Famous Birthdays on January 9

15 notable people were born on January 9.

20th Century

Simone de Beauvoir

1908 – 1986

France

French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)

Michel Aflaq

1910 – 1989

Syria

Syrian philosopher, sociologist and Arab nationalist (1910–1989)

philosophersociologisthistorian

Richard Nixon

1913 – 1994

United States

president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)

Har Gobind Khorana

1922 – 2011

India

Indian-American molecular biologist (1922-2011)

Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría

1940

Costa Rica

President of Costa Rica

economistpoliticianlawyer

Levon Ter-Petrosyan

1945

Armenia

first President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998

historianpolitician

Mirza Delibašić

1954 – 2001

Bosnia And Herzegovina

Bosnian basketball player and coach (1954-2001)

basketball coachbasketball player

Rigoberta Menchú

1959

Guatemala

Guatemalan human rights activist

autobiographerhuman rights defenderpolitician

Lara Fabian

1970

Canada

Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter

Sean Paul

1973

Jamaica

Jamaican dancehall singer and rapper (born 1973)

rappersongwritersinger

Nina Dobrev

1989

Bulgaria

Bulgarian-Canadian actress

gymnastfilm actortelevision actor

Aminata Savadogo

1993

Latvia

Latvian singer-songwriter (born 1993)

modelsongwriterrecord producer

Fidel Escobar

1995

Panama

Panamanian association football player

association football player

21st Century

Piero Hincapié

2002

Ecuador

Ecuadorian professional footballer

association football player