Famous people born on 9 December

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

1. John Milton 1608English poetdied aged 65
2. Kirk Douglas 1916American actordied aged 103
3. Jean-Claude Juncker 1954Luxembourgish politician and finance minister who served as President of the Eurogroupliving, 71
4. Judi Dench 1934British actorliving, 91
5. Fritz Haber 1868German chemistdied aged 65
6. Sonia Gandhi 1946Indian politicianliving, 79
7. Grace Hopper 1906American computer scientist and physicistdied aged 85
8. Gustavus Adolphus 1594Monarch of Swedendied aged 37
9. Carl Wilhelm Scheele 1742Swedish chemistdied aged 43
10. Carlo Azeglio Ciampi 1920Politician who served as President of Italydied aged 95
11. John Malkovich 1953American actorliving, 72
12. Dolores Ibárruri 1895Spanish politiciandied aged 93
13. James Rainwater 1917American physicistdied aged 68
14. HWHenry Way Kendall 1926American physicistdied aged 72
15. Johann Joachim Winckelmann 1717Prussian art historian and archaeologistdied aged 50
16. Felicity Huffman 1962American actorliving, 63
17. Hikaru Nakamura 1987American chess playerliving, 38
18. William Lipscomb 1919American chemistdied aged 91