List of Famous people born on January 9th

Mayo Okamoto is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter. Her 1995 debut single "Tomorrow" peaked at number 1 on the Oricon weekly single charts. She released her greatest hits album Rise 1 in 2000. The album topped the Oricon weekly album charts.

Shaun Christopher Hill is a former American football quarterback who played 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2002. He played college football at Maryland. Hill also played for the Amsterdam Admirals, San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, and St. Louis Rams.

Tyger Campbell is an American college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins of the Pac-12 Conference. As a sophomore in 2021, he earned first-team all-conference honors.

David John Matthews is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor and record label owner, best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band (DMB). Matthews was born in Johannesburg, and moved frequently between South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States while growing up. Matthews started playing acoustic guitar at the age of nine.

Anton Melnik is a Russian film producer, known for his work in action movies.

Farouk Shousha was an Egyptian poet. He hosted the popular television program Umsiya Thaqafiya from 1977 through 2006.

Dame Gracie Fields, was an English actress, singer and comedian and star of both cinema and music hall. She spent the later part of her life on the isle of Capri, Italy. Fields was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for Services to Entertainment in 1938, and in 1979, seven months before her death, she was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.

Daniil Dmitriyevich Khudyakov is a Russian football player who plays for FC Lokomotiv Moscow.

Wong Cho-lam is a Hong Kong entertainer currently working for TVB. He works as a stage actor, stage director, television actor, voice actor, DJ, television host, lyricist, scriptwriter and singer. He is also the host of Hunan TV's World's Got Talent.

Alek Isaac Manoah is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is ranked fifth on MLB's 2021 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.