July 10 - Births

Births

• 1419 – Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471)
• 1452 – King James III of Scotland (d. 1488)
• 1509 – John Calvin, French religious reformer (d. 1564)
• 1517 – Odet de Coligny, French cardinal and Protestant (d. 1571)
• 1592 – Pierre d'Hozier, 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 (d. 1685)
• 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)
• 1711 – Princess Amelia of Great Britain (d. 1783)
• 1723 – William Blackstone, English 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 naturalist (d. 1871)
• 1804 – Emma Smith, American religious figure (d. 1879)
• 1809 – Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist (d. 1889)
• 1830 – Camille Pissarro, French painter (d. 1903)
• 1832 – Alvan Graham Clark, American telescope maker and astronomer (d. 1897)
• 1835 – Henryk Wieniawski, Polish composer (d. 1880)
• 1839 – Adolphus Busch, German-born brewer (d. 1913)
• 1856 – Nikola Tesla, Serb-American inventor (d. 1943)
• 1864 – Austin Chapman, Australian policitian (d. 1926)
• 1867 – Prince Maximilian of Baden, 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 (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 and senator (d. 1981)
• 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 – Sampson Sievers, Russian Orthodox priest (d. 1979)
• 1900 – Mitchell Parish, American lyricist (d. 1993)
• 1902 – Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
• 1903 – John Wyndham, British author (d. 1969)
• 1903 – Werner Best, German jurist and nazi leader (d. 1989)
• 1905 – Thomas Gomez, American actor (d. 1971)
• 1905 – Wolfram Sievers, Nazi physician (d. 1948)
• 1909 – Donald Sinclair, British hotel manager (d. 1981)
• 1913 – Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet (d. 1985)
• 1914 – Joe Shuster, Canadian-born cartoonist (d. 1992)
• 1917 – Don Herbert, American television host (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Hugh Alexander, American baseball player (d. 2000)
• 1920 – David Brinkley, American television reporter (d. 2003)
• 1920 – Owen Chamberlain, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Harvey Ball, American inventor (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Jake LaMotta, American boxer
• 1921 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist (d. 2009)
• 1923 – Earl Hamner Jr., American author and television producer
• 1923 – Jean Kerr, American author (d. 2003)
• 1923 – G. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (d. 1987)
• 1923 – John Bradley, American Navy corpsman (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Bobo Brazil, American professional wrestler (d. 1998)
• 1924 – Johnny Bach, American basketball coach
• 1926 – Fred Gwynne, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1927 – Grigory Barenblatt, Russian mathematician
• 1927 – Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian film actor (d. 2003)
• 1927 – David Norman Dinkins, New York City Mayor, 1990-1993
• 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 – Winnie Ewing, Scottish politician
• 1930 – Bruce Boa, Canadian actor (d. 2004)
• 1931 – Nick Adams, American actor (d. 1968)
• 1931 – Alice Munro, Canadian writer
• 1931 – Jerry Herman, American composer and lyricist
• 1932 – Carlo Mario Abate, Italian racing driver
• 1934 – Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer
• 1935 – Tura Satana, American actress
• 1938 – Paul Andreu, French architect
• 1938 – Lee Morgan, American hard-bop trumpeter (d. 1972)
• 1939 – Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish politician, journalist, and educator (d. 1999)
• 1940 – Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, British economist
• 1940 – Helen Donath, American soprano
• 1940 – Tom Farmer, Scottish entrepreneur
• 1941 – David G. Hartwell, American editor and anthologist
• 1941 – Ian Whitcomb, English songwriter, entertainer and producer
• 1942 – Ronnie James Dio, American musician (d. 2010)
• 1942 – Pyotr Klimuk, Soviet cosmonaut
• 1943 – Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (d. 1993)
• 1945 – John Motson, British sports (football) commentator
• 1945 – Jean-Marie Poiré, French film director
• 1945 – Virginia Wade, British tennis player
• 1945 – Ron Glass, American actor
• 1945 – Peter Michalica, Slovak violinist
• 1946 – Sue Lyon, American actress
• 1947 – Arlo Guthrie, American musician
• 1949 – Anna Czerwińska, Polish mountaineer
• 1949 – Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer
• 1949 – Greg Kihn, American pop musician & radio personality
• 1949 – John Whitehead, American singer and record producer
• 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 – Zoogz Rift, singer/songwriter and wrestling booker
• 1953 – Rik Emmett, Canadian musician (Triumph)
• 1954 – Neil Tennant, British musician (Pet Shop Boys)
• 1954 – Andre Dawson, American baseball player
• 1956 – Tom McClintock, American politician
• 1957 – Cindy Sheehan, American anti-war/political activist
• 1958 – Béla Fleck, American musician
• 1958 – Fiona Shaw, Irish actress
• 1959 – Ellen Kuras, American cinematographer
• 1961 – Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor
• 1963 – Richard Waites, British actor
• 1964 – Urban Meyer, American football coach
• 1964 – Wilfried Peeters, Belgian cyclist
• 1965 – Alec Mapa, Filipino-American actor and comedian
• 1965 – Ken Mellons, American singer
• 1965 – Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
• 1965 – Scott McCarron, American professional golfer
• 1966 – Gina Bellman, British actress
• 1966 – Johnny Grunge, American wrestler (d. 2006)
• 1966 – Christian Stangl, Austrian mountaineer
• 1967 – Tom Meents, American monster truck driver
• 1967 – Silvetty Montilla, Brazilian drag queen
• 1967 – Rebekah Del Rio, Latin American singer/songwriter
• 1968 – Hassiba Boulmerka, Algerian athlete
• 1968 – Jonathan Gilbert, American actor
• 1969 – Jamie Glover, British actor
• 1969 – Gale Harold, American actor
• 1969 – Alexandra Hedison, American actress
• 1970 – Helen Sjöholm, Swedish singer and actress
• 1970 – Adam Hills, Australian comedian
• 1970 – Gary LeVox, American singer (Rascal Flatts)
• 1970 – Jason Orange, UK pop singer and dancer (Take That)
• 1970 – John Simm, British actor
• 1971 – Adam Foote, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1971 – Gregory Goodridge, Barbadian footballer
• 1971 – Orlando Jordan, American wrestler
• 1972 – Peter Serafinowicz, British comedian and actor
• 1972 – Sofia Vergara, Colombian actress
• 1972 – Tilo Wolff, German musician (Lacrimosa)
• 1973 – Annie Mumolo, American actress
• 1974 – Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor
• 1975 – Alain Nasreddine, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor
• 1975 – Andrew Firestone, American TV reality show personality
• 1976 – Elijah Blue Allman, American musician (Deadsy)
• 1976 – Adrian Grenier, American actor
• 1976 – Ludovic Giuly, French footballer
• 1976 – Lars Ricken, German footballer
• 1976 – Brendon Lade, Australian rules footballer
• 1976 – Edmílson Gomes, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 – Schapelle Corby, Australian convicted drug smuggler
• 1977 – Gwendoline Yeo, American actress
• 1978 – Jesse Lacey, American musician (Brand New)
• 1979 – Mvondo Atangana, Cameroon footballer
• 1980 – Thomas Ian Nicholas, American actor
• 1980 – Alejandro Millán, Mexican singer and songwriter
• 1980 – Adam Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
• 1980 – Jessica Simpson, American singer
• 1980 – Han Eun-jeong, South Korean actress
• 1981 – Aleksandar Tunchev, Bulgarian footballer
• 1982 – Alex Arrowsmith, American musician
• 1982 – Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
• 1983 – Giuseppe De Feudis, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Kim Heechul, Korean singer
• 1983 – Matthew Egan, Australian rules footballer
• 1984 – Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, Miss World 2004
• 1985 – B.J. Crombeen, American ice hockey player
• 1985 – Mario Gómez, German-Spanish footballer