Birthdays of Personalities on November 09
1414 : Albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg
1467 : Charles of Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen [or Nov 10]
1541 : Menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist
1656 : Paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum)
1710 : Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized
1731 : Benjamin Banneker, Ellicott Md, black mathematician/surveyor (Wash DC)
1795 : Walter Geikie, Scottish painter
1802 : Elijah P Lovejoy, American newspaper publisher/abolitionist
1809 : Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Asst Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1877
1810 : Thomas Bragg, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1872
1812 : Paul Abadie, French master builder (renovated Notre Dame)
1817 : Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, Major General (Union volunteers)
1818 : Ivan Turgenev, Russia, novelist/poet/playwright (Fathers & Sons) [NS]
1820 : Matthias de Vries, Dutch linguist (spelling)
1823 : William Henry Forney, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
1825 : Ambrose Powell Hill, Lt Gen (Confederate 3rd Army Corp), died in 1865
1835 : Emile Gaboriau, author (father of French detective novels)
1841 : [Albert] Edward VII, king of England (1901-10)
1850 : Lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist
1868 : Emmanuel K de Bom, Flemish author (Wrakken)
1871 : Florence Sabin, scientist/1st woman to graduate from Johns Hopkins
1877 : Allama Iqbal, Pakistani poet/philosopher
1877 : Sergei US Aleksi, patriarch of Russian-orthodox church
1886 : Ed Wynn, [Isaiah Edwin Leopold], Phila Pa, comedian (Ed Wynn Show)
1888 : Jean Monnet, French economist/EG-pioneer/chairman (EGKS)
1897 : Ronald G W Norrish, British chemist (Nobel 1967)
1898 : Owen Barfield, philosopher of language
1900 : Kathy Negrin
1901 : John Norrie McArthur, malariologist/microscopist
1903 : Gregory Pincus, inventor (birth control pill) [or Apr 9]
1903 : Leon-Etienne Duval, archbishop/Cardinal
1905 : Erika Mann, German/US author (Other Germany)/daughter of Thomas Mann
1905 : James William Fulbright, (Sen-D-Mo)
1906 : Arthur Rudolph, rocket engineer
1907 : Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, prince
1909 : Hendrik van Randwijk, Dutch author/founder (Vrij Netherland)
1911 : Harri‰t Freezer, Dutch journalist/author
1913 : Thelma Hulbert, English painter (Le Sacre du Printemps)
1914 : Colin Gray, airman
1915 : Sargent Shriver, MD, Dem VP candidate (1972)/directed Peace Corp
1918 : Florence Chadwick, San Diego Calif, swimmer (Hall of Fame 1970)
1918 : Howard Shanet, Brooklyn NY, conductor (Night of the Tropics)
1918 : Spiro Theodore Agnew, (R) 39th VP (1968-75), crook
1921 : Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, film scholar/exhibitor
1921 : Silvio O Conte, (Rep-R-MA, 1959- )
1927 : Carel W H Boshoff, South African head (Broederbond/Volkswag)
1928 : Anne Sexton, Newton Mass, poet (Live or Die; Pulitzer 1967)
1928 : Wim Bosboom, Dutch radio/TV host
1930 : Charlie Jones, Ft Smith Ark, sportscaster (Almost Anything Goes)
1931 : Whitey Herzog, baseball manager (St Louis Cardinals)
1932 : Carl Perkins, singer (Blue Suede Shoes)
1932 : Marian Christy, Ridgefield Ct, author (Invasions of Privacy)
1934 : Carl Sagan, Bkln, astronomer/author/professor (Cosmos, Broca's Brain)
1934 : Ingvar Carlsson, PM of Sweden (1986-91, 94- )
1934 : Ronald Harwood, [Horwitz], S African playwright (Dresser)
1935 : Bob Gibson, Cardinal pitcher (Cy Young/NL MVP 1968)
1936 : Bob Graham, (Sen-D Florida)
1936 : Mary Travers, Louisville Ky, folk singer (Peter Paul & Mary)
1937 : Roger McCough, British poet
1941 : Tom Fogerty, Berkeley Cal, rocker (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
1942 : Stuart Lipton, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
1943 : Lee Graziano, Chicago Ill, rock drummer (American Breed)
1944 : Bill Hendon, (Rep-R-NC, 1981-83, 85-87)
1944 : Phil May, rocker
1945 : Roger Lee Jones, WV, child molester (FBI Most Wanted List)
1948 : Alan Gratzer, Syracuse NY, rock drummer (Reo Speedwagon)
1948 : Sharon Stouder, US, 100m butterfly swimmer (Olympic-gold-1964)
1951 : Hetty de Boer-Jongkind, founder (Vakvereniging Medical Astrology)
1952 : Sherrod Brown, (Rep-D-Ohio)
1954 : Dennis Stratton, London England, rock guitarist (Iron Maiden)
1966 : Virgil Robertson, CFL defensive end (BC Lions)
1968 : David Jones, WLAF tight end (Amsterdam Admirals)
1969 : Pepa, rocker (Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang)
1970 : Bill Guerin, Wilbraham MA, NHL right wing (NJ Devils, Oilers)
1996 : Cheyenne Pyle, Calif, youngest heart transplant patient (90 mins old)