Authors born in 1909
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Actor, 1909
- Earl Butz Politician, 1909
- Earl Felton Screenwriter, 1909
- Eberhard Bethge Theologian, 1909
- Edgar Pangborn Writer, 1909
- Edmund Berkeley Computer Scientist, 1909
- Edward Lawrie Tatum Scientist, 1909
- Edwin Arthur Hall Politician, 1909
- Edwin Hardy Amies Fashion Designer, 1909
- Edwin Land Inventor, 1909
- Elia Kazan Director, 1909
- Elisabeth Murdoch Philanthropist, 1909
- Eric Ambler Writer, 1909
- Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Political Scientist, 1909
- Ernest Gallo Businessman, 1909
- Ernst Gombrich Author, 1909
- Errol Flynn Actor, 1909
- Eudora Welty Author, 1909
- Eugene Ionesco Dramatist, 1909
- Eugenie Anderson Diplomat, 1909
- Fred Perry Tennis Player, 1909
- Gabrielle Roy Writer, 1909
- Gene Krupa Actor, 1909
- George Ball Diplomat, 1909
- H. Chandler Elliott Physician, 1909
- Isaiah Berlin Philosopher, 1909
- J. B. Jackson Writer, 1909
- J. Irwin Miller Businessman, 1909
- James Agee Novelist, 1909
- James Reston Journalist, 1909
- Jessica Tandy Actress, 1909
- Jimmy Cannon Journalist, 1909
- Johnny Mercer Lyricist, 1909
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz Film Director, 1909
- Karen Morley Actress, 1909
- Katherine Dunham Dancer, 1909
- Kató Lomb Interpreter, 1909
- Kay Thompson Author, 1909
- Kwame Nkrumah Statesman, 1909
- Leo Fender Inventor, 1909