August 9 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on August 9, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♌︎ Leo
Jul 23 – Aug 22
Birth stone
Peridot
Birth flower
Gladiolus
How common
#32 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous August 9 birthdays
Jean Piaget · Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic1896
William Alfred Fowler · American nuclear physicist1911
Tove Jansson · Finnish children's writer and illustrator1914
Marvin Minsky · American cognitive scientist1927
Daniel Keyes · American author1927
Bob Cousy · American basketball player and coach1928
Leonid Kuchma · Ukrainian businessman and politician1938
Romano Prodi · Italian politician and economist1939
Sam Elliott · American actor1944
Jean Tirole · French economist1953
Melanie Griffith · American actress1957
John Key · Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 20161961
Whitney Houston · American singer, actress, and film producer1963
Gillian Anderson · American actress1968
Juanes · Colombian musician1972
Filippo Inzaghi · Italian footballer and manager1973
Audrey Tautou · French actress1976
Tyson Gay · American sprinter1982
Anna Kendrick · American actress1985
Vivek Ramaswamy · American presidential candidate and businessman1985
On this day in history
1897The first meeting of the International Congress of Mathematicians was held in Zürich, Switzerland.
1942World War II: In the first major naval engagement of the Guadalcanal campaign, Japan forced the U.S. Navy to withdraw from the Solomon Islands.
1944The United States Forest Service authorized the use of Smokey Bear as its mascot to replace Bambi.
1974On the verge of an impeachment and removal from office amid the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon became the first president of the United States to resign.
1877Nez Perce War: Both the Nez Perce and the United States Army suffered numerous casualties at the Battle of the Big Hole, which ended conclusively.
1971The Troubles: British forces began arresting and interning suspected Irish republican militants in Northern Ireland.
1979Female workers of YH Trading in South Korea held a sit-in protest in response to the company's unilateral shutdown.
1988Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial player transactions in ice hockey history.
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