October 9

• 768 – Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.
• 1238 – James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia.
• 1410 – The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.
• 1446 – The Hangul alphabet is published in Korea.
• 1594 – Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.

• 1604 – Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way.
• 1635 – Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.
• 1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.
• 1708 – Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
• 1740 – Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin a massacre of the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing at least 10,000.
• 1760 – Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
• 1779 – American Revolutionary War: A combined Franco-American assault on British defenses during the Siege of Savannah is repulsed with heavy casualties.{{cite web|title=Siege of Savannah|url=https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/siege-of-savannah|author=Grant, Larry|website=MountVernon.org|publisher= George Washington Presidential Library|access-date=November 30, 2024}}
• 1790 – A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
• 1799 – {{HMS|Lutine|1779|6}} sinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
• 1804 – Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded.
• 1806 – Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France.
• 1812 – War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: {{HMS|Detroit|1812|6}} and {{HMS|Caledonia|1807|6}}.
• 1820 – Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
• 1825 – Restauration arrives in New York Harbor from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States.
• 1831 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece, is assassinated.
• 1834 – Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
• 1847 – Slavery is abolished in the Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island.{{cite web|title=The Battle of Santa Rosa Island|url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/battle-santarosa.htm|website=NPS.gov|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=November 30, 2024}}
• 1864 – American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia during Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaign.{{cite web|title=The Battle of Tom’s Brook|url=https://www.shenandoahatwar.org/battle-of-toms-brook|website=ShenandoahAtWar.org|publisher=Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District|access-date=November 30, 2024}}
• 1873 – A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
• 1874 – The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
• 1900 – The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

• 1911 – An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Qing dynasty, beginning the Xinhai Revolution.
• 1913 – The steamship {{SS|Volturno|1906|6}} catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
• 1914 – World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
• 1918 – The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
• 1919 – The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.
• 1934 – An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
• 1936 – Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
• 1937 – Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
• 1941 – A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
• 1942 – Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.
• 1950 – The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins.
• 1962 – Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
• 1963 – In Italy, a large landslide causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000.
• 1966 – Vietnam War: the Republic of Korea Army commits the Binh Tai Massacre.
• 1967 – A day after his capture, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
• 1969 – In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight".
• 1970 – The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
• 1980 – Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
• 1981 – President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.
• 1983 – South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma, but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others.
• 1984 – The popular children's television show Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, based on The Railway Series by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, premieres on ITV.{{Cite web|title=The TV Series|url=https://www.sodor-island.com/the-tv-series|website=Sodor Island Fansite|access-date=14 June 2021}}
• 1986 – The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre.
• 1986 – Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC) launches as the fourth US television network.{{Cite news|title=Fox's Barry Diller Gambles on a Fourth TV Network|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/05/arts/fox-s-barry-diller-gambles-on-a-fourth-tv-network.html|access-date= 2021-10-05|work= New York Times|date=5 October 1986 |language=en|last1=Harmetz |first1=Aljean }}
• 1992 – The Peekskill meteorite, a {{convert|27.7|lb}} meteorite crashed into a parked car in Peekskill, New York
• 1995 – An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
• 2006 – North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
• 2007 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the 2008 financial crisis.{{Cite web|date=2016-10-07|title=George W. Bush - Key Events {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/george-w-bush/key-events|access-date=2022-01-11|website=millercenter.org|language=en}}
• 2009 – First lunar impact of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
• 2012 – Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.
• 2016 – The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its first attack on Myanmar security forces along the Bangladesh–Myanmar border.
• 2019 – Turkey begins its military offensive in north-eastern Syria.
• 2024 – Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 hurricane, causing US$34.3 billion in damage only two weeks after Hurricane Helene impacted the state.{{Cite web |last=NCEI.Monitoring.Info@noaa.gov |title=Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters {{!}} National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/events |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=www.ncei.noaa.gov |language=en}}

• 1201 – Robert de Sorbon, French minister and theologian, founded the Collège de Sorbonne (died 1274)
• 1221 – Salimbene di Adam, Italian historian and scholar (died 1290)
• 1261 – Denis of Portugal (died 1325)
• 1328 – Peter I of Cyprus (died 1369)
• 1581 – Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician, poet, and scholar (died 1638)
• 1586 – Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (died 1632)
• 1593 – Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch anatomist and politician (died 1674)

• 1609 – Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland, English noble (died 1688)
• 1623 – Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (died 1688)
• 1704 – Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician (died 1777)
• 1757 – Charles X of France (died 1836)
• 1796 – Joseph Bonomi the Younger, British Egyptologist and sculptor (died 1878)
• 1823 – Mary Ann Shadd, American-Canadian abolitionist (died 1893){{cite web|author=Scott P. |url=http://mchhistory.blogspot.com/2010/07/abraham-doras-shadd.html |title=Abraham Doras Shadd |publisher=The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog |date=July 1, 2010 |access-date=April 26, 2014}}
• 1826 – Agathon Meurman, Finnish politician and journalist (died 1909)[https://www.meurmansuku.fi/historia/agathon-meurman/ Agathon Meurman] – Agathon Meurmanin sukuseura (in Finnish)
• 1835 – Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer and conductor (died 1921)
• 1837 – Francis Wayland Parker, American theorist and academic (died 1902)
• 1840 – Simeon Solomon, English painter (died 1905)
• 1845 – Carl Gustav Thulin, Swedish shipowner (died 1918)
• 1850 – Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (died 1930)
• 1852 – Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
• 1858 – Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (died 1935)
• 1859 – Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (died 1935)
• 1863 – Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (died 1930)
• 1864 – Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general (died 1927)
• 1871 – Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (died 1940)
• 1873 – Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator (died 1944)
• 1873 – Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer (died 1916)
• 1873 – Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens (died 1939)
• 1874 – Nicholas Roerich, Russian archaeologist and painter (died 1947)
• 1877 – Gopabandhu Das, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (died 1928)
• 1879 – Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1960)
• 1880 – Charlie Faust, American baseball player (died 1915)
• 1883 – Maria Filotti, Greek-Romanian actress (died 1956)
• 1886 – Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager (died 1980)
• 1888 – Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (died 1938)
• 1888 – Irving Cummings, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1959)
• 1890 – Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (died 1944)
• 1892 – Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)
• 1893 – Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (died 1945)
• 1895 – Eugene Bullard, American pilot (died 1961){{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LaTLCbYl1YMC&pg=PT321 | title=All Blood Runs Red: Life and Legends of Eugene Jacques Bullard: First Black American Military Aviator | publisher=eBookIt.com | author=Harris, Henry Scott | year=2012 | location=NOOK Book (eBook) | isbn=9781456612993}}
• 1897 – M. Bhaktavatsalam, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras State (died 1987)
• 1898 – Tawfiq al-Hakim, Egyptian author and playwright (died 1987)
• 1898 – Joe Sewell, American baseball player (died 1990)
• 1899 – Bruce Catton, American historian and author (died 1978)
• 1900 – Joseph Friedman, American inventor (died 1982)
• 1900 – Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor and academic (died 1976)
• 1900 – Joseph Zubin, Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (died 1990)

• 1901 – Alice Lee Jemison, Seneca political activist and journalist (died 1964)
• 1902 – Freddie Young, English cinematographer (died 1998)
• 1903 – Walter O'Malley, American lawyer and businessman (died 1979){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 9: Sharon Osbourne, Tyler James Williams |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/09/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-9-Sharon-Osbourne-Tyler-James-Williams/9741665252787/#:~:text=9%3A%20Sharon%20Osbourne%2C%20Tyler%20James%20Williams%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=UPI |access-date=7 October 2023 |date=9 October 2022}}
• 1906 – J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist (died 1985)
• 1906 – Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (died 2001)
• 1907 – Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (died 2001)
• 1907 – Jacques Tati, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1982)
• 1907 – Horst Wessel, German SA officer (died 1930)
• 1908 – Harry Hooton, Australian poet and critic (died 1961)
• 1908 – Werner von Haeften, German lieutenant (died 1944)
• 1908 – Lee Wiley, American singer (died 1975)
• 1909 – Donald Coggan, English archbishop (died 2000)
• 1911 – Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (died 2006)
• 1914 – Edward Andrews, American actor (died 1985)
• 1915 – Clifford M. Hardin, American academic and politician, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture (died 2010)
• 1915 – Belva Plain, American author (died 2010)
• 1918 – E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer and author (died 2007)
• 1918 – Charles Read, Australian air marshal (died 2014)
• 1918 – Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2013)
• 1920 – Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author and educator (died 1976)
• 1920 – Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator (died 2013)
• 1920 – Jason Wingreen, American actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
• 1921 – Michel Boisrond, French director and screenwriter (died 2002)
• 1921 – Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (died 2014)
• 1922 – Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (died 1997)
• 1922 – Fyvush Finkel, American actor (died 2016)
• 1922 – Olga Guillot, Cuban-American singer (died 2010)
• 1923 – Donald Sinden, English actor (died 2014)
• 1924 – Immanuvel Devendrar, Indian soldier (died 1957)
• 1924 – Arnie Risen, American basketball player (died 2012){{cite web|title=Arnie Risen|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/arnie-risen/|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=10 February 2020}}
• 1926 – Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (died 2015)
• 1927 – John Margetson, English scholar and diplomat, British Ambassador to the Netherlands (died 2020)
• 1928 – Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer and educator (died 2016)
• 1930 – Hank Lauricella, American football player, lieutenant, and politician (died 2014)
• 1931 – Tony Booth, English actor (died 2017)
• 1931 – Homer Smith, American football player and coach (died 2011)
• 1933 – Peter Mansfield, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
• 1933 – Melvin Sokolsky, American fashion photographer (died 2022){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/fashion/melvin-sokolsky-dead.html|title=Melvin Sokolsky, Surrealist Fashion Photographer, Dies at 88|newspaper=The New York Times|last=Williams|first=Alex|date=September 14, 2022|access-date=September 15, 2022}}
• 1933 – Bill Tidy, English soldier and cartoonist (died 2023)[https://euroweeklynews.com/2023/03/12/breaking-legendary-british-cartoonist-bill-tidy-passes-away-aged-89/ Legendary British cartoonist Bill Tidy passes away aged 89]
• 1934 – Jill Ker Conway, Australian historian and author (died 2018)
• 1934 – Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and composer
• 1935 – Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
• 1935 – Don McCullin, English photographer and journalist
• 1936 – Brian Blessed, English actor
• 1936 – Mick Young, Australian politician (died 1996)
• 1938 – Heinz Fischer, Austrian academic and politician, 11th President of Austria
• 1938 – John Sutherland, English journalist, author, and academic
• 1939 – Nicholas Grimshaw, English architect and academic
• 1939 – John Pilger, Australian-English journalist, director, and producer (died 2023)
• 1939 – Stephen Sedley, English lawyer and judge
• 1939 – O. V. Wright, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1980)
• 1940 – Gordon J. Humphrey, American soldier, pilot, and politician
• 1940 – John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1980)
• 1940 – Joe Pepitone, American baseball player and coach (died 2023)
• 1941 – Brian Lamb, American broadcaster, founded C-SPAN
• 1941 – Trent Lott, American lawyer and politician
• 1941 – Omali Yeshitela, political activist and founder of the Uhuru Movement
• 1942 – Michael Palmer, American physician and author (died 2013)
• 1943 – Douglas Kirby, American psychologist and author (died 2012)
• 1943 – Jimmy Montgomery, English footballer and coach
• 1943 – Mike Peters, American cartoonist
• 1944 – Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy, English academic and politician
• 1944 – John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2002)
• 1944 – Nona Hendryx, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1945 – Amjad Ali Khan, Indian classical Sarod player
• 1945 – Taiguara, Uruguayan-Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 1996)
• 1947 – John Doubleday, English sculptor and painter
• 1947 – France Gall, French singer (died 2018)
• 1947 – William E. McAnulty Jr., American lawyer and judge (died 2007)
• 1947 – Tony Zappone, American photographer and journalist
• 1948 – Jackson Browne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 – John Gray, English cricketer and rugby player
• 1949 – Mark Hopkinson, American mass murderer (died 1992)
• 1949 – Rod Temperton, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (died 2016)
• 1950 – Brian Downing, American baseball player
• 1950 – Yoshiyuki Konishi, Japanese fashion designer
• 1950 – Reichi Nakaido, Japanese singer and guitarist
• 1950 – Jody Williams, American academic and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1951 – Robert Wuhl, American actor, comedian, and writer
• 1952 – Simon Drew, English illustrator
• 1952 – Sharon Osbourne, English television host and manager{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 9, 2022 includes celebrities Scott Bakula, Guillermo del Toro |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-9-2022-includes-celebrities-scott-bakula-guillermo-del-toro.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=7 October 2023 |date=9 October 2022}}
• 1952 – John Rose, English businessman
• 1952 – Dennis Stratton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – Sally Burgess, South African-English soprano and educator
• 1953 – Hank Pfister, American tennis player
• 1953 – Tony Shalhoub, American actor and producer
• 1954 – Scott Bakula, American actor
• 1954 – James Fearnley, English musician
• 1954 – Rubén Magnano, Argentine-Italian basketball coach
• 1954 – John O'Hurley, American actor and game show host
• 1955 – Linwood Boomer, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 – Steve Ovett, English runner and sportscaster
• 1955 – Peter Saville, English graphic designer and art director
• 1957 – Don Garber, American businessman
• 1957 – Ini Kamoze, Jamaican singer-songwriter
• 1958 – Al Jourgensen, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1958 – Alan Nunnelee, American lawyer and politician (died 2015)
• 1958 – Michael Paré, American actor
• 1958 – Mike Singletary, American football player and coach
• 1959 – Boris Nemtsov, Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (died 2015)
• 1960 – Kenny Garrett, American saxophonist and composer
• 1961 – Julian Bailey, English race car driver and sportscaster
• 1961 – Kurt Neumann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 – Ellen Wheeler, American actress, director, and producer
• 1962 – Jorge Burruchaga, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1962 – Paul Radisich, New Zealand race car driver
• 1962 – Hugh Robertson, English soldier and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
• 1962 – Ōnokuni Yasushi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 62nd Yokozuna
• 1963 – Andy Platt, English rugby league player
• 1964 – Guillermo del Toro, Mexican-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Martín Jaite, Argentine tennis player{{Cite web|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/martin-jaite/j004/overview|title=Martin Jaite | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}
• 1965 – Jimbo Fisher, American football player and coach
• 1966 – David Cameron, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1966 – Christopher Östlund, Swedish publisher, founded Plaza Magazine
• 1967 – Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canadian tennis player
• 1967 – Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler (died 2005)
• 1967 – Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian footballer
• 1968 – Guto Bebb, Welsh businessman and politician
• 1968 – Anbumani Ramadoss, Indian politician
• 1969 – Darren Britt, Australian rugby league player
• 1969 – Simon Fairweather, Australian archer
• 1969 – PJ Harvey, English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer
• 1969 – Christine Hough, Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1969 – Giles Martin, English songwriter and producer
• 1969 – Steve McQueen, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 – Kenny Anderson, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 – Steve Jablonsky, American composer
• 1970 – Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer and architect
• 1971 – Wayne Bartrim, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1971 – Sian Evans, Welsh singer{{cite web | url = http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/sian-evans-celebrates-no1-hit-1820711 | work = Wales Online | title = Sian Evans celebrates No.1 hit with DJ Fresh| date = 10 July 2011 }}
• 1973 – Steve Burns, American actor, television host and musician{{Cite web |title=Today in history: October 9 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9583665 |work=NBC News |date=10 October 2005 |access-date=27 February 2022}}
• 1973 – Fabio Lione, Italian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1974 – Keith Booth, American basketball player and coach{{cite web |title=Keith Booth |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1522/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=7 October 2023}}
• 1974 – Shmuel Herzfeld, American rabbi
• 1975 – Haylie Ecker, Australian violinist
• 1975 – Sean Lennon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 1975 – Mark Viduka, Australian footballer
• 1976 – William Alexander, American author and educator
• 1976 – Stephen Neal, American football player{{cite web |title=Stephen Neal |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3509/stephen-neal |publisher=ESPN |access-date=7 October 2023}}
• 1976 – Lee Peacock, Scottish footballer and coach
• 1976 – Özlem Türköne, Turkish journalist and politician
• 1976 – Nick Swardson, American actor and comedian
• 1977 – Emanuele Belardi, Italian footballer
• 1977 – Brian Roberts, American baseball player
• 1978 – Nicky Byrne, Irish singer-songwriter
• 1978 – Juan Dixon, American basketball player and coach
• 1979 – Vernon Fox, American football player and coach
• 1979 – Alex Greenwald, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1979 – Todd Kelly, Australian race car driver
• 1979 – Lecrae, American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor
• 1979 – Chris O'Dowd, Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1979 – Brandon Routh, American model and actor
• 1979 – Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer
• 1980 – Lucy Akello, Ugandan social worker and politician
• 1980 – Filip Bobek, Polish actor
• 1980 – Sarah Lovell, Australian politician
• 1980 – Thami Tsolekile, South African cricketer
• 1980 – Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1981 – Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor
• 1981 – Darius Miles, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Darius Miles |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2032/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=7 October 2023}}
• 1983 – Farhaan Behardien, South African cricketer
• 1983 – Trevor Daley, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Trevor Daley |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/trevor-daley-8470110 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=7 October 2023}}
• 1983 – Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player
• 1983 – Spencer Grammer, American actress
• 1983 – Jang Mi-ran, South Korean weightlifter
• 1983 – Andreas Zuber, Austrian race car driver
• 1984 – Marie Kondo, Japanese author and television presenter
• 1985 – David Plummer, American swimmer
• 1986 – Derek Holland, American baseball player
• 1986 – Laure Manaudou, French swimmer
• 1986 – David Phelps, American baseball player{{cite web |title=David Phelps |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/david-phelps-475479 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=7 October 2023}}
• 1986 – Jan Christian Vestre, Norwegian businessman and politician{{cite encyclopedia|title= Jan Christian Vestre |first=Knut Are |last=Tvedt |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date=12 February 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Jan_Christian_Vestre |language=no|access-date=23 March 2024}}
• 1986 – Stephane Zubar, French footballer
• 1987 – Craig Brackins, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Craig Brackins |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202342/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=7 October 2023}}
• 1987 – Samantha Murray Sharan, British tennis player{{cite web |title=Samantha Murray Sharan |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/312660/- |website=Women's Tennis Association |access-date=3 November 2023}}
• 1987 – Henry Walker, American basketball player {{cite web |title=Henry Walker |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201611/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=7 October 2023}}
• 1988 – Starling Marte, Dominican baseball player{{cite web |title=Starling Marte |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/starling-marte-516782 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=7 October 2023}}
• 1988 – David Tyrrell, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 – Russell Packer, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 – Kevin Kampl, German-Slovene footballer
• 1990 – Jake Lamb, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Jake Lamb |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jake-lamb-571875 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=7 October 2023}}
• 1992 – Jerian Grant, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Jerian Grant |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1626170/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=7 October 2023}}
• 1992 – Sam Mewis, American soccer player{{Cite web|title=Samantha Mewis {{!}} USWNT {{!}} U.S. Soccer Official Site|url=https://www.ussoccer.com/players/m/samantha-mewis|access-date=2021-01-14|website=www.ussoccer.com|language=en}}
• 1992 – Tyler James Williams, American actor
• 1993 – Ani Amiraghyan, Armenian tennis player
• 1993 – Lauren Davis, American tennis player{{Cite web |title=Lauren Davis {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317414/lauren-davis |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}
• 1993 – Jayden Hodges, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 – George Kittle, American football player{{cite web |title=George Kittle |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3040151/george-kittle |publisher=ESPN |access-date=7 October 2023}}
• 1993 – Scotty McCreery, American singer and songwriter
• 1993 – Wesley So, Filipino-American chess grandmaster{{cite web|url=http://wesleyso.com|title=Wesley So|website=wesleyso.com|access-date=8 October 2020}}
• 1994 – Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress
• 1996 – Jacob Batalon, Filipino-American actor
• 1996 – Bella Hadid, American model{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA504|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=504}}
• 1997 – Jharrel Jerome, American actor
• 1997 – Megan Moroney, American singer-songwriter.{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/megan-moroney-mn0004313820/biography | title=Megan Moroney biography | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=February 15, 2023}}
• 2000 – Penei Sewell, American football player{{cite web |title=Penei Sewell |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4373825/penei-sewell |publisher=ESPN |access-date=7 October 2023}}
• 2001 – Kyla Leibel, Canadian swimmer{{cite web |title=Kyla Leibel |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/kyla-leibel/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=22 June 2020 |date=8 April 2019}}
• 2002 – Ben Shelton, American tennis player{{cite web |title=Person: Ben Shelton - UTS |url=https://www.uts.live/ben-shelton/ |website=uts.live |access-date=October 8, 2024}}

• 680 – Ghislain, Frankish anchorite and saint
• 892 – Al-Tirmidhi, Persian scholar and hadith compiler (born 824)
• 1047 – Pope Clement II
• 1212 – Philip I of Namur, Marquis of Namur (born 1175)
• 1253 – Robert Grosseteste, English bishop and philosopher (born 1175)
• 1273 – Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (born 1227)
• 1296 – Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (born 1269)
• 1390 – John I of Castile (born 1358)
• 1555 – Justus Jonas, German academic and reformer (born 1493)
• 1562 – Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and physician (born 1523)
• 1569 – Vladimir of Staritsa (born 1533)
• 1581 – Louis Bertrand, Spanish missionary and saint (born 1526)

• 1613 – Henry Constable, English poet (born 1562)
• 1619 – Joseph Pardo, Italian rabbi and merchant (born 1561)
• 1691 – William Sacheverell, English politician (born 1638)
• 1729 – Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet (born 1654)
• 1793 – Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary and linguist (born 1718)
• 1797 – Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and scholar (born 1720)
• 1806 – Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (born 1731)
• 1808 – John Claiborne, American lawyer and politician (born 1777)
• 1831 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, Governor of Greece (born 1776)
• 1873 – George Ormerod, English historian and author (born 1785)
• 1897 – Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1818)
• 1900 – Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (born 1843)

• 1906 – Henriette Wulfsberg, Norwegian school owner and writer (born 1843){{cite book|last1=Borgen|first1=Per Otto|title=De skriveføre drammensere : drammensdiktere gjennom 220 år|date=1996|publisher=Forl. for by- og bygdehistorie|location=Drammen|isbn=8291649022|pages=82–85|url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2014061608252?page=83|language=no}}
• 1911 – Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (born 1849){{cite book |last=Krass |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d8wgAQAAIAAJ&q=%22welcomed+the+end%22 |title=Blood and Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack Daniel |publisher=Wiley |date=April 29, 2004 |page=210 |quote=Jack Daniel welcomed the end on October 9, 1911|isbn=9780471273929 }}
• 1924 – Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (born 1873)
• 1926 – Evald Relander, Finnish teacher, agronomist and banker (born 1856){{cite web|url=http://www.kurkijoki.fi/hautmaat/keski_h-m/foto/K030_relander_evald.html|title=Relander, Evald Kristian|website=kurkijoki.fi|access-date=9 June 2025|language=fi}}
• 1934 – Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (born 1888)
• 1934 – Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (born 1862)
• 1937 – Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (born 1868)
• 1940 – Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (born 1865)
• 1941 – Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (born 1900)
• 1943 – Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1865)
• 1944 – Stefanina Moro, Italian partisan (born 1927){{cite web |url=https://www.giuseppemorabito.it/viaggio_memoria.pdf |title=Viaggio nella Memoria |last=Morabito |first=Giuseppe |date= |website=giuseppemorabito.it |publisher= |access-date=May 26, 2021 |pages= |quote=}} (in Italian)
• 1945 – Gottlieb Hering, German captain (born 1887)
• 1946 – Frank Castleman, American football player, baseball player, and coach (born 1877)
• 1947 – Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (born 1888)
• 1950 – George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (born 1895)
• 1953 – James Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (born 1887)
• 1955 – Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (born 1875)
• 1956 – Marie Doro, American actress (born 1882)
• 1958 – Pope Pius XII (born 1876)
• 1958 – John Boland, American politician (born 1884){{cite news |title=John Boland, Local Pioneer, Dies At 74 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-john-boland-local-pi/149558133/ |access-date=June 19, 2024 |work=Rapid City Daily Journal |date=October 10, 1958 |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-john-boland-local-pi/149558133/ 1], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-john-boland/149558575/ 2] |via=Newspapers.com}}
• 1959 – Shirō Ishii, Japanese general and biologist (born 1892)
• 1962 – Milan Vidmar, Slovenian chess player and engineer (born 1885)
• 1967 – Che Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, politician and guerrilla leader (born 1928)
• 1967 – Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
• 1967 – André Maurois, French soldier and author (born 1885)
• 1967 – Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness trainer, developed Pilates (born 1883)
• 1969 – Don Hoak, American baseball player (born 1928)
• 1972 – Miriam Hopkins, American actress (born 1902)
• 1974 – Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (born 1908)
• 1975 – Noon Meem Rashid, Pakistani poet (born 1910)
• 1976 – Walter Warlimont, German general (born 1894)
• 1978 – Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1929)
• 1982 – Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German historian and physician (born 1893)
• 1985 – Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian general and politician, 28th President of Brazil (born 1905)
• 1987 – Clare Boothe Luce, American author, playwright, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1903)
• 1987 – William P. Murphy, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)
• 1988 – Felix Wankel, German engineer, invented the Wankel engine (born 1902)
• 1989 – Yusuf Atılgan, Turkish author and playwright (born 1921)
• 1989 – Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (born 1940)
• 1995 – Alec Douglas-Home, British cricketer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1903)
• 1996 – Walter Kerr, American author, composer, and critic (born 1913)
• 1999 – Milt Jackson, American vibraphone player and composer (born 1923)
• 1999 – Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist and scholar (born 1914)
• 2000 – David Dukes, American actor (born 1945)
• 2000 – Patrick Anthony Porteous, Indian-Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1918)
• 2001 – Herbert Ross, American director, producer, and choreographer (born 1927)
• 2002 – Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (born 1931)
• 2002 – Charles Guggenheim, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924)
• 2003 – Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (born 1926)
• 2003 – Carl Fontana, American jazz trombonist (born 1928)
• 2004 – Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (born 1930)
• 2005 – Louis Nye, American actor (born 1913)
• 2006 – Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker (born 1933)
• 2006 – Paul Hunter, English snooker player (born 1978)
• 2006 – Kanshi Ram, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1934)
• 2007 – Enrico Banducci, American businessman, founded hungry i (born 1922)
• 2007 – Carol Bruce, American actress and singer (born 1919)
• 2009 – Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and educator (born 1934)
• 2009 – John Daido Loori, American Zen Buddhist monastic and teacher (born 1931)
• 2009 – Horst Szymaniak, German footballer (born 1934)
• 2010 – Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
• 2011 – Pavel Karelin, Russian ski jumper (born 1989)
• 2012 – Sammi Kane Kraft, American actress (born 1992)
• 2012 – Kenny Rollins, American basketball player (born 1923)
• 2012 – Harris Savides, American cinematographer (born 1957)
• 2013 – Solomon Lar, Nigerian educator and politician, 4th Governor of Plateau State (born 1933)
• 2013 – Srihari, Indian actor (born 1964)
• 2013 – Wilfried Martens, Belgian lawyer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1936)
• 2013 – Edmund Niziurski, Polish sociologist, lawyer, and author (born 1925)
• 2014 – Boris Buzančić, Croatian actor and politician, 47th Mayor of Zagreb (born 1929)
• 2014 – Jan Hooks, American actress and comedienne (born 1957)
• 2014 – Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (born 1925)
• 2014 – Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (born 1921)
• 2014 – Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (born 1936)
• 2015 – Ray Duncan, American businessman (born 1930)
• 2015 – Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1931){{cite web |url=http://www1.udel.edu/udaily/2016/oct/InMemoriam101015.html |title=Richard Heck, professor emeritus and Nobel laureate, dies |publisher=University of Delaware |website=udel.edu |date=October 10, 2015 |access-date=August 22, 2022}}
• 2015 – Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1926)
• 2015 – Ravindra Jain, Indian composer and director (born 1944)
• 2016 – Andrzej Wajda, Polish film and theatre director (born 1926)
• 2017 – Jean Rochefort, French actor{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/url-jean-rochefort-dead-mort-films-don-quixote-dies-age-87-paris-tributes-a7990426.html|title=French acting legend Jean Rochefort has died|date=9 October 2017|newspaper=The Independent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009165203/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/url-jean-rochefort-dead-mort-films-don-quixote-dies-age-87-paris-tributes-a7990426.html |archive-date= 2017-10-09|url-status=live }} (born 1930)
• 2024 – George Baldock, British-born Greek international footballer (born 1993){{Cite web |date=2024-10-09 |title=British-born Greece defender Baldock dies aged 31 |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/41704791/george-baldock-dies-greece-sheffield-united-panathinaikos |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
• 2024 – Dieter Burdenski, German footballer (born 1950){{Cite web |title=Der SV Werder Bremen trauert um Dieter Burdenski {{!}} SV Werder Bremen |url=https://www.werder.de/aktuell/news/weitere-news/2024/2025/nachruf-dieter-burdenski-09102024?s=NachrufBurdenski |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=www.werder.de |language=de-DE}}
• 2024 – Lily Ebert, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (born 1923){{Cite news |last=Lindner |first=Emmett |date=October 9, 2024 |title=Lily Ebert, Holocaust Survivor, Author and TikTok Star, Dies at 100 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/books/lily-ebert-dead.html |access-date=October 11, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}
• 2024 – Lee Wei Ling, Singaporean neurologist (born 1955){{Cite news |date=2024-10-10 |title=SM Lee Hsien Loong attends funeral wake of sister Lee Wei Ling |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sm-lee-hsien-loong-attends-funeral-wake-of-sister-lee-wei-ling |access-date=2024-10-11 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}
• 2024 – Clark R. Rasmussen, American politician (born 1934){{cite web |title=Clark Rasmussen |url=https://hamiltonsfuneralhome.com/obituaries/ClarkRasmussen#obituary |website=Hamiltons Funeral Home |access-date=October 12, 2024 |language=en}}
• 2024 – Leif Segerstam, Finnish conductor and composer (born 1944){{Cite news |last=Nossiter |first=Adam |date=October 16, 2024 |title=Leif Segerstam, Who Wrote 371 Symphonies, Is Dead at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/16/arts/music/leif-segerstam-dead.html |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}
• 2024 – Ratan Tata, Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1937){{Cite news |last=Kandell |first=Jonathan |date=October 9, 2024 |title=Ratan Tata, Whose Indian Business Empire Went Global, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/business/ratan-tata-dead.html |access-date=October 9, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}

• Christian feast day:
• Abraham
• Denis
• Dionysius the Areopagite
• Ghislain
• Innocencio of Mary Immaculate and Martyrs of Asturias
• John Henry Newman
• John Leonardi
• Luis Beltran
• Robert Grosseteste (Church of England)
• Wilfred Grenfell (Episcopal Church (USA))
• October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Fire Prevention Day (Canada, United States)
• Hangul Day (South Korea)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uganda from United Kingdom in 1962. (Uganda)
• Independence of Guayaquil from Spain in 1820 (Ecuador)
• Leif Erikson Day (United States, Iceland and Norway)
• National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania)
• National Nanotechnology Day (United States)
• Takayama Autumn Festival (Takayama, Japan)
• World Post Day{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}
• Indian Foreign Service Day{{cite news |title=IFS Day 2020: "Best Wishes To Team MEA," Tweets Dr S Jaishankar |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-foreign-service-day-best-wishes-to-team-mea-tweets-s-jaishankar-2307543 |access-date=13 August 2021 |work=NDTV.com}}

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• {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/9 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
• {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=09}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/9 |title=Historical Events on October 9 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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