Famous people born on 9 May

• J. M. BarrieScottish writer and playwright · 1860–1937
  77 yrs
• Howard CarterBritish egyptologist · 1874–1939
  64 yrs
• Glenda JacksonBritish actress and politician · 1936–2023
  87 yrs
• José Ortega y GassetSpanish liberal philosopher and essayist · 1883–1955
  72 yrs
• Sophie SchollGerman resistance fighter during the Nazi regime, member of the White Rose · 1921–1943
  21 yrs
• Manfred EigenGerman biophysical chemist · 1927–2019
  91 yrs
• Albert Finney ↗British actor · 1936–2019
  82 yrs
• John Brown ↗American abolitionist · 1800–1859
  59 yrs
• Gaspard Monge ↗French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry · 1746–1818
  72 yrs
• Baldur von Schirach ↗German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal · 1907–1974
  67 yrs
• Bulat Okudzhava ↗Soviet and Russian writer and singer · 1924–1997
  73 yrs
• Giovanni Paisiello ↗Italian composer of the Classical era · 1740–1816
  76 yrs
• Zita of Bourbon-Parma ↗Empress of Austria from 1916 to 1918 · 1892–1989
  96 yrs
• Gopal Krishna Gokhale ↗Indian political leader and social reformer · 1866–1915
  48 yrs
• Gregory Bateson ↗English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist · 1904–1980
  76 yrs
• Mike Wallace ↗American journalist, game show host and actor · 1918–2012
  93 yrs
• Pedro Armendáriz ↗Mexican actor · 1912–1963
  51 yrs
• Benjamin Graham ↗American economist and investor · 1894–1976
  82 yrs
• Yukiya Amano ↗Director General/International Atomic Energy Agency · 1947–2019
  72 yrs
• Jahandar Shah ↗The eighth Mughal Emperor from 1712 to 1713 · 1661–1713
  51 yrs
• Adam Opel ↗Founder of the German automobile company Adam Opel AG · 1837–1895
  58 yrs
• Harriet Lane ↗First Lady of the United States from 1857 to 1861 · 1830–1903
  73 yrs
• Richard Barthelmess ↗American actor · 1895–1963
  68 yrs
• Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi ↗Swiss economist and historian · 1773–1842
  69 yrs
• Pancho Gonzales ↗American tennis player · 1928–1995
  67 yrs
• Charles Simic ↗Serbian born American poet · 1938–2023
  84 yrs
• Elizabeth Magie ↗American board game designer · 1866–1948
  81 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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