Died On May 9th
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Discover the most famous people who died on May 9. The list includes people like Tenzing Norgay, Lena Horne, Friedrich Schiller, Albert A. Michelson, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, actors, composers and historians and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & Italy and many more countries.
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1
Little Richard(Known for His Hit Single 'Long Tall Sally' & Regarded as the 'Architect of Rock and Roll')
Birthdate: December 5, 1932
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Macon, Georgia, United States
Died: 2020
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Lena Horne(Actress and Dancer Known for Her One-Woman Show 'Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music')
Birthdate: June 30, 1917
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York, United States
Died: 2010
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
Birthdate: July 1, 1955
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bedford, Kentucky, United States
Died: 1989
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Vidal Sassoon
(Businessperson, Autobiographer)
Birthdate: January 17, 1928
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London
Died: 2012
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Friedrich Schiller(Playwright and Poet Known for His Works 'The Robbers', 'Don Carlos' and 'Mary Stuart')
Birthdate: November 10, 1759
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Marbach am Neckar, Germany
Died: 1805
Birthdate: January 9, 1943
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Huyton, Lancashire, England
Died: 2019
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
Birthdate: January 13, 1972
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Raleigh, Mississippi, United States
Died: 2017
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
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Edmond O'Brien
(American Actor Who Mainly Played Character Roles)
Birthdate: September 10, 1915
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 1985
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: May 5, 1915
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1998
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
Birthdate: January 1, 1938
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: 2021
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Tenzing Norgay(Nepali-Indian Sherpa Mountaineer One of the First People to Set Foot on the Summit of Mount Everest)
Birthdate: May 29, 1914
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Khumbu, Nepal
Died: 1986
Birthdate: November 3, 1964
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Langa
Died: 2004
Birthdate: August 12, 1883
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: West Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1968
Birthdate: April 24, 1940
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Corona, California, USA
Died: 2017
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: October 26, 1854
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Springfield, Illinois, United States
Died: 1914
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Dan Devine
(American football player)
Birthdate: December 22, 1924
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Augusta, Wisconsin
Died: 2002
Birthdate: December 26, 1927
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 2004
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Chuck Daly
(Basketball coach)
Birthdate: July 20, 1930
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Saint Marys, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 2009
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Robert Miles
(Best Known for the Internationally Renowned #1 Hit “Children” )
Birthdate: November 3, 1969
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Fleurier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Died: 2017
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac(French Chemist and Physicist Who Discovered That Water is Made of Two Parts Hydrogen and One Part Oxygen)
Birthdate: December 6, 1778
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, France
Died: 1850
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Scott Hutchison
(Founding Member and Primary Songwriter of Indie Rock Band 'Frightened Rabbit')
Birthdate: November 20, 1981
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: 2018
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Aldo Moro
(Politician, Diplomat, University teacher)
Birthdate: September 23, 1916
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Maglie
Died: 1978
Birthdate: January 24, 1733
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hingham, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1810
Birthdate: December 19, 1852
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Strzelno, Poland
Died: 1931
Birthdate: September 17, 1916
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sunderland, England
Died: 2014
Birthdate: 1637 AD
Birthplace: Helsingborg, Sweden
Died: 1707
Birthdate: October 29, 1839
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London
Died: 1929
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James Reese Europe
(Composer)
Birthdate: February 22, 1880
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama, United States
Died: 1919
Birthdate: September 2, 1737
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1791
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Kenan Evren
(The 7th President of Turkey)
Birthdate: July 17, 1917
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Alaşehir
Died: 2015
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Walter Reuther
(Politician)
Birthdate: September 1, 1907
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Wheeling, USA
Died: 1970
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James Jones
(American author)
Birthdate: November 6, 1921
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Robinson, Illinois, United States
Died: 1977
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Magnus VI of Norway
(King of Norway)
Birthdate: May 1, 1238
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Norway
Died: 1280
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Giuseppe Impastato
(Political activist)
Birthdate: January 5, 1948
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cinisi, Italy
Died: 1978
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Theodore H. White
(Journalist, historian, writer, novelist)
Birthdate: May 6, 1915
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dorchester
Died: 1986
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Lidia Gueiler Tejada
(Political Leader)
Birthdate: August 28, 1921
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cochabamba, Bolivia
Died: 2011
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Freya Stark
(British-Italian Explorer and Travel Writer)
Birthdate: January 31, 1893
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1993
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Talat Mahmood
(Actor, Singer)
Birthdate: February 24, 1924
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lucknow
Died: 1998
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George Maciunas
(Lithuanian-American Artist)
Birthdate: November 8, 1931
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kaunas, Lithuania
Died: 1978
Birthdate: May 30, 1926
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tyler, Texas, United States
Died: 2015
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Harlan Mathews
(Politician, Lawyer)
Birthdate: January 17, 1927
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Sumiton, Alabama, United States
Died: 2014
Birthdate: December 7, 1915
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gosforth, Northumberland, England
Died: 2012
Birthdate: September 30, 1901
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Scheveningen, Netherlands
Died: 1975
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M. A. Wazed Miah
(Physicist)
Birthdate: February 16, 1942
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pirganj, Bangladeshi
Died: 2009
Birthdate: September 4, 1966
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Novosibirsk, Russia
Died: 1991
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Albert Lewin
(Film Director)
Birthdate: September 23, 1894
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 1968
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George Brown
(Journalist, Politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation)
Birthdate: November 29, 1818
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland,
Died: 1880
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Alexandre Lamfalussy
(Belgian Economist and Former President of the European Monetary Institute)
Birthdate: April 26, 1929
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kapuvár, Hungary
Died: 2015
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Samuel Griswold Goodrich
(Author)
Birthdate: August 19, 1793
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States
Died: 1860
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Anthony Wilding
(New Zealand World No. 1 Tennis Player)
Birthdate: October 31, 1883
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Christchurch, New Zealand
Died: 1915
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
