Famous Births on 10 Dec

Famous Births on 10 Dec

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)
1750 - Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799)
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)
1855 - Marios Varvoglis, Greek Composer (d. 1967)
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)
1891 - Sir 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 - Lucien Laurent, French footballer (d. 2005)
1907 - Rumer Godden, English writer (d. 1998)
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
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 - Yuri Temirkanov, Russian orchestral conductor
1938 - Porter Goss, American politician, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency
1939 - Barry Cunliffe, English university professor
1941 - Chad Stuart, English singer (Chad and Jeremy)
1941 - Tommy Rettig, American actor (d. 1996)
1941 - Tommy Kirk, American actor
1941 - Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress
1944 - Steve Renko, American baseball player
1946 - Thomas Lux, American poet
1947 - Rainer Seifert, German field hockey player
1947 - Rəsul Quliyev, Azerbaijani politician
1947 - Douglas Kenney, American humorist (d. 1980)
1948 - Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (d. 2004)
1950 - Tom Towles, American actor
1951 - Ellen Nikolaysen, Norwegian singer
1952 - Clive Anderson, English television presenter
1952 - Susan Dey, American actress
1954 - Jack Hues, English musician
1955 - Jacquelyn Mitchard, American novelist
1956 - Tim Kurkjian, American baseball writer and analyst for ESPN
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
1959 - Mark Aguirre, American basketball player
1960 - Kenneth Branagh, Northern Irish actor and director
1962 - John de Wolf, former Dutch International footballer
1965 - J Mascis, American musician
1965 - Stephanie Morgenstern, Canadian actress
1966 - Mel Rojas, Dominican baseball player
1969 - Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player
1971 - Brian Nichols, American spree killer
1972 - Dimitri Tikovoi, French-born record producer
1972 - Brian Molko, Belgian-born singer and songwriter (Placebo)
1972 - Marcos di Palma, Argentine racing driver
1974 - Meg White, American drummer (The White Stripes)
1975 - Josip Skoko, Australian footballer
1977 - Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
1978 - Donna Williams, co-founder of Neopets
1978 - Summer Phoenix, American actress
1978 - Brandon Novak, American skateboarder
1979 - Matt Bentley, American professional wrestler
1980 - Sarah Chang, American violinist
1980 - Ledley King, English footballer
1980 - Massari, Lebanese-born Canadian singer
1981 - Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer
1981 - Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
1981 - Ryan Pini, Papua New Guinea swimmer
1982 - Tim Deegan, Canadian MuchMusic VJ
1982 - Shilpa Anand, Indian film and television actress
1983 - Patrick Flueger, American actor
1983 - Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian footballer
1983 - Katrin Siska, Estonian singer
1983 - Zé Kalanga, Angolan footballer
1984 - Jayson Paul, American professional wrestler
1985 - T. J. Hensick, American ice hockey player
1985 - Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer
1986 - Matthew Bates, English footballer
1986 - Ryoichi Tsukada, Japanese acrobat
1987 - Gonzalo Higuaín, French-born Argentine footballer
1990 - Giulia Boverio, Italian actress