Famous Birthdays on February 9

10 notable people were born on February 9.

18th Century

Thomas Paine

1737 – 1809

France

American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist (1737–1809)

19th Century

Natsume Sōseki

1867 – 1916

Japan

Japanese novelist

20th Century

Trường Chinh

1907 – 1988

Vietnam

former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1907–1988)

politician

Carmen Miranda

1909 – 1955

Portugal

Brazilian singer (1909–1955)

dancersingeractor

J. M. Coetzee

1940

Australia

South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)

Yoshinori Ohsumi

1945

Japan

Japanese molecular biologist (1945 - )

Filipe Nyusi

1959

Mozambique

President of Mozambique since 2015

entrepreneurministerpolitician

Omar M. Yaghi

1965

Jordan

American chemist of Arabic descent (born 1965)

university teacherchemist

Zhang Ziyi

1979

China

Chinese actress and model

film actordancermodel

Wataru Endō

1993

Japan

Japanese association football player