July 9
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Art and culture
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Births
- 1764 - Ann Radcliffe, English writer (d. 1823)
- 1775 - Matthew Lewis, English novelist (d. 1818)
- 1830 - Henry Peach Robinson, British photographer (d. 1901)
- 1858 - Franz Boas, German anthropologist (d. 1942)
- 1872 - Jacques Mesnil, Belgian writer and activist (d. 1940)
- 1901 - Barbara Cartland, English novelist (d. 2000)
- 1911 - Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (d. 1968)
- 1929 - Lee Hazlewood, American country singer, songwriter and producer
- 1937 - David Hockney, English artist
- 1943 - Soledad Miranda, Spanish actress (d. 1970)
- 1953 - Thomas Ligotti, American author
- 1956 - Marc Almond, British singer
- 1956 - Piotr Dumala, Polish artist and animator
- 1964 - Courtney Love, American musician
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Deaths
- 1797 - Edmund Burke, British philosopher and statesman (b. 1729)
- 1962 - Georges Bataille, French philosopher and writer (b. 1897)
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