Jean Piaget
1896 – 1980
Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896–1980)
malacologistlogicianphilosopher
Famous Birthdays on August 9
13 notable people were born on August 9.
19th Century
Switzerland
P. L. Travers
1899 – 1996
Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist (1899–1996)
20th Century
Tove Jansson
1914 – 2001
Finnish children's writer and illustrator (1914–2001)
exlibristdraftspersonchildren's writer
Rod Laver
1938
Australian tennis player
Leonid Kuchma
1938
the second president of Ukraine
politicianengineer
Romano Prodi
1939
Italian politician and economist (born 1939)
Maria Guleghina
1959
Ukrainian singer
opera singer
John Key
1961
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016
economistpolitician
Eric Bana
1968
Australian actor
Juanes
1972
Colombian musician (born 1972)
music arrangerguitaristsinger
Ravshan Irmatov
1977
Uzbekistani football referee
association football playerassociation football referee
Li Jiawei
1981
Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player
table tennis player
Leon Bailey
1997
Jamaican association football player
association football player