Famous People Born on January 9

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
1875
American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (d. 1942)
Vrindavan Lal Verma
1889
Indian author and playwright (d. 1969)
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M. L. Carr
1951
American basketball player, coach, and executive
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John B. Watson
1879
American psychologist and academic (d. 1958)
Thomas Warton
1728
English poet, historian, and critic (d. 1790)
Samardo Samuels
1989
Jamaican-American basketball player
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Carrie Chapman Catt
1859
American activist, founded the League of Women Voters and International Alliance of Women (d. 1947)
Ahmed Sékou Touré
1922
Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (d. 1984)
Catherine
1982
Princess of Wales
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Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)
1848
Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)
1554
Heiner Müller
1929
German poet, playwright, and director (d. 1995)
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