October 9: Today's Notable Birthdays

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?

Is October 9th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on October 9th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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October 9th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

October 9th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Polish watercolor painter Maksymilian Gierymski (Apple-Tree over the Stream, Charge of Russian Horse Artillery, Prayer of Jews on Sabbath, Rifle Range in a Grove, Skirmish with Tatars and Two Riders) was born on October 9, 1846. His brother, Aleksander Gierymski, is also a painter.

Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro Gomez (Blade II, The Devil's Backbone, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth and The Spirit of the Beehive) was born on October 9, 1964.

Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, American sculptor (Beatrice Cenci, Daphne, Medusa, Oenone, Puck, Sleeping Faun, Waking Faun and Zenobia: Queen of Palmyra in Chains), was born on October 9, 1830.

French operatic and symphonic composer Charles-Camille Saint-Saens (Danse Macabre, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Le Rouet d'Omphale and Samson et Dalila) was born on October 9, 1835.

Jacques Tati Tatischeff, film director (Forza Bastia, Jour de Fete, Mon Oncle, Parade, Playtime and Trafic) and Academy Award winner (1958), was born on October 9, 1908.

William (Bill) Edward Tidy, British cartoonist (The Cloggies and The Fosdyke Saga), was born on October 9, 1933.

Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Fortunino Frencesco Verdi (Aida and La Traviata), was born on October 9, 1813.

October 9th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Arlene Boxhall, Zimbabwean field hockey player and Olympic gold medalist (1980), was born on October 9, 1961.

Klaes Karppinen, Finnish relay runner and Olympic gold medalist (1936), was born on October 9, 1907.

Kusuo Kitamura, Japanese swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1932), was born on October 9, 1917.