On This Day — February 9
4197 noted people were born and 2157 died on February 9 in our archive, including Jacques Monod, Alejandro Álvarez Jofré and Aleksandr Galitsky.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on February 9
Jacques Monod
1910 – 1976
Alejandro Álvarez Jofré
1868 – 1960
Aleksandr Galitsky
b. 1955
Aleksey Pimanov
1962 – 2026
Alexander Varchenko
b. 1949
Brian Greene
b. 1963
Bruce Manning Metzger
1914 – 2007
Carel Gerretson
1884 – 1958
Carla Del Ponte
b. 1947
Carlos Jiménez Díaz
1898 – 1967
Carol S. Wood
b. 1945
Dean Rusk
1909 – 1994
Ernest Cushing Richardson
1860 – 1939
Frans Michael Franzén
1772 – 1847
Gabriel Péri
1902 – 1941
Grzegorz Ryś
b. 1964
Géza Pálffy
b. 1971
Hanns Hopp
1890 – 1971
Helmut Landsberg
1906 – 1985
Hjalmar August Schiøtz
1850 – 1927
Ian L. Boyd
b. 1957
Isaac Elishakoff
b. 1944
Jacques Bainville
1879 – 1936
Johanna Mikl-Leitner
b. 1964
Joseph Stiglitz
b. 1943
Jānis Vucāns
b. 1956
Karel Bossart
1904 – 1975
Kevin Bales
b. 1952
Lipót Fejér
1880 – 1959
Luigi Nicolais
1942 – 2026
Manuel Castells
b. 1942
Masayoshi Nagata
1927 – 2008
Michael D. Crisp
b. 1950
Norberto de la Mata
b. 1962
Peggy Whitson
b. 1960
Piotr Łukasiewicz
b. 1972
Roger Michael Needham
1935 – 2003
Sander Dekker
b. 1975
Tatiana Golikova
b. 1966
Thanat Khoman
1914 – 2016
William Dwight Whitney
1827 – 1894
William Lawvere
1937 – 2023
Yao-Chang Chen
1949 – 2025
Yoshinori Ohsumi
b. 1945
Ángel Faus Belau
1936 – 2020
Adriaan Kluit
1735 – 1807
Adrianus Antonius van Nijnatten
1880 – 1948
Agneta Stark
b. 1946
Albert Pinhasov
b. 1972
Alessandro Ghigi
1875 – 1970
Alexey Skvortsov
1920 – 2008
Ali Bongo Ondimba
b. 1959
Alice Walker
b. 1944
Ana Gomes
b. 1954
Anatol Heintz
1898 – 1975
Antoine Schwerer
1862 – 1936
Aristidis Baltas
b. 1943
Arthur Powell Davis
1861 – 1933
Aurelio González Ovies
b. 1964
Axel Ockenfels
b. 1969
Balabhadra Majhi
b. 1961
Bertrand Ract-Madoux
b. 1953
Betsey Mix Cowles
1810 – 1876
Bill Barrett
1929 – 2016
Charles Williams, Baron Williams of Elvel
1933 – 2019
Claudio Daniel Stern
b. 1954
Colin MacCabe
b. 1949
Constance Maynard
1849 – 1935
Dave Ramsden
b. 1964
David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter
1905 – 1981
Deborah Hertz
b. 1949
Denis Dutton
1944 – 2010
Dennis Assanis
b. 1959
Derryn Hinch
1944 – 2026
Duraid Lahham
b. 1934
Eamon Duffy
b. 1947
Edward Carson, Baron Carson
1854 – 1935
Edward Robbins
1758 – 1837
Eliza Griswold
b. 1973
Erich von Drygalski
1865 – 1949
Erik Bengtzboe
b. 1987
Erik Olin Wright
1947 – 2019
Evelyn Wood
1838 – 1919
Farkas Bolyai
1775 – 1856
Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz
1815 – 1894
Feng Jicai
b. 1942
Filipe Nyusi
b. 1959
Francesco Sannino
b. 1968
Frank Timson
1909 – 1960
Frederick A. de Armas
b. 1945
Frederick Bieber
b. 1950
Garret FitzGerald
1926 – 2011
Geoffry Northcote
1881 – 1948
George H. Kirby
1875 – 1935
George W. Campbell
1769 – 1848
Georgy Rykovanov
b. 1954
Gerhard Richter
b. 1932
Gerhard Weisser
1898 – 1989
Gina Rinehart
b. 1954
Giulio Racah
1909 – 1965
Guy Standing
b. 1948
Harald Eia
b. 1966
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
1907 – 2003
Henk Dorgelo
1894 – 1961
Henri François Xavier Gresley
1819 – 1890
Hermann Brill
1895 – 1959
Howard Taylor Ricketts
1871 – 1910
Ignacio Molins Terrer
1945 – 2017
Irena Veisaitė
1928 – 2020
Isztar Zawadzki
1939 – 2023
J. M. Coetzee
b. 1940
Jaakko Valtanen
1925 – 2024
Jacob Adriaan Nicolaas Patijn
1873 – 1961
James Luna
1950 – 2018
Jan van der Hoeven
1801 – 1868
Jay Inslee
b. 1951
Jean Cruveilhier
1791 – 1874
Jim Webb
b. 1946
John B. Cobb
1925 – 2024
John Elvidge
b. 1951
John J. Douglass
1873 – 1939
John Kerr Tiffany
1842 – 1897
John Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden
1872 – 1943
John Strachey
1860 – 1927
Josep Carner
1884 – 1970
José Luís de Sousa Botelho Mourão e Vasconcelos
1785 – 1855
Julio Ariza
b. 1957
Justin Schwartz
b. 1965
Karekin Pastermadjian
1872 – 1923
Karim Valiyev
b. 1961
Kevin Warwick
b. 1954
Larissa Waters
b. 1977
Laura Clay
1849 – 1941
Leander Starr Jameson
1853 – 1917
Luigi Torelli
1810 – 1887
Makoto Shinkai
b. 1973
Manuel Cabero i Vernedas
1926 – 2022
Manuela Carmena
b. 1944
Mark Carleton-Smith
b. 1964
Martha Chen
b. 1944
Mary Jeanne Kreek
1937 – 2021
Matthew P. Denn
b. 1966
Mia Farrow
b. 1945
Mikhail Mokretsov
b. 1961
Mireia Vehí i Cantenys
b. 1985
Moritz Karl Ernst von Prittwitz
1795 – 1885
Ofer Shelach
b. 1960
Omar M. Yaghi
b. 1965
Pascal Deguilhem
b. 1956
Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach
1875 – 1943
Raffaele Cadorna
1815 – 1897
Rahul Mukerjee
b. 1956
Richard Norton
1872 – 1918
Richard Paltauf
1858 – 1924
Rick Wagoner
b. 1953
Robert Neller
b. 1953
Roman Sushchenko
b. 1969
Ronald Getoor
1929 – 2017
Seamus Deane
1940 – 2021
Shigetarō Yoshimatsu
1859 – 1935
Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet
1748 – 1817
Stanislav Nikolaenko
b. 1956
Stanisław Waltoś
b. 1932
Stevo Todorčević
b. 1955
Tatsuro Hirooka
b. 1932
Terry McAuliffe
b. 1957
Thomas Hinman Moorer
1912 – 2004
Thomas Paine
1737 – 1809
Ticio Escobar
b. 1947
Tom Kettle
1880 – 1916
Tomás Garicano Goñi
1910 – 1988
Toshiaki Kasuga
b. 1979
Trường Chinh
1907 – 1988
Ulrich Walter
b. 1954
Valentin Zorin
1925 – 2016
Valery Aliev
1941 – 2025
Vartkess A. Apkarian
b. 1955
Vasily Perovsky
1795 – 1857
Viktar Šalkevič
b. 1959
Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie
1933 – 2024
Vladimir Shklyarov
1985 – 2024
W. Harry Vaughan
1900 – 1993
Wilhelm Maybach
1846 – 1929
William Gardner Hale
1849 – 1928
William Henry Harrison
1773 – 1841
Yoshihiro Okumura
b. 1994
Zdeněk Nekula
b. 1970
A. V. Williams Jackson
1862 – 1937
Abdullah bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
b. 1988
Achyut Kanvinde
1916 – 2002
Ada Madssen
1917 – 2009
Ada Wright
1861 – 1939
Addison Emery Verrill
1839 – 1926
Adolf Ehrnrooth
1905 – 2004
Adolf Ruthardt
1849 – 1934
Adrian Banks
b. 1986
Agnieszka Soin
b. 1977
Ahmed Muthasim Adnan
b. 1965
Akiyama Yoshifuru
1859 – 1930
Alan Shapley
1903 – 1973
… and 3,997 more
Died on February 9
Henry John Stephen Smith
1826 – 1883
Nevil Maskelyne
1732 – 1811
Alfonso Lacadena García-Gallo
1964 – 2018
Anne Treisman
1935 – 2018
Dennis Gabor
1900 – 1979
Eduard Kukan
1939 – 2022
Ernő Dohnányi
1877 – 1960
Fazail Agamali
1947 – 2026
Francis Sowerby Macaulay
1862 – 1937
Graham John Hills
1926 – 2014
Hastings Rashdall
1858 – 1924
Henrik Samuel Nyberg
1889 – 1974
Henry Balfour
1863 – 1939
Herbert Simon
1916 – 2001
Howard Temin
1934 – 1994
Ivan Stedeford
1897 – 1975
Iván Izquierdo
1937 – 2021
J. William Fulbright
1905 – 1995
Jacques Bainville
1879 – 1936
Jules Michelet
1798 – 1874
Jules-Auguste Béclard
1817 – 1887
Léon Vaudoyer
1803 – 1872
Roman Mertslin
1903 – 1971
Sergey Ilyushin
1894 – 1977
Sergiy Vilkomir
1956 – 2020
Aina Moll Marquès
1930 – 2019
Aleksander Gieysztor
1916 – 1999
Alfred Critchley
1890 – 1963
Alicia Pietri
1923 – 2011
Amal Nasser ad-Din
1928 – 2025
Amyas Bampfylde
1560 – 1626
Andor Földes
1913 – 1992
Andrey von Budberg
1817 – 1881
Antonino Zichichi
1929 – 2026
Augustinus Bludau
1862 – 1930
Barrett Wendell
1855 – 1921
Bent Helweg-Møller
1883 – 1956
Beverly Byron
1932 – 2025
Carey Foster
1835 – 1919
Charles Alfred Ballance
1856 – 1936
Charles Doolittle Walcott
1850 – 1927
Charles Faroux
1872 – 1957
Charles Gavan Duffy
1816 – 1903
Charles Moses
1900 – 1988
Charles Rivers Wilson
1831 – 1916
Christian Graf von Haugwitz
1752 – 1832
Claude Ryan
1925 – 2004
Claudio Williman
1861 – 1934
Dealtry Charles Part
1882 – 1961
Dmitry Kardovsky
1866 – 1943
Dmytro Bahalii
1857 – 1932
Douglas William Freshfield
1845 – 1934
Elisabeth Luce Moore
1903 – 2002
Euan Wallace
1892 – 1941
Eugen Loderer
1920 – 1995
Francis Wheeler Loomis
1889 – 1976
Frans Wolters
1943 – 2005
Gabriel Axel
1918 – 2014
Gazanfar Musabekov
1888 – 1938
Georges de Staal
1822 – 1907
Georgy Yegorov
1918 – 2008
Gunnar Seidenfaden
1908 – 2001
H. Douglas Keith
1927 – 2003
Henry Gally Knight
1786 – 1846
Henry William Menard
1920 – 1986
Hermann Conring
1894 – 1989
Hillel Barzel
1925 – 2022
Inna Meiman-Kitrossky
1932 – 1987
Inès de Bourgoing
1862 – 1953
Israel Nathan Herstein
1923 – 1988
J. Playfair McMurrich
1859 – 1939
James Caird
1816 – 1892
Jean-Maurice Dehousse
1936 – 2023
Johann Cesar VI. Godeffroy
1813 – 1885
John Gregory
1724 – 1773
John M. O'Sullivan
1881 – 1948
Johnny Ellis
1960 – 2022
Joseph-Benoît Suvée
1743 – 1807
Junnosuke Inoue
1869 – 1932
Karl-Heinz Rädler
1935 – 2020
Katō Hiroyuki
1836 – 1916
Keith Dudley Ulysses Rogers
1900 – 1974
Kiichi Arita
1901 – 1986
Konstantin Ostrovityanov
1892 – 1969
Lauri Kristian Relander
1883 – 1942
Leonardo Polo
1926 – 2013
Maria Rabaté
1900 – 1985
Martin Černohorský
1923 – 2024
Masatoşi Gündüz İkeda
1926 – 2003
Maurice Schumann
1911 – 1998
Miklós Horthy
1868 – 1957
Mário Henrique Simonsen
1935 – 1997
Nikolay Ivanovich Krylov
1903 – 1972
Nikolay Psurtsev
1900 – 1980
Nils Retterstøl
1924 – 2008
Oleg Strizhenov
1929 – 2025
Peter Haggett
1933 – 2025
Petrus van Mastricht
1630 – 1706
Poul Schierbeck
1888 – 1949
Povl Bentzon
1858 – 1943
Queen Alia of Jordan
1948 – 1977
Robert Badinter
1928 – 2024
Robert Rollock
1555 – 1599
Saburo Okita
1914 – 1993
Santiago Copello
1880 – 1967
Sergei Slonimsky
1932 – 2020
Sergey Rogov
1948 – 2025
Toivo Särkkä
1890 – 1975
Valery Aliev
1941 – 2025
Vincent Ward
1886 – 1946
Vladimir Sukachev
1880 – 1967
Wally Moon
1930 – 2018
William Dodd
1869 – 1940
Yuri Andropov
1914 – 1984
Zygmunt Szczotkowski
1877 – 1943
A. H. Vedel
1894 – 1981
Adolph von Menzel
1815 – 1905
Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux
1857 – 1944
Ahsanullah
1874 – 1965
Alexander Brunton
1772 – 1854
Alfred Moore Scales
1827 – 1892
Algernon Lyons
1833 – 1908
Alistair Cameron Crombie
1915 – 1996
Alois Pravoslav Trojan
1815 – 1893
Andreas Franz Frühwirth
1845 – 1933
Andrei Glavina
1885 – 1925
André Salvat
1920 – 2017
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke
1856 – 1942
Antoine-Jean-Marie Thévenard
1733 – 1815
Ary Barroso
1903 – 1964
Augusto De Marsanich
1893 – 1973
Augusto Riboty
1816 – 1888
Aurel Popovici
1863 – 1917
B. Clark Burchfiel
1934 – 2024
Baba Amte
1914 – 2008
Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay
1899 – 1979
Balthasar Henry Meyer
1866 – 1954
Basil Boothby
1910 – 1990
Beamish Murdoch
1800 – 1876
Bernardo Attolico, 1st Count of Adelfia
1880 – 1942
Blanche J. Lawrence
1920 – 1989
Bolívar Pagán
1897 – 1961
Boonsong Lekagul
1907 – 1992
Camillo Candiani
1841 – 1919
Carl Hårleman
1700 – 1753
Carlos Luz
1894 – 1961
Carlos O'Donnell
1834 – 1903
Caroline Furness
1869 – 1936
Cesáreo Sanz Escartín
1844 – 1923
Chandra Sekhar Rath
1929 – 2018
Charles Frederick Williams
1838 – 1904
Charles Wilson
1857 – 1932
Chauncey William Reed
1890 – 1956
Chick Corea
1941 – 2021
Chrystian Piotr Aigner
1756 – 1841
Claude Geffré
1926 – 2017
Curtis N. Douglas
1856 – 1919
David Gistau Retes
1970 – 2020
David Wayne
1914 – 1995
Diego de Astorga y Céspedes
1663 – 1734
Dionysios Solomos
1798 – 1857
Donald J. Harlin
1935 – 2015
Ed Tarver
1959 – 2024
Edith Mathis
1938 – 2025
Edward Byles Cowell
1826 – 1903
Edward John McClernand
1848 – 1936
Edward Joseph Byrne
1872 – 1940
Edward Schröder
1858 – 1942
Elwood Richard Quesada
1904 – 1993
Ernest Hutcheson
1871 – 1951
Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann
1747 – 1831
Everett W. Stewart
1915 – 1982
Ezekiel Holmes
1801 – 1865
Fatma Şakir Memik
1903 – 1991
Filippo de Filippi
1814 – 1867
Florin Mugur
1934 – 1991
Francesca Sanvitale
1928 – 2011
Francis Hubert Parker
1850 – 1927
Francisco Adolfo Coelho
1847 – 1919
François Dubois
1790 – 1871
François Louis, Prince of Conti
1664 – 1709
Frederick Cecil Mills
1892 – 1964
Frederick III of Denmark
1609 – 1670
Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky
1830 – 1920
Genrikh Padva
1931 – 2026
George Horner
George Maduro
1916 – 1945
George Maney
1826 – 1901
George Reid
1841 – 1913
Grigory Levenfish
1889 – 1961
H. R. MacMillan
1885 – 1976
Hank Bauer
1922 – 2007
Hans Ludwig Striem
1920 – 2015
Heinrich Joseph Johann of Auersperg
1697 – 1783
Helen Schucman
1909 – 1981
Helmut Lehmann
1882 – 1959
Henri François d'Aguesseau
1668 – 1751
Henry Byam Martin
1803 – 1865
Henry Devenish Skinner
1886 – 1978
Henry J. Spooner
1839 – 1918
… and 1,957 more