What happened on January 9 ?

1554 - Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)

1571 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621)

1589 - Ivan Gundulic, Croatian poet (d. 1638)

1624 - Empress Meisho of Japan (d. 1696)

1685 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist (d. 1766)

1728 - Thomas Warton, English poet (d. 1790)

1790 - Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet (b. 1790)

1811 - Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)

1823 - Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (d. 1908)

1829 - Thomas William Robertson, English playwright (d. 1871)

1829 - Adolf von Schlagintweit, German explorer (d. 1857)

1854 - Jennie Jerome, American society beauty (d. 1921)

1856 - Anton A?kerc, Slovenian priest and poet (d. 1912)

1864 - Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician (d. 1926)

1868 - S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)

1870 - Joseph B Strauss, American civil engineer (d. 1938)

1873 - Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian poet and translator (d. 1934)

1875 - Gertrude Whitney, American sculptor (d. 1942)

1879 - John Broadus Watson, American psychologist (d. 1958)

1881 - Lascelles Abercrombie, British poet and critic (d. 1938)

1881 - Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904)

1881 - Giovanni Papini, Italian writer (d. 1956)

1890 - Karel ?apek, Czech writer (d. 1938)

1890 - Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist, writer, satirist, and social critic (d. 1935)

1892 - Eva Bowring, American politician (d. 1985)

1897 - Karl Löwith, German philosopher (d. 1973)

1898 - Vilma Bánky, Hungarian actress (d. 1991)

1898 - Gracie Fields, English vaudeville performer (d. 1979)

1899 - Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian composer (d. 1977)

1900 - Maria of Romania, Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (d. 1961)

1901 - Chic Young, American cartoonist (d. 1973)

1902 - Rudolph Bing, Austrian-born opera manager (d. 1997)

1902 - Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish religious author (d. 1975)

1904 (O. S.) - George Balanchine, Russian dancer, choreographer, and ballet producer (d. 1983)

1908 - Simone de Beauvoir, French author (d. 1986)

1912 - Ralph Tubbs, British architect

1913 - Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)

1914 - Kenny (Klook) Clarke, American jazz drummer and composer (d. 1985)

1915 - Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (d. 1982)

1916 - Vic Mizzy, American orchestra leader

1916 - Peter Twinn, English mathematician and World War II code-breaker (d. 2004)

1917 - Herbert Lom, Czech actor

1920 - Clive Dunn, British actor

1922 - Har Gobind Khorana, Indian biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate

1922 - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (d. 1984)

1925 - Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989)

1928 - Judith Krantz, American author

1928 - Domenico Modugno, Italian singer and songwriter

1929 - Heiner Muller, German dramatist (d. 1995)

1929 - Brian Friel, Irish dramatist

1929 - Dorothea Puente, American serial killer

1931 - Algis Budrys, American author

1932 - Robert P. Casey, American politician (d. 2000)

1934 - Bart Starr, American football player

1935 - Bob Denver, American actor (d. 2005)

1935 - Dick Enberg, American sportscaster

1936 - Anne Rivers Siddons, American writer

1940 - Jimmy Boyd, American actor and singer

1940 - Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (d. 1993)

1940 - Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss politician

1941 - Joan Baez, American singer and activist

1942 - K Callan, American actress

1942 - Susannah York, British actress

1943 - Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer

1944 - Jimmy Page, English guitarist (Led Zeppelin)

1950 - David Johansen American singer (New York Dolls)

1950 - Rio Reiser, German singer (d. 1996)

1951 - Crystal Gayle, American singer

1952 - Hugh Bayley, British politician

1955 - J. K. Simmons, American actor

1956 - Kimberly Beck, American actress

1956 - Imelda Staunton, British actress

1958 - Mehmet Ali A?ca, Turkish attempted assassin of Pope John Paul II

1959 - Mark Martin, American race car driver

1959 - Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate

1959 - Cristi Minculescu, Romanian musician

1959 - Otis Nixon, baseball player

1963 - Michael Everson, American expert in writing systems and Unicode

1965 - Eric Erlandson, American musician (Hole)

1965 - Joely Richardson, British actress

1965 - Darren Bennett, Australian-born American football player

1967 - Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer

1967 - Steven Harwell, American singer and musician (Smash Mouth)

1967 - Dave Matthews, South African-born singer and musician

1967 - Carl Bell, American musician (Fuel)

1968 - Jimmy Adams, West Indian cricketer

1968 - Joey Lauren Adams, American actress

1970 - Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboard player (Rhapsody)

1970 - Lara Fabian, Belgian singer

1972 - Jay Powell, baseball player

1975 - Angela Bettis, American actress

1975 - Kim Mathers, former wife of rapper Eminem

1978 - Chad Johnson, American football player

1978 - AJ McLean, American singer (Backstreet Boys)

1978 - Maggie Rizer, American model and AIDS activist

1979 - Tomiko Van, Japanese singer and former lead vocalist of Do As Infinity

1980 - Sergio García, Spanish golfer

1981 - Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer