Famous People Born In 1909

• Gene Krupa

  Drummer

  Illinois, United States of America

• Benny Goodman

  Clarinetist

  Illinois, United States of America

• Elia Kazan

  Director

  Istanbul, Turkey

• Simone Weil

  Philosopher

  Île-de-France, France

• Kwame Nkrumah

  Politician

  Western Region, Ghana

• Saul Alinsky

  Writer

  Illinois, United States of America

• Miep Gies

  Activist

  Vienna, Austria

• Jean Gardner Batten

  Aviator

  North Island, New Zealand

• William M. Branham

  Christianity

  Kentucky, United States of America

• Margaret Brooke Sullavan

  Actress

  Virginia, United States of America

• C. N. Annadurai

  Politician

  Tamil Nadu, India

• Katherine Dunham

  Dancer

  Illinois, United States of America

• Wallace Stegner

  Author

  Iowa, United States of America

• Peter Drucker

  Businessman

  Vienna, Austria

• James Mason

  Actor

  England, United Kingdom

• Vivian Vance

  Actress

  Kansas, United States of America

• U Thant

  Diplomat

  Ayeyarwady, Myanmar

• Harriet Nelson

  Singer

  Iowa, United States of America

• Edwin H. Land

  Scientist

  Connecticut, United States of America

• Rita Levi-Montalcini

  Academic

  Italy

• Edward Lawrie Tatum

  Biochemist

  Colorado, United States of America

• Eugene Ionesco

  Playwright

  Olt, Romania

• James Agee

  Author

  Tennessee, United States of America

• Ernest Gallo

  Entrepreneur

  California, United States of America

• Sir Nicholas Winton

  Stockbroker

  England, United Kingdom

• Jessica Tandy

  Actress

  England, United Kingdom

• Burl Ives

  Singer

  Illinois, United States of America

• Juan Carlos Onetti

  Author

  Uruguay

• Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche

  Business Leader

  Lower Austria, Austria

• Francis Bacon

  Painter

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• Mother Maybelle Carter

  Guitarist

  Virginia, United States Of America

• Ben Webster

  Saxophonist

  Missouri, United States of America

• "Mad Sam" DeStefano

  Criminal

  Illinois, United States of America

• Edward Tatum

  Scientist

  Colorado, United States of America

• Art Tatum

  Pianist

  Ohio, United States of America

• Victor Borge

  Comedian

  Copenhagen, Denmark

• Eudora Welty

  Author

  Mississippi, United States of America

• Clyde Barrow

  Criminal

  Texas, United States of America

• Isaiah Berlin

  Academic

  Latvia

• Ciro Alegria

  Activist

  La Libertad, Peru

• Joseph L. Mankiewicz

  Director

  Pennsylvania, United States Of America

• Johnny Mercer

  Songwriter

  Georgia, united states of America

• Lester Young

  Saxophonist

  Mississippi, united states of America

• Jonas Zemaitis

  Politician

  Lithuania

• Muhammad Ali Bogra

  Former Prime Minister of Pakistan

  Barisal, Bangladesh

• Errol Flynn

  Actor

  Tasmania, Australia