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Notable Birthdays for December 9

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Those born on this date include:

- English poet John Milton in 1608
- journalist Joel Chandler Harris, author of the Uncle Remus stories, in 1845
- Clarence Birdseye, industrialist/inventor, noted as the father of frozen foods, in 1886
- actor Hermione Gingold in 1897
- circus clown Emmett Kelly in 1898
- actor Margaret Hamilton in 1902
- bandleader Freddy Martin in 1906
- actors Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in 1909 and Broderick Crawford in 1911
- former Speaker of the House Thomas Tip O'Neill, D-Mass., in 1912
- actor Kirk Douglas in 1916 (age 100)
- comedian Redd Foxx in 1922
- actors Dina Merrill in 1925 (age 91), Dick Van Patten in 1928 (age 88), John Cassavetes in 1929, Buck Henry in 1930 (age 86)
- Judi Dench in 1934 (age 82) and Beau Bridges in 1941 (age 75)
- football Hall of Fame members Deacon Jones in 1938 and Dick Butkus in 1942 (age 74)
- actors Michael Nouri in 1945 (age 71), Michael Dorn in 1952 (age 64) and John Malkovich in 1953 (age 63)
- golf Hall of Fame member Tom Kite in 1949 (age 67)
- singers Joan Armatrading in 1950 (age 66) and Donny Osmond in 1957 (age 59)
- and actors Joe Lando in 1961 (age 55) and Felicity Huffman in 1962 (age 54).

 


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