List of Famous people born on August 9th

Peter Mikkelsen is a Danish badminton player. Mikkelsen was a part of the Horsens club and also trained in Aarhus. In 2009, he reach the final round at the national championships for the first time. He reaching the final round after beat Joachim Persson and Jan Ø. Jørgensen, but he lost to Peter Gade in the rubber game. In 2006, he won the international tournament in Cyprus. The following year in 2007 he was victorious at the Portugal International, Spanish Open and Irish International. He conquered the Croatian International title in 2009 along with the Finnish International. In Denmark Peter Mikkelsen won many single matches on Vendsyssel's league team giving him a cult status bearing the nickname "mayor" in Northern Jutland. He now is the head coach/trainer at the Horsens Badminton Klub (HBK) in Denmark.

Katsuyuki Nakasuga is a Japanese motorcycle racer. He races a factory Yamaha YZF-R1 in the JSB1000 class of the All Japan Road Race Championship. He has won the Suzuka 8 Hours four times and the JSB1000 championship title nine times.

Denis "Snake" Bélanger is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer and lyricist of heavy metal band Voivod.

Wataru Urata , also known professionally as Uratanuki (うらたぬき), is a Japanese singer and voice actor. He is a member and leader of the 4 member Japanese boy band Urashimasakatasen.

Johnny Johns is an American figure skating coach and former competitor. Competing in ice dancing with Mary Campbell, he became the 1973 national champion and finished 6th at the 1973 World Championships. Competing as a pair skater with Melissa Militano, he became a two-time U.S. national champion and finished 6th at the 1975 World Championships.