January 9: Today's Notable Birthdays

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January 9th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

January 9th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Joseph B. Strauss, American civil engineer and architect (San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge), was born on January 9, 1870.

Belgian painter Jan Frans Verhas (The Broken Flower Pot, Hide and Seek and The Nap) was born on January 9, 1834. (CTRL-click here to view samples of this artist's work online in a new window.)

American sculptress Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (Aztec Fountain, Fountain of El Dorado, The Scout, Three Graces, Victory Arch and Women's Titanic Memorial) was born on January 9, 1875.

Murat Bernard (Chic) Young, American cartoonist (Blondie and Colonel Pottersby and the Duchess), was born on January 9, 1901.

January 9th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Derek Allhusen, British equestrian, and Olympic gold medalist (1968), was born on January 9, 1914.

American professional football player Terry Brown (Minnesota Vikings) was born on January 9, 1947.

Justin Huish, American archer and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on January 9, 1975.

Chad Javon Ochocinco Johnson, American professional football player (Cincinnati Bengals), was born on January 9, 1978.

Robert Fulton Newhouse, American professional football player (Dallas Cowboys), was born on January 9, 1950.

Bryan Bartlett (Bart) Starr, American professional football player (Green Bay Packers), was born on January 9, 1934.

American professional baseball player Ralph Willard Terry (Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics and New York Mets) was born on January 9, 1936.

American professional hockey player Doug Steven Volmar (Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings and San Diego Mariners) was born on January 9, 1945.

January 9th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Karel Capek, Czechoslovakian playwright and author (An Ordinary Life, Hordubal, The Insect Play, Krakatit, The Makropoulos Affair, The Makropoulos Secret, Meteor, Power and Glory and R. U. R. - Rossum's Universal Robots), was born on January 9, 1890.

Carrie Chapman Catt, American peace advocate, suffragist and author (Woman Suffrage and Politics), was born on January 9, 1859. Carrie Chapman Catt organized the League of Women Voters and the International Woman Suffrage Alliance.

American jazz drummer Kenneth Spearman (Kenny) Clarke was born on January 9, 1914. Kenny Clarke, who was also known as Klook and Liaqat Ali Salaam, played with Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Charlie Parker, Curly Russell and other jazz musicians.

French author Simone de Beauvoir (All Men Are Mortal, All Said and Done, The Blood of Others, The Coming of Age, Force of Circumstance, The Mandarins, The Marquis de Sade, Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter, The Prime of Life, The Second Sex and A Very Easy Death) was born on January 9, 1908. Simone de Beauvoir was a close associate and correspondent of Existential philosopher and author Jean-Paul Sartre.

Richard Alan (Dick) Enberg, American television sportscaster (CBS Sports and NBC Sports), was born on January 9, 1935.

American adventurer and travel writer Richard Halliburton was born on January 9, 1900.

American romance author Judith Krantz (Dazzle, I'll Take Manhattan, The Jewels of Tessa Kent, Judith Krantz' Secrets, Lovers, Mistral's Daughter, Princess Daisy, Scruples, Scruples Two, Sex and Shopping: The Confessions of a Nice Jewish Girl, Spring Collection, Till We Meet Again and Torch Song) was born on January 9, 1928.

January 9th Birthdays: Famous Performers

American folk singer and songwriter Joan Chandos Baez ("Blessed Are," "Diamonds & Rust," "Farewell Angelina," "Joe Hill," "Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word," "Song for David," "Sweet Sir Galahad," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," "There But for Fortune" and "We Shall Overcome") was born on January 9, 1941. Joan Baez performed at the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival in upstate New York.

Vilma Konsics Banky, Hungarian actress (Blood and Sand, The Eagle and Son of the Sheik), was born on January 9, 1898.

American hard rock keyboardist, guitarist and singer Carl Bell (Fuel) was born on January 9, 1967.

Jimmy Boyd, American singer ("I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus") and actor (Bachelor Father, Brainstorm, The Electric Company, Inherit the Wind, The Second Greatest Sex and A Winner Never Quits), was born on January 9, 1939.

American pop guitarist and singer William (Bill) Cowsill, Jr. (The Cowsills), was born on January 9, 1948.

Bob Denver, American actor (Dusty's Trail, Far Out Space Nuts, Gilligan's Island, The Good Guys and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis), was born on January 9, 1935.

Noel (Scott Walker) Engel, American pop singer (The Walker Brothers), was born on January 9, 1943.

American grunge-rock guitarist Eric T. Erlandson (Hole) was born on January 9, 1963.

Cuban pop singer Gloria Estefan (Miami Sound Machine) was born on January 9, 1957.

Susannah (York) Yolanda Fletcher, British actress (Battle of Britain, Images, The Killing of Sister George, A Man for All Seasons, Superman, Superman II, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, They Shoot Horses Don't They, Tom Jones and Tunes of Glory) and author (In Search of Unicorns and Lark's Castle), was born on January 9, 1942.

Anita Louise Fremault, American actress (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Anthony Adverse, The Little Princess, Madame DuBarry, Marie Antoinette, My Bill, My Friend Flicka, The Sisters and The Story of Louis Pasteur), was born on January 9, 1915. Anita Louise married film producer Buddy Adler.

Steve Harwell, American rock singer (Radio Angel and Smash Mouth), was born on January 9, 1967.

Rose Louise (Gypsy Rose Lee) Hovick, American burlesque entertainer, television personality (The Gypsy Rose Lee Show) and actress (Ali Baba Goes to Town, Babes in Bagdad, Batman, Battle of Broadway, Belle of the Yukon, The Over-the Hill Gang, Screaming Mimi, Stage Door Canteen, The Trouble with Angels and You Can't Have Everything), was born on January 9, 1911. The Broadway musical Gypsy was based on her life.

David Roger (Buster Poindexter) Johansen, American rock singer, songwriter (The New York Dolls) and actor (Married to the Mob, Mr. Nanny and Scrooged), was born on January 9, 1950.

Argentinean-American actor (100 Rifles, The Avengers, The Cheap Detective, Dangerous When Wet, The Diamond Queen, Jivaro, Kill a Dragon, The Lost World, The Merry Widow, Revenge of the Musketeers, Rose Marie and The Violent Ones) and film director (The Magic Fountain) Fernando Alvaro Lamas was born on January 9, 1915. Fernando Lamas' son is actor Lorenzo Lamas.

American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter David John (Dave) Matthews (The Dave Matthews Band) was born on January 9, 1967.

Alexander James (A.C.) McLean, American pop singer (The Backstreet Boys), was born on January 9, 1978.

German rock singer Ralph Christian (Rio Reiser) Mobius (Ton Steine Scherben) was born on January 9, 1950.

Italian singer and songwriter Domenico Modugno ("Volare") was born on January 9, 1928.

British rock guitarist Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin and The Yardbirds) was born on January 9, 1944.

British actress Joely Kim Richardson (101 Dalmatians, The Affair of the Necklace, Behaving Badly, Lady Chatterley and The Patriot) was born on January 9, 1965. Joely Richardson is the daughter of film director Tony Richardson and actress Vanessa Redgrave and niece of actress Lynn Redgrave. Her sister is actress Natasha Richardson.

American actor Marco Sanchez (American Pie 2, The Last Debate, SeaQuest DSV and Walker Texas Ranger) was born on January 9, 1970.

Czechoslovakian-British actor Herbert (Lom) Charles Angelo Kuchacevich Schluderpacheru (Dorian Gray, King Solomon's Mines, Murders in the Rue Morgue, Secret Mission, The Seventh Veil, Son of the Pink Panther, Spartacus, Ten Little Indians and War and Peace) was born on January 9, 1917.

Jonathan Kimble (J.K.) Simmons, American actor (3; The Dale Earnhardt Story, Burn After Reading, The Closer, Juno, Law & Order, Oz, Spider-Man and Thank You For Smoking), was born on January 9, 1955.

Grace (Dame Gracie Fields) Stansfield, British-Italian comedienne, singer )"If I Knew You Were Coming I'd Have Baked a Cake," "Now Is the Hour," "The Isle of Capri," "Those Were the Days" and "The Twelfth of Never") and actress (Holy Matrimony, Keep Smiling, Look Up and Laugh, Looking on the Bright Side, Love Life and Laughter, Molly and Me, Paris Underground, Queen of Hearts, Sally in our Alley, Shipyard Sally, Sing as We Go, Stage Door Canteen, The Show Goes On, This Week of Grace and We're Going to Be Rich), was born on January 9, 1898.

British actress Imelda Staunton (A Chorus of Disapproval, The Corn is a Green, Crush, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Murder, Peter's Friends, Shakespeare in Love, The Singing Detective, Up the Garden Path and Vera Drake) was born on January 9, 1956.

Pam Thum, American contemporary Christian singer ("Help Lord," "Life Is Hard - God Is Good" and "Time to Rise"), was born on January 9, 19--.

Brenda (Crystal Gayle) Webb, American country music singer ("Cry," "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue," "Half the Way," "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye," "Talking in Your Sleep," "When I Dream" and "Straight to the Heart"), was born on January 9, 1951. Crystal Gayle is sister to country music singer Loretta Lynn and cousin to country music singer Patty Loveless.

January 9th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Har Gobind Khorana, Pakistani biochemist and Nobel Prize winner (1968), was born on January 9, 1922.

American behavioral psychologist and author (Behaviorism, Psychological Care of Infant and Child and Psychology from the Standpoint of a Behaviorist) John Broadus Watson was born on January 9, 1878.

January 9th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

Richard Milhous Nixon, 37^th President of the United States, was born on January 9, 1913.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on January 9th?

If you know additional notable people (including yourself) who may be celebrating a birthday on January 9th, please indicate so in a comment below. Thank you!

Happy Birthday, January 9th.

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