Famous people born on 9 July

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

1. Tom Hanks 1956American film actor and producerliving, 70
2. Viktor Yanukovych 1950Politician who served as President of Ukraineliving, 76
3. Donald Rumsfeld 1932American politician and diplomatdied aged 88
4. Courtney Love 1964American musicianliving, 62
5. Edward Heath 1916Politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdomdied aged 89
6. Amélie Nothomb 1966Belgian writerliving, 60
7. Hassan II 1929King of Moroccodied aged 70
8. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578Holy Roman Emperordied aged 58
9. BRBen Roy Mottelson 1926Danish nuclear physicistdied aged 95
10. Ashley Young 1985British footballerliving, 41
11. Ivan Vazov 1850Bulgarian writerdied aged 71
12. Franz Boas 1858German anthropologistdied aged 84
13. Jan Neruda 1834Austrian poet and journalistdied aged 57
14. David Hockney 1937British painter and printmakerdied aged 88
15. O. J. Simpson 1947American player and footballerdied aged 76
16. ARAnn Radcliffe 1764English novelistdied aged 58