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From 2007 to 2019, he played Howard Wolowitz on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory and won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for the role.
Famous Birthdays on December 9
1980 — Simon Helberg
American actor, comedian, and musician
December 9 has 263 recorded notable births across history, from 1392 to 2005. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on December 9
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- 1922 Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland. Source
- 1851 The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal. Source
- 1861 American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by Congress. Source
- 1931 The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic. Source
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John Milton's 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost was written in blank verse and included 12 books, written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval.
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For this work, Haber has been called one of the most important scientists and industrial chemists in human history.
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McKayla Maroney was a member of the American women's gymnastics team, dubbed the Fierce Five, that won a gold medal in the team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Stacey Abrams's efforts have been widely credited with boosting voter turnout in Georgia, including in the 2020 presidential election, when Joe Biden narrowly won the state, and in Georgia's 2020–21 regularly scheduled and special U.
More major people born on December 9
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1608
John Milton
English poet and philosopher (died 1674)
John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost was written in blank verse and included 12 books, written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval.
1868
Fritz Haber
Polish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1934)
Fritz Jakob Haber was a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber process, a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas.
1995
McKayla Maroney
American gymnast
McKayla Rose Maroney is an American former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the American women's gymnastics team, dubbed the Fierce Five, that won a gold medal in the team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
1973
Stacey Abrams
American politician and activist
Stacey Yvonne Abrams is an American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017, serving as minority leader from 2011 to 2017.
1930
Buck Henry
American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2020)
Buck Henry was an American actor, screenwriter, and director. Henry's contributions to film included his work as a co-writer for Mike Nichols's The Graduate (1967) for which he received a nomination for the Academy…
1991
Choi Min-ho
South Korean singer and actor
Choi Min-ho, known mononymously as Minho, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, rapper and actor.
1980
Ryder Hesjedal
Canadian cyclist
Eric Ryder Hesjedal is a Canadian retired professional racing cyclist who competed in mountain biking and road racing between 1998 and 2016.
1993
Mark McMorris
Canadian snowboarder
Mark Lee McMorris is a Canadian professional snowboarder who specializes in slopestyle and big air events.
1982
Ryan Grant
American football player
Ryan Brett Grant is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL).
1916
Colin McCool
Australian cricketer (died 1986)
Colin Leslie McCool was an Australian cricketer who played in 14 Test matches between 1946 and 1950.
1930
Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores
Guatemalan soldier and politician, 27th President of Guatemala (died 2016)
Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as the Head of Government from August 1983 to January 1986.
1942
Dick Butkus
American football player, sportscaster, and actor (died 2023)
Richard Marvin Butkus was an American professional football player, sports commentator, and actor. He was a linebacker for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) from 1965 to 1973.
1901
Ödön von Horváth
Hungarian-German author and playwright (died 1938)
Edmund Josef von Horváth was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the nom de plume Ödön von Horváth.
1931
Cliff Hagan
American basketball player-coach
Clifford Oldham Hagan is an American former professional basketball player. A 6′ 4″ forward who excelled with the hook shot, Hagan, nicknamed "Li’l Abner", played his entire 10-year NBA career (1956–1966) with the St.
1944
Neil Innes
English singer-songwriter (died 2019)
Neil James Innes was an English songwriter, writer, comedian and musician.
1493
Íñigo López de Mendoza
4th Duke of the Infantado (died 1566)
Íñigo Lopez de Mendoza y Pimentel, 4th Duke of the Infantado was a Spanish nobleman. He was made a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1546, the 193rd to receive that distinction.
1945
Michael Nouri
American actor
Michael Nouri is an American screen and stage actor. He is best known for his television roles, including Dr. Neil Roberts on The O.C.
1946
Sonia Gandhi
Italian-Indian politician
Sonia Gandhi is an Italian-born Indian politician. She is the longest-serving president of the Indian National Congress, a big-tent liberal political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independence…
1392
Peter
Duke of Coimbra (died 1449)
Dom Peter, Duke of Coimbra, KG was a Portuguese infante (prince) of the House of Aviz, son of King Dom John I of Portugal and his wife, Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt.