Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 9

Births

 * 1836 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1908)
 * 1911 – Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (d. 1968)
 * 1932 – Donald Rumsfeld, 12th & 20th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2021)
 * 1935 – Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician (d. 2005)
 * 1937 – David Hockney, English artist
 * 1946 – Bon Scott, Australian singer (AC/DC) (d. 1980)
 * 1950 – Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister of Ukraine
 * 1955 – Jimmy Smits, American actor
 * 1956 – Tom Hanks, American actor
 * 1956 – Marc Almond, British singer
 * 1964 – Courtney Love, American musician
 * 1976 – Shelton Benjamin, American professional wrestler

Deaths

 * 1850 – Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (b. 1784)
 * 1967 – Fatima Jinnah, Prominent leader of Pakistan Movement and sister of Jinnah (b. 1893)
 * 1974 – Earl Warren, (pictured) 14th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1891)

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