Birthday twins

People Born on June 9

June 9 is the birthday of 33 notable people we've found so far, including authors, musicians, actors and creators.

4
founders & entrepreneurs
joint #356 of 366 birthdays
33
notable people
joint #361 of 366 birthdays

What the data says

Your birthday has some company.

  • The people we list for this date were born across 348 years, from 1640 to 1988.
  • Authors are the most common group among people born on June 9: 11 of 33.
  • People born on this day come from 18 countries, most often United States (10 of 33).
  • June 9 birthdays span at least four well-represented fields, including actors, musicians, creators and athletes.
  • 42% of the people we list for this date are historical figures who are no longer living.
  • 2 Nobel laureates were born on June 9, including Bertha von Suttner and Henry Hallett Dale.
  • 5 of them had founded a company, won a major award or taken a top job before turning 30.

Against the other 365

How June 9 ranks

Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every June birthday · battle June 9 against another date · all rankings

Who shares June 9

What kind of people are born on June 9?

Share of the 33 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.

  • Authors33% (11 people)
  • Musicians30% (10 people)
  • Actors21% (7 people)
  • Creators21% (7 people)
  • Athletes15% (5 people)
  • Entrepreneurs12% (4 people)
  • Politicians12% (4 people)

Countries

18 countries, most often United States

Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.

  • United States10 (10 people)
  • United Kingdom5 (5 people)
  • Greece2 (2 people)
  • Russia2 (2 people)
  • Austrian Empire1 (1 people)
  • Canada1 (1 people)
  • France1 (1 people)

Life timeline

What were people born on June 9 doing at your age?

Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.

By 25

  1. 16Leopold I, Holy Roman EmperorBecame Apostolic King of Hungary (1657)
  2. 23Natalie PortmanReceived the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (2005)
  3. ~25Michael J. FoxReceived the Saturn Award for Best Actor (1986)
  4. ~20Miroslav KloseJoined FC 08 Homburg (1998)

26 to 30

  1. 29Natalie PortmanReceived the Academy Award for Best Actress (2011)
  2. ~28David CageFounded Quantic Dream (1997)
  3. ~28Michael J. FoxReceived the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (1989)
  4. ~28Miroslav KloseNamed European Golden Shoe (2006)

31 to 40

  1. ~36Michael J. FoxNamed People's Choice Awards (1997)
  2. ~34Johann Gottfried GalleReceived the Lalande Prize (1846)
  3. ~39Henry Hallett DaleReceived the Fellow of the Royal Society (1914)
  4. ~39Andrey Anatolyevich KozitsynReceived the Order of Friendship (1999)

41 to 50

  1. 49Aaron SorkinReceived the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (2011)
  2. 44Robert McNamaraBecame United States Secretary of Defense (1961)
  3. 41Yusuf Raza GilaniBecame Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1993)
  4. ~41Johnny DeppReceived the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (2004)

After 50

  1. ~62Bertha von SuttnerReceived the Nobel Peace Prize (1905)
  2. ~61Henry Hallett DaleReceived the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1936)
  3. ~62Leopold I, Holy Roman EmperorFounded University of Wrocław (1702)
  4. 55Yusuf Raza GilaniBecame Prime Minister of Pakistan (2008)

The standouts

The most successful people born on June 9

Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.

Johnny Depp
actor

Johnny Depp

Top tier

Actor

1963 · United States

John Christopher Depp II is an American actor, musician, and filmmaker. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards.

Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Michael J. Fox
actor

Michael J. Fox

Top tier

Actor

1961 · Canada

Michael Andrew Fox, known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian and American actor and activist. Beginning his career as a child actor in the 1970s, he rose to prominence portraying Alex P.

Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Miroslav Klose
athlete

Miroslav Klose

Top tier

Athlete

1978 · Poland

Miroslav Josef Klose is a professional football manager and former player who is head coach of 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg. Born in Poland, Klose played as a striker for the Germany national team.

Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Bertha von Suttner
author

Bertha von Suttner

Top tier

Author

1843–1914 · Austrian Empire

Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicitas von Suttner was an Austrian noblewoman, pacifist and novelist. In 1905, she became the second female Nobel laureate, the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first Austrian laureate.

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Henry Hallett Dale
scientist

Henry Hallett Dale

Top tier

English pharmacologist

1875–1968 · United Kingdom

Sir Henry Hallett Dale was an English pharmacologist and physiologist. For his study of acetylcholine as agent in the chemical transmission of nerve pulses (neurotransmission) he shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Otto Loewi.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Builders

Entrepreneurs born on June 9

David Cage
founder

David Cage

Entrepreneur · Quantic Dream · entertainment

1969 · France

David De Gruttola, known by his pseudonym David Cage, is a French video game designer, writer and musician. He is the founder of the game development studio Quantic Dream. Cage wrote and directed Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, and Detroit: Become Human.

Georges Seguin (Okki), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Andrey Anatolyevich Kozitsyn
entrepreneur

Andrey Anatolyevich Kozitsyn

Entrepreneur

1960 · Russia

Andrei Anatolyevich Kozitsyn is a Russian billionaire, former CEO of Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC), Russia's leading zinc miner and second-biggest copper producer. Kozitsyn also has stakes in UMMC-agro, an agricultural business, European Media Group.

ООО "УГМК-Холдинг", CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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June 9 in history

What else happened on June 9

  1. -411The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy.
  2. 1732James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia.
  3. 1900Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
  4. 1953The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
  5. 1972Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160 million in damage.

Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

More birthday twins

Famous people born on June 9

musician

Matt Bellamy

Musician

1978 · United Kingdom

Matthew James Bellamy is an English musician and producer. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and lyricist for the English rock band Muse. He is recognised for his eccentric stage persona, wide tenor vocal range and musicianship.

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Robert McNamara
scientist

Robert McNamara

Politician

1916–2009 · United States

Robert Strange McNamara, also known by his initials RSM, was an American businessman and government official who served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson at the height of the Cold War.

DoD photo by Oscar Porter, U.S. Army., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sonam Kapoor
actor

Sonam Kapoor

Actor

1985 · India

Sonam Kapoor Ahuja is an Indian former actress who worked in Hindi films. Known for portraying the lives of ordinary Indian women, she is also cited in the media as a fashion icon. She has received several awards, including a National Film Award and a Filmfare Award.

Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Wesley Sneijder
athlete

Wesley Sneijder

Athlete

1984 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Wesley Sneijder is a Dutch former professional footballer. Noted for his playmaking ability, he was considered one of the best midfielders in the world during his prime.

Nuță Lucian, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Anoushka Shankar
actor

Anoushka Shankar

Actor

1981 · United States

Anoushka Hemangini Shankar is a British-American sitar player and musician, as well as an occasional writer and actress. She performs across multiple genres and styles—classical and contemporary, acoustic and electronic.

Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Cole Porter
musician

Cole Porter

Musician

1891–1964 · United States

Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in Hollywood films.

unattributed, see link, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Peja Stojaković
athlete

Peja Stojaković

Athlete

1977 · Greece

Predrag Stojaković, known by his nickname Peja, is a Serbian former professional basketball player and basketball executive. Stojaković played for five teams in an NBA career that spanned from 1998 to 2011. Standing at 6 ft 10 in, he played mostly as a small forward.

Peja_Stojakovic_Mavs.jpg: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA derivative work: Chrishmt0423 (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Michaela Conlin
actor

Michaela Conlin

Actor

1978 · United States

Michaela Conlin is an American actress. She played the role of Angela Montenegro on the Fox crime procedural comedy-drama Bones from 2005 to 2017. She has also had recurring roles in the Paramount series Yellowstone (2018–2019), and the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind (2021).

Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Patricia Cornwell
author

Patricia Cornwell

Author

1956 · United States

Patricia Cornwell is an American crime writer. She is known for her best-selling novels featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, of which the first was inspired by a series of sensational murders in Richmond, Virginia, where most of the stories are set.

Siren-Com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Les Paul
inventor

Les Paul

Inventor

1915–2009 · United States

Lester William Polsfuss, known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar, and his prototype, called the Log, served as inspiration for the Gibson Les Paul.

William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jon Lord
musician

Jon Lord

Musician

1941–2012 · United Kingdom

John Douglas "Jon" Lord was an English keyboardist and composer. In 1968, Lord co-founded the hard rock band Deep Purple.

Menerbes, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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James Newton Howard
musician

James Newton Howard

Musician

1951 · United States

James Newton Howard is an American film composer, orchestrator and music producer. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, and nine nominations for Academy Awards.

Yann de la marne, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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author

Eric Hobsbawm

Author

1917–2012 · United Kingdom

Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm was a British historian of the rise of industrial capitalism, socialism and nationalism.

Sources (2)
George Stephenson
inventor

George Stephenson

Inventor

1781–1848 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victorians as a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement.

Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Yusuf Raza Gilani
author

Yusuf Raza Gilani

Politician

1952 · Pakistan

Yousaf Raza Gilani is a Pakistani politician who served as the 16th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012. He is currently the Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, a position he has held since 2024. He belongs to the Pakistan People's Party.

Houses of the Oireachtas from Ireland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Carl Nielsen
musician

Carl Nielsen

Musician

1865–1931 · Kingdom of Denmark

Carl August Nielsen was a Danish composer, conductor, and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer.

Georg Lindstrøm 1866-1923 Restored by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Curzio Malaparte
author

Curzio Malaparte

Politician

1898–1957 · Italy

Curzio Malaparte was an Italian writer, filmmaker, war correspondent and diplomat. Malaparte is best known outside Italy for his works Kaputt (1944) and The Skin (1949).

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Yoshito Okubo
athlete

Yoshito Okubo

Athlete

1982 · Japan

Yoshito Okubo is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Japan national team, scoring six goals in 60 appearances. He was the J.League Top Scorer and J.League Best XI in 2013, 2014, and 2015.

Whispered11, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Johann Gottfried Galle
scientist

Johann Gottfried Galle

Scientist

1812–1910 · Kingdom of Prussia

Johann Gottfried Galle was a German astronomer from Radis, Germany, at the Berlin Observatory who, on 23 September 1846, with the assistance of student Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, was the first person to view and identify the planet Neptune.

Olga Radomsky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Emma Louisa Turner
investor

Emma Louisa Turner

Investor

1867–1940 · United Kingdom

Emma Louisa Turner or E L Turner was an English ornithologist and pioneering bird photographer. Turner took up photography at age 34, after meeting the wildlife photographer Richard Kearton.

unknown, image taken in the 1890s, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Primus Wahlmark
politician

Primus Wahlmark

Politician

1883–1955 · Sweden

Swedish politician

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (1)

Sources and method for this page

This page lists 33 people born on June 9, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. No one here has a sourced net-worth estimate yet, so no wealth figures are shown. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on June 9. Read the full methodology.

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