What happened on April 9 ?

1336 - Tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405)

1498 - John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550)

1597 - John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670)

1648 - Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)

1649 - James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles II of Great Britain (d. 1685)

1680 - Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist (d. 1754)

1686 - James Craggs the Younger, British politician (d. 1721)

1691 - Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (d. 1761)

1757 - Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (d. 1833)

1770 - Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist (d. 1831)

1773 - ÿtienne Aignan, French writer (d. 1824)

1794 - Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (d. 1881)

1806 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (d. 1859)

1821 - Charles Baudelaire, French poet (d. 1867)

1830 - Eadweard Muybridge, English-born photographer and motion picture pioneer (d. 1904)

1835 - King Léopold II of Belgium (d. 1909)

1865 - Erich Ludendorff, German general in World War I (d. 1937)

1867 - Chris Watson, third Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1941)

1872 - Léon Blum, French prime minister (d. 1950)

1888 - Sol Hurok, Russian-born impresario (d. 1974)

1889 - Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist (d. 1985)

1897 - John B. Gambling, American radio talk-show host (d. 1974)

1898 - Curly Lambeau, American football coach, executive (d. 1965)

1898 - Paul Robeson, American singer and activist (d. 1976)

1903 - Ward Bond, American actor (d. 1960)

1904 - Sharkey Bonano, American musician (d. 1972)

1905 - J. William Fulbright, U.S. Senator from Arkansas (d. 1995)

1906 - Antal Dorati, Hungarian conductor (d. 1988)

1908 - Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-born painter (d. 1997)

1910 - Abraham Ribicoff, American politician (d. 1998)

1912 - Lew Kopelew, Russian author (d. 1997)

1917 - Johannes Bobrowski, German lyricist, narrative writer, adaptor and essayist (d. 1965)

1917 - Brad Dexter, American actor (d. 2002)

1918 - Jørn Utzon, Danish architect

1919 - J. Presper Eckert, American computer pioneer (d. 1995)

1926 - Hugh Hefner, American editor and publisher

1928 - Tom Lehrer, American musician and mathematician

1931 - Larry Gluck, American painter and art educator

1932 - Jim Fowler, American zoologist

1932 - Carl Perkins, American musician (d. 1998)

1932 - Cheeta, animal actor, the longest living known chimpanzee in history

1933 - Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor

1934 - Bill Birch, New Zealand politician

1935 - Avery Schreiber, American actor (d. 2002)

1937 - Marty Krofft, children's television producer

1938 - Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician

1939 - Michael Learned, American actress

1942 - Brandon De Wilde, American actor (d. 1972)

1943 - Terry Knight, American music promoter (Grand Funk Railroad) (d. 2004)

1945 - Peter Gammons, baseball journalist

1945 - Steve Gadd, American session drummer

1946 - David Webb, English footballer, and football coach

1948 - Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress

1954 - Dennis Quaid, American actor

1954 - Iain Duncan Smith, British politician

1957 - Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer

1961 - Mark Kelly, British keyboard player (Marillion)

1962 - Imran Sherwani, British field hockey player

1964 - Rick Tocchet, Canadian ice hockey player

1965 - Jeff Zucker, American television executive

1965 - Paulina Porizkova, Czechoslovakian-born actress and supermodel

1966 - Cynthia Nixon, American actress

1967 - Rajendra Yadav, Indian doctor

1971 - Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver

1972 - Jude Rawlins, English rock singer and songwriter (Subterraneans)

1974 - Jenna Jameson, American porn star

1975 - Robbie Fowler, English footballer

1977 - Gerard Way, American singer (My Chemical Romance)

1978 - Jorge Andrade, Portuguese footballer

1978 - Rachel Stevens, English singer

1978 - Vesna Pisarovi?, Croatian singer

1979 - Keshia Knight Pulliam, American actress

1979 - Albert Hammond, Jr., American guitarist in NYC-based band The Strokes

1980 - Yoanna House, American model

1981 - Milan Bartovi?, Slovak ice hockey player

1981 - Eric Harris, Columbine High school shooter (d. 1999)

1981 - Ireneusz Jele?, Polish footballer

1985 - Yamashita Tomohisa, Japanese singer

1986 - Brian Larsen, American musician and record producer

1987 - Jesse McCartney, American singer/actor

1990 - Kristen Stewart, American actress

1998 - Elle Fanning, American child actress