October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 83 days remaining.

Events

1201 - Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (d. 1274)
1221 - Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler
1261 - King Dinis of Portugal (d. 1325)
1328 - King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369)
1581 - Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician (d. 1638)
1585 - Heinrich Schütz, German composer (d. 1672)
1586 - Archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)
1704 - Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777)
1757 - King Charles X of France (d. 1836)
1796 - Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English Egyptologist (d. 1878)
1835 - Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (d. 1921)
1840 - Simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905)
1852 - Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
1859 - Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (d. 1935)
1871 - George Gauthier, Bishop of Montreal and rector of the Université de Montréal (d. 1940)
1873 - Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer (d. 1916)
1873 - Charles Walgreen, American entrepreneur (d. 1939)
1873 - Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist (d. 1944)
1874 - Nicholas Roerich, Russian painter (d. 1947)
1879 - Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)
1886 - Rube Marquard, American baseball player (d. 1980)
1888 - Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Russian politician (d. 1938)
1890 - Aimee Semple McPherson, American evangelist (d. 1944)
1892 - Ivo Andrić, Serbo-Croatian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
1892 - Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet (d. 1941)
1893 - Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer and photographer (d. 1945)
1900 - Alastair Sim, Scottish actor (d. 1976)
1902 - Freddie Young, British cinematographer (d. 1998)
1903 - Walter O'Malley, American baseball executive (d. 1979)
1906 - Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician (d. 2001)
1907 - Quintin Hogg, British politician (d. 2001)
1907 - Jacques Tati, French filmmaker (d. 1982)
1908 - Harry Hooton, Australian poet (d. 1961)
1909 - Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000)
1911 - Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (d. 2006)
1915 - Clifford M. Hardin, United States Secretary of Agriculture
1917 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz musician (d. 1982)
1918 - E. Howard Hunt, American Watergate figure (d. 2007)
1918 - Lila Kedrova, Russian-born actress (d. 2000)
1920 - Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (d. 1976)
1921 - Michel Boisrond, French film director (d. 2002)
1922 - Léon Dion, Quebec political scientist (d. 1997)
1923 - Fyvush Finkel, American actor
1925 - Johnny Stompanato, American organized crime figure (d. 1958)
1926 - Danièle Delorme, French actress
1928 - Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer
1931 - Tony Booth, British actor and father of Cherie Blair
1933 - Peter Mansfield, British physicist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
1934 - Jill Ker Conway, Australian-American author
1935 - Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, member of the British Royal Family
1936 - Brian Blessed, English actor
1938 - Heinz Fischer, Austrian politician
1940 - John Lennon, British musician and songwriter (The Beatles) (d. 1980)
1940 - Joe Pepitone, American baseball player
1941 - Trent Lott, American politician
1941 - Brian Lamb, Founder of c-span
1941 - Chucho Valdés, Cuban musician
1944 - John Entwistle, British musician (The Who) (d. 2002)
1944 - Nona Hendryx, American singer (LaBelle)
1945 - Taiguara, Brazilian musician (d. 1996)
1946 - Tansu Çiller, Prime Minister of Turkey
1947 - France Gall, French singer
1947 - William E. McAnulty, Jr., American lawyer (d. 2007)
1947 - Tony Zappone, American broadcaster, journalist, author, photographer
1948 - Jackson Browne, American musician
1950 - Jody Williams, American teacher and aid worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1950 - Brian Downing, former baseball player
1952 - Sharon Osbourne, English music manager and wife of Ozzy Osbourne
1953 - Tony Shalhoub, American actor
1954 - Scott Bakula, American actor
1954 - Anne-Marie Goumba, African politician
1954 - John O'Hurley, American actor and game show host
1957 - Don Garber, American sports commissioner
1958 - Michael Pare, American actor
1958 - Al Jourgensen, American musician (Ministry)
1960 - Kenny Garrett, American jazz saxophonist
1961 - Julian Bailey, British racing driver
1962 - Jorge Burruchaga, Argentinian footballer
1964 - Bobby Flay, American celebrity chef and restaurateur
1964 - Guillermo del Toro, Mexican film director
1966 - Christopher Östlund, Swedish Publisher and entrepreneur
1966 - David Cameron, British politician
1967 - Eddie Guerrero, American professional wrestler (d. 2005)
1969 - P.J. Harvey, English musician
1970 - Kenny Anderson, American basketball player
1970 - Park Sang-min, South Korean actor
1970 - Savannah, American pornographic actress (d. 1994)
1970 - Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer
1971 - Simon Atlee, British photographer (d. 2004)
1971 - Michael Manna, American professional wrestler
1972 - Sarah Vandenbergh, Australian actor
1973 - Steven Burns, American actor and musician
1973 - Fabio Lione, Italian musician (Rhapsody)
1973 - Terry Balsamo, American guitarist
1975 - Sean Lennon, American musician & son of ex-beatle John Lennon
1975 - Mark Viduka, Australian footballer
1976 - Nick Swardson American Actor
1977 - Brian Roberts, American baseball player
1978 - Nicky Byrne, Irish musician (Westlife)
1978 - Juan Dixon, American basketball player
1979 - Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer
1979 - Brandon Routh, American actor
1979 - Todd Kelly, Australian racing driver
1980 - Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish ice hockey player
1981 - Peter Hill, British Music Photographer
1981 - Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor
1981 - Darius Miles, American basketball player
1982 - António Mendonça, Angolan footballer
1983 - Andreas Zuber, Austrian racing driver
1983 - Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player
1986 - Laure Manaudou, French swimmer
1992 - Tyler James Williams, American actor
1994 - Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress