Cihangir Ghaffari (83)
September 9th, 1940

Iranian actor – Cihangir Ghaffari was born in Baku (Capital of Azerbaijan) on September 9th, 1940 and is 83 years old today.

Other personalities born on September 9

78

Ingrid Matthäus-Maier

German politician

*September 9th, 1945, Werlte

84

Reuven Rivlin

10th President of Israel

*September 9th, 1939, Jerusalem

62

Jan-Eric Antonsson

Badminton player

*September 9th, 1961, Karlskrona

56

Akshay Kumar

Indian actor (born 1967)

*September 9th, 1967, New Delhi

32

Yang Yang

Chinese actor

*September 9th, 1991, Shanghai

80

Hélène Vincent

French actress

*September 9th, 1943, 14th arrondissement of Paris

70

Dennis M. Ritchie

American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language

*September 9th, 1941, Bronxville †October 12th, 2011, Berkeley Heights

72

Tom Wopat

American actor

*September 9th, 1951, Lodi

88

Cliff Robertson

American actor (1923–2011)

*September 9th, 1923, La Jolla †September 10th, 2011, Stony Brook

38

Luka Modrić

Croatian association football player

*September 9th, 1985, Zadar

24

Bilal Hassani

French-Moroccan singer-songwriter and vlogger

*September 9th, 1999, Orsay

78

Pablo Alarcón

Argentinean television actor

*September 9th, 1945, Pellegrini

44

John Curry

British figure skater (1949–1994)

*September 9th, 1949, Birmingham †April 15th, 1994, Binton

57

Adam Sandler

American comedian and actor (born 1966)

*September 9th, 1966, Brooklyn

68

Edward Hibbert

British actor

*September 9th, 1955, Long Island

26

Otis Redding

American singer and songwriter (1941–1967)

*September 9th, 1941, Dawson †December 10th, 1967, Madison

80

Erika Lotz

German politician

*September 9th, 1943, Leun

47

Emma de Caunes

French actress

*September 9th, 1976, 14th arrondissement of Paris

63

Hugh Grant

British actor (born 1960)

*September 9th, 1960, Charing Cross Hospital

57

Michel Muller

French actor, screenwriter, director

*September 9th, 1966, Vienna

87

Chaim Topol

Israeli actor (1935–2023)

*September 9th, 1935, Tel Aviv †March 8th, 2023, Tel Aviv

25

Dara

Bulgarian singer

*September 9th, 1998, Varna

55

Lila Downs

Mexican American singer-songwriter

*September 9th, 1968, Oaxaca

90

John Gorton

Australian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (1911–2002)

*September 9th, 1911, Melbourne †May 19th, 2002, Sydney

74

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

6th President of Indonesia (2004–2014)

*September 9th, 1949, Pacitan

28

André Rudersdorf

German racing driver

*September 9th, 1995, Hadamar

93

Jimmy Perry

English writer, scriptwriter, producer, author and actor (1923-2016)

*September 9th, 1923, Barnes †October 23rd, 2016, London

64

Éric Serra

French film composer

*September 9th, 1959, Saint-Mandé

93

Oscar Luigi Scalfaro

9th President of Italy (1918-2012)

*September 9th, 1918, Novara †January 29th, 2012, Rome

87

Ruth Pfau

German-Pakistani physician and member of a religious order

*September 9th, 1929, Leipzig †August 10th, 2017, Karachi

Also born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality †February 18th, 2024, Røros Municipality

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer and songwriter (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

84

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Chinese-American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author (1940–2020)

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

76

Dawson Mathis

American politician (1940-2017)

*November 30th, 1940, Nashville †April 17th, 2017, Tifton

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

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

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

*February 23rd, 1940, New York City †August 16th, 2019, Los Angeles

84

Nancy Sinatra

American singer and actress

*June 8th, 1940, Jersey City

84

Joachim Gauck

German Protestant pastor and politician, Federal President 2012-2017

*January 24th, 1940, Rostock

83

Nursultan Nazarbayev

President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019

*July 6th, 1940, Ushqonyr

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

84

Margrethe II of Denmark

Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024

*April 16th, 1940, Amalienborg

79

René Auberjonois

American actor

*June 1st, 1940, New York City †December 8th, 2019, Los Angeles

77

John Mahoney

American actor (1940–2018)

*June 20th, 1940, Blackpool †February 4th, 2018, Chicago

84

Kip S. Thorne

American physicist

*June 1st, 1940, Logan

79

David H. Koch

American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)

*May 3rd, 1940, Wichita †August 23rd, 2019, Southampton

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