February 10 - Births

Births

• 1499 – Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582)
• 1524 – Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580)
• 1606 – Christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663)
• 1609 – John Suckling, English poet (d. 1642)
• 1685 – Aaron Hill, English writer (d. 1750)
• 1744 – William Cornwallis, Royal Navy admiral (d.1819)
• 1775 – Charles Lamb, English essayist (d. 1834)
• 1783 – Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter (d. 1873)
• 1785 – Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (d. 1836)
• 1795 – Ary Scheffer, French painter (d. 1858)
• 1846 – Charles Beresford, British admiral and politician (d. 1919)
• 1846 – Ira Remsen, American chemist (d. 1927)
• 1859 – Alexandre Millerand, French politician (d. 1943)
• 1868 – Prince Waldemar of Prussia, son of Frederick III (d. 1879)
• 1884 – Frederick Hawksworth, British railroad mechanical engineer (d. 1976)
• 1890 – Boris Pasternak, Russian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1960)
• 1890 – Fanny Kaplan, Russian political revolutionary and attempted assassin of Vladimir Lenin (d. 1918)
• 1892 – Alan Hale Sr., American actor (d. 1950)
• 1893 – Jimmy Durante, American actor/comedian (d. 1980)
• 1893 – Bill Tilden, American tennis player (d. 1953)
• 1894 – Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1957-1963 (d. 1986)
• 1897 – Judith Anderson, Australian actress (d. 1992)
• 1897 – John Franklin Enders, American scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1985)
• 1898 – Bertolt Brecht, German author (d. 1956)
• 1898 – Joseph Kessel, French journalist and novelist (d. 1979)
• 1901 – Stella Adler, American actress (d. 1992)
• 1902 – Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1987)
• 1903 – Waldemar Hoven, German physician (d. 1948)
• 1903 – Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer (d. 1939)
• 1904 – John Farrow, American film director (d. 1963)
• 1905 – Walter A. Brown, American professional sports team owner and executive (d. 1964)
• 1906 – Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (d. 1973)
• 1906 – Erik Rhodes, American actor (d. 1990)
• 1910 – Dominique Pire, Belgian friar, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1969)
• 1913 – Douglas Slocombe, British cinematographer
• 1914 – Larry Adler, American musician (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Alex Comfort, British physician and writer (d. 2000)
• 1920 – Neva Patterson, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Bud Poile, Canadian hockey player and executive (d. 2005)
• 1926 – Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1993)
• 1927 – Leontyne Price, American soprano
• 1927 – Brian Priestman, British conductor
• 1929 – Jerry Goldsmith, American composer (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Jim Whittaker, American mountaineer
• 1929 – Lou Whittaker, American mountaineer
• 1930 – E.L. Konigsburg, American author
• 1930 – Robert Wagner, American actor
• 1931 – Doug Young, American voice actor
• 1933 – Richard Schickel, American film critic
• 1934 – Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet
• 1935 – John Alcorn, American designer and illustrator (d. 1992)
• 1935 – Theodore Antoniou, Greek composer
• 1937 – Roberta Flack, American singer
• 1939 – Adrienne Clarkson, Canadian politician
• 1940 – Mary Rand, British athlete
• 1941 – Michael Apted, British director
• 1943 – Bill Laskey, American football player
• 1944 – Peter Allen, Australian singer and actor (d. 1992)
• 1944 – Frank Keating, American politician
• 1944 – Frances Moore Lappe, American writer and activist
• 1944 – Rufus Reid, American musician
• 1944 – Vernor Vinge, American novelist
• 1946 – Eliot Wald, American comedy writer
• 1947 – Louise Arbour, Canadian jurist
• 1947 – Butch Morris, American jazz cornetist and composer
• 1947 – Nicholas Owen, English journalist
• 1948 – Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (d. 1994)
• 1949 – Jim Corcoran, Quebec singer and songwriter
• 1949 – Maxime Le Forestier, French singer
• 1949 – Nigel Olsson, British musician
• 1949 – Harold Sylvester, American actor
• 1950 – Mark Spitz, American swimmer
• 1951 – Robert Iger, American entertainment executive
• 1952 – Lee Hsien Loong, Singaporean politician
• 1954 – Larry McWilliams, American baseball player
• 1955 – Chris Adams, British wrestler and judoka (d. 2001)
• 1955 – Jim Cramer, American television personality
• 1955 – Greg Norman, Australian golfer
• 1958 – Michael Weiss, American musician
• 1959 – John Calipari, American basketball coach
• 1959 – Dennis Gentry, American football player
• 1959 – Lisa McPherson, American Scientologist (d. 1995)
• 1960 – Robert Addie, British actor (d. 2003)
• 1961 – Alexander Payne, American film director
• 1961 – George Stephanopoulos, American political commentator
• 1962 – Cliff Burton, American musician (Metallica) (d. 1986)
• 1962 – Bobby Czyz, American boxer
• 1962 – Piero Pelù, Italian singer and songwriter (Litfiba)
• 1963 – Lenny Dykstra, American baseball player
• 1963 – Philip Glenister, English actor
• 1964 – Glenn Beck, American radio and television host
• 1964 – Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (d. 1989)
• 1964 – Arthur Lenk, Israeli diplomat
• 1964 – Francesca Neri, Italian actress
• 1965 – Mario Jean, Quebec comedian and television actor
• 1966 – Daryl Johnston, American football player
• 1966 – Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer
• 1967 – Laura Dern, American actress
• 1967 – Jacky Durand, French cyclist
• 1967 – Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby player (d. 1999)
• 1967 – Armand Serrano, Filipino animator
• 1968 – Peter Popovic, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1968 – Garrett Reisman, American astronaut
• 1968 – Atika Suri, Indonesian television newscaster
• 1969 – Laurie Dhue, American television personality
• 1969 – Joe Mangrum, American artist
• 1970 – Alberto Castillo, Dominican baseball player
• 1970 – Melissa Doyle, Australian TV personality
• 1970 – Nobushige Kumakubo, Japanese racing driver
• 1970 – Noureddine Naybet, Moroccan footballer
• 1970 – Åsne Seierstad, Norwegian journalist
• 1971 – Louie Spicolli, American wrestler (d. 1998)
• 1971 – Lisa Marie Varon, American wrestler
• 1974 – Elizabeth Banks, American actress
• 1974 – Ty Law, American football player
• 1974 – Ivri Lider, Israeli singer
• 1974 – Tanoai Reed, American stunt performer
• 1975 – Hiroki Kuroda, Japanese baseball player
• 1975 – Kool Savas, German rapper
• 1976 – Lance Berkman, American baseball player
• 1976 – Keeley Hawes, English actress
• 1976 – Vedran Runje, Croatian footballer
• 1977 – Salif Diao, Senegalese footballer
• 1978 – Lorna Bailey, English ceramic designer
• 1978 – Don Omar, Puerto Rican singer
• 1979 – Jumaine Jones, American basketball player
• 1979 – Daryl Palumbo, American musician
• 1979 – Ross Powers, American snowboarder
• 1980 – César Izturis, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1980 – Enzo Maresca, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Mike Ribeiro, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Bruno Sundov, Croatian basketball player
• 1981 – Andrew Johnson, English footballer
• 1981 – Natasha St-Pier, Canadian singer
• 1981 – Holly Willoughby, British TV presenter
• 1982 – Keith Dunne, Irish footballer
• 1982 – Justin Gatlin, American sprinter
• 1982 – Iafeta Paleaaesina, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1983 – Bless,Canadian rapper
• 1983 – Daiane dos Santos, Brazilian gymnast
• 1983 – James Ryan, New Zealand All Black rugby player
• 1984 – Alex Gordon, American baseball player
• 1984 – Kim Hyo-jin, South Korean actress
• 1986 – Viktor Troicki, Serbian tennis player
• 1986 – Yui Ichikawa, Japanese actress and model
• 1986 – Radamel Falcao, Colombian footballer
• 1987 – Choi Si Won, Korean singer (Super Junior)
• 1989 – Bunmi Mojekwu, British actress
• 1990 – Sooyoung, Korean singer
• 1991 – Emma Roberts, American actress
• 1994 – Makenzie Vega, American actress
• 1997 – Chloë Moretz, American actress