July 9th Birthdays
If you were born on July 9th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Suzanne Rogers (nee Suzanne Cecelia Crumpler; ex of Sam Groom)
Daytime Emmy Award-winning American dancer-actress of stage (Radio City Music Hall), daytime soap opera Days of our Lives (Maggie Horton Kiriakis for over 40 years, since 1973), and other TV shows (Quincy M.E.; Love, American Style), born July 9, 1943. (Suzanne Rogers 2014 Photo: Greg Hernandez)
Dean Koontz (aka Deanna Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, Brian Coffey, Owen West)
Best-selling American horror and suspense thriller writer, novelist (Starquest; Blood Risk; Fear Nothing – Moonlight Bay series; Odd Thomas series; Prodigal Son – Frankenstein series; The Silent Corner – Jane Hawk series; After Death; Quicksilver), born July 9, 1945. (Dean Koontz c. 1970s Painting: A. Hamilton)
Ray Baker (ex of Patricia RIchardson)
American character actor of stage, TV (Down Home; Great Scott!; Cybill; Without a Trace), movies (Silkwood; Places in the Heart; Silverado; Rain Man; Total Recall; Executive Decision; Hard Rain; What Lies Beneath; Without a Paddle), born July 9, 1948. (Ray Baker Painting: A. Hamilton)
Chris Cooper (nee Christopher Walton Cooper)
American actor of TV (Lonesome Dove; 11.22.63) and movies (American Beauty; Adaptation; Lone Star; A Time to Kill; The Horse Whisperer, October Sky; The Bourne Identity; Seabiscuit; Syriana; Breach; New York, I Love You; The Town), born July 9, 1951. (Chris Cooper 2009 Photo: David Shankbone)
John Tesh (married Connie Sellecca)
Emmy Award-winning American pianist, sportscaster, TV composer, reporter & host (Entertainment Tonight; Intelligence for Your Life TV; One on One with John Tesh; John & Leeza From Hollywood; NBA on NBC theme; Bobby’s World theme), born July 9, 1952. (John Tesh Photo: TeshMusic.Com)
Debbie Sledge (nee Debra Sledge; sister of Kathy, Kim, & Joni Sledge)
American Sister Sledge singer (We Are Family; He’s the Greatest Dancer; My Guy; Frankie; All American Girls; Lost in Music; Next Time You’ll Know; He’s Just a Runaway [A Tribute to Bob Marley]; B.Y.O.B. [Bring Your Own Baby]; Got to Love Somebody), born July 9, 1954. (Debbie Sledge 1977 Photo: Michael Ochs)
Jimmy Smits (partner of Wanda De Jesus)
Emmy Award-winning American actor of TV (Victor Sifuentes on L.A. Law; Bobby Simone on NYPD Blue; Sons of Anarchy; The West Wing; How to Get Away With Murder; Dexter), and movies (Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones; Gross Misconduct), born July 9, 1955. (Jimmy Smits 1987 Photo: Alan Light)
Tom Hanks (nee Thomas Jeffrey Hanks; married Rita Wilson)
Oscar-winning American producer & actor of films (Philadelphia; Sleepless in Seattle; Forrest Gump; The Green Mile; Splash; Apollo 13; Saving Private Ryan; The Money Pit; Turner & Hooch; Big; The ‘Burbs;; Cast Away) & TV (Bosom Buddies), born July 9, 1956. Dad of Colin Hanks. (Tom Hanks 1989: Alan Light)
Kelly McGillis
American actress of movies (Top Gun; Witness; Made in Heaven; The House on Carroll Street; The Accused; The Babe; North; At First Sight; Ground Control; Morgan’s Ferry) & TV (Glenda Livingston on One Life to Live; The L Word), born July 9, 1957. (Kelly McGillis 2000 The Monkey’s Mask Photo: Robert Connolly)
Marc Almond (nee Peter Mark Sinclair Almond)
British new wave & electronica musician, songwriter & singer of Soft Cell (Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go?; Bedsitter; Torch; Say Hello, Wave Goodbye) & solo (Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart [Gene Pitney duet]; Tears Run Rings; A Lover Spurned), born July 9, 1957. (Marc Almond 1984)
American actor of TV (Roscoe on General Hospital; Mitchell on All My Children; Rick Stewart Alden on Loving; Dr. Kenneth Collins on The Young and the Restless; Real Chance of Love; The Bold and the Beautiful) & movies (Stargames; Quiet Kill; Hibiscus), born July 9, 1957. (Brian Fitzpatrick Painting: A. Hamilton)
Jim Kerr (nee James Kerr; ex of Chrissie Hynde, Patsy Kensit)
Scottish lead singer of Simple Minds (Belfast Child / Mandela Day / Biki; Don’t You [Forget About Me]; Alive and Kicking; Sanctify Yourself; See the Lights; She’s a River; Someone Somewhere; Let There Be Love), and solo artist (She Fell In Love With Silence), born July 9, 1959. (Jim Kerr 2009 Photo: Manfred Menken)
Raymond Cruzis
American actor of TV (Julio Sanchez on The Closer & Major Crimes; Breaking Bad) and movies (The Substitute; Dead Badge; Brothers in Arms; Clear and Present Danger; The Last Marshal; Alien: Resurrection; Up Close and Personal), born July 9, 1961. (Raymond Cruz 2009 Photo: Angela George)
Courtney Love (married Curt Cobain; granddaughter of Paula Fox)
American songwriter & lead singer of Hole (Doll Parts; Celebrity Skin), actress of TV (Sons of Anarchy; Empire; Revenge) & movies (The People vs. Larry Flynt; Sid and Nancy; 200 Cigarettes; Man on the Moon; Beat), born July 9, 1964. Great-granddaughter of Paul Hervey Fox. (Courtney Love 1986: Island Pictures)
Scott Grimes (married Adrianne Palicki; uncle of Camryn Grimes)
American singer (Sunset Blvd.), character & voice-over actor of TV (Archie Morris on ER; Steve Smith on American Dad; Lt. Gordon Malloy on The Orville; Will McCorkle on Party of Five; Justified; Band of Brothers) and films (Critters; Mystery, Alaska), born July 9, 1971. (Scott Grimes 2010 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
(Tom Hanks 2016: Dick Thomas Johnson | Lee Hazlewood 1976 [colorized])
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on July 9th!
Remember These July 9th Famous Birthdays
O. J. Simpson (nee Orenthal James Simpson; “The Juice“)
Pro Football Hall of Fame American NFL running back (Buffalo Bills; San Francisco 49ers), 1968 Heisman Trophy winner, actor of TV (T. D. Parker on 1st & Ten) and films (The Cassandra Crossing; No Place to Hide; Naked Gun movies; The Towering Inferno; Capricorn One), and convicted felon (born July 9, 1947 – died Apr. 10, 2024; age 76). (O.J. Simpson 1990 Photo: Gerald Johnson)
Ed Ames (nee Edmund Dantes Urick; “The Boston Baritone“)
Vocal Group Hall of Fame American singer solo (My Cup Runneth Over; Ballad of the War Wagon), with his siblings in The Ames Brothers (Rag Mop; Sentimental Me; Undecided), and actor of stage, TV (Mingo on Daniel Boone; The Ed Sullivan Show; McCloud; Mike Hammer; The Rifleman) (born July 9, 1927 – died May 21, 2023; age 95. (Ed Ames 1968 Daniel Boone)
Richard Roundtree (ex-partner of Cathy Lee Crosby)
American actor of TV (Dr. Daniel Reubens on Generations; Oliver Travers on As the World Turns; Diary of a Single Mom; Outlaws; Desperate Housewives; Being Mary Jane; Family Reunion; Cherish the Day), movies (Shaft films; Earthquake; Inchon; The Big Score; City Heat; Se7en; George of the Jungle) (born July 9, 1942 – died Oct. 24, 2023; age 81). Richard Roundtree 1973: CBS TV)
James Hampton
American screenwriter, director & actor of TV (Evening Shade; Hannibal on F Troop; The Doris Day Show; Days of Our Lives; Teen Wolf; Justin Morgan Had a Horse), and films (The Longest Yard; The China Syndrome; The Cat from Outer Space) (born July 9, 1936 – died Apr. 7, 2021; age 84). James Hampton died of Parkinson’s disease complications (James Hampton 1968 Photo: CBS TV)
American actress of stage (Isn’t It Romantic?), TV (Eve McBain on One Life to Live; Doreen Morrison on The Trials of Rosie O’Neill; Royal Pains; Hemingway; Nashville; Six Feet Under; Perception; Masters of Sex; The King of Queens) and movies (Gone Girl; Cocktail; Marie; Freedom Writers) (born July 9, 1955 – died June 14, 2021; age 65). (Lisa Banes 2019: Geffen Playhouse)
Brian Dennehy (father of Elizabeth Dennehy)
Tony Award-winning American actor of TV (Jack Reed movies; Dynasty; The Fighting Fitzgeralds; The Blacklist) and movies (Looking for Mr. Goodbar; Semi-Tough; Foul Play; 10; First Blood; Cocoon; Gorky Park; Silverado; F/X; Return to Snowy River; Legal Eagles) (born July 9, 1938 – died Apr. 15, 2020; age 81). Brian Dennehy died of cardiac arrest. (Brian Dennehy 1983 Photo: ABC)
Vince Edwards (nee Vincent Edward Zoine; ex of Linda Foster)
American television director & actor of TV (Ben Casey; Matt Lincoln; Our Family Honor) and movies (Hiawatha; The Killing; Hit and Run; City of Fear; The Devil’s Brigade; Murder By Contract; Too Late Blues; Deal of the Century; Mister Universe) (born July 9, 1928 – died Mar. 11, 1996; age 67). Vince Edwards died of pancreatic cancer. (Vince Edwards 1966: Bing Crosby Productions)
Ann Radcliffe (nee Ann Ward; married William Radcliffe)
Regency era English poet, essayist (On the Supernatural in Poetry), travel writer (A Journey made in the Summer of 1794), “The Shakespeare of Romance Writers” Gothic romance novelist (The Mysteries of Udolpho; The Italian; A Sicilian Romance; The Castles of Athlin and Dubnaye; The Romance of the Forest) (born July 9, 1764 – died Feb. 7, 1823; age 58). (Ann Radcliffe Sketch)
Lee Hazlewood (nee Barton Lee Hazlewood)
Pop & country music record producer & songwriter (Peter Gunn; These Boots Are Made for Walkin’; Summer Wine; Somethin’ Stupid; Houston; Forty Miles of Bad Road; Sugar Town), and singer (Some Velvet Morning) (born July 9, 1929 – died Aug. 4, 2007; age 78). Lee Hazlewood died of renal cancer. (Lee Hazlewood 1968 The Hollywood Palace Photo: ABC Television)
Bon Scott (Ronald Belford Scott)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Scottish-Australian songwriter & lead singer of AC/DC (It’s a Long Way to the Top; T.N.T.; Jailbreak; Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap; Let There Be Rock; Highway to Hell; High Voltage; Whole Lotta Rosie; Ride On; Problem Child; Dog Eat Dog) (born July 9, 1946 – died Feb. 19, 1980; age 33). Bon Scott died of acute alcohol poisoning. (Bon Scott 1979: Elfast)
Barbara Cartland (aka Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland)
Prolific English author of 700+ books, best-selling contemporary (Jigsaw; Open Wings) and Victorian era romance novelist (The Hidden Heart; Love in Hiding; The Reluctant Bride; A Ghost in Monte Carlo) (born July 9, 1901 – died May 21, 2000; age 98). Step-grandmother of Diana Spencer (Princess Diana of England). (Barbara Cartland 1929 Photo: Randy Bryan Bigham Collection)
Oliver Sacks
English-American neurologist, psychiatric consultant, and author (Awakenings; Hallucinations; The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat; Musicophilia: Tales of the Music and the Brain; Migraine; Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf) (born July 9, 1933 – died Aug. 30, 2015; age 83). Oliver Sacks died of cancer. (Oliver Sacks 2009 Photo: Erik Charlton)
Eddie Dean (nee Edgar Dean Glosup)
American western cowboy singer (I Dreamed of a Hill-Billy Heaven; One Has My Name [The Other Has My Heart]) & actor of radio, TV (The Beverly Hillbillies) & movies (The Light of Western Stars; Harmony Trail; Wildfire; The Caravan Trail; Rollin’ Home to Texas) (born July 9, 1907 – died Mar. 4, 1999; age 91). Eddie Dean died of emphysema. (Eddie Dean 1945 Song of Old Wyoming)
Michael Williams (married Judi Dench)
British actor of radio, TV (A Fine Romance; Love in a Cold Climate; Quest of Eagles; September Song; Conjugal Rites; A Raging Calm; The Hanged Man; Charlie Chalk; My Son, My Son; Jackanory) and movies (Educating Rita; Eagle in a Cage; Dead Cert) (born July 9, 1935 – died Jan. 11, 2001; age 65). Michael Williams died of lung cancer. (Michael Williams 1979 My Son, My Son Photo)
Red Kelly (nee Leonard Kelly)
Hockey Hall of Fame Canadian NHL defenceman, 8x Stanley Cups (4 Detroit Red Wings; 4 Toronto Maple Leafs), James Norris & Lady Byng Trophies, NHL coach (Los Angeles Kings; Pittsburgh Penguins; Toronto Maple Leafs) (born July 9, 1927 – died May 2, 2019; age 91). Cause of death for Red Kelley is unknown. (Red Kelly 1963 – 1964 Photo)
Cullen Landis (nee James Cullen Landis; brother of Margaret Landis)
American director & actor of early sound & silent films (On to Reno; The Dixie Flyer; With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo; The Broken Mask; Perils of the Coast Guard; Lights of New York; The Midnight Flyer; Peacock Feathers; Finnegan’s Ball; Heroes of the Night; Sweet Rosie O’Grady), WWII US Army officer (born July 9, 1896 – died Aug. 26, 1975; age 79). (Cullen Landis 1921)
Daniel Guggenheim (brother of Solomon R. Guggenheim)
American businessman, mine owner (Guggenheim Brothers; American Smelting and Refining Company) producing tin, gold, diamonds, rubber, & copper; aeronautics research philanthropist (Daniel Guggenheim Medal; Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics) (born July 9, 1856 – died Sept. 28, 1930; age 74). (Daniel Guggenheim 1910: Bain News)
U.S. National Inventors Hall of Fame American mechanic & inventor (zipper; sewing machine), held the 1st American patent for a sewing machine with a lockstitch loop, awarded the Legion d’honneur at the 1867 Paris Exhibition; businessman (founder of the Howe Sewing Machine Co.) (born July 9, 1819 – died Oct. 3, 1867; age 48). (Elias Howe Jr. c. 1850: Southworth & Hawes)
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