Birthday: 9 January
Famous people born on 9 January
25 of the best-known people in our data were born on 9 January, including Richard Nixon, Simone de Beauvoir and Jacques Cartier. The longest life among them was Ágnes Keleti's, at 103 years.
- Richard NixonPresident of the United States from 1969 to 1974 · 1913–199481 yrs
- Simone de BeauvoirFrench philosopher, social theorist and activist · 1908–198678 yrs
- Jacques CartierBreton maritime explorer of North America · 1492–155765 yrs
- Karel ČapekCzech writer · 1890–193848 yrs
- Har Gobind KhoranaIndian-American molecular biologist · 1922–201189 yrs
- Ahmed Sékou TouréPresident of Guinea · 1922–198462 yrs
- John B. Watson ↗American psychologist (1878 · 1878–195880 yrs
- Josemaría Escrivá ↗Spanish priest, writer and Catholic saint · 1902–197573 yrs
- Clive Dunn ↗British actor · 1920–201292 yrs
- Domenico Modugno ↗Italian singer, actor and politician · 1928–199466 yrs
- Lee Van Cleef ↗American actor · 1925–198964 yrs
- Sergei Parajanov ↗Soviet Armenian and Georgian film director · 1924–199066 yrs
- Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin ↗Great-grandson of Muhammad and the fourth of the Shiite Imams · AD 659–71354 yrs
- Ferdinand von Wrangel ↗Baltic German explorer and Russian admiral · 1797–187073 yrs
- Kurt Tucholsky ↗Jewish-German journalist, satirist and writer · 1890–193545 yrs
- Ágnes Keleti ↗Hungarian-Israeli artistic gymnast · 1921–2025103 yrs
- Giovanni Papini ↗Italian writer · 1881–195675 yrs
- Michel Aflaq ↗Syrian philosopher, sociologist and Arab nationalist · 1910–198979 yrs
- Carrie Chapman Catt ↗American social reformer, suffragist · 1859–194788 yrs
- Empress Meishō ↗Empress of Japan · 1624–169672 yrs
- Susannah York ↗English film, stage and television actress · 1939–201172 yrs
- Igor Netto ↗Russian footballer · 1930–199969 yrs
- Robert Michels ↗German sociologist · 1876–193660 yrs
- Søren Peter Lauritz Sørensen ↗Danish chemist · 1868–193971 yrs
- Jeanette Jerome ↗American-born British mother of Winston Churchill · 1854–192167 yrs
Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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