Robelis Despaigne

Olympic taekwondo athlete.

Born August 9th, 1988 (age 37 years) in Santiago de Cuba.

Noonie Bao

Swedish singer and songwriter.

Born August 9th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Stockholm.

Jean Tirole

French economist.

Born August 9th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Troyes.

Satish Kumar

Indian activist and editor.

Born August 9th, 1936 (age 89 years) in Dungargarh.

Roman Dmowski

Polish politician (1864-1939).

Born August 9th, 1864 in Kamionek. ^[ref]

Died January 2nd, 1939 at 74 years old in Drozdowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship. ^[ref]

Panagiotis Retsos

Greek association football player.

Born August 9th, 1998 (age 27 years) in Johannesburg.

Reynaldo Hahn

Venezuelan, naturalised french, composer, conductor, music critic, diarist, theatre director, and salon singer.

Born August 9th, 1874 in Caracas. ^[ref]

Died January 28th, 1947 at 72 years old in Paris (brain cancer). ^[ref]

Tam Dalyell

Scottish politician (1932-2017).

Born August 9th, 1932 in Edinburgh. ^[ref]

Died January 26th, 2017 at 84 years old in West Lothian. ^[ref]

Kuroda Seiki

Japanese artist (1866-1924).

Born August 9th, 1866 in Higashisengoku-chō.

Died July 15th, 1924 at 57 years old in Tokyo City (uremia). ^[ref]

John "Hot Rod" Williams

American basketball player.

Born August 9th, 1962 in Sorrento.

Died December 11th, 2015 at 53 years old in Baton Rouge (prostate cancer). ^[ref]