Famous people born on 9 September

• Leo TolstoyRussian author · 1828–1910
  82 yrs
• Al-Biruni11th-century Khwarazmian scholar and polymath · 973–1048
  75 yrs
• Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de RichelieuFrench clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman · 1585–1642
  57 yrs
• Dennis M. RitchieAmerican computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language · 1941–2011
  70 yrs
• Jahangir IThe fourth Mughal Emperor from 1605 to 1627 · 1569–1627
  58 yrs
• Cesare PaveseItalian writer, literary critic, and translator · 1908–1950
  41 yrs
• Luigi GalvaniItalian physician, physicist, and philosopher · 1737–1798
  61 yrs
• Oscar Luigi Scalfaro ↗9th President of Italy · 1918–2012
  93 yrs
• Hans Georg Dehmelt ↗German physicist · 1922–2017
  94 yrs
• Kurt Zadek Lewin ↗German-American psychologist · 1890–1947
  56 yrs
• Otis Redding ↗American singer and songwriter · 1941–1967
  26 yrs
• Yusuf al-Qaradawi ↗Egyptian Islamic theologian based in Doha, Qatar · 1926–2022
  96 yrs
• Daniel Carleton Gajdusek ↗American medical researcher · 1923–2008
  85 yrs
• Cliff Robertson ↗American actor · 1923–2011
  88 yrs
• Harland Sanders ↗American entrepreneur (1890-1980) who founded KFC · 1890–1980
  90 yrs
• Houston Stewart Chamberlain ↗British-German racialist philosopher · 1855–1927
  71 yrs
• Ivan Kotliarevskyi ↗Ukrainian writer · 1769–1838
  69 yrs
• Sergio Osmeña ↗(1878-1961) President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946 · 1878–1961
  83 yrs
• Chaim Topol ↗Israeli actor · 1935–2023
  87 yrs
• Max Reinhardt ↗Austrian-American theater director and actor · 1873–1943
  70 yrs
• John Gorton ↗Australian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia · 1911–2002
  90 yrs
• Nicholas Liverpool ↗President of Dominica · 1934–2015
  80 yrs
• William Bligh ↗Officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator · 1754–1817
  63 yrs
• James Hilton ↗British novelist and screenwriter · 1900–1954
  54 yrs
• John Henry Poynting ↗British physicist · 1852–1914
  61 yrs
• Oscar Montelius ↗Swedish archaeologist · 1843–1921
  78 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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