History Births on January 10

Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976)

#Sal_Mineo

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1945)

#Aleksey_Nikolayevich_Tolstoy

Mirko Bortolotti, Italian race car driver

#Mirko_Bortolotti

Katharine Burr Blodgett, American physicist and engineer (d. 1979)

#Katharine_Burr_Blodgett

Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (d. 1997)

#Voldemar_Väli

Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. 1975)

#Barbara_Hepworth

Ishiura Masakatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler

#Ishiura_Masakatsu

Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (d. 1962)

#Robinson_Jeffers

Adam Kennedy, American baseball player

#Adam_Kennedy

Michael Fortier, Canadian lawyer and politician

#Michael_Fortier

Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter and producer

#Fran_Walsh

Eddie Cheever, American race car driver

#Eddie_Cheever

Aynsley Dunbar, English drummer and songwriter

#Aynsley_Dunbar

Jeremiah S. Black, American jurist and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of State (d. 1883)

#Jeremiah_S._Black

Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director (d. 1992)

#Paul_Henreid

John Zizioulas, Greek metropolitan

#John_Zizioulas

Kalki Koechlin, Indian actress

#Kalki_Koechlin

Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1931)

#Grand_Duke_Peter_Nikolaevich_of_Russia

Issai Schur, German mathematician and academic (d. 1941)

#Issai_Schur

Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1530)

#Margaret_of_Austria,_Duchess_of_Savoy

John McLean, American hurdler, football player, and coach (d. 1955)

#John_McLean_(athlete)

Otto Stich, Swiss lawyer and politician, 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2012)

#Otto_Stich

William Haines, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Victoria (d. 1866)

#William_Haines_(Australian_politician)

Ann Shoemaker, American actress (d. 1978)

#Ann_Shoemaker

Luigi Pigorini, Italian paleontologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (d. 1925)

#Luigi_Pigorini

Kenneth Vermeer, Dutch footballer

#Kenneth_Vermeer

Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1981)

#Mehmet_Shehu

Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (d. 1935)

#Jack_O'Neill_(baseball)

Johannes Zick, German painter (d. 1762)

#Johannes_Zick

Michel Ney, French general (d. 1815)

#Michel_Ney

Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991)

#Gustáv_Husák

Franco Bordoni, Italian race car driver and pilot (d. 1975)

#Franco_Bordoni

Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer (d. 1987)

#Ray_Bolger

Max Roach, American drummer and composer (d. 2007)

#Max_Roach

Brad Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Brad_Roberts

Maria Mandl, Austrian SS guard (d. 1948)

#Maria_Mandl

Isaac Titsingh, Dutch surgeon, scholar, and diplomat (d. 1812)

#Isaac_Titsingh

Johan van der Wath, South African cricketer

#Johan_van_der_Wath

Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (d. 2015)

#Nik_Abdul_Aziz_Nik_Mat

John Wellborn Root, American architect, designed the Rookery Building and Monadnock Building (d. 1891)

#John_Wellborn_Root

Ian Poulter, English golfer

#Ian_Poulter

Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican-American boxer

#Félix_Trinidad

Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1932)

#Albert_Jacka

Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American comics and fantasy artist (d. 2011)

#Jeffrey_Catherine_Jones

George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (d. 1958)

#George_Orton

Sarah Shahi, American actress

#Sarah_Shahi

Al Goldstein, American publisher and pornographer (d. 2013)

#Al_Goldstein

Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)

#Sune_Bergström

Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1966)

#Francis_X._Bushman

Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor

#Hrithik_Roshan

Glenn Robinson, American basketball player

#Glenn_Robinson

Trent Cutler, Australian rugby league player

#Trent_Cutler

Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and author (d. 2002)

#Stephen_E._Ambrose

Tom Clarke, Scottish politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland

#Tom_Clarke_(politician)

Robert Crosbie, Canadian theosophist, founded the United Lodge of Theosophists (d. 1919)

#Robert_Crosbie

Frank James, American soldier and criminal (d. 1915)

#Frank_James

Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1823)

#Thomas_Erskine,_1st_Baron_Erskine

Ariane Friedrich, German high jumper

#Ariane_Friedrich

Philip Levine, American poet and academic (d. 2015)

#Philip_Levine_(poet)

George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman

#George_Foreman

Reinhold Sadler, American merchant and politician, 9th Governor of Nevada (d. 1906)

#Reinhold_Sadler

Emily Meade, American actress

#Emily_Meade

Bobby Rahal, American race car driver

#Bobby_Rahal

Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (d. 2015)

#Roberto_M._Levingston

Mark Pryor, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Arkansas Attorney General

#Mark_Pryor

Romain Wattel, French golfer

#Romain_Wattel

Chris Van Hollen, American lawyer and politician

#Chris_Van_Hollen

Vicente Guaita, Spanish footballer

#Vicente_Guaita

Heinrich Behmann, German mathematician and academic (d. 1970)

#Heinrich_Behmann

Janet Jones, American actress

#Janet_Jones

Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter (d. 1973)

#Jim_Croce

Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist and sportscaster

#Bernard_Thévenet

Roy E. Disney, American businessman (d. 2009)

#Roy_E._Disney

César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer

#César_Cielo

Melchior Wa?kowicz, Polish soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1974)

#Melchior_Wa?kowicz

Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player

#Kirsten_Flipkens

Jemaine Clement, New Zealand comedian, actor, and musician

#Jemaine_Clement

Max Patkin, American baseball player and clown (d. 1999)

#Max_Patkin

Herman Koeckemann, German bishop and missionary (d. 1892)

#Herman_Koeckemann

Peer Steinbrück, German politician, German Minister of Finance

#Peer_Steinbrück

Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish author

#Antonio_Muñoz_Molina

Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician

#Frank_Mahovlich

Earl Bakken, American inventor (d. 2018)

#Earl_Bakken

Pud Thurlow, Australian cricketer (d. 1975)

#Pud_Thurlow

Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)

#Heinrich_Zille

Isaac Jogues, French priest and missionary (d. 1646)

#Isaac_Jogues

Brian Cowen, Irish lawyer and politician, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland

#Brian_Cowen

Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine

#Leonid_Kravchuk

Roy Blunt, American academic and politician

#Roy_Blunt

Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1990)

#Johnnie_Ray

Kemal Dervi?, Turkish economist and politician, Turkish Minister of Economy

#Kemal_Dervi?

Alisa Mari?, Serbian chess player and politician, Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports

#Alisa_Mari?

George Birkbeck, English physician and academic, founded Birkbeck, University of London (d. 1841)

#George_Birkbeck

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, German composer and conductor (d. 1802)

#Johann_Rudolf_Zumsteeg

Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and mathematician

#Donald_Knuth

Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (d. 1860)

#Carl_Ritter_von_Ghega

Dean Dixon, American-Swiss conductor (d. 1976)

#Dean_Dixon

Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (d. 1925)

#Louis-Nazaire_Bégin

Thomas Penfield Jackson, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 2013)

#Thomas_Penfield_Jackson

Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate

#Robert_Woodrow_Wilson

Terukuni Manz?, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (d. 1977)

#Terukuni_Manz?

Manuel Azaña, Spanish jurist and politician, 7th President of Spain (d. 1940)

#Manuel_Azaña

Charles Ingalls, American farmer and carpenter (d. 1902)

#Charles_Ingalls

Ferdinand Barbedienne, French engineer (d. 1892)

#Ferdinand_Barbedienne

Mohammed Benzakour, Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author

#Mohammed_Benzakour

Donald Fagen, American singer-songwriter and musician

#Donald_Fagen

Jake Delhomme, American football player

#Jake_Delhomme

Simone Bagel-Trah, German businessperson

#Simone_Bagel-Trah

Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist, invented plastination

#Gunther_von_Hagens

Tomasz Brzyski, Polish footballer

#Tomasz_Brzyski

Michael Schenker, German guitarist, songwriter, and producer

#Michael_Schenker

Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist (d. 1948)

#Frederick_Gardner_Cottrell

Ramón Corral, Mexican general and politician, 6th Vice President of Mexico (d. 1912)

#Ramón_Corral

John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Italian-English historian and politician (d. 1902)

#John_Dalberg-Acton,_1st_Baron_Acton

Jared Kushner, American real estate investor and political figure

#Jared_Kushner

Benoît Pelletier, Canadian lawyer and politician

#Benoît_Pelletier

Chad Townsend, Australian rugby league player

#Chad_Townsend

Tiit Vähi, Estonian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Estonia

#Tiit_Vähi

Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer

#Marouane_Chamakh

John Carlson, American ice hockey player

#John_Carlson_(ice_hockey)

Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, Grenadian-English academic and politician

#Rosalind_Howells,_Baroness_Howells_of_St_Davids

Cody Walker, Australian rugby league player

#Cody_Walker_(rugby_league)

Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Ronnie_Hawkins

Eldzier Cortor, American painter (d. 2015)

#Eldzier_Cortor

Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian priest, biologist, and physiologist (d. 1799)

#Lazzaro_Spallanzani

Willie McCovey, American baseball player (d. 2018)

#Willie_McCovey

Johanna van Polanen, Dutch noblewoman (d. 1445)

#Johanna_van_Polanen

Pat Benatar, American singer-songwriter

#Pat_Benatar

Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect and academic (d. 1881)

#Georg_Hermann_Nicolai

Louis of Nassau (d. 1574)

#Louis_of_Nassau

K. J. Yesudas, Indian singer and music director

#K._J._Yesudas

DeShaun Foster, American football player

#DeShaun_Foster

Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Greek lawyer, journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1879)

#Epameinondas_Deligeorgis

Dylan Edwards, Australian rugby league player

#Dylan_Edwards

Charles G. D. Roberts, Canadian poet and author (d. 1943)

#Charles_G._D._Roberts

Shawn Colvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Shawn_Colvin

Pina Menichelli, Italian actress (d. 1984)

#Pina_Menichelli

Jared Carter, American poet and author

#Jared_Carter

Linda Lovelace, American porn actress and activist (d. 2002)

#Linda_Lovelace

Violette Cordery, English race car driver (d. 1983)

#Violette_Cordery

Kathryn S. McKinley, American computer scientist and academic

#Kathryn_S._McKinley

Gurinder Chadha, Kenyan-English director, producer, and screenwriter

#Gurinder_Chadha

Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (d. 2003)

#Gisele_MacKenzie

Scott Thurston, American guitarist and songwriter

#Scott_Thurston

Bernhard Hoff, German sprinter

#Bernhard_Hoff

Chandra Cheeseborough, American sprinter and coach

#Chandra_Cheeseborough

Vladimir Zharkov, Russian ice hockey player

#Vladimir_Zharkov

Buff Bagwell, American wrestler and actor

#Buff_Bagwell

Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)

#Christian_August_Crusius

Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008)

#Arthur_Chung

Billy Liddell, Scottish-English footballer (d. 2001)

#Billy_Liddell

Godfrey Hewitt, English geneticist and academic (d. 2013)

#Godfrey_Hewitt

David Horowitz, American activist and author

#David_Horowitz

Rod Stewart, English singer-songwriter

#Rod_Stewart

Sherrill Milnes, American opera singer and educator

#Sherrill_Milnes

Rosella Hightower, American ballerina (d. 2008)

#Rosella_Hightower

Milton Parker, American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli (d. 2009)

#Milton_Parker

Percy Cerutty, Australian athletics coach (d. 1975)

#Percy_Cerutty

Kyle Reimers, Australian footballer

Leonard Patrick Komon, Kenyan runner

Hideaki Ikematsu, Japanese footballer

Julien Brellier, French footballer

James Coppinger, English footballer

Simone Cavalli, Italian footballer

Bob Peeters, Belgian footballer and manager

Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer and manager

Maciej ?liwowski, Polish footballer

Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater (d. 2001)

Malcolm Dunford, New Zealand-Australian footballer

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist, author, and educator

John Mann, English lawyer and politician

Anatoly Pisarenko, Ukrainian weightlifter and trainer

Caroline Langrishe, English actress

George Merrill, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player

Franco Tancredi, Italian footballer and manager

Greg Towns, Australian footballer

John Gidman, English footballer and manager

James Morris, American opera singer

George Alec Effinger, American author (d. 2002)

John Fahey, New Zealand-Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Premier of New South Wales

Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and actor (d. 2016)

Graeme Gahan, Australian footballer and coach

Walter Hill, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Michaela Odone, American journalist who, along with her husband, invented Lorenzo's oil (d. 2000).

Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)

William Levy, American-Dutch journalist, author, and poet

Daniel Walker Howe, American historian and academic

Walter Bodmer, German-English geneticist and academic

Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2004)

Tony Soper, English ornithologist and author

Peter Mathias, English historian and academic (d. 2016)

Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and politician (d. 2017)

Billie Sol Estes, American financier and businessman (d. 2013)

Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 1996)

Rodger Ward, American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2004)

Harry Merkel, German race car driver (d. 1995)

Les Bennett, English footballer and manager (d. 1999)

Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (d. 2008)

Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)

Cynthia Freeman, American author (d. 1988)

Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 23rd Premier of the Republic of China (d. 2000)

Pierre Cogan, French cyclist (d. 2013)

Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist (d. 2004)

Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (d. 2013)

Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (d. 1976)

Gordon Kidd Teal, American engineer and inventor (d. 2003)

Albert Arlen, Australian pianist, composer, actor, and playwright (d. 1993)

Dobriša Cesari?, Croatian poet and translator (d. 1980)

Yong Mun Sen, Malaysian watercolour painter (d. 1962)

Pingali Lakshmikantam, Indian poet and author (d. 1972)

Dumas Malone, American historian and author (d. 1986)

Alfred Saalwächter, German admiral (d. 1945)

Leslie Rainey, Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 1962)

Algernon Maudslay, English sailor (d. 1948)

Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (d. 1909)

Martin Lichtenstein, German physician and explorer (d. 1857)

Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (d. 1712)

Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (d. 1711)