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In the year 1909
808 Notable birthdays
Marion Martin
American actress (1909-1985).
Born June 7th, 1909 in Philadelphia.
Died August 13th, 1985 at 76 years old in Santa Monica.
Fritz Hippler
German film director.
Born August 17th, 1909 in Berlin. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 2002 at 92 years old in Berchtesgaden. [ref]
Cozy Cole
American musician (1909–1981).
Born October 17th, 1909 in East Orange.
Died January 29th, 1981 at 71 years old in Columbus (cancer).
Yannis Ritsos
Greek poet.
Born May 1st, 1909 in Monemvasia. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1990 at 81 years old in Athens. [ref]
Hendrik Casimir
Dutch physicist.
Born July 15th, 1909 in The Hague.
Died May 4th, 2000 at 90 years old in Heeze.
Hermann Lang
German racecar driver (1909–1987).
Born April 6th, 1909 in Stuttgart.
Died October 19th, 1987 at 78 years old in Stuttgart.
Robert Charroux
French writer, pseudohistorian and white supremacist (1909-1978).
Born April 7th, 1909 in Payroux.
Died June 24th, 1978 at 69 years old in Charroux.
Miklós Radnóti
Hungarian jewish christian poet.
Born May 5th, 1909 in Budapest. [ref]
Died November 10th, 1944 at 35 years old in Abda (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Gertrude Abercrombie
American painter (1909-1977).
Born February 17th, 1909 in Austin.
Died July 3rd, 1977 at 68 years old in Chicago.
Morris Swadesh
American linguist (1909–1967).
Born January 22nd, 1909 in Holyoke.
Died July 20th, 1967 at 58 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi
Tunisian poet (1909-1934).
Born February 24th, 1909 in Tozeur.
Died October 9th, 1934 at 25 years old in Tunis (disease).
W. Montgomery Watt
Scottish historian and orientalist (1909–2006).
Born March 14th, 1909 in Ceres.
Died October 24th, 2006 at 97 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]
Stuff Smith
American musician (1909-1967).
Born August 14th, 1909 in Portsmouth. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1967 at 58 years old in Munich. [ref]
Sybille Schmitz
German film and stage actress (1909-1955).
Born December 2nd, 1909 in Düren.
Died April 13th, 1955 at 45 years old in Munich (drug overdose).
Otto John
German resistance member (1909-1997).
Born March 19th, 1909 in Marburg.
Died March 26th, 1997 at 88 years old in Innsbruck.
Oldřich Nejedlý
Czech footballer (1909–1990).
Born December 26th, 1909 in Žebrák.
Died June 11th, 1990 at 80 years old in Rakovník.
Paul A. Baran
American marxist economist (1909–1964).
Born September 12th, 1909 in Mykolaiv.
Died March 26th, 1964 at 54 years old in Palo Alto.
Juan Carlos Onetti
Uruguayan novelist (1909-1994).
Born July 1st, 1909 in Montevideo. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1994 at 84 years old in Madrid (myocardial infarction). [ref]
William Penney, Baron Penney
English mathematician and physicist (1909-1991).
Born June 24th, 1909 in Gibraltar.
Died March 3rd, 1991 at 81 years old in East Hendred.
Kurt Becher
Ss officer (1909–1995).
Born September 12th, 1909 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1995 at 85 years old in Bremen.
Ralph Byrd
American actor (1909–1952).
Born April 22nd, 1909 in Dayton.
Died August 18th, 1952 at 43 years old in Tarzana (myocardial infarction).
Setsuko, Princess Chichibu
Japanese princess; wife of yasuhito, prince chichibu (1909–1995).
Born September 9th, 1909 in Walton-on-Thames.
Died August 25th, 1995 at 85 years old in Tokyo (heart failure).
Jack Kinney
American film director, animator (1909–1992).
Born March 29th, 1909 in Utah.
Died February 9th, 1992 at 82 years old in Glendale.
Robert Nighthawk
American blues musician (1909-1967).
Born November 30th, 1909 in Helena, Helena-West Helena. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1967 at 57 years old in Helena. [ref]
Isa Miranda
Italian actress (1905-1982).
Born July 5th, 1909 in Milan. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1982 at 73 years old in Rome (disease). [ref]
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