Famous Birthdays on 10th July Birthdays 1 - 200 of 240 1419 - Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471) 1452 - King James III of Scotland (d. 1488) 1509 - John Calvin, Protestant religious reformer/theologian 1517 - Odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Châtillon/bishop 1526 - Philip III van Croij, duke of Aarschot/earl of Porcien 1592 - Pierre dHozier, French historian (d. 1660) 1614 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (d. 1686) 1625 - Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703) 1638 - David Teniers III, Flemish painter (carpet cartons) 1666 - John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian (d. 1711) 1682 - Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, German Lutheran missionary to India (d. 1719) 1682 - Roger Cotes, English mathematician (d. 1716) 1697 - Francois Hanot, composer 1711 - Princess Amelia Sophia of Great Britain (d. 1783) 1723 - William Blackstone, London England, jurist (Blackstones Commentaries) 1736 - Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1807) 1759 - Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer 1778 - Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer/royal chaplain master 1779 - Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer Jurist William BlackstoneJurist William Blackstone (1723) 1792 - George Mifflin Dallas, (D) 11th VP (1845-49) 1797 - Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull) 1804 - Emma Smith Inaugural President of the Womens Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1879) 1809 - Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist (d. 1889) 1818 - John Stuart Cerro Gordo Williams, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) 1820 - Andrew Porter, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 1821 - Christopher Columbus Augur, Major General (Union volunteers) 1824 - Rudolf von Benningsen, German lawyer/politician 1826 - Theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, composer 1830 - Camille Pissarro, Danish Antillean/French painter (Impressionism) 1832 - Alvan Graham Clark, American telescope maker and astronomer (d. 1897) 1833 - Lucius Eugene Polk, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 1834 - James A McNeill Whistler, US/British painter (Whistlers Mother) 1835 - Henryk Wieniawski, Lubin Poland, violinist/composer (Souv de Moscou) 1839 - Adolphus Busch, German-born brewer (d. 1913) Painter Camille PissarroPainter Camille Pissarro (1830) 1852 - Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister 1856 - Nikola Tesla, Croatian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil 1858 - Karl Flodin, composer 1865 - Jan Pa van der Steur, Dutch philanthropist (Steurtjes) 1867 - Finley Peter Dunne, US, journalist/humorist (Mr Dooley) 1867 - Max Prinz von Baden, German chancellor (Oct-Nov 1918) 1870 - Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist (nappism) 1871 - Marcel Proust, France, novelist (Remembrance of Things Past) 1874 - Austin Diamond, cricket non-Test capt (NSW batsman 1899-1919, Aust) 1874 - Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor (d. 1971) 1875 - Mary McLeod Bethune, SC, educator (Bethune-Cookman College) 1879 - Harry Nicholls Holmes, Penn, Dr (crystallized vitamin A) 1882 - Ima Hogg, Texas art patron/founder of Houston Symphony 1882 - Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer 1883 - Johann Blaskowitz, German general Electrical and Mechanical Engineer Nikola TeslaElectrical and Mechanical Engineer Nikola Tesla (1856) 1883 - Sam Wood, US, communist fighter/director (For Whom the Bell Tolls) 1886 - John SSPV Gort, viscount of Limerick/fieldmarshal of Palestine 1887 - Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer 1888 - Giorgio De Chirico, Greece, Metaphysical painter (Soothsayer) 1888 - Graham McNamee, sportscaster (1st Rose Bowl) 1888 - Toyohiko Kagawa, Kobe, Japan, Christian social reformer 1889 - Robert [Harriot] Barrat, NYC, actor (Go West, Distant Drums) 1890 - Andre Souris, composer 1892 - George Slim Summerville, US actor (Keystone Cops) 1894 - Jimmy Francis McHugh, composer 1895 - Carl Orff, Munich Germany, composer (Antigonae; Mozart prize 1969) 1895 - John Gilbert, [Pringle], Logan UT, actor (Heart o the Hills) 1895 - Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/member High Court 1895 - Nahum Goldmann, Switz, pres Zionist World Organization 1896 - Thérèse Casgrain, French Canadian politician and senator (d. 1981) 1897 - Lloyd Goodrich, American Arts Museum director 1897 - Karl Plagge, German officer (d. 1957) 1897 - Jack Legs Diamond, American bootlegger (d. 1931) 1899 - John Gilbert, American actor (d. 1936) 1899 - Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (d. 1978) 1900 - Bob Catterall, cricketer (dashing South African batsman of 20s) 1900 - Elsie Evelyn Laye, English singer/actress (Bitter Sweet, Merry Widow) 1900 - Sampson Sievers, Russian Orthodox Christian monk, priest and wonder-worker (d. 1979) 1900 - Mitchell Parish, American lyricist (d. 1993) 1902 - G Weisenborn, writer 1902 - Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950) 1903 - John Wyndham P L B Harris, US, sci-fi author (Day of the Triffids) 1904 - Isa Krejci, composer 1905 - Thomas Gomez, NYC, actor (Force of Evil, Key Largo, Kim, Sellout) 1905 - Wolfram Sievers, Nazi physician (d. 1948) 1910 - Ronald Fletcher, broadcaster 1911 - Djuanda Kartawidjaja, premier of Indonesia 1911 - Terry-Thomas, England, actor (Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World) 1912 - Francis Showering, brewer 1913 - Ljuba Welitsch, Borisovo, Bulgaria, opera soprano (Nedda-Pagliacci) 1913 - Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet (d. 1985) 1914 - Saul Bellow, Quebec, novelist (Nobel 1976-Mr Samlers Planet) 1914 - Joe Shuster, Canadian-born cartoonist (d. 1992) 1916 - Dick Cary, jazz Musician 1917 - Don Herbert, Waconia Minn, scientist/TV host (Watch Mr Wizard) 1917 - Reg Smyth, English cartoonist (Andy Capp) 1917 - Hugh Alexander, American baseball player (d. 2000) 1919 - Rusty Gill, St Louis Mo, singer (Polka Time) 1920 - David Brinkley, Wilmington NC, NBC news anchor (Huntley-Brinkley) 1920 - Owen Chamberlain, physicist/co-discoverer (antiproton, Nobel-1959) 1921 - Eunice Shriver, founder (Special Olympics) World Middleweight Boxing Champion Jake LaMottaWorld Middleweight Boxing Champion Jake LaMotta (1921) 1921 - Jake LaMotta, Bronx New York, middleweight boxing champ (1949-51) (Raging Bull) 1921 - Jeff Donnell, South Windham Maine, actor (Gidget Goes to Rome) 1921 - Revaz Ilyich Lagidze, composer 1921 - Harvey Ball, American inventor (d. 2001) 1922 - Derek Prouse, writer actor/film festival director (Le Scandale) 1922 - Herb McKenley, Jamaica, 4 X 400m relay runner (Olympic-gold-1952) 1923 - Jean Kerr, Scranton Pa, novelist (Please Dont Eat the Daisies) 1923 - G. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (d. 1987) 1923 - John Bradley, United States Navy corpsman, one of six who raised flag on top of Mt. Suribachi(see Iwo Jima) (d. 1994) 1924 - Bobo Brazil, American professional wrestler (d. 1998) 1924 - Johnny Bach, American basketball coach 1925 - Dorothea Hochletiner, Austria, giant slalom (Olympic-bronze-1956) 1926 - Carleton Carpenter, Bennington Vt, actor (Up Periscope, Summer Stock) 1926 - Fred Gwynne, NYC, actor (Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters) 1927 - David Norman Dinkins, (1st black Mayor-D-NYC, 1990-93) 1927 - Don Revie, English soccer manager (Leeds and England) 1927 - William Smithers, Richmond Va, actor (Witness, Peyton Place, Attack!) 1927 - Grigory Barenblatt, Russian mathematician 1927 - Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian film actor (d. 2003) 1928 - Jack Nel, cricketer (South African opening bat in 6 Tests 1949-57) 1928 - Moshe Greenberg, American-Israeli Bible scholar 1928 - Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine-Italian racing driver and car manufacturer (d. 2003) 1928 - Bernard Buffet, French painter (d. 1999) 1929 - Moe Norman, Kitchener Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1966 Quebec Open) 1929 - Winnie Ewing, Scottish politician 1930 - Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist 1931 - Alice Munro, author (Dance of the Happy Shades) 1931 - Del Insko, harness racer (toothpick in mouth, 1969 money leader) 1931 - Julian May, US, sci-fi author (Golden Torc, Magnificat) 1931 - Nick Adams, Nanticoke Pa, actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel) 1932 - Jorgen Becker, writer 1932 - Carlo Mario Abate, Italian racing driver 1933 - Chuan-Kwang Yang, Taiwan, decathlete (Olympic-silver-1960) 1933 - Jerry Herman, Broadway composer (Hello Dolly) 1934 - Munir Malik, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1959-62) 1934 - Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer, (d. 2012) 1935 - Tura Satana, American actress 1935 - Wilson Whineray, Auckland, New Zealand, All Black (1957-65), (d. 2012) 1936 - Barbara B Kennelly, (Rep-D-Connecticut, 1982- ) 1936 - Jan Wincenty Hawel, composer 1937 - Sandy Stewart, Phila Pa, singer (Sing Along With Mitch, Mr President) 1938 - Paul Andreu, French architect 1938 - Lee Morgan, American hard-bop trumpeter 1939 - Lawrence Pressman, Ky, actor (Man From Atlantis, Hellstrom Chronicle) 1939 - Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish politician, journalist, and educator (d. 1999) 1940 - Dawid J Dawie de Villiers, South African minister of energy (1989- ) 1940 - Keith Stackpole, cricketer (aggressive Australian opener 1966-74) 1940 - Mills Watson, Oakland California, actor (Harper Valley PTA, BJ & Bear) 1940 - Helen Donath, American soprano 1940 - Tom Farmer, Scottish entrepreneur 1941 - Ian Whitcomb, England, rocker (You Turn Me On) 1941 - Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk, Poland, cosmonaut (Soyuz 13, 18B, 30) 1941 - Robert Pine, Scarsdale NY, actor (Joe Getraer-CHiPs) 1941 - David G. Hartwell, American editor and anthologist 1941 - Jake Eberts, Montreal, Quebec, film producer (Chariots of Fire, Dances with Wolves), (d. 2012) 1942 - Ronnie James Dio, American musician (Dio-Holy Diver, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) Tennis Player Arthur AsheTennis Player Arthur Ashe (1943) 1943 - Arthur Ashe, tennis pro (1968 US Open, 1975 Wimbledon) 1943 - Jerry Miller, Tacoma Wa, rock guitarist (Moby Grape) 1944 - Beaky, rocker (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich) 1945 - Ron Glass, Evansville IN, actor (Harris-Barney Miller, Franks Place) 1945 - [Sarah] Virginia Wade, England, tennis star (Wimbledon 1977) 1945 - John Motson, British sports (football) commentator 1945 - Jean-Marie Poiré, French film director 1945 - Peter Michalica, Slovak violinist 1946 - Sue Lyon, Davenport Iowa, actress (Lolita, Night of the Iguana) 1947 - Arlo Guthrie, Brooklyn, singer (Alices Restaurant, City of New Orleans) 1947 - John Trevor Key, photographer 1949 - Dave Smally, rocker (Raspberries) 1949 - Mark Shera, Bayonne NJ, actor (SWAT, Barnaby Jones) 1949 - Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricket player (opener, 10122 Test runs) 1949 - Wally Bryson, NC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Fotomaker, Raspberries) 1949 - Greg Kihn U.S. pop musician & radio personality. 1949 - John Whitehead, American singer and record producer 1950 - Willie Ford, US R&B-singer (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones) 1950 - Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Greek politician 1951 - Phyllis Smith, American actress 1951 - Cheryl Wheeler, American singer and songwriter 1952 - Ludmilla Tourischeva, Russian gymnast 1952 - Kim Mitchell, Canadian guitarist/singer 1952 - Peter van Heemst, Dutch politician 1953 - Rik The Rocket Emmett, Toronto, rock vocalist (Triumph) 1954 - Andre Dawson, Miami Fla, outfielder (Expos, Cubs, 1987 NL MVP) 1954 - Gene Holder, rocker 1954 - Neil Tennant, North Shields, Tyne-and-Wear, English singer/songwriter (Pet Shop Boy-West End Girl) 1955 - Pamela Theresa Jiles, NO LA, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1976) 1956 - Tom McClintock, American politician 1957 - Cindy Sheehan, American anti-war/political activist 1958 - Béla Fleck, American musician 1958 - Fiona Shaw, Irish actress 1960 - Roger Craig, NFL reciever (SF 49ers) 1961 - Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor 1962 - Mike Saxon, NFL punter (Minnesota Vikings) 1964 - Felipe Martinez, jockey 1964 - Urban Meyer, American football coach 1964 - Wilfried Peeters, Belgian cyclist 1965 - Buddy Groom, Dallas TX, pitcher (Oakland As) 1965 - Scott Michael McCarron, Sacramento CA, PGA golfer (1995 Las Vegas-3rd) 1965 - Alec Mapa, Filipino-American actor and comedian 1965 - Ken Mellons, American singer 1965 - Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark 1966 - Alvoid Mays, NFL cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1966 - Johnny Grunge, wrestler (d. 2006) 1967 - Alfred Jackson, NFL cornerback (Minnesota Vikings) 1967 - Virgil Breedveld, soccer player (Dordrecht 90) 1967 - Tom Meents, American monster truck driver
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