Mat Hoffman

American bmx rider (born 1972).

Born January 9th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Oklahoma City.

Alec Jeffreys

British geneticist.

Born January 9th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Oxford.

José Alfredo Jiménez

Mexican singer and songwriter (1926–1973).

Born January 9th, 1926 in Dolores Hidalgo Municipality, Guanajuato. ^[ref]

Died November 23rd, 1973 at 47 years old in Mexico City (liver cirrhosis). ^[ref]

Mahendra Kapoor

Indian singer (1934–2008).

Born January 9th, 1934 in Amritsar.

Died September 27th, 2008 at 74 years old in Mumbai (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Patrick Sabongui

Canadian actor and stunt performer.

Born January 9th, 1975 (age 51 years) in Montreal.

Issa Diop

French footballer (born 1997).

Born January 9th, 1997 (age 29 years) in Toulouse.

Al Jean

American television writer and producer (born 1961).

Born January 9th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Detroit.

Robert D. Putnam

American political scientist.

Born January 9th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Rochester.

Jack Campbell

American ice hockey goaltender.

Born January 9th, 1992 (age 34 years) in Port Huron.

Ahmed Sékou Touré

President of guinea (1922-1984).

Born January 9th, 1922 in Faranah.

Died March 26th, 1984 at 62 years old in Cleveland (myocardial infarction).

Sergei Parajanov

Soviet armenian and georgian film director (1924-1990).

Born January 9th, 1924 in Tbilisi.

Died July 21st, 1990 at 66 years old in Yerevan (lung cancer).

Iain Dowie

English football manager (born 1965).

Born January 9th, 1965 (age 61 years) in Hatfield.

Stuart Woods

American novelist (1938–2022).

Born January 9th, 1938 in Manchester. ^[ref]

Died July 22nd, 2022 at 84 years old in Washington. ^[ref]

Ashley Argota

Actress, singer.

Born January 9th, 1993 (age 33 years) in Redlands.

Carrie Chapman Catt

American social reformer, suffragist (1859-1947).

Born January 9th, 1859 in Ripon. ^[ref]

Died March 12th, 1947 at 88 years old in New Rochelle.

Fatima Sheikh

Indian educationalist.

Born January 9th, 1831 in Pune. ^[ref]

Died October 9th, 1900 at 69 years old

Domenico Modugno

Italian singer, actor and politician (1928–1994).

Born January 9th, 1928 in Polignano a Mare.

Died August 6th, 1994 at 66 years old in Lampedusa e Linosa (myocardial infarction).

Mao Inoue

Japanese actress.

Born January 9th, 1987 (age 39 years) in Yokohama.

Eric Erlandson

American musician.

Born January 9th, 1963 (age 63 years) in San Pedro.

Ray Houghton

Irish association football player.

Born January 9th, 1962 (age 64 years) in Glasgow.

Michiko Kakutani

American writer.

Born January 9th, 1955 (age 71 years) in New Haven.

Black Sherif

Ghanaian singer and rapper.

Born January 9th, 2002 (age 24 years) in Konongo. ^[ref]

Kimberly Beck

American actress.

Born January 9th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Glendale.

Susana Dosamantes

Mexican actress (1948-2022).

Born January 9th, 1948 in Guadalajara.

Died July 2nd, 2022 at 74 years old in Miami (pancreatic cancer). ^[ref]

Hayim Nahman Bialik

Hebrew poet, author, and editor (1873–1934).

Born January 9th, 1873 in Ivnytsia. ^[ref]

Died July 4th, 1934 at 61 years old in Vienna.