Famous People Born on May 9

János Batsányi
1763
Hungarian-Austrian poet and author (d. 1845)
Jake Long
1985
American football player
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Adam Opel
1837
German engineer, founded the Opel Company (d. 1895)
Ion Țiriac
1939
Romanian tennis player and manager
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Edward Weston
1850
English-American chemist (d. 1936)
Joy Harjo
1951
American poet, musician, playwright and author, 23rd United States Poet Laureate
Wendy Crewson
1956
Canadian actress and producer
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J. M. Barrie
1860
Scottish novelist and playwright (d. 1937)
Mike Wallace
1918
American journalist (d. 2012)
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Candice Bergen
1946
American actress and producer
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Glenda Jackson
1936
English actress and politician (d. 2023)
Jerónima de la Asunción
1555
Spanish Catholic nun and founder of the first monastery in Manila (d. 1630)

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