January 10 - Births

Births

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 missionary (d. 1646)
1628 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1687)
1644 – Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (d. 1711)
1654 – Joshua Barnes, English scholar (d. 1712)
1702 – Johannes Zick, German 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 military leader (d. 1789)
1745 – Isaac Titsingh, Dutch diplomat (d. 1812)
1750 – Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, British Lord Chancellor (d. 1823)
1760 – Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, German composer and conductor (d. 1802)
1769 – Michel Ney, French marshal (d. 1815)
1776 – George Birkbeck, British academic (d. 1841)
1780 – Martin Lichtenstein, German physician (d. 1857)
1797 – Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848)
1797 – Eugenio Kincaid, American missionary (d. 1883)
1810 – Ferdinand Barbedienne, French engineer (d. 1892)
1810 – Jeremiah S. Black, American jurist & statesman; 24th United States Attorney General; and 23rd United States Secretary of State (d. 1883)
1812 – Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (d. 1881)
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, Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925)
1842 – Luigi Pigorini, Italian palaeoethnologist, archaeologist and ethnographer (d. 1925)
1843 – Frank James, American outlaw (d. 1915)
1848 – Reinhold Sadler, 9th Governor of Nevada (d. 1906)
1849 – Robert Crosbie, Canadian theosophist (d. 1919)
1850 – John Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891)
1853 – Jessie Bond, English singer and actress (d. 1942)
1858 – Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)
1859 – Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish free-thinker (d. 1909)
1860 – Charles G.D. Roberts, Canadian poet and writer (d. 1943)
1864 – Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1931)
1865 – Mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928)
1873 – Algernon Maudslay, British sailor (d. 1948)
1873 – Jack O'Neill, Irish-born baseball player (d. 1935)
1873 – George Orton, Canadian athlete (d. 1958)
1875 – Issai Schur, German mathematician (d. 1941)
1880 – Manuel Azaña y Diaz, Spanish republican President (d. 1940)
1881 – Leslie Rainey, Australian sportsman (d. 1962)
1883 – Francis X. Bushman, American actor (d. 1966)
1883 – Oscar Goerke, American cyclist (d. 1934)
1883 – Alfred Saalwächter, German U-boat commander (d. 1945)
1883 – Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1945)
1887 – Robinson Jeffers, American poet (d. 1962)
1889 – Maurice Collis, Irish writer (d. 1973)
1890 – Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (d. 1957)
1890 – Pina Menichelli, Italian actress (d. 1984)
1891 – Heinrich Behmann, German mathematician (d. 1970)
1892 – Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish writer (d. 1974)
1893 – Albert Jacka, Australian soldier, first Victoria Cross winner (d. 1932)
1894 – Pingali Lakshmikantam, Indian poet (d. 1972)
1898 – Katharine Blodgett, American scientist and inventor (d. 1979)
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 and dancer (d. 1987)
1905 – Albert Arlen, Australian pianist, composer, actor, director (d. 1993)
1908 – Paul Henreid, Austrian actor (d. 1992)
1908 – Bernard Lee, English actor (d. 1981)
1910 – Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (d. 1976)
1911 – Norman Heatley, English biologist (d. 2004)
1912 – Maria Mandel, Austrian Auschwitz prison guard (d. 1948)
1913 – Gustáv Husák, President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991)
1913 – Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician (d. 1981)
1914 – Yu Kuo-hwa, Premier of Taiwan (d. 2000)
1915 – Dean Dixon, American conductor (d. 1976)
1916 – Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
1916 – Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1916 – Eldzier Cortor, American painter
1917 – Hilde Krahl, Austrian actress (d. 1999)
1917 – Jerry Wexler, American record producer (d. 2008)
1918 – Les Bennett, English footballer (d. 1999)
1918 – Arthur Chung, President of Guyana (d. 2008)
1919 – Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (d. 1977)
1919 – Milton Parker, American businessman (d. 2009)
1920 – Georges Marchal, French actor (d. 1997)
1920 – Max Patkin, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1921 – Rodger Ward, American racing driver (d. 2004)
1921 – Tasso Kavadia, Greek actress (d. 2010)
1922 – Billy Liddell, Scottish Footballer (d. 2001)
1922 – Hannelore Schroth, German actress (d. 1987)
1924 – Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer and director (d. 1996)
1924 – Max Roach, American musician and composer (M'Boom) (d. 2007)
1925 – Günther Knödler, German fencer
1926 – Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and politician
1927 – Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian singer (d. 2003)
1927 – Lee Philips, American actor (d. 1999)
1927 – Johnnie Ray, American singer (d. 1990)
1927 – Otto Stich, Swiss politician (d. 2012)
1928 – Philip Levine, American poet
1929 – Derek Hammond-Stroud, English operatic baritone
1930 – Elaine Devry, American actress
1930 – Roy Edward Disney, American film executive (d. 2009)
1931 – Peter Barnes, English writer (d. 2004)
1931 – John Zizioulas, Greek Orthodox metropolitan of Pergamon
1933 – Anton Rodgers, English actor (d. 2007)
1934 – Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician
1935 – Ronnie Hawkins, American musician
1935 – Georg Katzer, German composer
1935 – Sherrill Milnes, American baritone
1936 – Stephen Ambrose, American historian (d. 2002)
1936 – Burnum Burnum, Australian activist, actor and author (d. 1997)
1936 – Al Goldstein, American publisher and pornographer
1936 – Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist, radio astronomer, Nobel laureate
1937 – Thomas Penfield Jackson, American jurist
1938 – Donald Knuth, American mathematician and computer scientist
1938 – Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
1938 – Willie McCovey, American baseball player
1939 – Jared Carter, American poet
1939 – Sonosuke Fujimaki, Japanese fencer
1939 – David Horowitz, American author and political commentator
1939 – William Levy, Dutch writer
1939 – Scott McKenzie, American singer
1939 – Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976)
1939 – Bill Toomey, American athlete
1940 – Guy Chevrette, Quebec politician
1940 – Harry Gant, American racing driver
1940 – Walter Hill, American film director
1940 – Ntare VI of Ankole, Omugabe of Nkole
1940 – Yesudas, Indian playback singer and classical musician
1942 – Graeme Gahan, Australian rules footballer
1943 – Jim Croce, American singer (d. 1973)
1943 – Jantzen Derrick, English footballer
1943 – Kristiina Elstelä, Finnish actress
1944 – Rory Byrne, South African racing car designer
1944 – Bernard Derome, Canadian news presenter
1944 – William Sanderson, American actor
1944 – Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer
1945 – John Fahey, Australian politician
1945 – Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist
1945 – Jennifer Moss, English Actress (d. 2006)
1945 – Rod Stewart, Scottish singer ( The Jeff Beck Group and Faces)
1945 – Edward Wiskoski, American wrestler
1945 – Jerome Drayton, Canadian marathon runner
1946 – Aynsley Dunbar, English musician (Frank Zappa)
1947 – Peer Steinbrück, German politician
1948 – Donald Fagen, American musician (Steely Dan)
1948 – Teresa Graves, American actress and singer (d. 2002)
1948 – Mischa Maisky, Latvian cellist
1948 – Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist
1949 – Allu Aravind, Indian film producer
1949 – George Foreman, American boxer
1949 – James Lapine, American stage director
1949 – Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress (d. 2002)
1950 – Roy Blunt, American politician
1950 – Ernie Wasson, American gardener and writer
1951 – Paul DiMaggio, American educator
1951 – Nicolas Philibert, French film director
1951 – Pez Whatley, American wrestler (d. 2005)
1952 – Scott Thurston, American musician (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Iggy and the Stooges)
1953 – Pat Benatar, American singer
1953 – Dennis Cooper, American author
1953 – Bobby Rahal, American racing driver and team owner
1954 – John Gidman, English footballer
1954 – Greg Towns, Australian rules footballer
1955 – Michael Schenker, German guitarist (UFO)
1955 – Franco Tancredi, Italian footballer
1956 – Shawn Colvin, American singer
1956 – Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish writer
1957 – Paula Smith, American tennis player
1957 – Greg Walden, American politician
1958 – Eddie Cheever, American racing car driver
1958 – Caroline Langrishe, English actress
1958 – Anatoly Pisarenko, Soviet weightlifter
1959 – Bernhard Hoff, East German athlete
1959 – Chris Van Hollen, American congressman
1959 – Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter
1960 – Gurinder Chadha, British film director
1960 – Brian Cowen, Taoiseach of Ireland
1960 – Benoît Pelletier, Canadian politician
1960 – Samira Said, Moroccan singer
1961 – Evan Handler, American actor
1961 – Janet Jones, American actress
1961 – Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian violinist
1962 – Michael Fortier, Canadian politician
1963 – Malcolm Dunford, New Zealand footballer
1963 – Kira Ivanova, Soviet figure skater (d. 2001)
1963 – David Dewayne Johnson, American convicted murderer (d. 2000)
1963 – Mark Pryor, American politician
1964 – Tony Gardner, English actor
1964 – Brad Roberts, Canadian singer (Crash Test Dummies)
1965 – Butch Hartman, American animator
1966 – Steve Kramer, American politician
1966 – Murali Nair, Indian film director
1966 – Jeremy Sims, Australian actor
1967 – Jeremy Cumpston, Australian actor
1967 – Johan Laats, Belgian judoka
1967 – Maciej Śliwowski, Polish footballer
1969 – Janko Kastelic, Canadian conductor
1969 – Andreas Reinke, German footballer
1970 – Buff Bagwell, American wrestler
1970 – Scott Ludlam, Australian politician
1970 – Alisa Marić, Serbian chess grandmaster
1972 – Thomas Alsgaard, Norwegian cross-country skier
1972 – Mohammed Benzakour, Dutch writer
1972 – Brian Lawler, American wrestler
1973 – Jakob Cedergren, Danish actor
1973 – Ryan Drummond, American voice actor
1973 – Glenn Robinson, American basketball player
1973 – Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican boxer
1974 – Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor
1974 – Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer
1974 – Akari Kaida, Japanese composer
1974 – Andrey Korneyev, Russian swimmer
1974 – Steve Marlet, French footballer
1974 – Clinton O'Brien, Australian rugby league player
1974 – Bob Peeters, Belgian footballer
1974 – Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
1975 – Jake Delhomme, American football player
1976 – Adam Kennedy, American baseball player
1976 – Ian Poulter, English golfer
1978 – Brent Smith, American singer (Shinedown)
1979 – Simone Cavalli, Italian footballer
1979 – Bodo Sieber, German rugby player
1980 – Nelson Cuevas, Paraguayan footballer
1980 – Petri Lindroos, Finnish musician (Ensiferum and Norther)
1980 – Sarah Shahi, American actress and model
1981 – James Coppinger, English footballer
1981 – Inga Jankauskaitė, Lithuanian actress and singer
1981 – Brian Joo, American-born Korean singer (Fly to the Sky)
1982 – Julien Brellier, French footballer
1982 – Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2002)
1983 – Danilo Dirani, Brazilian racing driver
1983 – Li Nina, Chinese aerial skier
1984 – Trent Cutler, Australian rugby league player
1984 – Nando Rafael, Angolan-German footballer
1984 – Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer
1985 – Abdulkader Dakka, Syrian footballer
1985 – Jaroslav Kolbas, Slovak footballer
1985 – Craig Lewis, American cyclist
1985 – Alex Meraz, American actor
1986 – Abigail Clancy, English model
1986 – Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player
1986 – Hideaki Ikematsu, Japanese footballer
1986 – Chen Jin, Chinese badminton player
1986 – Saleisha Stowers, American model
1986 – Kenneth Vermeer, Dutch footballer
1987 – César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
1988 – Vladimir Zharkov, Russian ice hockey player
1988 – Marvin Martin, French footballer
1989 – Kyle Reimers, Australian rules footballer
1990 – Mirko Bortolotti, Italian racing car driver
1990 – Wilhelm Ingves, Finnish footballer
1990 – Tao Li, Singaporean swimmer
1990 – Stefano Lilipaly, Dutch-born Indonesian footballer
1990 – César Ruiz, Peruvian footballer
1991 – Romain Wattel, French golf player
1992 – Emmanuel Frimpong, Ghanaian footballer