October 10 – Famous Birthdays
Marina Diamandis (POP SINGER) 1985
Mya (POP SINGER) 1979
Dan Stevens (MOVIE ACTOR) 1982
October 10 – Famous Birthdays
1731 Henry Cavendish England, physicist/chemist (discovered hydrogen)
1738 Benjamin West painter (Death of General Wolfe)
1813 Giuseppe Verdi Italy, composed operas (Rigoletto, Aida, Otello)
1825 Paulus Kruger Pres of South African Republic (1883), Boer leader
1830 Queen Isabella II Queen of Spain (1833-68)
1834 Aleksis Kivi Finland, playwright (Kullervo, Seitsem„n Veljest„)
1861 Fridtjof Nansen Norweg Arctic explorer/humanitarian (Nobel 1922)
1892 Ivo Andric Yugoslavia, novelist (Bridge on the Drina, Nobel ’61)
1895 Lin Y-t’ang China, writer (My Country & My People)
19– Alan Rachins Cambridge Mass, actor (Douglas-LA Law)
19– Bert Kramer San Diego Calif, actor (Sara, Mike-Fitzpatricks)
19– Dana Elcar Ferndale Mich, actor (Baretta, Baa Baa Black Sheep)
19– Michael Bivens rocker (New Edition-Heart Break)
19– Noah Keen Cincinnati Ohio, actor (Det Lt Bone-Arrest & Trial)
1900 Helen Hayes Wash DC, actress (C‘sar & Cleopatra, Happy Birthday)
1906 Paul Creston [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], NY, composer (Creative Harmony)
1908 John Green NYC, composer (Body & Soul, Guy Lombardo’s arranger)
1910 Price Daniel (Gov/Sen-D-Texas)
1913 Johnny Downs Brooklyn NY, actor (Manhattan Showcase)
1918 Bobby Byrne Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven)
1918 Thelonious Monk jazz pianist (Monk’s Dream)
1924 James Clavell author (Tai Pan, Shogun) (or 1920)
1926 Richard Jaeckel NY, actor (3:10 to Yuma, Sands of Iwo Jima)
1930 Adlai Stevenson III (D-Sen-Ill)
1930 Harold Pinter England, playwright (Homecoming, Servant)
1933 Daniel Massey London, actress (Vault of Horror)
1941 Laurence Henry Tribe Shanghai China, Harvard Law professor
1946 Ben Vereen Miami Fla, actor/dancer (Pippin, Roots, Webster)
1946 Charles Dance England, actor (Plenty)
1946 Peter Mahvolich NHL star (Mont Canadiens)
1950 Dennis Holmes actor (Mike-Laramie)
1953 Gus Williams NBA guard (Golden State, Seattle, Washington)
1953 Midge Ure rocker (Dear God, Ultravox-We Came to Dance)
1955 David Lee Roth rock singer (Van Halen-Jump)
1958 John M Grunsfeld Chicago Ill, PhD/astronaut
1958 Tanya Tucker Seminole Tx, country singer/actress (Follow that Car)
1959 Chris Lowe rocker (Pet Shop Boys-Left to My Own Devices)
1961 Martin Kemp rocker (Spandau Ballet-True)
1964 Maxi Gnauck German DR, uneven parallel bars (Olympic-gold-1980)
1966 Kevin Paige vocalist (Don’t Shut Me Out)
1973 Mario Lopez San Diego Calif, actor (Slater-Saved by the Bell)
1982 Eddie J Peck Lynchburg Pa, actor (Sutton-Wildside)
