List of Famous people born on December 9th
Juan J. de Pablo
Juan J. de Pablo is a chemical engineer. Liew Family professor in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago and senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. As of 2018, he is also the University of Chicago's Vice President for National Laboratories. He is known for his research on the thermophysical properties of soft materials. He is currently the co-director of the NIST supported Center for Hierarchical Materials Design (CHIMaD). and former director of the UW-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC).
Choi Min-ho
Choi Min-ho, better known by the mononym Minho, is a South Korean rapper, singer, actor, songwriter and model. He debuted as a member of South Korean boy group Shinee in May 2008 who later went on to become one of the best-selling artists in Korea. Aside from group activities as singer, he has debuted as an actor in November 2010 in a KBS2's drama special, entitled Pianist. He has since had roles in various television dramas such as SBS' sitcom, Salamander Guru and The Shadows (2012), To the Beautiful You (2012), Medical Top Team (2013), My First Time (2015) and Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016). He made his feature film debut in 2016 with Canola.
Lori Greiner
Lori Greiner is an American television personality, inventor, and entrepreneur. She is an investor on the reality TV show Shark Tank and its spin-off Beyond the Tank. She has been known as the "Queen of QVC" since 2000, with the premiere of her show Clever & Unique Creations. Greiner is the president and founder of For Your Ease Only, Inc.
Richard Lee McNair
Richard Lee McNair is a convicted murderer known for his ability to escape and elude capture. In 1987, McNair murdered one man and shot a second man four times during a botched robbery. He is currently serving two terms of life imprisonment for these crimes including escaping from prison.
Ichikawa En'ō II
Masahiko Kinoshi , better known by the stage name Ichikawa Ennosuke III , is a Japanese kabuki actor, famous for his love of keren. He is considered the king of chūnori; he has flown out over the audience, held aloft on strings, over 5000 times.
André Tota
André Tota is a former French footballer who played as a striker. He was born to Polish parents.
Dick Butkus
Richard Marvin Butkus is an American former football player, sports commentator, and actor. He played professional football as a linebacker for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) from 1965 to 1973. Through those nine seasons he was invited to eight Pro Bowls, named a first-team All-Pro six times, and was twice recognized by his peers as the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year. Renowned as a fierce tackler and for the relentless effort with which he played, Butkus is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most intimidating linebackers in pro football history.
Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru Nakamura is an American chess player, Twitch livestreamer, and content creator. A chess prodigy, he became the youngest American to earn the title of Grandmaster aged 15 years and 79 days. Nakamura is a five-time United States champion. He won the 2011 edition of Tata Steel Chess Tournament Group A and represented the United States at five Chess Olympiads, winning a team gold medal and two team bronze medals.
Aitch
Harrison Armstrong, known professionally as Aitch, is a British rapper and songwriter from Manchester. His solo breakthrough single "Straight Rhymez" has garnered over 20 million views and brought him to the attention of London rapper Stormzy. His song "Rain" has garnered over 39 million views on YouTube.
Jonathan Sumption
Jonathan Philip Chadwick Sumption, Lord Sumption,, is a British author, medieval historian and former senior judge who sat on the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom between 2012 and 2018.