Robert L. Byer (81)
May 9th, 1942

American physicist – Robert L. Byer was born in Glendale (City in Los Angeles County, California, United States) on May 9th, 1942 and is 81 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 9

92

Erik Dammann

Norwegian writer and environmentalist

*May 9th, 1931, Oslo

37

Johanna Goliszewski

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1986, Olsztyn

82

Albert Finney

British actor

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

71

Joan Sims

English actress (1930-2001)

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

76

Michael Levitt

Biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology

*May 9th, 1947, Pretoria

87

Glenda Jackson

British actress and politician (1936–2023)

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

79

Heidemarie Steiner

German figure skater

*May 9th, 1944, Kołobrzeg

31

Per Imerslund

Norwegian national socialist

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

70

Johannes Singhammer

German politician

*May 9th, 1953, Munich

56

Ralph Lenkert

German politician

*May 9th, 1967, Apolda

50

Emile Ardolino

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

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

49

Neli Boteva

Badminton player

*May 9th, 1974, Sofia

76

Denis Oswald

Swiss rower and sports official

*May 9th, 1947, Neuchâtel

78

Jupp Heynckes

German association football player and manager

*May 9th, 1945, Mönchengladbach

35

Jillie Cooper

Scottish badminton player

*May 9th, 1988, Edinburgh

83

Klaus Aeffke

West German rower

*May 9th, 1940, Neustrelitz

80

Vince Cable

British politician and former leader of the Liberal Democrats (born 1943)

*May 9th, 1943, York

28

Chae Yoo-jung

South Korean badminton player

*May 9th, 1995, Busan

77

Candice Bergen

American actress

*May 9th, 1946, Beverly Hills

101

Ole Mørk Sandvik

Norwegian musicologist and educator

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

82

Geraldine McEwan

British actress (1932-2015)

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

70

Colin Pillinger

Professor of Planetary science (1943-2014)

*May 9th, 1943, Bristol †May 7th, 2014, Cambridge

58

Adam Opel

Founder of the German automobile company Adam Opel AG

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

82

Dorothy Hyman

British athlete

*May 9th, 1941, Cudworth

75

Hermann Hitzig

Swiss classical philologist (1843-1918)

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

40

Alan Campbell

British rower

*May 9th, 1983, Coleraine

43

Angela Nikodinov

American figure skater

*May 9th, 1980, Spartanburg

64

János Áder

President of Hungary from 2012 to 2022

*May 9th, 1959, Csorna

79

Petra Roth

German politician

*May 9th, 1944, Bremen

54

Annalee Newitz

American journalist, editor, and author of both fiction and nonfiction

*May 9th, 1969, Irvine

Also born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

71

Bob Hoskins

British actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

82

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

81

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

Robert L. Byer