February 9: Today's Notable Birthdays

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?

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

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

February 9th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

February 9th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Italian composer and choreographer Gasparo Angiolini was born on February 9, 1731.

Robert Morris, American sculptor (The Fallen and the Saved, Observatory and Transcendence), was born on February 9, 1931.

Dutch architect Jacobus J.P. Oud was born on February 9, 1890

February 9th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

American professional football player Bill Bergey (Philadelphia Eagles) was born on February 9, 1945.

Jackie Fields, American boxer and Olympic gold medalist (1924), was born on February 9, 1908.

Philip Jackson Ford, Jr., American professional basketball player (Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks and New Jersey Nets) and Olympic gold medalist (1976), was born on February 9, 1956.

Vladimir Alvino Guerrero, Dominican professional baseball player (Anaheim Angels and Montreal Expos), was born on February 9, 1976.

James King, American basketball player and Olympic gold medalist (1968), was born on February 9, 1943.

Lennox Lewis, Canadian boxer and Olympic gold medalist (1988) and television personality (Celebrity Apprentice), was born on February 9, 1965.

Peder Lunde, Jr., Norwegian yachtsman and Olympic gold medalist (1960 ), was born on February 9, 1942.

Jonny Nilsson, Swedish speed skater and Olympic gold medalist (1964), was born on February 9, 1943.

Vince Papale, American professional football player (Philadelphia Eagles), was born on February 9, 1946. Vince Papale's life story was the inspiration for the 2006 motion picture Invincible, starring Mark Wahlberg.

American professional golfer Jo Ann Prentice was born on February 9, 1933.

American professional baseball player Victor Woodrow (Vic) Wertz (Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins and St. Louis Browns) was born on February 9, 1925.