Famous people born on 9 March

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

1. Yuri Gagarin 1934Soviet pilotdied aged 34
2. Bobby Fischer 1943American chess playerdied aged 64
3. Amerigo Vespucci 1454Explorer and cartographerdied aged 57
4. Vyacheslav Molotov 1890Soviet politician and diplomat who served as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissarsdied aged 96
5. Modest Mussorgsky 1839Russian composerdied aged 42
6. John Cale 1942British composer and singer-songwriterliving, 84
7. Juliette Binoche 1964French actor and dancerliving, 62
8. Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau 1749French writer and oratordied aged 42
9. Mircea Eliade 1907Romanian historian and writerdied aged 79
10. Takaaki Kajita 1959Japanese physicistliving, 67
11. Matteo Salvini 1973Italian politician who served as Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Italyliving, 53
12. Ornella Muti 1955Italian actorliving, 71
13. Oscar Isaac 1979Guatemalan actorliving, 47