Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 9

Births

 * 1586 - Archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)
 * 1835 - Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (d. 1921) (pictured)
 * 1890 - Aimee Semple McPherson, American evangelist (d. 1944)
 * 1900 - Alastair Sim, Scottish actor (d. 1976)
 * 1935 - Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, member of the British Royal Family
 * 1940 - John Lennon, British musician and songwriter (The Beatles) (d. 1980)
 * 1953 - Tony Shalhoub, American actor

Deaths

 * 1390 - King John I of Castile (b. 1358)
 * 1729 - Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (b. 1654)
 * 1806 - Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer (b. 1731)
 * 1934 - King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (assassinated) (b. 1888)
 * 1967 - Che Guevara, Argentine revolutionary and guerilla leader (executed) (b. 1928)
 * 1974 - Oskar Schindler, German businessman (b. 1908)
 * 1987 - Clare Boothe Luce, American diplomat (b. 1903)
 * 2005 - Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (b. 1913)