List of Famous people who born in 1909

Talal bin Abdullah was King of Jordan from the assassination of his father, Abdullah I, on 20 July 1951, until he was forced to abdicate on 11 August 1952. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, Talal was a 39th-generation direct descendant of Muhammad.

Mikhail Leontyevich Mil was a Russian aerospace engineer and scientist. He was the founder and general designer of the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant.

Bishnu Prasad Rabha was an Indian cultural figure from Assam, known for his contributions in the fields of music, dance, painting, literature as well as political activism. As an advocate of people's cultural movement, he drew heavily from different genres of classical and folk cultural traditions. Considered a doyen of the Culture of Assam, the Assamese people affectionately call him Kalaguru. He is also called by Marxists as Sainik Silpi for his active participation in the armed struggle, led by the Revolutionary Communist Party of India (RCPI).

Durgābāi Deshmukh, Lady Deshmukh was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, social worker and politician. She was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and of the Planning Commission of India.

Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr.,, was an American actor and producer, and a decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best known for starring in such films as The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Gunga Din (1939) and The Corsican Brothers (1941). He was the son of actor Douglas Fairbanks and was once married to Joan Crawford.

Indro Alessandro Raffaello Schizogene Montanelli Knight Grand Cross OMRI was an Italian journalist, historian and writer. He was one of the 50 World Press Freedom Heroes according to the International Press Institute.

Robert Bushnell Ryan was an American stage, film, and television actor who most often portrayed hardened cops and ruthless villains. Ryan performed for over three decades and received one nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the vicious murderer Montgomery in the film noir drama Crossfire (1947).

John M. "Red" Pollard was a Canadian horse racing jockey. A founding member of the Jockeys' Guild in 1940, Pollard rode at racetracks in the United States and is best known for riding Seabiscuit.

Seichō Matsumoto was a Japanese writer, credited with popularizing detective fiction in Japan.

Lieutenant-Commander Lionel Kenneth Phillip Crabb,, known as Buster Crabb, was a Royal Navy frogman and MI6 diver who vanished during a reconnaissance mission around a Soviet cruiser berthed at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1956.