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543 Notable birthdays

Hudson Leick

American actress.

Born May 9th, 1969 (age 57 years) in Cincinnati.

Elizabeth Magie

American board game designer (1866–1948).

Born May 9th, 1866 in Macomb.

Died March 2nd, 1948 at 81 years old in Arlington County.

Dennis Chambers

American drummer.

Born May 9th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Baltimore.

Gregoria de Jesús

First lady of the philippines (1875-1943).

Born May 9th, 1875 in Caloocan.

Died March 15th, 1943 at 67 years old in Manila.

Don Hutchison

Footballer (born 1971).

Born May 9th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Gateshead.

Sonny Curtis

American musician.

Born May 9th, 1937 in Meadow.

Died September 19th, 2025 at 88 years old in Nashville. [ref]

Patrice Désilets

Canadian game designer.

Born May 9th, 1974 (age 52 years) in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.

Tristan Taormino

American author, columnist and adult film director.

Born May 9th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Syosset. [ref]

Ron Mueck

Australian sculptor (born 1958).

Born May 9th, 1958 (age 68 years) in Melbourne. [ref]

Lucian Blaga

Romanian writer (1895–1961).

Born May 9th, 1895 in Lancrăm.

Died May 6th, 1961 at 65 years old in Cluj-Napoca (cancer).

Mariano Di Vaio

Italian fashion blogger and model.

Born May 9th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Assisi. [ref]

Charles Rothschild

English entomologist (1877-1923).

Born May 9th, 1877 in London.

Died October 12th, 1923 at 46 years old

Roger Hargreaves

British author and illustrator (1935–1988).

Born May 9th, 1935 in Cleckheaton.

Died September 11th, 1988 at 53 years old in Guernsey (stroke).

Cameron Brannagan

English association football player.

Born May 9th, 1996 (age 30 years) in Manchester.

Andrew Murray

South african minister (1828-1917).

Born May 9th, 1828 in Graaff-Reinet.

Died January 18th, 1917 at 88 years old in Wellington.

Kate Richardson-Walsh

Field hockey captain for great britain and england.

Born May 9th, 1980 (age 46 years) in Withington.

Grant Hackett

Australian swimmer (1980-).

Born May 9th, 1980 (age 46 years) in Southport.

Anthony Higgins

British actor.

Born May 9th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Northampton. [ref]

Ernest Shonekan

President of nigeria.

Born May 9th, 1936 in Lagos.

Died January 11th, 2022 at 85 years old in Lagos. [ref]

Marie-José Pérec

French track and field sprinter.

Born May 9th, 1968 (age 58 years) in Basse-Terre.

Emile Ardolino

U.s. american film director, choreographer, and producer (1943-1993).

Born May 9th, 1943 in Maspeth.

Died November 20th, 1993 at 50 years old in Bel Air (death from AIDS-related complications).

Yeo Hoe-hyun

South korean actor.

Born May 9th, 1994 (age 32 years) in Gwangju.

Genki Haraguchi

Japanese association football player.

Born May 9th, 1991 (age 35 years) in Kumagaya.

Empress Shōken

Japanese empress (1849-1914).

Born May 9th, 1849 in Heian-kyō.

Died April 9th, 1914 at 64 years old in Numazu Imperial Villa.

Timm Klose

Swiss association football player.

Born May 9th, 1988 (age 38 years) in Frankfurt.

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