Famous Births on 10 Jan

Famous Births on 10 Jan

1480 - Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530)
1538 - Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574)
1573 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624)
1607 - Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646)
1628 - George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1687)
1638 - Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686)
1644 - Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (d. 1711)
1654 - Joshua Barnes, English scholar (d. 1712)
1702 - Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (d. 1762)
1715 - Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)
1721 - Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (d. 1740)
1729 - Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (d. 1799)
1738 - Ethan Allen, American Revolution military leader (d. 1789)
1750 - Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, British Lord Chancellor (d. 1823)
1769 - Michel Ney, French marshal (d. 1815)
1797 - Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848)
1810 - Jeremiah S. Black, American statesman (d. 1883)
1812 - Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (d. 1881)
1815 - Sir John Alexander Macdonald, First Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)
1828 - Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (d. 1892)
1834 - Lord Acton, British historian (d. 1902)
1836 - Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1902)
1840 - Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925)
1843 - Frank James, American outlaw (d. 1915)
1849 - Francisco Ferrer Guardia, Spanish free-thinker (d. 1909)
1850 - John Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891)
1858 - Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)
1864 - Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (d. 1931)
1865 - Mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928)
1873 - Jack O'Neill, Irish-born baseball player (d. 1935)
1873 - George Orton, Canadian athlete (d. 1958)
1880 - Manuel Azaña y Diaz, Spanish republican President (d. 1940)
1880 - Grock (Charles Adrien Wettach), Swiss circus clown (d. 1959)
1883 - Francis X. Bushman, American actor (d. 1966)
1883 - Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi, Russian writer (d. 1945)
1887 - Robinson Jeffers, American poet (d. 1962)
1890 - Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (d. 1957)
1893 - Albert Jacka, Australian soldier, first Australian World War I Victoria Cross winner (d. 1932)
1903 - Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. 1975)
1903 - Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (d. 1997)
1903 - Violet Wilkey, American actress (d. 1976)
1904 - Ray Bolger, American actor/dancer (d. 1987)
1908 - Paul Henreid, Austrian actor (d. 1993)
1908 - Bernard Lee, English actor (d. 1981)
1910 - Jean Martinon, French conductor, composer (d. 1976)
1912 - Maria Mandel, Camp leader at Auschwitz (d. 1948)
1913 - Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician (d. 1981)
1913 - Gustáv Husák, President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991)
1914 - Yu Kuo-hwa, former Premier of Taiwan (d. 2000)
1915 - Dean Dixon, U.S. conductor (d. 1976)
1916 - Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
1916 - Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1917 - Jerry Wexler, American record producer
1918 - Arthur Chung, President of Guyana
1920 - Georges Marchal, French actor (d. 1997)
1920 - Max Patkin, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1921 - Rodger Ward, American race car driver (d. 2004)
1924 - Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer and director (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens) (d. 1996)
1924 - Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (d. 2007)
1926 - Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist, thinker, and politician
1927 - Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian singer (d. 2003)
1927 - Johnnie Ray, American singer (d. 1990)
1927 - Otto Stich, Swiss politician
1928 - Philip Levine, American poet
1929 - Derek Hammond-Stroud, English operatic baritone
1930 - Roy Edward Disney, American film executive
1931 - Peter Barnes, English writer (d. 2004)
1932 - Elaine Devry, American actress
1933 - Anton Rodgers, English actor (d. 2007)
1934 - Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician
1935 - Ronnie Hawkins, American musician
1935 - Sherrill Milnes, American baritone
1936 - Al Goldstein, American publisher and pornographer
1936 - Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and radio astronomer, Nobel laureate
1936 - Stephen Ambrose, American historian (d. 2002)
1936 - Burnum Burnum, Australian Aboriginal activist, actor, author and dreamer (d. 1997)
1937 - Thomas Penfield Jackson, American judge
1938 - Donald Knuth, American mathematician and computer scientist
1938 - Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and Canadian Senator
1938 - Willie McCovey, American baseball player
1939 - Bill Toomey, American athlete
1939 - Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976)
1939 - Scott McKenzie, American singer
1939 - William Levy, Dutch writer
1939 - David Horowitz, American author and political commentator
1939 - Jared Carter, American poet
1940 - Yesudas, Indian playback singer and classical musician
1940 - Ntare VI of Ankole, Omugabe of Nkole
1940 - Guy Chevrette, Quebec politician
1942 - Walter Hill, American film director
1943 - Jim Croce, American singer (d. 1973)
1944 - Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer
1944 - William Sanderson, American actor
1944 - Bernard Derome, Canadian news presenter (Le Téléjournal)
1944 - Rory Byrne, South African racing car designer
1945 - Edward Wiskoski, American professional wrestler
1945 - Rod Stewart, Scottish singer
1945 - John Fahey, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales, chairman of WADA
1945 - Jennifer Moss, English Actress (d. 2006)
1946 - Aynsley Dunbar, English musician
1947 - Afeni Shakur, mother of Tupac "2Pac" Shakur, member of the Black Panther Party
1948 - Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist
1948 - Mischa Maisky, Latvian cellist
1948 - Teresa Graves, American actress and singer (d. 2002)
1948 - Donald Fagen, American keyboardist, singer and songwriter (Steely Dan)
1949 - George Foreman, American boxer
1949 - James Lapine, American stage director
1949 - Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress (d. 2002)
1952 - Scott Thurston, American musician, songwriter
1953 - Pat Benatar, American singer
1953 - Dennis Cooper, American author
1953 - Bobby Rahal, American race car driver and race team owner
1955 - Michael Schenker, German guitarist (UFO)
1956 - Shawn Colvin, American singer
1956 - Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish writer
1957 - Greg Walden, U.S. Congressman from Oregon
1958 - Anatoly Pisarenko, Soviet weightlifter
1959 - Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter
1960 - Benoît Pelletier, Canadian politician
1960 - Samira Said, Moroccan singer
1961 - Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist
1961 - Janet Jones, American actress; wife of Wayne Gretzky
1961 - Evan Handler, American actor
1962 - Michael Fortier, Canadian politician
1963 - Mark Pryor, American politician
1964 - Brad Roberts, Canadian singer (Crash Test Dummies)
1965 - Butch Hartman, American animator
1966 - Steve Kramer, American politician
1967 - Johan Laats, Belgian judoka
1970 - Marcus Bagwell, American professional wrestler
1970 - Alisa Maric, Serbian-American chess grandmaster
1972 - Brian Lawler, American professional wrestler
1972 - Thomas Alsgaard, Norwegian cross-country skier
1973 - Ryan Drummond, American voice actor
1973 - Glenn Robinson, American basketball player
1974 - Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor
1974 - Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer
1974 - Akari Kaida, Japanese composer
1974 - Steve Marlet, French footballer
1974 - Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
1975 - Jake Delhomme, American football player
1976 - Adam Kennedy, American baseball player
1978 - Brent Smith, American singer (Shinedown)
1980 - Matt Roney, American baseball player
1980 - Sarah Shahi, American actress and model
1981 - Brian Joo, Korean-American singer
1982 - Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2002)
1983 - Danilo Dirani, Brazilian racing driver
1983 - Li Nina, Chinese aerial free-style skier
1986 - Saleisha Stowers, American model