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Famous people born on February 9
Short answer
Well-known people born on February 9 include William Henry Harrison (1773), Thomas Paine (1737), J. M. Coetzee (1940) and Alice Walker (1944). Our list below has 98 people for this date, most widely covered first.
This list covers people whose Wikidata record gives February 9 as their exact birth date and who have articles in at least 28 Wikipedia language editions. The earliest birth year here is 1737 (Thomas Paine) and the most recent is 2006 (Nestor Irankunda). The most common fields on this date: football, actress, actor.
Who was born on February 9?
- William Henry Harrison 1773 President of the United States in 1841
- Thomas Paine 1737 American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist
- J. M. Coetzee 1940 South African and Australian writer and scholar
- Alice Walker 1944 American author and activist
- Joseph Stiglitz 1943 American economist, professor, and recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
- Tom Hiddleston 1981 English actor
- Ali Bongo Ondimba 1959 President of Gabon
- Jacques Monod 1910 French biologist and biochemist, Nobel laureate
- Yoshinori Ohsumi 1945 Japanese molecular biologist
- Mia Farrow 1945 American actress
- Joe Pesci 1943 American actor
- Natsume Sōseki 1867 Japanese novelist
- Zhang Ziyi 1979 Chinese actress and model
- Vasily Zhukovsky 1783 Russian poet
- Wataru Endō 1993 Japanese association football player
- Michael B. Jordan 1987 American actor
- Carole King 1942 American singer-songwriter and musician
- Thomas Bernhard 1931 Austrian playwright and novelist
- Carmen Miranda 1909 Brazilian singer
- Filipe Nyusi 1959 President of Mozambique, 2015-2025
- Gerhard Richter 1932 German visual artist (b. 1932)
- Makoto Shinkai 1973 Japanese anime director
- Ruy Ramos 1957 Japanese association football player and manager
- Ernesto Valverde 1964 Spanish association football player and manager
- Ronald Colman 1891 British actor
- Mario Pašalić 1995 Croatian footballer
- Niclas Füllkrug 1993 German association football player (1993)
- Brian Greene 1963 American physicist
- Aggelos Charisteas 1980 Greek footballer
- Rinus Michels 1928 Dutch footballer and manager
- Manuel Castells 1942 Spanish sociologist
- Josef Masopust 1931 Czech footballer
- Brendan Behan 1923 Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright
- Rose Leslie 1987 Scottish actress
- Omar M. Yaghi 1965 American chemist of Arabic descent
- Amber Valletta 1974 American model and actress
- Fiodor Smolov 1990 Russian footballer
- Magdalena Neuner 1987 Former German biathlete
- Ciarán Hinds 1953 Northern Irish actor
- Amy Lawrence Lowell 1874 US writer
- Peggy Whitson 1960 American astronaut
- Carla Del Ponte 1947 International jurist
- Léon M'ba 1902 Prime Minister and President of Gabon
- Jordi Cruyff 1974 Dutch association football manager and former player
- Bella Poarch 1997 Filipino-American singer and social media personality
- Amrita Singh 1958 Indian film and television actress
- Dean Rusk 1909 United States Secretary of State
- Wilhelm Maybach 1846 German engine designer and industrialist
- Julián Estiven Vélez 1982 Colombian association football player
- Gaston Browne 1967 Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda since 2014
- Gordon Strachan 1957 Scottish football coach and former player
- The Rev 1981 American musician
- Avan Jogia 1992 Canadian actor, singer and director
- Kathryn Grayson 1922 American actress and coloratura soprano
- Jim Webb 1946 American politician, military officer and author
- Aletta Jacobs 1854 Dutch physician and feminist, editor
- Charlie Day 1976 American actor, writer and producer
- Anthony Hope 1863 English novelist
- Vasily Chapayev 1887 Red Army commander
- Ciprian Tătărușanu 1986 Romanian association football player
- Trường Chinh 1907 Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
- Garret FitzGerald 1926 Irish politician and prime minister
- Margarita Levieva 1980 Russian-born American actress
- Charles Kaboré 1988 Burkinabé and French footballer
- Pietro Nenni 1891 Italian politician
- Irina Slutskaya 1979 Russian figure skater
- Janet Suzman 1939 South African-British actress
- Nestor Irankunda 2006 Australian association football player
- André Gorz 1923 Austrian born French philosopher and journalist
- Jay Inslee 1951 Governor of Washington from 2013 to 2025
- Otávio 1995 Portuguese-Brazilian association football player
- Jimmy Bennett 1996 American actor
- Vukašin Brajić 1984 Bosnian singer
- Erich von Drygalski 1865 German geographer
- Farkas Bolyai 1775 Hungarian mathematician
- Nicole Faria 1990 Indian model
- Jameer Nelson 1982 American basketball player
- Almuth Schult 1991 German footballer
- Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden 1763 Grand Duke of Baden
- Mukaghali Makatayev 1931 Kazakhstani poet
- David Gallagher 1985 American actor
- Judith Light 1949 American actress
- Kelli Berglund 1996 American actress, dancer, and singer
- Miina Härma 1864 Estonian composer
- Monika Liu 1988 Lithuanian singer-songwriter
- Tatiana Golikova 1966 Russian politician
- Chungha 1996 South Korean singer
- Peggy Wood 1892 American actress of stage, film and television
- Jaco Van Dormael 1957 Belgian director and writer
- Prince Leopold of Bavaria 1846 German field marshal
- Mitsuru Adachi 1951 Japanese manga artist
- Gina Rinehart 1954 Australian businessperson
- Ânderson Polga 1979 Brazilian footballer
- Lotte Friis 1988 Danish swimmer
- Daniel Bravo 1963 French association football player
- Takahiro Shimada 1965 Japanese association football player
- Julio Velasco 1952 Professional volleyball coach from Argentina
- Johan Mjällby 1971 Swedish footballer
Names link to each person's Wikidata entry, the source of the date. Data: Wikidata (CC0), refreshed October 30, 2026. People born on February 9 share the 9th of February as a birthday; check the Famous Birthdays Finder for any other date.