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Actors Born on January 9

  • 1898 Gracie Fields, English music hall/vaudeville performer and actress (Queen of Hearts), born in Rochdale, England (d. 1979)
  • 1898 Vilma Bánky, Austrian silent screen actress (The Eagle, Rebel), born in Nagydorog, Austria-Hungary (d. 1991)

Richard Nixon (1913-1994)

American politician (37th US President (Republican 1969-74; Vice-President, 1953-61; US Senator from California, 1950-53) and navy veteran, born in Yorba Linda, California

  • 1915 Anita Louise, American actress (The Little Princess, Gorilla, My Friend Flicka), born in New York City (d. 1970)
  • 1915 Fernando Lamas, Argentine American actor and director (Lost World, You look marvelous), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1982)
  • 1920 Clive Dunn, British actor (Dad's Army, The Avengers), born in Brixton, London (d. 2012)
  • 1921 Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright, born in Mumbai, India (d. 2006)
  • 1924 Sergei Parajanov, Armenian film director, born in Tbilisi, Georgia (d. 1990)
  • 1925 Lee Van Cleef, American actor (For a Few Dollars More, Escape from NY), born in Somerville, New Jersey (d. 1989)
  • 1932 Jane Ross [Breslaw], American actress (Star Trek, Rocket Attack U.S.A., Wild Is My Love), born in New York City (d. 1985)

Bob Denver (1935-2005)

American actor (Gilligan's Island, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis), born in New Rochelle, New York [1] [2]

  • 1935 Richard "Dick" Enberg, American sportscaster (NBC, CBS, ESPN), born in Mt Clemens, Michigan (d. 2017)
  • 1939 Susannah York, English actress (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Superman), born in London, England
  • 1940 Jimmy Boyd, American singer ("I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"), and actor (Bachelor Father - "Howard"), born in Jayess, Mississippi (d. 2009)
  • 1942 K. Callan, American actress (Joe's World, Martha-Lois & Clark), born in Dallas, Texas
  • 1943 Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer (The Freddie Starr Showcase), born in Huyton, United Kingdom (d. 2019)
  • 1944 Harun Farocki, German filmmaker and author (Nicht loeschbares Feur), born in Nový Jičín, Czech Republic (d. 2014)
  • 1945 Frank Biondi, American businessman (HBO), born in New York City
  • 1945 John Doman, American actor, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1946 Leo Gullotta, Italian actor (Sinbad of the 7 Seas), born in Catania, Italy
  • 1950 David Johansen [Buster Poindexter], American singer-songwriter ("Hot! Hot! Hot!"), and actor (Scrooged), born in Staten Island, New York
  • 1955 J. K. Simmons, American actor (Whiplash), born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan
  • 1956 Imelda Staunton, British actress (Finding Your Feet, Maleficent), born in Archway, London
  • 1956 Kimberly Beck Hilton, American actress (Kim-Peyton Place), born in Glendale, California
  • 1961 Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter
  • 1965 Joely Richardson, English actress (Body Contact, Wetherby), born in London, England
  • 1966 Candi Milo, American voice actress (My Life as a Teenage Robot; New Looney Tunes), born in Palm Springs, California
  • 1968 Joey Lauren Adams, American actress, born in North Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 1972 Angie Martinez, American radio and television personality, born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1972 Sarah Beeny, English property developer and television presenter, born in Reading, England
  • 1974 Farhan Akhtar, Indian Bollywood film director and actor, born in Mumbai, India
  • 1976 Todd Grisham, American sportscaster (DAZN, Glory kickboxing, ESPN, WWE, UFC), born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
  • 1978 Maggie Rizer, American model and AIDS activist, born in Staten Island, New York
  • 1983 Kerry Condon, Irish actress (The Banshees of Inisherin), born in Thurles, Ireland
  • 1987 Nicola Coughlan, Irish actress (Derry Girls, Bridgerton), born in Galway, Ireland
  • 1987 Pablo Santos, Mexican actor, born in Monterrey, Mexico (d. 2006)
  • 1989 Nina Dobrev [Dobreva], Bulgarian-Canadian actress (The Vampire Diaries; DeGrassi: The Next Generation), born in Sofia, Bulgaria

Nicola Peltz (29 years old)

1995 American actress (Katara-The Last Airbender; Tessa Yeager-Transformers: Age of Extinction), born in Westchester County, New York

  • 1997 Lauryn McClain, American actress and singer, born in Decatur, Georgia