List of Famous people who born in 1909

Dorothy Kingsley was an American screenwriter, who worked extensively in film, radio and television.

Edwin Harold Smith was an American diver who competed at the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he finished fourth in the 3 m springboard. Four years later he won the gold medal in the 10 m platform and a silver in the 3 m springboard. Domestically he won the AAU springboard titles in the 1 m in 1928 and 1930 and in the 3 m in 1930 and 1931. After the 1932 Olympics he became a professional show diver, and a diving coach at New York Athletic Club and Yale University. He also prepared the German diving team to the 1936 Summer Olympics. During World War II he served as a captain in the U.S. Navy, and after that worked as a pool manager at luxury hotels in Palm Springs and Santa Barbara.

Carlos López Moctezuma Pineda was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in 215 films between 1938 and 1980. He starred in the film Happiness, which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.