December 10

December 10 – Famous Birthdays:

1903 – Una Merkel, American actress (d. 1986)
1904 – Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (d. 1975)
1906 – Jules Ladoumègue, French runner (d. 1973)
1906 – Harold Adamson, American lyricist (d. 1980)
1907 – Rumer Godden, English author and poet (d. 1998)
1907 – Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach (d. 2005)
1907 – Amedeo Nazzari, Italian actor (d. 1979)
1908 – Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)
1909 – Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1990)
1910 – Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (d. 1996)
1911 – Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974)
1912 – Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1976)
1912 – René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990)
1913 – Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American composer (d. 1988)
1913 – Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)
1913 – Harry Locke, English actor (d. 1987)
1913 – Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist, and singer (d. 1976)
1914 – Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (d. 1996)
1915 – Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot (d. 2006)
1916 – Walt Arfons, American race car driver (d. 2013)
1918 – Anne Gwynne, American actress (d. 2003)
1918 – Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
1919 – Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
1920 – Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (d. 1977)
1920 – Reginald Rose, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2002)
1920 – Thanassis Skordalos, Greek lyra player and composer (d. 1998)
1922 – Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (d. 2016)
1923 – Harold Gould, American actor (d. 2010)
1923 – Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (d. 2013)
1924 – Ken Albers, American singer and musician (d. 2007)
1924 – Michael Manley, Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997)
1925 – Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (d. 2014)
1926 – Guitar Slim, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
1927 – Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour (d. 2015)
1927 – Danny Matt, German-Israeli general (d. 2013)
1928 – Barbara Nichols, American actress (d. 1976)
1930 – Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
1930 – Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, English farmer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
1931 – Peter Baker, English-South African footballer and manager (d. 2016)
1933 – Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese actor (d. 2006)
1933 – Philip R. Craig, American author (d. 2007)
1934 – Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1935 – Terry Allcock, English footballer and cricketer
1935 – Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1936 – Howard Smith, American journalist, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1938 – Bill Dunk, Australian golfer
1938 – Yuri Temirkanov, Russian viola player and conductor
1939 – Dick Bavetta, American basketball player and referee
1939 – Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist and academic
1941 – Ken Campbell, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1941 – Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress and producer
1941 – Jeff Jones, Welsh-English cricketer
1941 – Tommy Rettig, American child actor (d. 1996)
1941 – Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (d. 1985)
1942 – Ann Gloag, Scottish nurse and businesswoman
1944 – Andris Bērziņš, Latvian businessman and politician, 8th President of Latvia
1944 – John Birt, Baron Birt, English businessman
1944 – Steve Renko, American baseball player
1945 – Mukhtar Altynbayev, Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan
1946 – Ace Kefford, English bass player
1946 – Douglas Kenney, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1980)
1946 – Gloria Loring, American singer and actress
1947 – Rasul Guliyev, Azerbaijani engineer and politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan
1948 – Dušan Bajević, Bosnian-Greek footballer and manager
1948 – Jessica Cleaves, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1948 – Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (d. 2013)
1949 – Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ugandan-English journalist and author
1949 – David Perdue, American politician
1950 – John Boozman, American football player, lawyer, and politician, senior senator of Arkansas
1950 – Simon Owen, New Zealand golfer
1951 – Johnny Rodriguez, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Clive Anderson, English lawyer and television host
1952 – Susan Dey, American actress
1952 – Greg Mortimer, Australian geologist and mountaineer
1952 – Paul Varul, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Justice
1953 – Chris Bury, American journalist and academic
1954 – Eudine Barriteau, Barbadian economist and academic
1954 – Price Cobb, American race car driver and manager
1954 – Jack Hues, English singer-songwriter and musician (Wang Chung)
1956 – Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois
1956 – Roberto Cassinelli, Italian lawyer and politician
1956 – Jacquelyn Mitchard, American journalist and author
1956 – Jan van Dijk, Dutch footballer and manager
1957 – Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012)
1957 – Paul Hardcastle, English composer and producer
1957 – Prem Rawat, Indian-American guru and educator
1958 – Cornelia Funke, German-American author
1958 – Kathryn Stott, English pianist and academic
1959 – Mark Aguirre, American basketball player and coach
1959 – Kevin Ash, English journalist and author (d. 2013)
1959 – Udi Aloni, American-Israeli director and author
1959 – Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist
1960 – Kenneth Branagh, Northern Ireland-born English actor director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Kōichi Satō, Japanese actor
1961 – Mark McKoy, Canadian hurdler and sprinter
1961 – Nia Peeples, American singer and actress
1962 – Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (d. 2015)
1962 – John de Wolf, Dutch footballer and manager
1963 – John Elias, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and coach
1963 – Ole Amund Gjersvik, Norwegian bassist and composer
1963 – Jahangir Khan, Pakistani squash player
1963 – Robin White, American tennis player
1964 – Stephen Billington, English actor
1964 – Stef Blok, Dutch banker and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior
1964 – Bobby Flay, American chef and author
1965 – Greg Giraldo, American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1965 – J Mascis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965 – Stephanie Morgenstern, Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Rein Ahas, Estonian geographer and academic
1966 – Robin Brooke, New Zealand rugby player
1966 – Mel Rojas, Dominican baseball player
1966 – Penelope Trunk, American writer[2]
1968 – Yōko Oginome, Japanese singer, actress, and voice actress
1969 – Darren Berry, Australian cricketer and coach
1969 – Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1970 – Kevin Sharp, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1970 – Bryant Stith, American basketball player and coach
1971 – Daniel Betts, British actor
1972 – Donavon Frankenreiter, American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
1974 – Meg White, American drummer
1975 – Steve Bradley, American wrestler (d. 2008)
1975 – Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
1975 – Josip Skoko, Australian footballer
1976 – Shane Byrne, English motorcycle racer
1978 – Anna Jesień, Polish hurdler
1978 – Summer Phoenix, American actress
1979 – Matt Bentley, American wrestler
1979 – Iain Brunnschweiler, English cricketer
1980 – Sarah Chang, American violinist
1981 – Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer
1981 – Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
1982 – D. S. Bradford, American singer-songwriter, performer, vocalist, guitarist, and composer
1982 – Claudia Hoffmann, German sprinter
1983 – Lewis Buxton, English footballer
1983 – Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian footballer
1983 – Xavier Samuel, Australian actor
1984 – Mark Applegarth, English rugby player
1985 – Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer
1985 – Matt Forte, American football player
1985 – T. J. Hensick, American ice hockey player
1985 – Trésor Mputu, Congolese footballer
1985 – Raven-Symoné, American actress, singer, and dancer
1985 – Lê Công Vinh, Vietnamese footballer
1986 – Matthew Bates, English footballer
1986 – Kahlil Bell, American football player
1987 – Gonzalo Higuaín, French-Argentinian footballer
1988 – Wilfried Bony, Ivorian footballer
1988 – Mitchell Donald, Dutch footballer
1988 – Neven Subotić, Serbian footballer
1989 – Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, French politician
1989 – Tom Sexton, Australian-Irish rugby player
1990 – Kazenga LuaLua, Congolese-English footballer
1990 – Sakiko Matsui, Japanese singer and actress
1990 – Terrell Sinkfield, American football player
1990 – Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2010)
1991 – Eric Reid, American football player
1991 – Dion Waiters, American basketball player
1994 – Richard Kennar, Samoan rugby league player
1994 – Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer
1996 – Kang Daniel, South Korean singer