December 9, 1932

1932Donald Byrd, American trumpet player and academic (died 2013)^[†]

Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter, composer and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop musicians who successfully explored funk and soul while remaining a jazz artist. As a bandleader, Byrd was an influence on the early career of Herbie Hancock and many others.

1932Bill Hartack, American jockey (died 2007)^[†]

William John Hartack Jr. was an American jockey.

1932Billy Edd Wheeler, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and playwright (died 2024)^[†]

Billy Edd Wheeler was an American songwriter, performer, writer, and visual artist.

1932Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (born 1865)^[†]

Karl Blossfeldt was a German photographer and sculptor. He is best known for his close-up photographs of plants and living things, published in 1929 as Urformen der Kunst. He was inspired, as was his father, by nature and the ways in which plants grow.

1932Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (born 1880)^[†]

Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, commonly known as Begum Rokeya, was a prominent Bengali feminist thinker, writer, educator and political activist from British India. She is widely regarded as a pioneer of women's liberation in Bangladesh and India.