List of Famous people born on December 9th

Lee Chang-Gang is a Japanese-born South Korean football goalkeeper, who plays for Fagiano Okayama in J2 League.

Les Kiss is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the New South Wales Rugby League and former rugby league coach. He is the head coach at London Irish having previously been assistant head coach of Ireland and director of rugby of Ulster.

Patricia N. "Pat" Battle is an American journalist. Since 1996, she has been at WNBC-TV.

Maria de Lourdes Bettencourt de Castro is a Portuguese artist from Funchal, Madeira. After specializing in abstract art, in the 1960s she created collages and silk screens, seeking to capture ephemeral reality. From the 1970s, together with her partner Manuel Zimbro, she developed shadow puppets for her Shadow Theatre, gaining acclaim throughout Europe and Brazil. In 1998, together with Francisco Tropa, she created an installation for Portugal's contribution to the São Paulo Art Biennial.

Halil Akıncı is a retired Turkish diplomat who served as the Turkish Ambassador to Slovenia, India, and Russia. He was formerly the Secretary General of the Turkic Council. On the photo Ambassador Akinci presents his credentials to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 18 September 2008.

Pietro Aradori is an Italian professional basketball player for Fortitudo Bologna of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Standing at 1.98 m, he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions.