Famous People Born In 1909
Discover the most famous people born in 1909. The list includes people like Errol Flynn, Peter Drucker, Elia Kazan, James Mason, Saul Alinsky and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, historians, novelists and journalists born in 1909. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & India and many more countries.
Errol Flynn20th June, Australian
Actor
James Mason15th May, British
Actor
Kwame Nkrumah21st September, Ghanaian, Romanian
First President of Ghana
Jessica Tandy7th June, British
Actress
Elia Kazan7th September, Greek, Turkish, American
Director, Actor, Producer
Pat DiCicco14th February, American
Producer
Peter Drucker19th November, American
Management Consultant
Vivian Vance26th July, American
Actress
Diana Churchill11th July, British
Winston Churchill's Daughter
Benny Goodman30th May, American
Bandleader and clarinetist
Dana Andrews1st January, American
Actor
Saul Alinsky30th January, American
Community Organizer
Hugh Beaumont16th February, American
Actor
Margaret Sullavan16th May, American
Actress
Juliana of the Netherlands30th April, Dutch
Queen of the Netherlands
Nicholas Winton19th May, British
Humanitarian
Mike Todd22nd June, American
Producer
C. N. Annadurai15th September, Indian
First Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Miep Gies15th February, Austrian, Dutch
Writer
Albert R. Broccoli5th April, Italian
Producer
Victor Borge3rd January, Danish, American
American-Danish comedian
William M. Branham6th April, American
American Christian minister
Osamu Dazai19th June, Japanese
Author
Simone Weil3rd February, French
Philosopher, mystic and social activist
Michael Rennie25th August, British
Actor
U Thant22nd January, Burmese
3rd Secretary General of the U.N.
Fred Perry18th May, British
Joseph L. Mankiewicz11th February, American
Writer, Director, Producer
Rita Levi-Montalcini22nd April, Italian
Neurologist
Leo Fender10th August, American
Inventor
Aruna Asaf Ali16th July, Indian
Indian Independence Activist
Andrei Gromyko18th July, Russian
Diplomat
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Katherine Dunham22nd June, American
Dancer, Choreographer, Social Activist, Author
Virginia Apgar7th June, American
Physician and Anesthesiologist
Wallace Stegner18th February, American
Author
Edwin H. Land7th May, American
Scientist
Jean Batten15th September, New Zealander
Aviator Who Made Record Breaking Trans-world
Muhammad Ali Bogra19th October, Pakistani
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Edward Lawrie Tatum14th December, American
Biochemist
Homi Bhabha30th October, Indian
Indian physicist
Jonas Žemaitis15th March, Lithuanian
Former President of Lithuania
Barry Morris Goldwater2nd January, American
Former United States Senator
Maybelle Carter10th May, American
Musician
Emile Czaja15th July, Australian, Hungarian, Indian
Wrestler
Carmen Miranda9th February, Brazilian, Portuguese
Actor, Singer, Dancer
Colonel Tom Parker26th June, Dutch, American
Talent Manager
Matt Busby26th May, British, Scottish
Association football player, Association football
Burl Ives14th June, American
American singer
Fanny Cradock26th February, British
Novelist
Johnny Mercer18th November, American
Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Film score composer
Robert Ryan11th November, American
Actor
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.9th December, American
Actor
Joe DeRita12th July, American
Actor
Stavros Niarchos3rd July, Greek
Shipowner, Entrepreneur, Art collector
Stepan Bandera1st January, Ukrainian
Political leader
David Stern2nd September, American
Writer
Clyde Barrow24th March, American
Murderer
Obafemi Awolowo6th March, Nigerian
politician, lawyer, trade unionist
Porfirio Rubirosa22nd January, Dominican
Diplomat
Johnny Marks10th November, American
Composer, Songwriter, Lyricist
Ann Sothern22nd January, American
Singer, Stage actor, Film actor, Television actor
Art Tatum13th October, American
Pianist, Jazz musician, Musician
Gene Krupa15th January, American
American drummer
Mohammed Daoud Khan18th July, Afghan
Politician, Diplomat
Frances Dee26th November, American
Actress
Lester Young27th August, American
Clarinetist, Saxophonist, Composer, Jazz musician,
Dolores Hope27th May, American
Singer
Sashadhar Mukherjee29th September, Indian
Film producer
Eudora Welty13th April, American
Writer
Harriet Nelson18th July, American
American singer
Stanislaw Ulam13th April, Polish, Ukrainian, American
Mathematician
Li Xiannian23rd June, Chinese
Politician
Stephen Spender28th February, British
Poet, Writer, Essayist, University teacher,
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.9th December, American
Actor
Talal of Jordan26th February, Jordanian, Saudi Arabian
King
Dean Rusk9th February, American
Politician
Clement Greenberg16th January, American
Art collector, Art historian, Art critic,
Mel Ott2nd March, American
Baseball Player
Mohammed V of Morocco10th August, Moroccan
Sultan of Morocco
Lionel Crabb28th January, British
Military personnel
Rollo May21st April, American
Psychologist, Psychotherapist
Kay Thompson9th November, American
Author
Marinus van der Lubbe13th January
Politician, Trade unionist
Al Capp28th September, American
Cartoonist, Writer, Journalist
James Agee30th November
Author, Screenwriter, Poet
Joseph Losey14th January, American
Film Director
Ben Webster27th March, American
Saxophonist, Composer, Jazz musician
George Beverly Shea1st February, Canadian, American
Singer
Solomon Linda30th November, South African
singer, songwriter, composer
Stephen Cole Kleene5th January, American
Mathematician, Computer scientist, Philosopher,
Red Pollard27th October, Canadian, American
Horse racing jockey
John Fante8th April, American
Writer, Screenwriter, Novelist
Sam DeStefano13th September, American
American loan shark
Roberto Burle Marx4th August, Brazilian
Landscape architect
Eduard Wirths4th September, German
Military physician, Torturer
Peter Scott14th September, British
Ornithologist, Illustrator, Painter, Postage stamp