Famous people born on 9 August

22 of the people we track were born on 9 August, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Whitney Houston 1963American singer and actordied aged 48
2. JPJean Piaget 1896Swiss psychologist and biologistdied aged 84
3. Gillian Anderson 1968American actorliving, 58
4. Romano Prodi 1939Italian politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of Italyliving, 87
5. Amedeo Avogadro 1776Italian physicist and chemistdied aged 79
6. John Dryden 1631English poet and playwrightdied aged 68
7. Leonid Kuchma 1938Politician who served as President of Ukraineliving, 88
8. Tove Jansson 1914Finnish children's writer and illustratordied aged 86
9. Juanes 1972Colombian musicianliving, 54
10. Anna Kendrick 1985American actorliving, 41
11. WAWilliam Alfred Fowler 1911American nuclear physicistdied aged 83
12. John Key 1961New Zealander politician who served as Prime Minister of New Zealandliving, 65
13. Melanie Griffith 1957American actorliving, 69
14. Audrey Tautou 1976French actorliving, 50
15. Leonid Andreyev 1871Russian playwright and poetdied aged 48
16. Jean Tirole 1953French economistliving, 73
17. Filippo Inzaghi 1973Italian footballerliving, 53
18. Marvin Minsky 1927American scientistdied aged 88
19. Probus AD 232Roman emperordied aged 49 or 50
20. Mário Zagallo 1931Brazilian footballerdied aged 92
21. Eric Bana 1968Australian actorliving, 58
22. Willian 1988Brazilian footballerliving, 38