Chi Haotian (94)
July 9th, 1929

Former Minister of National Defence of China – Chi Haotian was born in Zhaoyuan (County-level city in China) on July 9th, 1929 and is 94 years old today.

Other personalities born on July 9

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

67

Tom Hanks

American actor and film producer (born 1956)

*July 9th, 1956, Concord

82

Oliver Sacks

British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)

*July 9th, 1933, Willesden †August 30th, 2015, Greenwich Village

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

86

Allan Lawrence

Australian long distance runner (1930-2017)

*July 9th, 1930, Punchbowl †May 15th, 2017, Houston

23

Mxmtoon

American singer-songwriter and YouTuber

*July 9th, 2000, Oakland

80

Michael Graves

American architect and designer of consumer products

*July 9th, 1934, Indianapolis †March 12th, 2015, Princeton

39

Ave Pajo

Estonian badminton and football player

*July 9th, 1984, Estonia

70

Wim Duisenberg

Dutch politician and economist

*July 9th, 1935, Heerenveen †July 31st, 2005, Faucon

81

Brian Dennehy

American actor (1938–2020)

*July 9th, 1938, Bridgeport †April 15th, 2020, New Haven

72

Johannes S. Andersen

Norwegian criminal, businessman and resistance fighter during the Second World War

*July 9th, 1898, Oslo †July 29th, 1970, Horten

95

Federico Bahamontes

Spanish racing cyclist

*July 9th, 1928, Santo Domingo-Caudilla †August 8th, 2023, Valladolid

73

Viktor Yanukovych

Ukrainian politician and the 4th President of Ukraine, ousted from office during the Revolution of Dignity in 2014

*July 9th, 1950, Yenakiieve

98

Barbara Cartland

English writer and media personality (1901-2000)

*July 9th, 1901, Edgbaston †May 21st, 2000, Hatfield

45

Linda Park

South Korean actress

*July 9th, 1978, Seoul

88

Donald Rumsfeld

American politician and businessman, twice U.S. Secretary of Defense

*July 9th, 1932, Chicago †June 29th, 2021, Taos

74

Mercedes Sosa

Argentine singer (1935-2009)

*July 9th, 1935, San Miguel de Tucumán †October 4th, 2009, Buenos Aires

86

David Hockney

English painter and printmaker

*July 9th, 1937, Bradford

57

Pamela Adlon

American actress

*July 9th, 1966, Albany

87

Richard Wilson

Scottish actor, theatre director and broadcaster (1936)

*July 9th, 1936, Greenock

89

Edward Heath

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974

*July 9th, 1916, Broadstairs †July 17th, 2005, Salisbury

67

Vince Edwards

American actor (1928–1996)

*July 9th, 1928, Brooklyn †March 11th, 1996, Los Angeles

65

Michael Williams

British actor (1935–2001)

*July 9th, 1935, Liverpool †January 11th, 2001, Hampstead

81

Richard Roundtree

American actor and singer (1942–2023)

*July 9th, 1942, New Rochelle †October 24th, 2023, Los Angeles

95

Ben Roy Mottelson

Danish nuclear physicist

*July 9th, 1926, Chicago †May 13th, 2022, Copenhagen

47

Elliot Cowan

British actor

*July 9th, 1976, London

57

Amélie Nothomb

Belgian Francophone writer

*July 9th, 1966, Kobe

76

O. J. Simpson

American football player and actor (1947–2024)

*July 9th, 1947, San Francisco †April 10th, 2024, Las Vegas

59

Courtney Love

American rock musician and actress (born 1964)

*July 9th, 1964, San Francisco

68

Lindsey Graham

American lawyer and politician (born 1955)

*July 9th, 1955, Central

Also born in 1929

39

Martin Luther King Jr.

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)

*January 15th, 1929, Atlanta †April 4th, 1968, Memphis

91

Kurt Rudolph

German religious studies scholar

*April 3rd, 1929, Dresden †May 13th, 2020

83

Hebe Camargo

Brazilian recording artist, television host, singer

*March 8th, 1929, Taubaté †September 29th, 2012, Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

*May 4th, 1929, Rue Keyenveld - Keienveldstraat †January 20th, 1993, Tolochenaz

87

Kathleen Crowley

American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017)

*December 26th, 1929, Green Bank †April 23rd, 2017, Green Bank

91

Christopher Plummer

Canadian actor

*December 13th, 1929, Toronto †February 5th, 2021, Weston

87

Chuck Barris

American game show creator, producer, and host (1929-2017)

*June 3rd, 1929, Philadelphia †March 21st, 2017, Palisades

95

Christian Meier

German historian of ancient history and professor

*February 16th, 1929, Słupsk

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

52

Grace Kelly

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)

*November 12th, 1929, Philadelphia †September 14th, 1982, Commune of Monaco

70

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)

*July 18th, 1929, Cleveland †February 12th, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine

83

Robert Bonnaud

Historian

*November 13th, 1929, Marseille †January 22nd, 2013, 13th arrondissement of Paris

87

Hans Koschnick

German politician (SPD), Mayor of Bremen (1929-2016)

*April 2nd, 1929, Bremen †April 21st, 2016, Bremen

73

Dorothee Sölle

German theologian

*September 30th, 1929, Cologne †April 27th, 2003, Göppingen

86

Bud Spencer

Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (1929–2016)

*October 31st, 1929, Naples †June 27th, 2016, Rome

94

Milan Kundera

Franco-Czech poet and novelist

*April 1st, 1929, Brno †July 11th, 2023, 7th arrondissement of Paris

85

Karl Otto Pöhl

German banker (1929–2014)

*December 1st, 1929, Hanover †December 9th, 2014, Switzerland

87

Michael M. Ryan

American actor (1929-2017)

*March 19th, 1929, Wichita †March 1st, 2017, Kansas City

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

*July 13th, 1929, Borač †May 13th, 2017, Brno

15

Anne Frank

German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)

*June 12th, 1929, Maingau Clinic of the Red Cross †February 1st, 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

86

Mohammad Shafi Qureshi

Founder of the Congress party in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir

*November 24th, 1929, Srinagar †August 28th, 2016, New Delhi

78

Ira Levin

American novelist, playwright (1929–2007)

*August 27th, 1929, The Bronx †November 12th, 2007, Manhattan

94

Édouard Balladur

91st Prime Minister of France

*May 2nd, 1929, İzmir

94

Imelda Marcos

Philippine former First Lady (born 1929)

*July 2nd, 1929, Manila

94

Joan Plowright

British actress

*October 28th, 1929, Brigg

89

Murray Gell-Mann

American physicist (1929–2019)

*September 15th, 1929, Lower Manhattan †May 24th, 2019, Santa Fe

89

Katherine Helmond

American actress (1929–2019)

*July 5th, 1929, Galveston †February 23rd, 2019, Los Angeles

49

Sándor Kocsis

Hungarian footballer

*September 21st, 1929, Budapest †July 22nd, 1979, Barcelona

76

Link Wray

American guitarist (1929–2005)

*May 2nd, 1929, Dunn †November 5th, 2005, Copenhagen

87

Gerhard Pfohl

German medical historian, archaeologist and classical philologist

*February 16th, 1929, Železná Ruda †June 29th, 2016, Nuremberg

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