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Chris O'Dowd received wide attention as Roy Trenneman, one of the lead characters in the Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd, which ran for four seasons from 2006 to 2010.
Famous Birthdays on October 9
1979 — Chris O'Dowd
Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter
October 9 has 221 recorded notable births across history, from 1201 to 2002. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on October 9
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- 1981 President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France. Source
- 1847 Slavery is abolished in the Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy. Source
- 1918 The Finnish Parliament elects Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse as King of Finland, but he never accedes to the throne due to Germany's defeat in World War I. Source
- 2016 The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its first attack on Myanmar security forces along the Bangladesh–Myanmar border. Source
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David Cameron is the most recent British prime minister to have held the office continually for a full parliament of five years.
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The film centers on the only full-length post-Beatles concert John Lennon and Yoko Ono performed, the "One to One" benefit show in 1972.
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In 2025, following the death of his wife, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Edward became the oldest living member of the British royal family.
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Charles X was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830.
More major people born on October 9
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1966
David Cameron
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton, is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016.
1975
Sean Lennon
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
Sean Tarō Ono Lennon is a British and American musician. He is the son of the musical artists John Lennon and Yoko Ono and half-brother of Julian Lennon and Kyoko Cox.
1935
Prince Edward
Duke of Kent
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, is a member of the British royal family.
1757
Charles X of France (died 1836)
Charles X was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother to former reigning kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile.
1936
Brian Blessed
English actor
Brian Blessed is an English actor. He is known for his distinctive bushy beard, loud booming voice, and exuberant personality and performances.
1958
Mike Singletary
American football player and coach
Michael Singletary, nicknamed "Samurai Mike", is an American former professional football player and coach. He played as a linebacker for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL).
1979
Alex Greenwald
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Alexander Greenwald is an American musician and actor. Prior to his music career, he began his professional career as a teen actor with both live-action and animated roles in films like The Halloween Tree (1993) and No…
1941
Trent Lott
American lawyer and politician
Chester Trent Lott Sr. is an American lobbyist, lawyer, author, and politician who represented Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1989 and in the United States Senate from 1989 to…
1959
Boris Nemtsov
Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (died 2015)
Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov was a Russian physicist, liberal statesman and politician, opposition leader and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin.
1947
France Gall
French singer (died 2018)
Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall, known professionally as France Gall, was a French yé-yé and pop singer.
1903
Walter O'Malley
American lawyer and businessman (died 1979)
Walter Francis O'Malley was an American sports executive who owned the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers team in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1979.
1968
Guto Bebb
Welsh businessman and politician
Guto ap Owain Bebb is a Welsh politician and former business consultant who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberconwy from 2010 to 2019, having previously lost elections to the Welsh Assembly and the House of…
1992
Jerian Grant
American basketball player
Holdyn Jerian Grant is an American professional basketball player for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague.
1934
Abdullah Ibrahim
South African pianist and composer (died 2026)
Abdullah Ibrahim, previously known as Dollar Brand, was a South African pianist and composer.
1958
Al Jourgensen
Cuban-American singer-songwriter and producer
Alain David Jourgensen is a Cuban-American singer, musician and music producer, closely related to the independent record label Wax Trax! Records. His musical career spans nearly five decades.
1899
Bruce Catton
American historian and author (died 1978)
Charles Bruce Catton was an American historian and journalist who wrote books concerning the American Civil War.
1918
Charles Read
Australian air marshal (died 2014)
Air Marshal Sir Charles Frederick Read, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He served as Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) from 1972 to 1975.
1996
Jacob Batalon
Filipino-American actor
Jacob Andres Batalon is an American actor. Batalon achieved international recognition playing Ned Leeds in five Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero films, beginning with a supporting role in Spider-Man: Homecoming…
1837
Francis Wayland Parker
American theorist and academic (died 1902)
Francis Wayland Parker was a pioneer of the progressive school movement in the United States. He believed that education should include the complete development of an individual — mental, physical, and moral.