Monday, March 9, 2009

Famous Births on 10 Mar

Famous Births on 10 Mar

1415 - Vasili II of Russia (d. 1462)
1452 - Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1516)
1503 - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1564)
1536 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1572)
1628 - Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (d. 1694)
1709 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (d. 1746)
1745 - John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (d. 1807)
1749 - Lorenzo da Ponte, Italian librettist (d. 1838)
1769 - Joseph Williamson, English philanthropist and tunnel builder (d. 1840)
1772 - Friedrich von Schlegel, German aesthetician (d. 1829)
1776 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen consort of Prussia (d. 1810)
1787 - William Etty, English painter (d. 1849)
1788 - Joseph von Eichendorff, German writer (d. 1857)
1810 - Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet (d. 1886)
1842 - Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (d. 1912)
1844 - Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist (d. 1908)
1845 - Alexander III of Russia (d. 1894)
1846 - Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
1847 - Kate Sheppard, New Zealand suffragist (d. 1934)
1850 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)
1880 - Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor (d. 1971)
1887 - Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Grandmaster of Ninjutsu (d. 1972)
1888 - Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (d. 1961)
1892 - Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (d. 1955)
1892 - Gregory La Cava, American director (d. 1952)
1899 - Robert Meier, German WW1 veteran, formerly Germany's oldest man. (d. 2007)
1903 - Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (d. 1931)
1905 - Betty Amann, German-American actress. (d. 1990)
1905 - Richard Haydn, English actor (d. 1985)
1915 - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist (d. 1978)
1915 - Sir Charles Groves, English conductor(d. 1992)
1917 - Frank Perconte, American sergeant from Easy Company during WWII.
1918 - Günther Rall, German ace fighter pilot
1919 - Marion Hutton, American singer (d. 1987)
1920 - Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea (d. 2007)
1920 - Boris Vian, French writer and musician (d. 1959)
1923 - Val Logsdon Fitch, Nobel Prize laureate
1925 - Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (d. 2005)
1928 - James Earl Ray, American assassin (d. 1998)
1928 - Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer
1931 - Georges Dor, Quebec author, playwright, singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
1935 - Graham Farmer, Australian rules footballer
1936 - Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan Vocals and journalist (d. 1989)
1936 - Sepp Blatter, Swiss ice hockey and football official
1937 - Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)
1938 - Marina Vlady, French actress
1940 - Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist
1940 - Dean Torrence, American singer (Jan and Dean)
1945 - Birgitta Sellén, Swedish politician
1946 - Hiroshi Fushida, Japanese racing driver
1946 - Mike Hollands, Australian animator
1946 - Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (d. 1993)
1947 - Kim Campbell, 19th Prime Minister of Canada
1947 - Paul Condon, Baron Condon, former Commissioner of The Metropolitan Police
1947 - Bob Greene, American journalist
1947 - Tom Scholz, American songwriter and guitarist (Boston)
1948 - Richard Park (broadcaster), British Media Consultant and Broadcaster
1952 - Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe politician
1953 - Paul Haggis, Canadian film director
1955 - Youssra, Egyptian actress and singer
1955 - Toshio Suzuki, Japanese racing driver
1956 - Mitchell Lichtenstein, American actor; son of Roy Lichtenstein
1957 - Osama bin Laden, Islamic militant
1957 - Matt Knudsen, American actor
1957 - Shannon Tweed, Canadian actress and model
1957 - Jim White, American folk singer-songwriter

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