Famous Birthdays for January 10th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 626 – Husayn ibn Ali the third Shia Imam (d. 680)^[34]
• 1480 – Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1530)
• 1538 – Louis of Nassau (d. 1574)^[35]

1601–1900[edit]

• 1607 – Isaac Jogues, French priest and missionary (d. 1646)^[36]
• 1644 – Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (d. 1711)^[37]
• 1654 – Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (d. 1712)^[38]
• 1702 – Johannes Zick, German painter (d. 1762)^[39]
• 1715 – Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)^[40]
• 1750 – Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1823)^[41]
• 1760 – Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, German composer and conductor (d. 1802)^[42]
• 1769 – Michel Ney, French general (d. 1815)^[43]
• 1776 – George Birkbeck, English physician and academic, founded Birkbeck, University of London (d. 1841)^[44]
• 1780 – Martin Lichtenstein, German physician and explorer (d. 1857)
• 1802 – Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (d. 1860)
• 1810 – Ferdinand Barbedienne, French engineer (d. 1892)
• 1810 – Jeremiah S. Black, American jurist and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of State (d. 1883)
• 1810 – William Haines, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Victoria (d. 1866)^[45]
• 1823 – Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, Azerbaijani national industrial magnate and philanthropist (d. 1924)^[46]
• 1827 – Amanda Cajander, Finnish medical reformer (d. 1871)^[47]
• 1828 – Herman Koeckemann, German bishop and missionary (d. 1892)^[48]
• 1829 – Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Greek lawyer, journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1879)^[49]
• 1834 – John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Italian-English historian and politician (d. 1902)^[50]
• 1840 – Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (d. 1925)
• 1842 – Luigi Pigorini, Italian paleontologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (d. 1925)
• 1843 – Frank James, American soldier and criminal (d. 1915)
• 1848 – Reinhold Sadler, American merchant and politician, 9th Governor of Nevada (d. 1906)
• 1849 – Robert Crosbie, Canadian theosophist, founded the United Lodge of Theosophists (d. 1919)^[51]
• 1850 – John Wellborn Root, American architect, designed the Rookery Building and Monadnock Building (d. 1891)
• 1854 – Ramón Corral, Mexican general and politician, 6th Vice President of Mexico (d. 1912)
• 1858 – Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)^[52]
• 1859 – Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (d. 1909)^[53]
• 1860 – Charles G. D. Roberts, Canadian poet and author (d. 1943)
• 1864 – Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1931)^[54]
• 1873 – Algernon Maudslay, English sailor (d. 1948)
• 1873 – Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (d. 1935)
• 1873 – George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (d. 1958)^[55]
• 1875 – Issai Schur, German mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
• 1877 – Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist (d. 1948)
• 1878 – John McLean, American hurdler, football player, and coach (d. 1955)^[56]
• 1880 – Manuel Azaña, Spanish jurist and politician, 7th President of Spain (d. 1940)
• 1883 – Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1966)^[57]
• 1883 – Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1945)^[58]
• 1887 – Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (d. 1962)
• 1890 – Pina Menichelli, Italian actress (d. 1984)
• 1891 – Heinrich Behmann, German mathematician and academic (d. 1970)
• 1891 – Ann Shoemaker, American actress (d. 1978)
• 1892 – Dumas Malone, American historian and author (d. 1986)
• 1892 – Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1974)
• 1893 – Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1932)
• 1894 – Pingali Lakshmikantam, Indian poet and author (d. 1972)
• 1895 – Percy Cerutty, Australian athletics coach (d. 1975)
• 1896 – Yong Mun Sen, Malaysian watercolour painter (d. 1962)^[59]
• 1896 – Dinkar G. Kelkar, Indian art collector (d. 1990)^[60]
• 1898 – Katharine Burr Blodgett, American physicist and engineer (d. 1979)
• 1900 – Violette Cordery, English racing driver (d. 1983)

1901–present[edit]

• 1903 – Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. 1975)^[61]
• 1903 – Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (d. 1997)^[62]
• 1904 – Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer (d. 1987)^[63]
• 1907 – Gordon Kidd Teal, American engineer and inventor (d. 2003)^[64]
• 1908 – Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director (d. 1992)^[65]
• 1910 – Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (d. 1976)^[66]
• 1911 – Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (d. 2013)^[67]
• 1911 – Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist (d. 2004)^[68]
• 1913 – Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991)^[69]
• 1913 – Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1981)^[70]
• 1914 – Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 23rd Premier of the Republic of China (d. 2000)^[71]
• 1915 – Dean Dixon, American-Swiss conductor (d. 1976)^[72]
• 1915 – Cynthia Freeman, American author (d. 1988)
• 1916 – Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)^[73]
• 1916 – Eldzier Cortor, American painter (d. 2015)^[74]
• 1916 – Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (d. 2008)^[75]
• 1918 – Les Bennett, English footballer and manager (d. 1999)^[76]
• 1918 – Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008)^[77]
• 1919 – Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (d. 1977)
• 1919 – Milton Parker, American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Rosella Hightower, American ballerina (d. 2008)^[78]
• 1920 – Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (d. 2015)
• 1921 – Rodger Ward, American aviator, race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2004)^[79]
• 1922 – Billy Liddell, Scottish-English footballer (d. 2001)
• 1924 – Earl Bakken, American inventor (d. 2018)^[80]
• 1924 – Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 1996)
• 1925 – Billie Sol Estes, American financier and businessman (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and politician (d. 2017)
• 1927 – Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1990)^[81]
• 1927 – Otto Stich, Swiss lawyer and politician, 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Philip Levine, American poet and academic (d. 2015)^[82]
• 1928 – Peter Mathias, English historian and academic (d. 2016)^[83]
• 1930 – Roy E. Disney, American businessman (d. 2009)^[84]
• 1931 – Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2004)^[85]

• 1931 – Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, Grenadian-English academic and politician^[86]
• 1931 – Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (d. 2015)
• 1932 – Lou Henson, American college basketball coach (d. 2020)^[87]
• 1934 – Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine (d. 2022)^[88]
• 1935 – Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022).^[89]
• 1935 – Sherrill Milnes, American opera singer and educator^[90]
• 1936 – Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and author (d. 2002)
• 1936 – Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate^[91]
• 1938 – Elza Ibrahimova, Azerbaijani composer (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and mathematician^[92]
• 1938 – Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
• 1938 – Willie McCovey, American baseball player (d. 2018)^[93]
• 1939 – Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976)^[94]
• 1940 – K. J. Yesudas, Indian singer and music director^[95]
• 1940 – Godfrey Hewitt, English geneticist and academic (d. 2013)
• 1941 – Tom Clarke, Scottish politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland^[96]
• 1942 – Graeme Gahan, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2018)
• 1943 – Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter (d. 1973)^[97]
• 1944 – Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American comics and fantasy artist (d. 2011)^[98]
• 1944 – Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and actor (d. 2016)^[99]
• 1945 – John Fahey, New Zealand-Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Premier of New South Wales (d. 2020)
• 1945 – Rod Stewart, British singer-songwriter^[100]
• 1945 – Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist, invented plastination
• 1947 – George Alec Effinger, American author (d. 2002)^[101]
• 1947 – James Morris, American opera singer
• 1947 – Peer Steinbrück, German politician, German Minister of Finance
• 1947 – Tiit Vähi, Estonian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Estonia^[102]
• 1948 – Remu Aaltonen, Finnish musician^[103]
• 1948 – Donald Fagen, American singer-songwriter and musician^[104]
• 1948 – Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist and sportscaster
• 1949 – Kemal Derviş, Turkish economist and politician, Turkish Minister of Economy
• 1949 – George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman^[105]
• 1949 – Linda Lovelace, American porn actress and activist (d. 2002)^[106]
• 1953 – Pat Benatar, American singer-songwriter^[107]
• 1953 – Bobby Rahal, American race car driver^[108]
• 1954 – Baba Vaziroglu, Azerbaijani writer, poet and translator^[109]
• 1956 – Shawn Colvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist^[110]
• 1956 – Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish author^[111]
• 1959 – Chandra Cheeseborough, American sprinter and coach^[112]
• 1959 – Chris Van Hollen, American lawyer and politician^[113]
• 1959 – Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter and producer
• 1960 – Gurinder Chadha, Kenyan-English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 – Brian Cowen, Irish lawyer and politician, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland
• 1960 – Benoît Pelletier, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1961 – Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist, author, and educator
• 1962 – Michael Fortier, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1962 – Kathryn S. McKinley, American computer scientist and academic
• 1963 – Malcolm Dunford, New Zealand-Australian footballer
• 1963 – Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater (d. 2001)
• 1964 – Brad Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 – Maciej Śliwowski, Polish footballer
• 1969 – Simone Bagel-Trah, German businessperson
• 1970 – Alisa Marić, Serbian chess player and politician, Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports
• 1972 – Mohammed Benzakour, Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author
• 1973 – Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican-American boxer
• 1974 – Jemaine Clement, New Zealand comedian, actor, and musician^[114]
• 1974 – Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer and manager
• 1974 – Steve Marlet, French footballer and coach^[115]
• 1974 – Bob Peeters, Belgian footballer and manager
• 1974 – Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor^[116]
• 1976 – Ian Poulter, English golfer
• 1978 – Johan van der Wath, South African cricketer
• 1979 – Simone Cavalli, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Sarah Shahi, American actress
• 1981 – Jared Kushner, American real estate investor and political figure^[114]
• 1982 – Julien Brellier, French footballer
• 1982 – Tomasz Brzyski, Polish footballer
• 1984 – Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer
• 1984 – Ariane Friedrich, German high jumper
• 1984 – Kalki Koechlin, Indian actress
• 1986 – Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player^[117]
• 1987 – César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
• 1988 – Leonard Patrick Komon, Kenyan runner^[118]
• 1990 – Ishiura Shikanosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler^[119]
• 1990 – Cody Walker, Australian rugby league player^[120]
• 1991 – Chad Townsend, Australian rugby league player
• 1996 – Matthew Dufty, Australian rugby league player^[121]
• 1996 – Dylan Edwards, Australian rugby league player^[122]
• 1997 – Patrick Herbert, New Zealand rugby league player^[123]
• 1997 – Blake Lawrie, Australian rugby league player^[124]