On this Day August 9
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1819 – Novelist and poet Herman Melville, best known for the literary classic “Moby-Dick” (d. 1891)
1942 – Grateful Dead founder and frontman Jerry Garcia (d. 1995)
1953 – Grammy-winning blues guitarist and singer Robert Cray
1963 – Rapper-actor Coolio, born Artis Leon Ivey, Jr.
1973 – Actress Tempestt Bledsoe, best known as Vanessa Huxtable from “The Cosby Show”
1979 – Actor Jason Momoa (“Baywatch Hawaii,” “Stargate: Atlantis,” “Game of Thrones”)