January 9th Birthdays
If you were born on this day January 9th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Wilbur Smith is 88
South African historical and modern adventure novelist (Hungry as the Sea; Birds of Prey & Courtney series; A Falcon Flies & Ballantyne series; River God & Ancient Egypt series; Cry Wolf; Elephant Song; The Dark of the Sun; Assegai), born January 9, 1933. (Wilbur Smith 2007 Photo: Jim Davies)
Stuart Woods is 83
American mystery author and thriller novelist (Chiefs & Will Lee series; New York Dead & Stone Barrington series; Orchid Beach & Holly Barker series; Sante Fe Rules & Ed Eagle series; White Cargo; Palindrome; Under the Lake; Dead Eyes) born January 9, 1938. (Stuart Woods 2008 Photo: Mark Coggins)
Joan Baez is 80
American social activist, musician, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame folk singer-songwriter (The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; Farewell Angelina; Diamonds and Rust; Forever Young) born January 9, 1941. (Joan Baez 1963 Photo: U.S. Information Agency)
Jimmy Page is 77 (nee James Patrick Page)
Grammy Award-winning English guitarist, composer and songwriter for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame bands The Yardbirds, and Led Zeppelin (Stairway to Heaven; Communication Breakdown; Whole Lotta Love; Immigrant Song; Black Dog), born January 9, 1944. (Jimmy Page 1970s Photo: Dina Regine)
David Johansen is 70 (aka Buster Poindexter)
American singer & songwriter for The New York Dolls and as Buster Poindexter (Hot Hot Hot), performer & actor of TV (Saturday Night Live), movies (Married to the Mob; Scrooged), and radio (David Johansen’s Mansion of Fun), born January 9, 1950. (David Johansen 1984 Nickelodeon Photo)
Crystal Gayle is 70 (nee Brenda Gail Webb; aka Brenda Gail Gatzimos)
American songwriter, and Grammy Award-winning country music singer (Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue; Talking in Your Sleep; Half the Way; I’ve Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes; I’ll Get Over You) born January 9, 1951. (Crystal Gayle 2007 Photo: Charles Lochet FranceClm72 at en.wikipedia)
Philippa Gregory is 67
British Kenyan musician, historical fiction novelist and historical romance author (Wideacre;, Meridon; The Favored Child; The Other Boleyn Girl; The Last Tudor; Meridon; The White Queen; The Kingmaker’s Daughter; Tidelands), born January 9, 1952. (Philippa Gregory Photo: Bazar Publishing)
J. K. Simmons is 66 (nee Jonathan Kimble Simmons)
American actor of TV (The Closer; Oz; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Veronica Mars) and movies (The Mexican; Spider-Man films; Hidalgo; Juno; The Lady Killers; The Jackal; Autumn in New York; Burn After Reading; The Words; Whiplash), born January 9, 1955. (J. K. Simmons 2009 Photo)
Imelda Staunton is 65 (nee Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton)
English actress of stage, TV, and movies (Freedom Writers; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; Much Ado About Nothing; Sense and Sensibility; Shakespeare in Love; Vera Drake; Nanny McPhee; Bright Young Things), born January 9, 1956. (Imelda Staunton 2011 Photo: Manon PRESNE)
Joely Richardson is 56
English actress of TV (Nip/Tuck; The Tudors) and films (101 Dalmatians; Shining Through; The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; King Ralph; The Patriot; The Affair of the Necklace; The Last Mimzy; Maybe Baby; Return to Me; Snowden), born January 9, 1965. (Joely Richardson 2011 Photo: Gordon Correll)
Dave Matthews is 54 (nee David John Matthews)
South African-American guitarist, actor (Just Go With It; Lake City), songwriter, and lead singer for the Dave Matthews Band (Too Much; Don’t Drink the Water; Crush; Ant’s Marching; Crash into Me; So Much to Say; Funny the Way it Is), born January 9, 1967. (Dave Matthews 2009 Photo: Moses)
Joey Lauren Adams is 53
American actress of movies (Chasing Amy; Michael; Big Daddy; Dazed and Confused; The Break-Up) and TV (Mona Mullins on Top of the Heap, and Vinnie & Bobby; Second Noah; United States of Tara; Switched at Birth), born January 9, 1968. (Joey Lauren Adams 2015 Photo: Florida Supercon)
(Blue Bird in Snow Photo: Regine Tholen via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on January 9th!
And remembering these famous birthdays
Anne Rivers Siddons (nee Sybil Anne Rivers)
American civil rights activist, editor, journalist (Atlanta Magazine), and Southern fiction author (The House Next Door, Peachtree Road, Downtown, Low Country, Burnt Mountain; Heartbreak Hotel; Sweetwater Creek; The Girls of August; Kings Oak; Outer Banks; Up Island) (born Jan. 9, 1936 – died Sept. 11, 2019; age 83). Anne Rivers Siddons died of lung cancer.
Bob Denver (nee Robert Osbourne Denver)
American actor on TV (Gilligan’s Island; The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; The Good Guys; Dusty’s Trail) and film (For Those Who Think Young; The Sweet Ride; Take Her, She’s Mine; Who’s Minding the Mint?) (born Jan. 9, 1935 – died Sept. 2, 2005; age 70). Bob Denver had cancer treatments and heart bypass surgery before he died. (Bob Denver c. 1960s Photo: Vaporalalibre [Vecino])
Fernando Lamas (nee Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos)
Argentinian-American director (House Calls; The Rookies), actor on TV & film (Run For Your Life; Rich, Young and Pretty; Dangerous When Wet; 100 Rifles; Magic Fountain; The Cheap Detective), Esther Williams’ husband & Lorenzo Lamas’ father. (born Jan. 9, 1915 – died Oct. 8, 1982; age 67). Fernando Lamas died of pancreatic cancer. (Fernando Lamas 1967 Photo: NBC TV)
Lee Van Cleef (nee Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef Jr.)
American actor in movies (Escape From New York; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; Kansas City Confidential; The Nebraskan; Gypsy Colt; Sabata; The Magnificent Seven Ride!; Raiders of Old California; High Noon; For a Few Dollars More) (born Jan. 9, 1925 – died Dec. 16, 1989; age 64). Lee Van Cleef died of a heart attack. (Lee Van Cleef 1952 Kansas City Confidential)
Pat Conway (nee Patrick Douglas Conway)
American actor of TV (Sheriff Clay Hollister on Tombstone Territory; Gunsmoke; Bonanza; Iron Horse) and movies (Brighty of the Grand Canyon; Destination 60,000; Flight to Hong Kong; An Annapolis Story), related to Jack Conway, Francis X. Bushman, Francis X. Bushman Jr. (born Jan. 9, 1931 – died Apr. 24, 1981; age 50). Pat Conway died of dehydration and renal failure. (Pat Conway 1960 Tombstone Territory)
Pro Football Hall of Fame American NFL football player, Green Bay Packers quarterback 1956-1971, 1966 NFL MVP and 5x NFL Champ, 1967-1968 Super Bowl Champ & MVP, Green Bay Packers Coach 1972, 1975-1983 (born Jan. 9, 1934 – died May 26, 2019; age 85). Bart Starr died of stroke complications. (Bart Starr 1950s Photo)
Susannah York (nee Susannah Yolande Fletcher)
English actress in movies (Tom Jones; A Man for All Seasons; Battle of Britain; Jane Eyre; Duffy; They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?; Images; Superman films; Lock Up Your Daughters!; Oh! What a Lovely War; Happy Birthday, Wanda June) (born Jan. 9, 1939– died Jan. 15, 2011; age 72). Cause of death for Susannah Yorke was multiple myeloma. (Susanna York 1968 Duffy Trailer)
Vilma Bánky (nee Vilma Koncsics)
Hungarian-American actress and silent movie star (The Son of the Sheik; The Winning of Barbara Worth; The Eagle; The Dark Angel; The Lady; The Night of Love; The Magic Flame; Two Lovers), married to actor Rod La Rocque (born Jan. 9, 1901 – died Mar. 18, 1991; age 90). Cause of death for Vilma Bánky was cardiopulmonary failure. (Vilma Bánky 1925-1929 Photo: MGM)
Anita Louise (nee Anita Louise Fremault)
American actress of TV (My Friend Flicka; The Doctors) & movies (Everything’s Rosie; Madame Du Barry; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Anthony Adverse; That Certain Woman; The Story of Louis Pasteur; The Little Princess; These Glamour Girls; The Floradora Girl) (born Jan. 9, 1915 – died Apr. 25, 1970; age 55). Anita Louise died of a stroke. (Anita Louise 1940 Photo: Columbia Pictures)
Simone de Beauvoir (nee Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir)
French feminist, political activist, philosopher, and author (She Came to Stay; The Blood of Others; The Mandarins; Who Shall Die?; The Second Sex) (born Jan. 9, 1908 – died Apr. 14, 1986; age 78). Simone de Beauvoir died of pneumonia. (Simone de Beauvoir 1967 Photo: Moshe Milner)
American singer (I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus; Tell Me a Story; Dennis the Menace) & actor of stage, TV (Marion Botnik on Broadside; Howard Meechim on Bachelor Father; Date with the Angels; The Betty White Show) and movies (Racing Blood; High Time; The Ed Sullivan Show) (born Jan. 9, 1939 – died Mar. 7, 2009; age 70). Jimmy Boyd died of cancer. (Jimmy Boyd Bachelor Father)
Paul Mantee (nee Paul Marianetti)
American actor of TV (Al Corassa on Cagney & Lacey; Days of Our Lives; Mannix; Hunter; The Streets of San Francisco; Ironside; The F.B.I.; Quincy M.E.; Barnaby Jones; 12 O’Clock High; Batman; Hawaiian Eye) & movies (A Man Called Dagger; Robinson Crusoe on Mars) (born Jan. 9, 1931 – died Nov. 7, 2013; age 82). Paul Mantee died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. (Paul Mantee 1975 Movin’ On)
Marjorie Daw (nee Margaret House)
American silent movie actress (East Lynne; His Master’s Voice; Human Desires; Revelation; The Call of the Canyon; The Dangerous Maid; Rupert of Hentzau; A Fool There Was; The Butterfly Girl; The Great Redeemer; Dinty; The River’s End; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm; Arizona) (born Jan. 19, 1902 – died Mar. 18, 1979; age 77). (Marjorie Daw 1924 Photo: Witzel / Stars of the Photoplay)
Judith Krantz (nee Judith Bluma-Gittel Tarcher; aka Judy Krantz)
American short story writer for magazines (Good Housekeeping, Maclean’s), romantic fiction novelist (Scruples, Princess Daisy, Mistral’s Daughter, Till We Meet Again; I’ll Take Manhattan; Dazzle; The Jewels of Tessa Kent), and screenplay writer (Judith Krantz’s Secrets) (born Jan. 9, 1928 – died June 22, 2019; age 91). Cause of death for Judith Krantz is unknown.
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