Famous people born on 9 April

• Charles BaudelaireFrench poet and critic · 1821–1867
  46 yrs
• Jean-Paul BelmondoFrench actor · 1933–2021
  88 yrs
• Leopold II of BelgiumKing of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 · 1835–1909
  74 yrs
• Pius IVPope of the Catholic Church from 1559 to 1565 · 1499–1565
  66 yrs
• Hugh HefnerAmerican businessman and magazine publisher · 1926–2017
  91 yrs
• Elias LönnrotFinnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry · 1802–1884
  81 yrs
• Léon BlumFrench politician · 1872–1950
  77 yrs
• Victor ChernomyrdinRussian diplomat and politician · 1938–2010
  72 yrs
• Erich LudendorffGerman general and politician · 1865–1937
  72 yrs
• Victor Vasarely ↗French-Hungarian painter and printmaker · 1906–1997
  90 yrs
• Eadweard Muybridge ↗English-American photographer · 1830–1904
  74 yrs
• Isambard Kingdom Brunel ↗British mechanical and civil engineer · 1806–1859
  53 yrs
• Paul Robeson ↗American singer, actor, and political activist · 1898–1976
  77 yrs
• Jørn Utzon ↗Danish architect · 1918–2008
  90 yrs
• Koichi Oita ↗Japanese association football player · 1914–1996
  82 yrs
• Ghassan Kanafani ↗Palestinian writer · 1936–1972
  36 yrs
• Chris Watson ↗Australian politician, third Prime Minister of Australia · 1867–1941
  74 yrs
• Isaac Navon ↗Israeli politician, 5th President of Israel · 1921–2015
  94 yrs
• Mary Jackson ↗American mathematician and aerospace engineer · 1921–2005
  83 yrs
• Valerie Solanas ↗American radical feminist and author · 1936–1988
  52 yrs
• Mohammed Nadir Shah ↗King of Afghanistan from 1929 to 1933 · 1883–1933
  50 yrs
• Élie Cartan ↗French mathematician · 1869–1951
  82 yrs
• Carl Perkins ↗American guitarist · 1932–1998
  65 yrs
• Gian Maria Volonte ↗Italian actor · 1933–1994
  61 yrs
• Michael Somare ↗Papua New Guinean political figure, former prime minister · 1936–2021
  84 yrs
• Ivan Ilyin ↗Russian political philosopher · 1883–1954
  71 yrs
• Seve Ballesteros ↗Spanish professional golfer · 1957–2011
  54 yrs
• Tom Lehrer ↗American musician · 1928–2025
  97 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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