I think it is entirely plausible that Gothmog was one of the Nine. Especially since it is mentioned that those that were assembled for the rape of Gondor were "waiting for the call of their Captain. He now was destroyed; but Gothmog the lieutenant of Morgul had flung them into the fray...
It is also possible (though unlikely) that some of the Nine were (formerly) women, since they were "kings, sorcerors, and warriors of old." Women warriors are not unheard of...
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