
American journalist (1920–1980)
Norrie Paramor
1979
English record producer (1914–1979)
Hugh MacDiarmid
1978
Scottish poet (1892–1978)
Jack L. Warner
1978
Canadian-born American film executive (1892–1978)
Mao Zedong
1976
Leader of China from 1949 to 1976
Johannes Brenner
1975
Estonian footballer
John McGiver
1975
American actor (1913–1975)
Willy Mairesse
1969
Belgian racing driver (1928–1969)
Edwin Linkomies
1963
Prime minister of Finland from 1943 to 1944
Jussi Björling
1960
Swedish tenor (1911–1960)
Ramón Fonst
1959
Cuban fencer (1883–1959)
Charlie Macartney
1958
Australian cricketer
Carl Friedberg
1955
German pianist and teacher
Victor Hémery
1950
French racing driver (1876–1950)
Max Ehrmann
1945
American writer, poet, and attorney (1872–1945)
Carlo Bergamini (admiral)
1943
Italian admiral (1888–1943)
Charles McLean Andrews
1943
American historian
Adele Kurzweil
1942
Austrian Jewish girl and Holocaust victim
Hans Spemann
1941
German embryologist (1869–1941)
Roger Fry
1934
English painter and critic (1866–1934)
Hermes da Fonseca
1923
President of Brazil from 1910 to 1914
Albert Spalding
1915
Baseball player
Lloyd Wheaton Bowers
1910
American lawyer (1859–1910)
E. H. Harriman
1909
American financier and railroad magnate (1848–1909)
Ernest Wilberforce
1907
British Anglican clergyman and bishop
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
1901
French painter and illustrator (1864–1901)
1800s
Stéphane Mallarmé
1898
French Symbolist poet (1842–1898)
Friedrich Traugott Kützing
1893
German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist
Jules Grévy
1891
President of France from 1879 to 1887
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
1841
Swiss botanist (1778–1841)
James Weddell
1834
British sailor, navigator, seal hunter and polar explorer
John Singleton Copley
1815
American-born painter (1738–1815)
William Paterson (judge)
1806
US Supreme Court justice from 1793 to 1806
Before 1800
Johann Lorenz von Mosheim
1755
German church historian (1693–1755)
Charles de Saint-Évremond
1703
French soldier, hedonist, essayist and literary critic
Henry Marten (regicide)
1680
English lawyer and politician (1602–1680)
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve
1676
16th-century French military officer and founder of present-day Montreal, Canada
Nakagawa Hidenari
1612
Eleanor de' Medici
1611
Duchess of Mantua
George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon
1603
English noble and politician
Anna Jagiellon
1596
Ruler of Poland–Lithuania from 1575 to 1587
Humphrey Gilbert
1583
English explorer, politician and soldier (c.1539–1583)
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
1569
Dutch and Flemish painter (c. 1525/30–1569)
James IV of Scotland
1513
King of Scotland from 1488 to 1513
George Douglas, Master of Angus
1513
Scottish nobleman
William Douglas of Glenbervie
1513
William Graham, 1st Earl of Montrose
1513
Scottish Lord of Parliament
Alexander Lauder of Blyth
1513
Alexander Stewart (archbishop of St Andrews)
1513
Archbishop of St Andrews born1491
Francis II, Duke of Brittany
1488
Duke of Brittany from 1458 to 1488
Chenghua Emperor
1487
Emperor of China from 1464 to 1487
Edward, King of Portugal
1438
King of Portugal from 1433 to 1438
Robert Harling (knight)
1435
English early member of the landed gentry, soldier and political strongman
James I of Cyprus
1398
King of Cyprus from 1382 to 1398
Kunigunda of Halych
1285
Queen consort of Bohemia from 1261 to 1278
Ingrid of Skänninge
1282
Swedish saint
Yaroslav of Tver
1271
Grand Prince of Vladimir
Conrad II, Duke of Bohemia
1191
12th-century Duke of Bohemia
William the Conqueror
1087
King of England from 1066 to 1087
Kang Kamch'an
1031
Korean general (948–1031)
AD 1000
1000
Calendar year
Adalbert of Babenberg
906
Bishop of Würzburg (c. 854 – 906)