June 9
Birthdays
Leopold I (Leopold Ignaz Joseph Balthasar Felician) 1640 - Holy Roman emperor
Peter the Great 1672 - Peter I of Russia
George Stephenson 1781 - Civil engineer and mechanical engineer, built the first public railway
John Howard Payne 1791 - Actor, poet, playwright
Carl Nielsen 1865 - Composer, conductor, violinist
Meta Vaux Warrick 1877 - Artist
Cole Porter (Cole Albert Porter) 1891 - Composer, songwriter
Fred Waring 1900 - Musician (The Pennsylvanians), bandleader, radio-television personality
Louis Kutner 1908 - Human rights activist, lawyer, helped to found Amnesty International
Robert "Bob" Cummings (Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings) 1910 - Actor
Les Paul (Lester William Polsfuss) 1915 - Musician, songwriter, inventor (solid-body electric guitar)
Charles Loloma 1921 - Artist
George Axelrod 1922 - Screenwriter
Mona Freeman (Monica Elizabeth Freeman) 1926 - Actress
Marvin L. Kalb 1930 - Journalist
Joe Santos 1931 - Actor
Jimmy Spruill 1934 - Musician
Jackie Wilson (Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson, Jr.) 1934 - Singer, performer
Diana Van Der Vlis 1935 - Actress
Letty Cottin Pogrebin 1939 - Writer, journalist
Dick Vitale (Richard J. "Dick" Vitale) 1940 - Basketball sportscaster
Billy Hatton 1941 - Musician (The Fourmost)
Jon Lord 1941 - Musician (White Snake, Deep Purple)
Trevor Bolder 1950 - Musician (Spiders from Mars, Uriah Heep)
Dave Parker (David Gene "The Cobra" Parker) 1951 - Baseball player
Billy Knight (William R. "Billy" Knight) 1952 - Basketball player
Patricia Cornwell 1956 - Mystery author
Michael J. Fox 1961 - Actor ("Family Ties")
Aaron Sorkin 1961 - Writer, producer ("The West Wing")
Johnny Depp (John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II) 1963 - Actor, musician
Wayman Tisdale 1964 - Basketball player
Gloria Reuben 1965 - Singer, actress ("ER")
Dean Felber 1967 - Musician (Hootie & the Blowfish)
Dean Dinning 1967 - Musician (Toad the Wet Sprocket)
Tedy Bruschi 1973 - Football player
Natalie Portman 1981 - Actress ("Star Wars" movie series)
Mae Whitman 1988 - Actress ("Arrested Development")