The 190th day of the year, the 191st in a leap year
Born on 9 July
Every 9 July birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Cancer, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- CancerWater, cardinal, ruled by the Moon.
- Birthstone
- RubyThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Larkspur, Water lilyUsually taken today to mean an open heart and purity.
- Most common weekdays
- Saturday and Thursday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 9 July in any year.
Which weekday 9 July falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 9 July falls on every day of the week: Saturday 16, Thursday 16, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Tuesday 15.
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How common a birthday 9 July is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,859 babies were born on 9 July in each year of the twenty, making it the joint 65th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 9 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Hanks | 1956– | American actor and film producer |
| Viktor Yanukovych | 1950– | President of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014 |
| Pyotr Kapitsa | 1894–1984 | Soviet physicist |
| Donald Rumsfeld | 1932–2021 | American politician and diplomat |
| Courtney Love | 1964– | American rock musician |
| Edward Heath | 1916–2005 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 |
| Hassan II | 1929–1999 | King of Morocco from 1961 to 1999 |
| Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor | 1578–1637 | Holy Roman Emperor |
| Ben Roy Mottelson | 1926–2022 | Danish-American nuclear physicist |
| Ashley Young | 1985– | English association football player |
| Franz Boas | 1858–1942 | German-American anthropologist |
| Jan Neruda | 1834–1891 | Czech poet, theater reviewer, publicist, journalist and writer |
| David Hockney | 1937–2026 | painter, printmaker, set designer, photographer |
| O. J. Simpson | 1947–2024 | American football player and actor |
| Ann Radcliffe | 1764–1823 | English author and pioneer of the Gothic novel |
| Barbara Cartland | 1901–2000 | English writer and media personality |
| John Archibald Wheeler | 1911–2008 | American physicist |
| Lindsey Graham | 1955–2026 | American politician and attorney |
Died on 9 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Zachary Taylor | 1784–1850 | president of the United States from 1849 to 1850 |
| Edmund Burke | 1729–1797 | Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher |
| Amedeo Avogadro | 1776–1856 | Italian scientist |
| Jan van Eyck | 1390–1441 | Flemish painter |
| Báb | 1819–1850 | founder of Bábism and, according to the Baháʼís, predecessor of Baháʼu'lláh |
| Philip V of Spain | 1683–1746 | King of Spain from 1700 to 1746 |
| Georges Bataille | 1897–1962 | French intellectual and literary figure |
| Anastasius I Dicorus | 430–518 | Byzantine Emperor from 491 to 518 |
| Rod Steiger | 1925–2002 | American actor |
| Fernando de la Rúa | 1937–2019 | president of Argentina from 1999 to 2001 |
| Jerzy Stuhr | 1947–2024 | Polish film and theater actor and screenwriter |
| Rip Torn | 1931–2019 | American actor |
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