Bruce Mather (85)
May 9th, 1939

Canadian composer – Bruce Mather was born in Toronto (Capital and largest city of the province of Ontario, Canada) on May 9th, 1939 and is 85 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 9

93

Erik Dammann

Norwegian writer and environmentalist

*May 9th, 1931, Oslo

82

Albert Finney

British actor

*May 9th, 1936, Salford †February 7th, 2019, Royal Marsden Hospital

38

Johanna Goliszewski

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1986, Olsztyn

71

Joan Sims

English actress (1930-2001)

*May 9th, 1930, Basildon †June 27th, 2001, London

87

Glenda Jackson

British actress and politician (1936–2023)

*May 9th, 1936, Birkenhead †June 15th, 2023, Blackheath

77

Michael Levitt

Biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology

*May 9th, 1947, Pretoria

31

Per Imerslund

Norwegian national socialist

*May 9th, 1912, Christiania †December 7th, 1943, Oslo

84

Klaus Aeffke

West German rower

*May 9th, 1940, Neustrelitz

57

Ralph Lenkert

German politician

*May 9th, 1967, Apolda

71

Johannes Singhammer

German politician

*May 9th, 1953, Munich

77

Denis Oswald

Swiss rower and sports official

*May 9th, 1947, Neuchâtel

50

Neli Boteva

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1974, Sofia

80

Heidemarie Steiner

German figure skater

*May 9th, 1944, Kołobrzeg

36

Jillie Cooper

Scottish badminton player

*May 9th, 1988, Edinburgh

82

Geraldine McEwan

British actress (1932-2015)

*May 9th, 1932, Old Windsor †January 30th, 2015, Hammersmith

29

Chae Yoo-jung

South Korean badminton player

*May 9th, 1995, Busan

101

Ole Mørk Sandvik

Norwegian musicologist and educator

*May 9th, 1875, Ringsaker Municipality †August 5th, 1976, Oslo

58

Adam Opel

Founder of the German automobile company Adam Opel AG

*May 9th, 1837, Rüsselsheim am Main †September 8th, 1895, Rüsselsheim am Main

79

Jupp Heynckes

German association football player and manager

*May 9th, 1945, Mönchengladbach

82

John Ashcroft

79th United States Attorney General

*May 9th, 1942, Chicago

75

Hermann Hitzig

Swiss classical philologist (1843-1918)

*May 9th, 1843, Zürich †August 27th, 1918, Zürich

83

José Méndez

Spanish rower

*May 9th, 1937, Pontevedra †January 8th, 2021

84

James L. Brooks

American director, writer, and producer

*May 9th, 1940, Brooklyn

78

Candice Bergen

American actress

*May 9th, 1946, Beverly Hills

84

Franco Bassanini

Italian lawyer and politician

*May 9th, 1940, Milan

50

Emile Ardolino

American film director, choreographer, and producer (1943-1993)

*May 9th, 1943, Queens †November 20th, 1993, Los Angeles

41

Alan Campbell

British rower

*May 9th, 1983, Coleraine

44

Angela Nikodinov

American figure skater

*May 9th, 1980, Spartanburg

89

Rafael Moneo

Spanish architect

*May 9th, 1935, Tudela

65

János Áder

President of Hungary from 2012 to 2022

*May 9th, 1959, Csorna

Also born in 1939

85

Helga Piur

German actress and voice actress

*May 24th, 1939, Berlin

85

Hans Kloft

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 10th, 1939, Düsseldorf

64

João César Monteiro

Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic

*February 2nd, 1939, Figueira da Foz †February 3rd, 2003, Lisbon

85

Thilo Ulbert

German christian archaeologist

*June 20th, 1939, Augsburg

83

Tina Turner

American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)

*November 26th, 1939, Brownsville †May 24th, 2023, Küsnacht

83

Hans-Christian Ströbele

German lawyer and politician (1939–2022)

*June 7th, 1939, Halle (Saale) †August 29th, 2022, Moabit

78

Oscar Fulloné

Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017)

*April 4th, 1939, La Plata †May 22nd, 2017, Casablanca

84

Heinrich Messner

Austrian alpine skier

*September 1st, 1939, Obernberg am Brenner †October 19th, 2023

84

Margaret Atwood

Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist,pépiniériste and inventor

*November 18th, 1939, Ottawa

77

Dudley Storey

New Zealand rower

*November 27th, 1939, Wairoa †March 6th, 2017, Auckland

84

Yves Meyer

French mathematician

*July 19th, 1939, Paris

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

85

Monika von Starck

German painter and sculptor

*February 3rd, 1939, Cologne

70

Dixie Carter

American actress (1939–2010)

*May 25th, 1939, McLemoresville †April 10th, 2010, Houston

78

Irio De Paula

Brazilian composer

*May 10th, 1939, Rio de Janeiro †May 23rd, 2017, Rome

78

Peter Grünberg

German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1939-2018)

*May 18th, 1939, Plzeň †April 7th, 2018, Jülich

74

Karen Black

American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter (1939-2013)

*July 1st, 1939, Park Ridge †August 8th, 2013, Santa Monica

59

Dusty Springfield

British singer (1939–1999)

*April 16th, 1939, London †March 2nd, 1999, Henley-on-Thames

80

Karel Gott

Czech singer and actor

*July 14th, 1939, Plzeň †October 1st, 2019, Prague

84

Brenda Vaccaro

American actress

*November 18th, 1939, Brooklyn

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

84

Jane Alexander

American actress (b. 1939)

*October 28th, 1939, Boston

84

Amanda Lear

French singer, actress, television presenter

*November 18th, 1939, Ho Chi Minh City

85

Francis Ford Coppola

American filmmaker

*April 7th, 1939, Detroit

85

Beate Klarsfeld

French journalist, Nazi hunter, and historian

*February 13th, 1939, Berlin

85

Tommy Tune

American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

85

Ariane Mnouchkine

French theater and film director, theater director and author

*March 3rd, 1939, Boulogne-Billancourt

80

Ginger Baker

British drummer (1939–2019)

*August 19th, 1939, Lewisham †October 6th, 2019, Canterbury

80

Sid Haig

American actor (1939–2019)

*July 14th, 1939, Fresno †September 21st, 2019, Los Angeles

85

Alan Ayckbourn

English playwright

*April 12th, 1939, London

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