July 10 - Births

Births

1419 – Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471)
1452 – James III of Scotland (d. 1488)
1509 – John Calvin, French theologian and pastor (d. 1564)
1517 – Odet de Coligny, French cardinal (d. 1571)
1592 – Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660)
1614 – Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish statesman (d. 1686)
1625 – Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703)
1638 – David Teniers III, Flemish painter (d. 1685)
1666 – John Ernest Grabe, German-Anglican theologian (d. 1711)
1682 – Roger Cotes, English mathematician (d. 1716)
1682 – Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, German missionary (d. 1719)
1711 – Princess Amelia of Great Britain (d. 1783)
1723 – William Blackstone, English politician and jurist (d. 1780)
1736 – Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1807)
1792 – George Mifflin Dallas, American politician (d. 1864)
1802 – Robert Chambers, Scottish author and journalist (d. 1871)
1804 – Emma Smith, American religious reformer (d. 1879)
1809 – Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1889)
1830 – Camille Pissarro, French painter (d. 1903)
1832 – Alvan Graham Clark, American astronomer (d. 1897)
1834 – James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American-English painter (d. 1903)
1835 – Henryk Wieniawski, Polish composer (d. 1880)
1839 – Adolphus Busch, German brewer, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (d. 1913)
1856 – Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (d. 1943)
1864 – Austin Chapman, Australian politician (d. 1926)
1867 – Prince Maximilian of Baden, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
1871 – Marcel Proust, French writer (d. 1922)
1874 – Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor (d. 1971)
1875 – Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (d. 1955)
1883 – Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (d. 1948)
1888 – Giorgio de Chirico, Italian painter (d. 1978)
1895 – Carl Orff, German composer (d. 1982)
1896 – Thérèse Casgrain, French-Canadian politician (d. 1981)
1897 – Jack Diamond, American gangster (d. 1931)
1897 – Karl Plagge, German nazi officer (d. 1957)
1898 – Renée Björling, Swedish actress (d. 1975)
1899 – John Gilbert, American actor (d. 1936)
1899 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (d. 1978)
1900 – Mitchell Parish, American songwriter (d. 1993)
1900 – Sampson Sievers, Russian priest (d. 1979)
1902 – Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
1903 – Werner Best, German SS officer and jurist (d. 1989)
1903 – John Wyndham, English author (d. 1969)
1905 – Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (d. 2002)
1905 – Thomas Gomez, American actor (d. 1971)
1905 – Wolfram Sievers, German nazi physician (d. 1948)
1907 – Blind Boy Fuller, American singer and guitarist (d. 1941)
1909 – Donald Sinclair, English hotel owner and manager (d. 1981)
1913 – Salvador Espriu, Catalan poet (d. 1985)
1914 – Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator (d. 1992)
1917 – Hugh Alexander, American baseball player (d. 2000)
1917 – Don Herbert, American television host and producer (d. 2007)
1917 – Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (d. 1998)
1920 – David Brinkley, American journalist (d. 2003)
1920 – Owen Chamberlain, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
1921 – Harvey Ball, American artist, created the Smiley (d. 2001)
1921 – Jeff Donnell, American actress (d. 1988)
1921 – Jake LaMotta, American boxer
1921 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, co-founded the Special Olympics (d. 2009)
1922 – Jean Kerr, American author (d. 2003)
1923 – John Bradley, American navy corpsman, one of the people raising the flag on Iwo Jima (d. 1994)
1923 – Earl Hamner, Jr., American writer and producer
1923 – G. A. Kulkarni, Indian writer (d. 1987)
1924 – Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach
1924 – Bobo Brazil, American wrestler (d. 1998)
1926 – Fred Gwynne, American actor (d. 1993)
1927 – Grigory Barenblatt, Russian mathematician
1927 – Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian actor (d. 2003)
1927 – David Dinkins, American politician, 106th Mayor of New York City
1928 – Bernard Buffet, French painter (d. 1999)
1928 – Moshe Greenberg, American-Israeli scholar (d. 2010)
1928 – Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine-Italian race car driver and manufacturer (d. 2003)
1929 – Winnie Ewing, Scottish lawyer and politician
1930 – Bruce Boa, Canadian actor (d. 2004)
1930 – Susan Cummings, German-American actress.
1931 – Nick Adams, American actor (d. 1968)
1931 – Jerry Herman, American composer
1931 – Julian May, American writer
1931 – Alice Munro, Canadian writer
1932 – Carlo Maria Abate, Italian race car driver
1933 – Jan DeGaetani, American soprano (d. 1989)
1934 – Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (d. 2012)
1935 – Tura Satana, American actress (d. 2011)
1938 – Paul Andreu, French architect, designed the Osaka Maritime Museum and the National Grand Theater of China
1938 – Lee Morgan, American trumpet player (d. 1972)
1939 – Phil Kelly, Irish footballer (d. 2012)
1939 – Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish politician, journalist, and educator (d. 1999)
1940 – Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, English economist and politician
1940 – Helen Donath, American soprano
1940 – Tom Farmer, Scottish businessman
1940 – Brian Priestley, English pianist and arranger
1941 – Jake Eberts, Canadian film producer (d. 2012)
1941 – David G. Hartwell, American editor and anthologist
1941 – Ian Whitcomb, English singer-songwriter, producer, author, and actor
1942 – Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven & Hell, and Elf) (d. 2010)
1942 – Pyotr Klimuk, Soviet astronaut
1943 – Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (d. 1993)
1945 – Ron Glass, American actor
1945 – Hal McRae American baseball player
1945 – Peter Michalica, Slovak violinist
1945 – John Motson, English sportscaster
1945 – Jean-Marie Poiré, French director
1945 – Virginia Wade, English tennis player
1946 – Sue Lyon, American actress
1947 – Arlo Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and musician
1948 – Chico Resch, Canadian ice hockey player
1949 – Anna Czerwińska, Polish mountaineer
1949 – Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer
1949 – Greg Kihn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and author (The Greg Kihn Band)
1949 – John Whitehead, American singer-songwriter and producer (McFadden & Whitehead) (d. 2004)
1949 – Winston Rekert, Canadian actor (d. 2012)
1950 – Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Greek politician
1951 – Phyllis Smith, American actress
1951 – Cheryl Wheeler, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Ludmilla Tourischeva, Russian gymnast
1952 – Kim Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Max Webster)
1952 – Peter van Heemst, Dutch politician
1953 – Zoogz Rift, musician, composer and wrestling personality (d. 2011)
1953 – Rik Emmett, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Triumph and Strung-Out Troubadours)
1954 – Tommy Bowden, American football coach
1954 – Andre Dawson, American baseball player
1954 – Neil Tennant, English singer-songwriter and musician (Pet Shop Boys and Electronic)
1956 – Tom McClintock, American politician
1957 – Cindy Sheehan, American activist
1958 – Béla Fleck, American musician, songwriter, and composer (Sparrow Quartet, New Grass Revival, Strength in Numbers, and Trio!)
1958 – Fiona Shaw, Irish actress
1959 – Ellen Kuras, American cinematographer
1960 – Jeff Bergman, American voice actor
1961 – Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
1963 – Richard Waites, English actor
1964 – Urban Meyer, American football player and coach
1964 – Wilfried Peeters, Belgian cyclist
1965 – Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
1965 – Alec Mapa, Filipino-American actor and comedian
1965 – Scott McCarron, American golfer
1965 – Ken Mellons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Gina Bellman, English actress
1966 – Johnny Grunge, American wrestler (d. 2006)
1966 – Christian Stangl, Austrian mountaineer
1967 – Rebekah Del Rio, American singer-songwriter
1967 – Tom Meents, American monster truck driver
1967 – Silvetty Montilla, Brazilian drag queen performer
1968 – Hassiba Boulmerka, Algerian runner
1968 – Jonathan Gilbert, American actor
1969 – Jamie Glover, English actor
1969 – Gale Harold, American actor
1969 – Alexandra Hedison, American actress
1969 – Jonas Kaufmann, German tenor
1969 – Vicky Morales, Filipino journalist
1970 – Adam Hills, Australian comedian and actor
1970 – Gary LeVox, American singer-songwriter and musician (Rascal Flatts)
1970 – Jason Orange, English singer-songwriter and dancer (Take That)
1970 – John Simm, English actor
1970 – Helen Sjöholm, Swedish singer and actress
1971 – Adam Foote, Canadian ice hockey player
1971 – Gregory Goodridge, Barbadian footballer
1972 – Peter Serafinowicz, English comedian and actor
1972 – Sofia Vergara, Colombian actress
1972 – Tilo Wolff, German singer-songwriter and pianist (Lacrimosa)
1973 – Annie Mumolo, American actress
1974 – Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor
1975 – Andrew Firestone, American businessman
1975 – Brendan Gaughan, American race car driver
1975 – Alain Nasreddine, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor
1976 – Elijah Blue Allman, American singer and guitarist (Deadsy)
1976 – Ludovic Giuly, French footballer
1976 – Edmílson Gomes, Brazilian footballer
1976 – Adrian Grenier, American actor
1976 – Brendon Lade, Australian footballer
1976 – Lars Ricken, German footballer
1977 – Schapelle Corby, Australian convicted drug smuggler
1977 – Jesse Lacey, American singer-songwriter and musician (Brand New and Taking Back Sunday)
1977 – Gwendoline Yeo, American actress
1979 – Mvondo Atangana, Cameroon footballer
1980 – Han Eun-jeong, South Korean actress
1980 – Thomas Ian Nicholas, American actor
1980 – Alejandro Millán, Mexican singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Elfonía and Stream of Passion)
1980 – Adam Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
1980 – Jessica Simpson, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
1980 – James Rolfe, American filmmaker and actor
1981 – Aleksandar Tunchev, Bulgarian footballer
1982 – Alex Arrowsmith, American musician and producer (The Shaky Hands)
1982 – Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
1983 – Giuseppe De Feudis, Italian footballer
1983 – Matthew Egan, Australian rules footballer
1983 – José Joelson Inácio, Brazilian footballer
1983 – Kim Heechul, South Korean singer and actor (Super Junior and Super Junior-T)
1984 – María Julia Mantilla, Peruvian model, Miss World 2004
1984 – Nikolaos Mitrou, Greek footballer
1985 – B.J. Crombeen, American ice hockey player
1985 – Mario Gómez, German footballer
1985 – Park Chu-Young, South Korean footballer
1986 – Simenona Martinez, American actress
1987 – Brian Belo, English-Nigerian actor
1988 – Antonio Brown, American football player
1988 – Heather Hemmens, American actress
1991 – María Chacón, Mexican actress
1991 – Danielle Horvat, Australian actress
1991 – Atsuko Maeda, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48)
1992 – Larissa Marolt, Austrian model
1993 – Carlon Jeffery, American actor
1998 – Haley Pullos, American actress