History Births on December 10

Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (d. 1969)

#Harold_Alexander,_1st_Earl_Alexander_of_Tunis

Claudia Hoffmann, German sprinter

#Claudia_Hoffmann

Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (d. 2016)

#Agnes_Nixon

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ugandan-English journalist and author

#Yasmin_Alibhai-Brown

Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (d. 1975)

#Antonín_Novotný

Barbara Nichols, American actress (d. 1976)

#Barbara_Nichols

Stef Blok, Dutch banker and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior

#Stef_Blok

Melvil Dewey, American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System (d. 1931)

#Melvil_Dewey

Rein Ahas, Estonian geographer and academic

#Rein_Ahas

Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (d. 1848)

#Archduchess_Maria_Leopoldine_of_Austria-Este

Donavon Frankenreiter, American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist

#Donavon_Frankenreiter

Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress and producer

#Fionnula_Flanagan

Eudine Barriteau, Barbadian economist and academic

#Eudine_Barriteau

Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2010)

#Shoya_Tomizawa

Rasul Guliyev, Azerbaijani engineer and politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan

#Rasul_Guliyev

Dušan Bajevi?, Bosnian-Greek footballer and manager

#Dušan_Bajevi?

Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1976)

#Philip_Hart

Arlie Mucks, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1967)

#Arlie_Mucks

Jahangir Khan, Pakistani squash player

#Jahangir_Khan

Sarah Chang, American violinist

#Sarah_Chang

Dick Bavetta, American basketball player and referee

#Dick_Bavetta

Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974)

#Chet_Huntley

Greg Giraldo, American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2010)

#Greg_Giraldo

John de Wolf, Dutch footballer and manager

#John_de_Wolf

Xavier Samuel, Australian actor

#Xavier_Samuel

Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician (d. 1933)

#Adolf_Loos

Ray Collins, American actor (d. 1965)

#Ray_Collins_(actor)

Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)

#Johannes_Stöffler

Kang Daniel, South Korean singer

#Kang_Daniel

Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (d. 1948)

#Torsten_Bergström

T. J. Hensick, American ice hockey player

#T._J._Hensick

Simon Owen, New Zealand golfer

#Simon_Owen

Wilfried Bony, Ivorian footballer

#Wilfried_Bony

Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress

#Emmanuelle_Chriqui

Udi Aloni, American-Israeli director and author

#Udi_Aloni

Anna Jesie?, Polish hurdler

#Anna_Jesie?

László Bárdossy, Hungarian fascist politician and diplomat, 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1946)

#László_Bárdossy

Dion Waiters, American basketball player

#Dion_Waiters

Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012)

#Michael_Clarke_Duncan

Giovanni Messe, Italian field marshal and politician (d. 1968)

#Giovanni_Messe

Lê Công Vinh, Vietnamese footballer

#Lê_Công_Vinh

William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist, founded The Liberator (d. 1879)

#William_Lloyd_Garrison

Nia Peeples, American singer and actress

#Nia_Peeples

Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist and academic

#Barry_Cunliffe

Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (d. 1977)

#Clarice_Lispector

Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (d. 1512)

#Gaston_of_Foix,_Duke_of_Nemours

Kenneth Branagh, Northern Ireland-born English actor director, producer, and screenwriter

#Kenneth_Branagh

George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist (d. 1813)

#George_Shaw

Harold Gould, American actor (d. 2010)

#Harold_Gould

Josip Skoko, Australian footballer

#Josip_Skoko

Una Merkel, American actress (d. 1986)

#Una_Merkel

Kahlil Bell, American football player

#Kahlil_Bell

Mark Aguirre, American basketball player and coach

#Mark_Aguirre

Shigenori T?g?, Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1950)

#Shigenori_T?g?

Susan Dey, American actress

#Susan_Dey

Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (d. 1985)

#Kyu_Sakamoto

Michael Manley, Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997)

#Michael_Manley

Lancelot Blackburne, Archbishop of York (d. 1743)

#Lancelot_Blackburne

Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (d. 1877)

#Nikolay_Nekrasov

Roberto Cassinelli, Italian lawyer and politician

#Roberto_Cassinelli

Raven-Symoné, American actress, singer, and dancer

#Raven-Symoné

Bobby Flay, American chef and author

#Bobby_Flay

Terry Allcock, English footballer and cricketer

#Terry_Allcock

Louis Bolk, Dutch anatomist and biologist (d. 1930)

#Louis_Bolk

Summer Phoenix, American actress

#Summer_Phoenix

Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)

#Howard_Martin_Temin

Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer

#Charlie_Adam

Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher (d. 1945)

#Otto_Neurath

Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist, and singer (d. 1976)

#Ray_Nance

George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (d. 1905)

#George_MacDonald

K?ichi Sat?, Japanese actor

#K?ichi_Sat?_(actor)

Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (d. 2013)

#Clorindo_Testa

Tommy Rettig, American child actor (d. 1996)

#Tommy_Rettig

Steve Renko, American baseball player

#Steve_Renko

John Boozman, American football player, lawyer, and politician, senior senator of Arkansas

#John_Boozman

Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1852)

#Ada_Lovelace

Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)

#Olivier_Messiaen

Cornelia Funke, German-American author

#Cornelia_Funke

Jules Ladoumègue, French runner (d. 1973)

#Jules_Ladoumègue

Neven Suboti?, Serbian footballer

#Neven_Suboti?

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (d. 1851)

#Carl_Gustav_Jacob_Jacobi

Clive Anderson, English lawyer and television host

#Clive_Anderson

Bryant Stith, American basketball player and coach

#Bryant_Stith

Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (d. 1996)

#Ambrosio_Padilla

Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

#Rob_Blake

Mukhtar Altynbayev, Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan

#Mukhtar_Altynbayev

Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois

#Rod_Blagojevich

Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist

#Wolf_Hoffmann

Anne Gwynne, American actress (d. 2003)

#Anne_Gwynne

Richard Kennar, Samoan rugby league player

#Richard_Kennar

María Bibiana Benítez, Puerto Rican poet and playwright (d. 1873)

#María_Bibiana_Benítez

Amedeo Nazzari, Italian actor (d. 1979)

#Amedeo_Nazzari

Victor McLaglen, English-American actor (d. 1959)

#Victor_McLaglen

Gonzalo Higuaín, French-Argentinian footballer

#Gonzalo_Higuaín

J Mascis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#J_Mascis

Yuri Temirkanov, Russian viola player and conductor

#Yuri_Temirkanov

Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter (d. 1685)

#Adriaen_van_Ostade

Pierre Louÿs, Belgian-French author and poet (d. 1925)

#Pierre_Louÿs

Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (d. 1996)

#Dorothy_Lamour

Edith González, Mexican actress (d. 2019)

#Edith_González

Peter Baker, English-South African footballer and manager (d. 2016)

#Peter_Baker_(footballer,_born_1931)

Ken Campbell, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)

#Ken_Campbell

Andris B?rzi?š, Latvian businessman and politician, 8th President of Latvia

#Andris_B?rzi?š_(Latvian_President)

C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India (d. 1972)

#C._Rajagopalachari

Matthew Bates, English footballer

#Matthew_Bates

Sultan Kösen, Turkish farmer, tallest living person

#Sultan_Kösen

Joseph Škoda, Czech physician, dermatologist, and academic (d. 1881)

#Joseph_Škoda

Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach (d. 2005)

#Lucien_Laurent

Brian Molko, British-Belgian singer-songwriter

#Brian_Molko

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator, founded the American School for the Deaf (d. 1851)

#Thomas_Hopkins_Gallaudet

Prem Rawat, Indian-American guru and educator

#Prem_Rawat

Nelly Sachs, German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)

#Nelly_Sachs

Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot (d. 2006)

#Nicky_Barr

Mitchell Donald, Dutch footballer

#Mitchell_Donald

Lewis Buxton, English footballer

#Lewis_Buxton

Stephen Billington, English actor

#Stephen_Billington

Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (d. 2015)

#Rakhat_Aliyev

Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (d. 1481)

#Anne_de_Mowbray,_8th_Countess_of_Norfolk

John Birt, Baron Birt, English businessman

#John_Birt,_Baron_Birt

Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (d. 604)

#Chen_Shubao

Gabriela Spanic, Venezuelan actress

#Gabriela_Spanic

César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (d. 1890)

#César_Franck

Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer

#Matti_Klinga

Danny Matt, German-Israeli general (d. 2013)

#Danny_Matt

Meg White, American drummer

#Meg_White

Matt Bentley, American wrestler

#Matt_Bentley

Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer

#Taufik_Batisah

David Perdue, American politician

#David_Perdue

Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. 1886)

#Emily_Dickinson

Matt Forte, American football player

#Matt_Forte

Eric Reid, American football player

Terrell Sinkfield, American football player

Sakiko Matsui, Japanese singer and actress

Kazenga LuaLua, Congolese-English footballer

Tom Sexton, Australian-Irish rugby player

Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, French politician

Trésor Mputu, Congolese footballer

Mark Applegarth, English rugby player

Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian footballer

D. S. Bradford, American singer-songwriter, performer, vocalist, guitarist, and composer

Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer

Iain Brunnschweiler, English cricketer

Shane Byrne, English motorcycle racer

Steve Bradley, American wrestler (d. 2008)

Edyta Janowska, Polish entrepreneur

Daniel Betts, British actor

Kevin Sharp, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)

Darren Berry, Australian cricketer and coach

Y?ko Oginome, Japanese singer, actress, and voice actress

Penelope Trunk, American writer

Mel Rojas, Dominican baseball player

Robin Brooke, New Zealand rugby player

Stephanie Morgenstern, Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter

Robin White, American tennis player

Mark McKoy, Canadian hurdler and sprinter

Kevin Ash, English journalist and author (d. 2013)

Kathryn Stott, English pianist and academic

Paul Hardcastle, English composer and producer

Jan van Dijk, Dutch footballer and manager

Jacquelyn Mitchard, American journalist and author

Jack Hues, English singer-songwriter and musician (Wang Chung)

Price Cobb, American race car driver and manager

Chris Bury, American journalist and academic

Paul Varul, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Justice

Greg Mortimer, Australian geologist and mountaineer

Johnny Rodriguez, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (d. 2013)

Jessica Cleaves, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)

Ann Gloag, Scottish nurse and businesswoman

Bill Dunk, Australian golfer

Howard Smith, American journalist, director, and producer (d. 2014)

Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2001)

Philip R. Craig, American author (d. 2007)

Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese actor (d. 2006)

Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, English farmer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)

Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (d. 2015)

Guitar Slim, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)

Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (d. 2014)

Ken Albers, American singer and musician (d. 2007)

Thanassis Skordalos, Greek lyra player and composer (d. 1998)

Reginald Rose, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2002)

Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (d. 2008)

Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)

Walt Arfons, American race car driver (d. 2013)

Harry Locke, English actor (d. 1987)

Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)

Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American composer (d. 1988)

René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990)

Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1990)

Rumer Godden, English author and poet (d. 1998)

Harold Adamson, American lyricist (d. 1980)

Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer and conductor (d. 1967)

Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic (d. 1973)

Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (d. 1958)

Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1913)

Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer, American poet, biographer, and editor (d. 1894)

Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German cantor and organist (d. 1747)

Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian painter (d. 1719)

Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)

Edmund Mortimer, English nobleman and rebel (d. 1409)