Farhan Akhtar, an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, playback singer, producer, and television personality who works in Hindi cinema, was born on January 9, 1974. He grew up in Mumbai, the son of screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, and was influenced by the Hindi film business. He began his Bollywood career as an assistant director on the films Lamhe and Himalay Putra.

Despite King Matthias' requests, Báthory was never tried. Thurzó persuaded the king that such an act would be detrimental to the nobility. A public scandal would have resulted from a trial and execution, bringing shame on a prominent and important family that dominated Transylvania. Báthory remained at the castle until her death in 1614, at the age of 54. She was first buried in the castle chapel, but an uproar among nearby peasants forced her corpse to be relocated to her birthplace of Ecsed.

Nikola Tesla died alone and in debt on the 33rd floor of the Hotel New Yorker on January 7, 1943. He was 86 years old and had spent decades living in modest motel rooms like this. Coronary thrombosis was Tesla's cause of death. When Nikola Tesla died on January 7, 1943, he was alone with his pigeons and his obsessions.

Born on January 7, 1985, Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton is a British racing driver who currently competes in Formula One for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team. Together with Michael Schumacher, Hamilton holds the record for the most victories (103), pole positions (103) and podium finishes (191) in Formula One. He has also won a record seven World Drivers' Championship titles.

Swara Bhasker (born April 9, 1988) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi films. She is best known for her supporting roles in mainstream productions and starring roles in independent films, for which she has won two Screen Awards and been nominated for three Filmfare Awards. Bhasker made her film debut in the 2009 drama Madholal Keep Walking, which was a commercial flop. She gained wider acclaim for her supporting role in the commercially successful 2011 romantic comedy Tanu Weds Manu. Her performance in the film was praised by critics, and she was nominated for a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, known simply as Galileo, was an astronomer, physicist, and engineer from Pisa, modern-day Italy, who was frequently referred to as a polymath. Galileo is credited with founding observational astronomy, modern physics, the scientific method, and modern science. On January 8, 1642, he died.

Stephen William Hawking, born on January 8, 1942, was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the University of Cambridge's Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the time of his death. He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge from 1979 to 2009.

Supriya Pathak was born on January 7, 1961, in Mumbai, India, to legendary actress Dina Pathak. She comes from a family that is heavily connected in the film industry. Her sister is actress Ratna Pathak, her husband is veteran actor Pankaj Kapur, she is Tarla Mehta's niece, and actor Shahid Kapoor is her stepson. Pathak had worked in the theatre before entering the film industry. Her debut film, the critically praised Kalyug, earned her a Filmfare Award. One of her most prominent television characters was Hansa Praful Parekh in Khichdi. This resulted in her receiving multiple honours for one of the greatest performances in a comedy role.

Stephen Edwin King is a horror, supernatural fiction, thriller, crime, and science-fiction author from the United States. On January 7, 1971, King married Tabitha Spruce. She is a novelist as well as a philanthropist. The pair owns three homes, one in Bangor, Maine (which is being converted into a museum and writer's retreat), one in Lovell, Maine, and a waterfront estate in Sarasota, Florida, where they spend the winter. The Kings have three children, two sons and a daughter, as well as four grandchildren.

On January 9, 2007, Jobs introduced the world to a new sort of phone, one that would do to cellphones what the Macintosh had done to personal computers in 1984 – revolutionise how we used them while making them significantly easier to use. Of fact, the iPhone, like the Macintosh in 1984, was not a flawless technology. It was not without defects. But, like the Macintosh in 1984, the iPhone triumphed above its flaws due to its intrinsic merits.

Kim Jong-un, a North Korean politician, was born on January 8, 1982 or 1983. He has been the Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is the second child of Kim Jong-il and Ko Yong-hui, who served as North Korea's second supreme leader from 1994 until 2011. He is the grandson of Kim Il-sung, who served as North Korea's founder and first supreme leader from 1948 until his death in 1994.

Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues, an American former basketball player, was born on January 9, 1965. Bogues, who was the shortest player in NBA history at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), played point guard for four different clubs during the course of his 14-year career. Bogues played for the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Toronto Raptors in addition to the Charlotte Hornets for ten seasons. He was the head coach of the now-defunct Charlotte Sting of the WNBA after his NBA career.

Elvis Presley was an American singer and actor who was born on January 8, 1935. He is known as the "King of Rock and Roll" and is considered one of the most important cultural symbols of the twentieth century. His energising interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, along with a uniquely potent blend of inspirations spanning colour lines during a pivotal period in racial relations, led to both immense success and initial controversy.

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, was born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton on January 9, 1982, and is a British royal. Catherine is a likely future queen consort because her husband, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is second in line to the British throne.