November 9th Birthdays
If you were born on November 9th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Robert David Hall
American double amputee, musician, voice-over & character actor of TV (Dr. Al Robbins on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; The Littles; G.I. Joe; Life Goes On; The Practice; L.A. Law) and movies (The Negotiator; Rock Story), born November 9, 1947. (Robert David Hall 2007 Photo: Christopher Voelker)
Lou Ferrigno
American bodybuilder (1973 & 1974 Mr. Universe), fitness trainer & model (Muscle & Fitness), actor of TV (The Incredible Hulk; Trauma Center; The King of Queens) and movies (Pumping Iron; Hercules; Sinbad of the Seven Seas) born November 9, 1951. (Lou Ferrigno 2004 Photo: Raven Underdoow)
Nick Lachey (married Vanessa Minnillo; ex of Jessica Simpson)
American 98 Degrees singer (Thank God I Found You; Because of You; Give Me Just One Night; The Hardest Thing; Invisible Man; What’s Left of Me), actor & personality of films & TV (Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica; Charmed), born November 9, 1973. Brother of Drew Lachey. (Nick Lachey 2005: Craig Sjodin)
(Hedy Lamarr 1939: Paul Hesse | Marie Dressler 1931)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on November 9th!
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Eric Dane (nee Eric William T. Melvin-Dane; married Rebecca Gayheart)
American actor of TV (Dr. Mark Sloan on Grey’s Anatomy & Private Practice; Tom Chandler on The Last Ship; Charmed; Gideon’s Crossing; Euphoria; Countdown) and films (Burlesque; Valentine’s Day; Marley & Me; X Men: The Last Stand; The Basket; Feast) (born Nov. 9, 1972 – died Feb. 19, 2026; age 53). (Eric Dane 2017 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
American actor of TV (Mac Robinson on Night Court; Abe Johnson on Love & War; Hart of Dixie; Buffalo Bill; Home Improvement; Ink; Flamingo Road; Mom; This is Us), movies (River’s End; Set It Off; Beowulf; Jackson; Even Money; Gray Lady Down; The River; Drive, He Said; Steam; Maybe Someday) (born Nov. 9, 1945 – died July 11, 2021; age 75). (Charles Robinson 1975 Black Gestapo)
Bob Gibson (nee Robert Gibson; “Gibby” or “Hoot“)
Baseball Hall of Fame American professional baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals MLB pitcher (1959-1975), 1968 NL MVP, 2-time Cy Young Award Winner (1968, 1970) & World Series Champ (1964, 1967), 9-time MLB All-Star and Gold Glove winner (born Nov. 9, 1925 – died Oct. 2, 2020; age 84). Bob Gibson died of pancreatic cancer. (Bob Gibson 1962 Photo: Baseball Digest)
Hedy Lamarr (nee Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; )
National Inventors Hall of Fame (WWII torpedo radio guidance system) Austrian-American movie actress (Algiers; White Cargo; Samson and Delilah; The Female Animal; I Take This Woman; Comrade X; Dishonored Lady; Ziegfeld Girl) (born Nov. 9, 1914 – died Jan. 19, 2000; age 85). Ex of Gene Markey, John Loder & Fritz Mandl. (Hedy Lamarr 1944 The Conspirators Trailer)
Mary Travers (ex of Barry Feinstein)
Grammy Award-winning American folk singer & songwriter in 1960s Vocal Group Hall of Fame trio Peter, Paul & Mary (If I Had a Hammer; Blowin’ in the Wind; Puff, the Magic Dragon; Leaving on a Jet Plane) (born Nov. 9, 1936 – died Sept 16, 2009; age 72). Mary Travers had leukemia and died after a bone marrow transplant. (Mary Travers 1964 The Jack Benny Program)
Dorothy Dandridge (ex of Harold Nicholas)
American singer, dancer & film actress (Carmen Jones; Porgy and Bess; Island in the Sun; Bright Road; Malaga; Remains to Be Seen; Lady From Louisiana; The Decks Ran Red; Bahama Passage; Sundown; Sun Valley Serenade; The Harlem Globetrotters) (born Nov. 9, 1922 – died Sept. 8, 1965; age 42). Dorothy Dandridge died of an accidental overdose. (Dorothy Dandridge 1959)
Mae Marsh (nee Mary Marsh; sister of Marguerite, Frances & Oliver Marsh)
Actress of silent & classic films (Polly of the Circus; Intolerance; The Birth of a Nation; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm; Bachelor of Arts; Over the Hill; Impact; While the City Sleeps; The Fighting Kentuckian; 3 Godfathers; A Letter to Three Wives; The Grapes of Wrath; The Quiet Man; The Gunfighter) (born Nov. 9, 1894 – died Feb. 13, 1968; age 73). (Mae Marsh 1914)
American actor of classic & silent films (The Plainsman; The Ghost Walks; The Sea Bat; Our Blushing Brides; Susan Lenox [Her Fall and Rise]; Possessed; The Rich Are Always With Us; Whistling in the Dark; Belle of the Nineties; Show Girl in Hollywood; Devil’s Island; Almost a Lady; The Final Extra; The Yankee Clipper) (born Nov. 9, 1892 – died Jan. 24, 1960; age 67). (John Miljan 1925)
Carl Sagan (married Ann Druyan)
Pulitzer Prize-winning American astrophysicist, astrobiologist, astronomer, natural science researcher (SETI / extraterrestrial life & communications), science fiction novelist (Contact; The Dragons of Eden), & screenwriter (Cosmos: A Personal Voyage), (born Nov. 9, 1934 – died Dec. 20, 1996; age 62). Carl Sagan died of pneumonia. (Carl Sagan 1970 Photo: NASA JPL)
Florence Chadwick
International Swimming Hall of fame American long distance ocean swimmer, first woman to swim the English Channel both ways, the Straits of Gibraltar, & the Catalina Channel, in record-setting time; Catalina swimsuit spokesperson (born Nov. 9, 1918 – died Mar. 15, 1995; age 76). Florence Chadwick died of leukemia. (Florence Chadwick 1963)
Marie Dressler (nee Leila Marie Koerber)
Academy Award-winning Canadian-American comedic actress of vaudeville, Broadway stages, silent movies & early films until 1933 (Min and Bill; Dinner at Eight; Tillie’s Punctured Romance; Tugboat Annie; Emma; Christopher Bean; Anna Christie) (born Nov. 9, 1868 – died July 28, 1934; age 65). Marie Dressler died of cancer. (Marie Dressler 1933 Dinner at Eight Trailer)
Robert Douglas (nee Robert Douglas Finlayson; ex of Dorothy Hyson)
British movie & TV director (12 O’Clock High; Adam-12; The F.B.I.; 77 Sunset Strip; Cannon; The Streets of San Francisco; Medical Center; Barnaby Jones; Hawaiian Eye; Trapper John, M.D.), and film actor (Adventures of Don Juan; The Flame and the Arrow; Homicide; Kim; The Fountainhead) (born Nov. 9, 1909 – died Jan. 11, 1999; age 89). (Robert Douglas 1952 The Prisoner of Zenda)
Gertrude Astor (nee Gertrude Irene Eyster)
American film actress (Ship of Souls; Kentucky Pride; Stage Struck; The Cat and the Canary; The Boy Friend; The Little Orphan; Rupert of Hentzau) & extra (3 Godfathers; Harvey; All About Eve; How Green Was My Valley; Sunset Boulevard; The Great Ziegfeld; The Story of Seabiscuit) (born Nov. 9, 1887 – died Nov. 9, 1977; age 90). Gertrude Astor died of a stroke. (Gertrude Astor 1926)
Edna May Oliver (nee Edna May Nutter)
American actress of stage, silent films (The American Venus), and classic movies (Drums Along the Mohawk; Cimarron; David Copperfield; Fanny Foley Herself; Little Women; A Tale of Two Cities; The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle; Pride and Prejudice; Romeo and Juliet; Lydia) (born Nov. 9, 1883 – died Nov. 9, 1942; age 59). (Edna May Oliver 1931 Illustration: Motion Picture Herald)
Ed Wynn (nee Isaiah Edwin Leopold; ex of Hilda Keenan)
American producer, director, writer, host, actor & comedian of vaudeville & Broadway stages (Ziegfeld Follies), radio (The Fire Chief, TV (The Ed Wynn Show; All Star Revue), and movies (Mary Poppins; The Diary of Anne Frank; That Darn Cat!; Those Calloways; The Great Man) (born Nov. 9, 1886 – died June 19, 1966; age 79). Father of Keenan Wynn/ (Ed Wynn 1933: MGM)
Mabel Normand (nee Amabel Ethelreid Normand; married Lew Cody)
American silent film producer, director, screenwriter, & actress (Tillie’s Punctured Romance; Mabel’s Blunder; The Extra Girl; Her Awakening; Mabel’s Strange Predicament; Mickey; One Hour Married; Fatty and Mabel Adrift) (born Nov. 9, 1893 – died Feb. 23, 1930; age 36). Ex-fiancee of Mack Sennett. Mabel Normand died of tuberculosis. (Mabel Normand Film Studio 1916)
King Edward VII of England (nee Albert Edward; “Bertie“)
English Prince (of Wales; of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), Duke (Cornwall; Rothesay; Saxony), Earl (Chester, Dublin); son of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; married Alexandra of Denmark (Princess of Wales & Queen of England); father of King George V (born Nov. 9, 1841 – died May 6, 1910; age 68). (King Edward VII c. 1901: Luke Fildes)
American Beaux-Arts architect (Washington Square Arch; Madison Square Garden; New York Herald Building; Bowery Savings Bank Building; Lambs Club Building) (born Nov. 9, 1853 – died June 25, 1906; age 52). Stanford White was murdered by Evelyn Nesbit’s husband Harry Kendall Thaw, resulting in “The Trial of the Century“. (Stanford White c. 1892: George Cox)
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