List of Famous people born on July 9th
Jeremy Pope
Jeremy Pope is an American Broadway theater performer, actor, and singer. He became the sixth person in Tony Award history to be nominated in two categories for separate performances during the same year, when he received nominations for Choir Boy and Ain't Too Proud in 2019, the latter of which also earned him a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album nomination.
Marc Almond
Mark Peter Sinclair "Marc" Almond, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Almond first began performing and recording in the synthpop/new wave duo Soft Cell. He has also had a diverse career as a solo artist. His collaborations include a duet with Gene Pitney on the 1989 UK number one single "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart". Almond's career spanning over four decades has enjoyed critical and commercial acclaim, and he has sold over 30 million records worldwide. He spent a month in a coma after a near-fatal motorcycle accident in 2004 and later became a patron of the brain trauma charity Headway.
Shelton Benjamin
Shelton J. Benjamin is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, performing on the Raw brand. He is a part of The Hurt Business alongside MVP, Bobby Lashley and Cedric Alexander and is one half of the current WWE Raw Tag Team Champions with Cedric Alexander in their first reign as a team and Benjamin's third reign overall.
Mercedes Sosa
Haydée Mercedes Sosa, sometimes known as La Negra, was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout Latin America and many countries outside the region. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of La nueva canción. She gave voice to songs written by many Latin American songwriters. Her music made people hail her as the "voice of the voiceless ones".
Riley Reid
Ashley Mathews, known professionally as Riley Reid, is an American pornographic actress. She briefly worked as a stripper before entering the adult film industry in 2010, at the age of 19. She has since won numerous awards, including the 2016 AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year.
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi is a Japanese actor, singer, television host, and a former member of SMAP, the best-selling boy band in Asia.
Isabel Sarli
Hilda Isabel Gorrindo Sarli, nicknamed Coca, was an Argentine actress and glamour model, known for starring in several sexploitation films by Armando Bó, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. She began her career as a model and beauty queen, becoming Miss Argentina and reaching the semi-finals of Miss Universe 1955. She was discovered by Bó in 1956 and made her acting debut the following year with Thunder Among the Leaves, in which a controversial nude scene featuring Sarli made it the first film to feature full frontal nudity in Argentine cinema.
Tatjana Schoenmaker
Tatjana Schoenmaker is a South African swimmer specialising in breaststroke events. She won the silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 2020 Olympic Games.
Glenda Kozlowski
Glenda Kozlowski is a Brazilian journalist, television presenter and former bodyboarder. She is best known as host of Esporte Espetacular and Globo Esporte.
Richard Roundtree
Richard Roundtree is an American actor and former model. Roundtree is noted as being "the first black action hero" for his portrayal of private detective John Shaft in the 1971 film Shaft, and its four sequels, released between 1972 and 2019. For his performance in the original film, Roundtree was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor in 1972.