Did you know
Jacobs was on Time magazine's "2010 Time 100" list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and was #14 on Out magazine's 2012 list of "50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America".
Famous Birthdays on April 9
1963 — Marc Jacobs
American-French fashion designer
April 9 has 260 recorded notable births across history, from 1096 to 2004. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on April 9
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- 1952 Hugo Ballivián's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalization of tin mines Source
- 1947 The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel. Source
- 1784 The Treaty of Paris, ratified by the United States Congress on January 14, 1784, is ratified by King George III of the Kingdom of Great Britain, ending the American Revolutionary War. Copies of the ratified documents are exchanged on May 12, 1784. Source
- 1609 Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce. Source
Did you know
Jesse McCartney achieved fame in the late 1990s on the daytime drama All My Children as JR Chandler.
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Joe Scarborough was named in the 2011 Time 100 as one of the most influential people in the world.
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Gian Maria Volonté is also recognized for his performances in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge (1970), Giuliano Montaldo's Sacco & Vanzetti (1971) and Giordano Bruno (1973), and Francesco Rosi's Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979).
Did you know
After an independent release in the late 1980s, he signed with Curb Records in 1990, for which he would record until 2008.
More major people born on April 9
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1987
Jesse McCartney
American singer-songwriter and actor
Jesse McCartney is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He achieved fame in the late 1990s on the daytime drama All My Children as JR Chandler.
1963
Joe Scarborough
American journalist, lawyer, and politician
Charles Joseph Scarborough is an American television host and former politician who is the co-host of Morning Joe on MS NOW, alongside his wife Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist.
1933
Gian Maria Volonté
Italian actor (died 1994)
Gian Maria Volonté was an Italian actor and activist. He is known for his roles in Italian Western films: Ramón Rojo in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (1964), El Indio in Leone's For a Few Dollars More (1965), El…
1953
Hal Ketchum
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
Hal Michael Ketchum was an American country music singer and songwriter. Born in Greenwich, New York, he began his professional music career in Texas.
1926
Harris Wofford
American politician, author, and civil rights activist (died 2019)
Harris Llewellyn Wofford Jr. was an American attorney, civil rights activist, and Democratic Party politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1991 to 1995.
1948
Patty Pravo
Italian singer
Nicoletta Strambelli, known professionally as Patty Pravo, is an Italian singer. She debuted in 1966 and remained most successful commercially for the rest of the 1960s and throughout the 1970s.
1970
Chorão
Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Alexandre Magno Abrão, known professionally as Chorão, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, skateboarder, filmmaker, screenwriter and businessman.
1953
John Howard
English singer-songwriter and pianist
John Howard is an English singer-songwriter, pianist and recording artist and published author.
1947
Giovanni Andrea Cornia
Italian economist and academic (died 2024)
Giovanni Andrea Cornia was an Italian development economist. He was professor of economics, department of economics and management, at the University of Florence.
1981
Dennis Sarfate
American baseball player
Dennis Scott Sarfate is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
1916
Heinz Meyer
German Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) during World War II (died 1987)
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.
1956
Nigel Shadbolt
English computer scientist and academic
Sir Nigel Richard Shadbolt is Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, and Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford.
1986
Leighton Meester
American actress
Leighton Marissa Meester is an American actress, singer, and model. She is known for her starring role as Blair Waldorf on The CW television series Gossip Girl (2007–2012).
1978
Rachel Stevens
English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
Rachel Lauren Stevens is an English singer and actress. She has been a member of the pop group S Club, which was active from 1998 to 2003, and has reformed once again since 2023.
2001
Nika Mühl
Croatian basketball player
Nika Mühl is a Croatian professional basketball player for the Portland Fire of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Sopron Basket of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A.
1906
Hugh Gaitskell
British politician and leader of the Labour Party (died 1963)
Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955 until his death in 1963.
1957
Seve Ballesteros
Spanish golfer and architect (died 2011)
Severiano Ballesteros Sota was a Spanish professional golfer, a World No. 1 who was one of the sport's leading figures from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s.
1945
Steve Gadd
American drummer and percussionist
Stephen Kendall Gadd is an American drummer and session musician.
1898
Curly Lambeau
American football player and coach (died 1965)
Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL).