Anniversaries 9 July

Birth

Ann Radcliffe3

English author and a pioneer of the Gothic novel 1764–1823

Matthew Lewis (writer)11

English novelist and dramatist 1775–1818

Jacob Henle2

German physician, anatomist, and zoologist 1809–1885

Fanny Fern2

American writer 1811–1872

A. C. Gibbs1

American politician 1825–1886

Jan Neruda7

Czech poet, theater reviewer, publicist and writer 1834–1891

Franz Boas7

German-American anthropologist 1858–1942

Ernest Dimnet17

French writer 1866–1954

Don Herold1

cartoonist 1889–1966

Dorothy Thompson77

American journalist and radio broadcaster 1893–1961

Barbara Cartland6

English writer and media personality 1901–2000

Mervyn Peake91

English writer, artist, poet and illustrator 1911–1968

John Archibald Wheeler16

American physicist 1911–2008

Тед Грант1

South African activist 1913–2006

Edward Heath60

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1970–1974) 1916–2005

U.G. Krishnamurti40

Indian philosopher 1918–2007

Nile Kinnick21

College football player 1918–1943

Donald Rumsfeld38

U.S. Secretary of Defense 1932

Oliver Sacks18

British neurologist and writer 1933–2015

Mighty Sparrow1

Grenadian musician 1935

June Jordan13

Poet, essayist, playwright, feminist and bisexual activist 1936–2002

David Hockney27

British artist 1937

John Hirst15

Australian historian 1942–2016

Glen Cook205

American fiction writer 1944

Dean Koontz157

American author 1945

Uladzimir Nyaklyayew2

Belarusian politician and writer 1946

Bon Scott15

Rock musician 1946–1980

Nigel Lythgoe6

Executive producer and television director 1949

Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo1

Catholic Cardinal 1950

Viktor Yanukovych23

Ukrainian politician who was the President of Ukraine 1950

Thomas Ligotti37

American horror author 1953

Diane Schoemperlen1

Canadian writer 1954

Janet Lee Carey1

American children's writer 1954

Lindsey Graham16

United States Senator from South Carolina 1955

Tom Hanks11

American actor 1956

Mark Getty2

British businessman 1960

Chris Anderson19

American author and entrepreneur 1961

Gian Domenico Borasio3

physician, specialist of palliative medicine 1962

Courtney Love66

American punk singer-songwriter, musician, actress, and art… 1964

Masami Tsuda1

Japanese manga artist 1970

Timothy Levitch6

American actor 1970

Marc Andreessen4

American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer 1971

Siân Berry2

British politician 1974

Jack White20

American musician and record producer 1975

Nicholas Ovcharov1

Ukrainian writer and film director 1988

Death

Angelus Silesius54

German writer 1624–1677

Edmund Burke270

Anglo-Irish statesman 1729–1797

Washington Allston2

American artist 1779–1843

Zachary Taylor1

American general and politician, 12th President of the Unit… 1784–1850

Báb77

Iranian prophet; founder of the religion Bábism; venerated … 1819–1850

Wynford Dewhurst9

British artist 1864–1941

Benjamin N. Cardozo52

United States federal judge 1870–1938

Earl Warren31

United States federal judge 1891–1974

Fatima Jinnah6

Pakistani dental surgeon, biographer, stateswoman and one o… 1893–1967

Henry Hazlitt16

American journalist 1894–1993

Pierre-Paul Grassé12

French zoologist 1895–1985

Georges Bataille68

French intellectual and literary figure 1897–1962

Whittaker Chambers33

Defected Communist spy 1901–1961

Loren Eiseley9

US philosopher (1907-1977) 1907–1977

Josephine Jacobsen2

American-Canadian poet 1908–2003

Eric Sevareid2

American journalist 1912–1992

Vinícius de Moraes1

Brazilian composer 1913–1980

Marion Woodman25

Canadian writer 1928–2018

Ross Perot3

American businessman 1930–2019

Facundo Cabral1

Argentine singer and songwriter 1937–2011