Famous birthdays for Jan. 9: Kate Middleton, J.K. Simmons

Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn.

They include:

-- Women's suffrage and peace movement leader Carrie Chapman Catt in 1859

-- French novelist Simone de Beauvoir in 1908

-- Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States, in 1913

-- Author Judith Krantz in 1928 (age 90)

-- Football Hall of Fame member Bart Starr in 1934 (age 84)

-- Actor Bob Denver in 1935; sportscaster Dick Enberg in 1935

-- Actor Susannah York in 1939

-- Singer Joan Baez in 1941 (age 77)

-- Musician Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) in 1944 (age 74)

-- Country singer Crystal Gayle in 1951 (age 67)

-- Actor J.K. Simmons in 1955 (age 63)

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-- Actor Imelda Staunton in 1956 (age 62)

-- Guatemalan activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu in 1959 (age 59)

-- Actor Joely Richardson in 1965 (age 53)

-- Bandleader Dave Matthews in 1967 (age 51)

-- Rapper Sean Paul in 1973 (age 45)

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-- Pop singer AJ McLean (Backstreet Boys) in 1978 (age 40)

-- Golfer Sergio Garcia in 1980 (age 38)

-- Kate Middleton, wife of Britain's Prince William, in 1982 (age 36)

-- Actor Nina Dobrev in 1989 (age 29)

-- Actor Nicola Peltz in 1995 (age 23)

-- Actor Kerris Dorsey in 1998 (age 20)

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