Today's Famous People's Birthday: October 9.

Today is another day to celebrate the birthdays of famous people around the World who are known for their outstanding work and contributions to humanity.

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Who Are The Famous People Born Today, October 9?Alfred Dreyfus will have been 165 years old today.Quick Fact About Alfred Dreyfus Alastair Sim will have been 124 years old today.Quick Fact About Alastair Sim John Lennon will have been 84 years old today.Quick Fact About John Lennon PJ Harvey is 55 years old today.Quick Facts about PJ Harvey More Famous People’s Birthday Bella Hadid is 28 years old today.Lecrae Moore is 45 years old today.Tyler James Williams is 32 years old today.Sharon Osbourne is 72 years old today.Tony Shalhoub is 71 years old today.Guillermo del Toro is 60 years old today.Sir Donald Sinden will have been 101 years old today.Brian Blessed is 88 years old today.John Entwhistle is 80 years old today.Scott Bakula is 70 years old today.Sean Lennon is 49 years old today.Nicky Byrne is 46 years old today.

Some famous people have been honoured with monuments, and some have had streets, events, and even holidays named after them. They span across various fields and sectors.

Join the News God Team as we celebrate the famous people born today, October 9, and highlight their extraordinary achievements for humanity and the World.

Who Are The Famous People Born Today, October 9?

Join the News God Team as we celebrate the birthday of some famous people born today:

Alfred Dreyfus will have been 165 years old today.

Today is the birthday of famous French artillery officer Alfred Dreyfus, who was wrongfully accused and convicted, due to antisemitism, of being a spy for the German Empire in 1894.

Alfred Dreyfus was a victim of judicial conspiracy because of his Alsatian origin and Jewish ethnicity and faith. He was sentenced to degradation and deported after a secret court martial hearing on January 5, 1895, to the penal colony on Devil’s Island to be imprisoned until his death.

A series of investigations by French intelligence, led by Lieutenant Colonel Georges Picquart, found Alfred Dreyfus innocent and Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, the real traitor. The evidence proving Alfred Dreyfus’s innocence was covered up, but a report of Alfred’s innocence was leaked to the press, which resulted in a major political crisis during the Third Republic, known as the Dreyfus Affair.

Émile Zola led a campaign for Alfred Dreyfus’s innocence after a series of publications resulted in Dreyfus’s pardon by President Émile Loubet in 1899. He was acquitted by a military commission, rehabilitated, and reinstated in the French Army, with a promotion to the rank of major.

Alfred was born to Raphaël and Jeannette Dreyfus Libmann on October 9, 1859, in Mulhouse, French Empire. He was admitted into École Polytechnique military school in Paris in October 1877 after his 18th birthday. After completing his military training and education in the sciences, he graduated in 1880 and was commissioned into the French Army with the rank of sub-lieutenant. He later specialized as an artillery officer at the artillery school at Fontainebleau.

Alfred Dreyfus, 31, married 20-year-old Lucie Eugénie Hadamard on April 18, 1891. The couple was blessed with two children: Pierre (1891–1946) and Jeanne (1893–1981).

In October 1907, he was granted retirement from the Army due to ill health at age 48 but re-entered the Army as a major of artillery during World War I. He died at age 75 in July 1935.

Quick Fact About Alfred Dreyfus

Alfred Dreyfus was the youngest of nine children of Raphaël and Jeannette Dreyfus Libmann.
He received his military training at École Polytechnique military school.
Alfred was 11 years older than her wife, Lucie Eugénie Hadamard.
He served in the First World War with his son Pierre.

Alastair Sim will have been 124 years old today.

Despite entering the film industry late, Alastair Sim became one of the most famous performers of his time. Born October 9, 1900, Alastair Sim is one of the most famous people born today, October 9.

As the second son of Alexander Sim and Isabella McIntyre, Alastair grew up in Edinburgh and attended Bruntsfield Primary School, James Gillespie’s High School, and George Heriot’s School. He successfully gained admission to study analytical chemistry at the University of Edinburgh but was called up to serve in the Army during the First World War.

After the War ended and Sim was honourably discharged from the military, he decided to pursue a career as an actor instead of pursuing his education. He took a job at the Burgh Assessor’s office, joined poetry reading classes in his free time, and won a gold medal at the Edinburgh Music Festival for verse speaking.

Sim was employed as an elocution teacher at a further education college in Dalry, Edinburgh. Alistair undertook a further course in elocution and was appointed a Fulton Lecturer in Elocution at the University of Edinburgh.

Alistair finally made his Broadway debut at age 31 in October 1931. He was hired for 16 months as a member of the Old Vic company. He made his film debut at age 35 and became the lead actor in British Cinema.

Some of his famous works include “The Happiest Days of Your Life” (1950), “Green for Danger” (1946), “Hue and Cry” (1947), “The Belles of St. Trinian’s” (1954), “Scrooge” (1951), and “An Inspector Calls” (1954).

Alistair was elected Rector of the University of Edinburgh in 1948. He was appointed CBE and later rejected a knighthood.

He died in 1976, aged 75, at the University College Hospital, London., from complications of lung cancer.

Quick Fact About Alastair Sim

Alastair Sim’s full name is Alastair George Bell Sim.
Sim refused to be interviewed throughout his career.
Alastair starred in 61 films and 46 West End productions.
Sim never signed autographs.
He married Naomi Plaskitt and had only one child.

John Lennon will have been 84 years old today.

The world will never forget a talented English singer, songwriter and musician, John Lennon, who met his tragic death at the hands of wicked gunmen after returning from a recording session.

As we celebrate the birthdays of famous people born today, October 9, we also celebrate the birthday of John Lennon, who will have been 84 years old.

Known as the Beatles’ founder, co-lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist, John Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England, to Alfred Lennon, a merchant seaman, and Julia Lennon. John was raised by his mother’s older sister, Mimi Smith. He attended Dovedale Primary School and later Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool.

Lennon lost her mother at the age of 18. the death of her mother had a toll on him and made him addicted to alcohol and get into fights. With the help of her aunt and headmaster, John was admitted into the Liverpool College of Art after failing his O-level examinations.

His musical career began at age 15 when he formed a skiffle group, “the Quarrymen”, which later became “The Beatles” in the early 1960s with the addition of George Harrison and Paul McCartney. They released their single, “Love Me Do”, in October 1962, which was a success and reached No. 17 on the British charts. “The Beatles” debut “Please Please Me” was released on February 11, 1963, and recorded in under 10 hours.

The group became internationally known after its debut US appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” In 1965, Queen Elizabeth II appointed all the members of “The Beatles” to the Order of the British Empire (MBE).

John began starring in films, including “How I Won the Wa,” and authored two nonsense books: “A Spaniard in the Works” and “In His Own Write.” In 1969, Lennon formed the Plastic Ono Band with his second wife, Yoko Ono.

After “The Beatles” was disbanded, he began a solo career and released his debut solo album “John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band” and the hits singles “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”, “Instant Karma!”, “Give Peace a Chance”, and “Imagine.”

After a five-year break from music and the public eye, John made a comeback in 1980 with Ono’s collaboration album “Double Fantasy.” Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman three weeks after the album’s release; he was shot four times in the back and died at age 40.

John married Cynthia Lennon in 1962, and they divorced in 1968. They had one child. He married again to Yoko Ono in 1969, and they had one child and stayed married until John’s death.

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice and the Songwriters Hall of Fame and. Lennon also won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

Quick Fact About John Lennon

John Lennon lost her mother at age 18.
John had two children
Her mother bought him his first guitar.
John was shot four times in the back and died at age 40.

PJ Harvey is 55 years old today.

Polly Jean Harvey, professionally known as PJ Harvey, is one of the celebrities born on October 9. PJ Harvey is a celebrated English singer-songwriter and musician known for her versatile and intense musical style. Harvey was born to her parents on October 9, 1969, in Bridport, Dorset, England. The famous PJ Harvey started in 1988 when she joined the band Automatic Dlamini before she formed her trio, PJ Harvey, in 1991.

PJ Harvey is primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist but is talented with various instruments. Following the trio disbanded, Harvey continued as a solo artist, releasing influential albums like To Bring You My Love (1995), Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000), and Let England Shake (2011). Her most recent album, I Inside the Old Year Dying, was released in 2023.

PJ Harvey’s numerous awards and achievements testify to her versatility and enduring influence in the music industry.

Harvey has made history as the only artist to have won the Mercury Prize twice, impressively, right? She won her first Mercury prize for Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, and followed it with Let England Shake.

PJ Harvey’s talent has earned her seven Grammy and eight Brit Award nominations. Rolling Stone has also recognized her as the Best New Artist and Singer-Songwriter. Harvey was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) title in 2013 for services to music.

Quick Facts about PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey was voted the No.1 female rock star in history in a British rock magazine Q readers poll 2001.
PJ Harvey was awarded the MBE in the 2013
Harvey has a degree in sculpture
PJ Harvey won the Mercury Prize
PJ Harvey’s favourite song is “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell.
She was passionate about horses and wanted to be a vet growing up.