December 10 - Births

Births

• 1394 – King James I of Scotland (d. 1437)
• 1452 – Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)
• 1588 – Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)
• 1751 – George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist (d. 1813)
• 1787 – Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator (d. 1851)
• 1804 – Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi, German mathematician (d. 1851)
• 1805 – Josef Skoda, Bohemian physician (d. 1881)
• 1815 – Ada Lovelace, English mathematician (d. 1852)
• 1820 – Princess Elizabeth of Clarence (d. 1821)
• 1821 – Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, Russian poet (d. 1877)
• 1822 – César Franck, Belgian composer and organist (d. 1890)
• 1824 – George MacDonald, Scottish writer and preacher (d. 1905)
• 1827 – Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and brewer (d. 1913)
• 1830 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. 1886)
• 1851 – Melvil Dewey, American librarian, (d. 1931)
• 1870 – Mary Bonaparte, pretender to the French imperial throne (d. 1947)
• 1870 – Adolf Loos, Austrian architect (d. 1933)
• 1870 – Pierre Louÿs, French author (d. 1925)
• 1878 – Rajaji, India's freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India (d. 1972)
• 1880 – Fred Immler, German actor (d. 1965)
• 1882 – Otto Neurath, Austrian philosopher (d. 1945)
• 1884 – Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian-born painter (d. 1967)
• 1885 – Marios Varvoglis, Greek Composer (d. 1967)
• 1891 – Harold Alexander, British Army Field Marshal, first Earl of Tunis (d. 1969)
• 1891 – Nelly Sachs, German-born writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
• 1903 – Una Merkel, American actress (d. 1986)
• 1907 – Rumer Godden, English writer (d. 1998)
• 1907 – Lucien Laurent, French footballer (d. 2005)
• 1908 – Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)
• 1909 – Hermes Pan, American choreographer and dancer (d. 1990)
• 1911 – Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974)
• 1912 – Philip A. Hart, U.S. Senator (d. 1976)
• 1913 – Morton Gould, American composer (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Harry Locke, English actor (d. 1987)
• 1914 – Dorothy Lamour, American actress (d. 1996)
• 1917 – Sultan Yahya Petra, King of Malaysia (d. 1979)
• 1918 – Anne Gwynne, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1918 – Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey coach (d. 1995)
• 1919 – Alexander Courage, American composer (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian writer (d. 1977)
• 1920 – Reginald Rose, American writer (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Lucía Hiriart, First Lady of Chile (1974–1990), wife of Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet
• 1923 – Harold Gould, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997)
• 1925 – Jean Byron, American actress (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Carolyn Kizer, American poet
• 1928 – Dan Blocker, American actor (d. 1972)
• 1928 – John Colicos, Canadian actor (d. 2000)
• 1933 – Mako, Japanese-born American actor (d. 2006)
• 1934 – Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, Nobel laureate(d. 1994)
• 1935 – Terry Allcock, English footballer
• 1938 – Porter Goss, American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida, 19th and last Director of Central Intelligence, and 1st Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
• 1938 – Yuri Temirkanov, Russian orchestral conductor
• 1939 – Dick Bavetta, American basketball referee
• 1939 – Barry Cunliffe, English university professor
• 1941 – Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress
• 1941 – Tommy Kirk, American actor
• 1941 – Tommy Rettig, American actor (d. 1996)
• 1941 – Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (d. 1985)
• 1941 – Chad Stuart, English singer (Chad and Jeremy)
• 1944 – Steve Renko, American baseball player
• 1945 – Mukhtar Altynbayev, former Kazakhstani Minister of Defenseand General of the Army of Kazakhstan
• 1946 – Thomas Lux, American poet
• 1947 – Douglas Kenney, American humorist (d. 1980)
• 1947 – Rəsul Quliyev, Azerbaijani politician
• 1947 – Rainer Seifert, German field hockey player
• 1948 – Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (d. 2004)
• 1950 – John Boozman, American politician, senator-elect from Arkansas
• 1951 – Ellen Nikolaysen, Norwegian singer
• 1952 – Clive Anderson, English television presenter
• 1952 – Susan Dey, American actress
• 1953 – Chris Bury, American journalist
• 1954 – Jack Hues, English musician
• 1955 – Jacquelyn Mitchard, American novelist
• 1956 – Rod Blagojevich, 40th Governor of Illinois
• 1956 – Roberto Cassinelli, Italian politician and lawyer
• 1957 – Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor
• 1957 – Paul Hardcastle, English composer and musician
• 1957 – Prem Rawat, known also as Guru Maharaj Ji and Maharaji, American Indian spiritual leader and speaker
• 1958 – Pepsi Demacque, aka Helen Pepsi Demacque-Crockett English singer
• 1959 – Mark Aguirre, American basketball player
• 1959 – Udi Aloni, American-Israeli filmmaker, writer, and activist
• 1959 – Wolf Hoffmann, German musician (Accept)
• 1960 – Michael Schoeffling, American actor
• 1960 – Kenneth Branagh, Northern Irish actor and director
• 1961 – Nia Peeples, American singer/actress
• 1961 – Oded Schramm, Israeli-American mathematician
• 1962 – John de Wolf, former Dutch International footballer
• 1964 – Bobby Flay, American celebrity chef and restaurateur
• 1964 – George Newbern, American actor
• 1965 – Greg Giraldo, American comedian (d. 2010)
• 1965 – J Mascis, American musician
• 1965 – Stephanie Morgenstern, Canadian actress
• 1966 – Mel Rojas, Dominican baseball player
• 1969 – Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 – Bryant Stith, American basketball player
• 1971 – Brian Nichols, American spree killer
• 1972 – Marcos di Palma, Argentine racing driver
• 1972 – Donovan Frankenreiter, American surfer
• 1972 – Brian Molko, Belgian-born singer and songwriter (Placebo)
• 1974 – Meg White, American drummer (The White Stripes)
• 1975 – Steve Bradley, American wrestler (d. 2008)
• 1975 – Josip Skoko, Australian footballer
• 1977 – Mr. Águila, Mexican wrestler
• 1977 – Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
• 1978 – Marko Jaric, Serbian basketball player
• 1978 – Summer Phoenix, American actress
• 1979 – Matt Bentley, American professional wrestler
• 1980 – Sarah Chang, American violinist
• 1980 – Massari, Lebanese-born Canadian singer
• 1981 – Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer
• 1981 – Ryan Pini, Papua New Guinea swimmer
• 1981 – Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Shilpa Anand, Indian film and television actress
• 1983 – Patrick Flueger, American actor
• 1983 – Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian footballer
• 1983 – Katrin Siska, Estonian singer
• 1983 – Xavier Samuel, Australian actor
• 1984 – Jayson Paul, American wrestler
• 1984 – Mark Applegarth, Rugby League player
• 1985 – Matt Forte, American football player
• 1985 – T. J. Hensick, American ice hockey player
• 1985 – Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer
• 1985 – Trésor Mputu, Congolese footballer
• 1986 – Matthew Bates, English footballer
• 1987 – Gonzalo Higuaín, French/Argentine footballer
• 1988 – Mitchell Donald, Dutch footballer
• 1989 – Ng Chee Yang, Singaporean singer
• 1990 – Giulia Boverio, Italian actress
• 1990 – Pál Joensen, Faroese swimmer