March 10 - Births

Births

  • 1415 – Vasili II of Russia (d. 1462)
  • 1452 – Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1516)
  • 1503 – Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1564)
  • 1536 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1572)
  • 1628 – Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (d. 1694)
  • 1709 – Georg Steller, German naturalist (d. 1746)
  • 1745 – John Gunby, American soldier (d. 1807)
  • 1749 – Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian librettist (d. 1838)
  • 1769 – Joseph Williamson, English philanthropist (d. 1840)
  • 1772 – Friedrich von Schlegel, German aesthetician (d. 1829)
  • 1776 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen consort of Prussia (d. 1810)
  • 1787 – William Etty, English painter (d. 1849)
  • 1787 – Francisco de Paula Martinez de la Rosa, Spanish statesman and dramatist (d. 1862)
  • 1788 – Joseph von Eichendorff, German writer (d. 1857)
  • 1810 – Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet (d. 1886)
  • 1839 – Dudley Buck, American composer, organist, and writer (d. 1909)
  • 1842 – Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (d. 1912)
  • 1844 – Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist (d. 1908)
  • 1845 – Tsar Alexander III of Russia (d. 1894)
  • 1846 – Edward Baker Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1850)
  • 1847 – Kate Sheppard, New Zealand suffragist (d. 1934)
  • 1848 – William Thompson, American archer (d. 1918)
  • 1850 – Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)
  • 1852 – Léon Moreaux, French sports shooter (d. 1921)
  • 1875 – Alexander Goldenweiser, Russian pianist, teacher, and composer (d. 1961)
  • 1876 – Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish nobleman, assassin of Minister Ritavuori (d. 1948)
  • 1877 – Émile Sarrade, French rugby player (d. 1953)
  • 1881 – Thomas Quinlan, musical impresario (d. 1951)
  • 1888 – Baldwin Cooke, American actor d. 1953
  • 1888 – Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (d. 1961)
  • 1889 – Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Grandmaster of Ninjutsu (d. 1972)
  • 1892 – Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (d. 1955)
  • 1892 – Gregory La Cava, American director (d. 1952)
  • 1897 – Robert Meier, German WW1 veteran (d. 2007)
  • 1900 – Pandelis Pouliopoulos, secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (d. 1943)
  • 1903 – Bix Beiderbecke, American jazz musician (d. 1931)
  • 1905 – Betty Amann, German-American actress. (d. 1990)
  • 1905 – Richard Haydn, English actor (d. 1985)
  • 1906 – Lionel Bertrand, Canadian politician and newspaper editor (d. 1979)
  • 1911 – Warner Anderson, American actor (d. 1976)
  • 1915 – Harry Bertoia, Italian artist (d. 1978)
  • 1915 – Sir Charles Groves, English conductor (d. 1992)
  • 1916 – Davie Fulton, Canadian politician and judge (d. 2000)
  • 1917 – Frank Perconte, American sergeant.
  • 1918 – Günther Rall, German ace fighter pilot (d. 2009)
  • 1919 – Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (d. 1987)
  • 1920 – Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur (d. 2007)
  • 1920 – Boris Vian, French writer and musician (d. 1959)
  • 1923 – Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1925 – Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (d. 2005)
  • 1925 – Jean-Guy Cardinal, Canadian politician (d. 1979)
  • 1927 – Claude Laydu, Belgian-French actor (d. 2011)
  • 1928 – Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer
  • 1928 – James Earl Ray, American assassin (d. 1998)
  • 1929 – Huey P. Meaux, American record producer (d. 2011)
  • 1929 – Sam Steiger, American politician (d. 2012)
  • 1931 – Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
  • 1933 – Ralph Emery, American television host
  • 1935 – Graham Farmer, Australian rules footballer
  • 1936 – Sepp Blatter, Swiss FIFA President
  • 1936 – Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan singer and journalist (d. 1989)
  • 1937 – Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)
  • 1938 – Norman Blake, American musician
  • 1938 – Ieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens
  • 1940 – Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist
  • 1940 – David Rabe, American playwright and screenwriter
  • 1945 – Katharine Houghton, American actress
  • 1945 – Birgitta Sellén, Swedish politician
  • 1946 – Hiroshi Fushida, Japanese racing driver
  • 1946 – Mike Hollands, Australian animator
  • 1946 – Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (d. 1993)
  • 1947 – Kim Campbell, 19th Prime Minister of Canada
  • 1947 – Paul Condon, Baron Condon, former police commissioner
  • 1947 – Bob Greene, American journalist
  • 1947 – Tom Scholz, American songwriter and guitarist (Boston)
  • 1948 – Austin Carr, American basketball player
  • 1948 – Richard Park, British media consultant and broadcaster
  • 1949 – Bill Buxton, Canadian computer scientist and designer
  • 1950 – Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Pakistani terrorist
  • 1950 – Aloma Wright, American actress
  • 1951 – Gloria Diaz, Filipino actress, Miss Universe 1969
  • 1952 – Johanna Lindsey, American novelist
  • 1952 – Mike O'Donnell, English composer
  • 1952 – Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
  • 1953 – Jacqueline Gareau, Canadian marathon runner
  • 1953 – Paul Haggis, Canadian film director
  • 1954 – Didier Barbelivien, French singer and songwriter
  • 1955 – Gary Louris, American musician
  • 1955 – Toshio Suzuki, Japanese racing driver
  • 1955 – Youssra, Egyptian actress and singer
  • 1956 – Mitchell Lichtenstein, American actor
  • 1956 – Robert Llewellyn, English writer, actor, presenter
  • 1957 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi Islamist and leader of al-Qaeda (d. 2011)
  • 1957 – Terry Holmes, Welsh rugby player
  • 1957 – Matt Knudsen, American actor
  • 1957 – Shannon Tweed, Canadian actress and model
  • 1957 – Jim White, American folk singer-songwriter
  • 1958 – Jeanie Bryson, American singer
  • 1958 – Steve Howe, American baseball player (d. 2006)
  • 1958 – Sharon Stone, American actress
  • 1960 – Lance Burton, American stage illusionist
  • 1960 – Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, German keyboardist and songwriter (Nena)
  • 1960 – Gail Greenwood, American musician (Belly and L7)
  • 1960 – Anne MacKenzie, British journalist and broadcaster
  • 1961 – Laurel Clark, American physician and astronaut (d. 2003)
  • 1961 – Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast
  • 1961 – Pam Oliver, American sportscaster
  • 1961 – Bobby Petrino, American football coach
  • 1962 – Jasmine Guy, American actress
  • 1962 – Seiko Matsuda, Japanese pop singer
  • 1963 – Jeff Ament, American musician (Pearl Jam, Green River and Mother Love Bone)
  • 1963 – Rick Rubin, American record producer
  • 1964 – Neneh Cherry, Swedish musician
  • 1964 – Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
  • 1964 – David Faber, American television reporter
  • 1965 – Rod Woodson, American football player
  • 1966 – Edie Brickell, American singer (The Heavy Circles)
  • 1966 – Stephen Mailer, American actor
  • 1966 – Gráinne Mulvey, Irish composer
  • 1966 – Mike Timlin, American baseball player
  • 1967 – Daichi Suzuki, Japanese swimmer
  • 1967 – Omer Tarin, Pakistani poet, writer and scholar
  • 1968 – Felice Arena, Australian author
  • 1968 – Thio Li-ann, Singaporean law professor and NMP
  • 1969 – Paget Brewster, American actress
  • 1969 – Walter Schreifels, American musician (Gorilla Biscuits, Rival Schools and Youth of Today)
  • 1970 – Matt Barlow, American singer (Iced Earth and Pyramaze)
  • 1970 – Michel van der Aa, Dutch composer
  • 1971 – Steve Arnold, British racing driver
  • 1971 – Jon Hamm, American actor
  • 1971 – Daryle Singletary, American singer
  • 1971 – Timbaland, American rapper
  • 1972 – Takashi Fujii, Japanese comedian and singer
  • 1972 – Matt Kenseth, American race car driver
  • 1972 – Paraskevi Tsiamita, Greek athlete
  • 1973 – Eva Herzigova, Czech model
  • 1973 – John LeCompt, American guitarist (Evanescence and We Are the Fallen)
  • 1973 – Chris Sutton, English footballer
  • 1973 – Dan Swanö, Swedish musician (Edge of Sanity and Nightingale)
  • 1973 – Mauricio Taricco, Argentine footballer
  • 1974 – Cristián de la Fuente, Chilean model and actor
  • 1974 – Biz Stone, American businessman, co-founded Twitter
  • 1975 – Lyne Bessette, Canadian cyclist
  • 1976 – Kisaki, Japanese musician (Dir en grey, Phantasmagoria and Anti Feminism)
  • 1976 – Barbara Schett, Austrian tennis player
  • 1977 – Jeff Branson, American actor
  • 1977 – Peter Enckelman, Finnish footballer
  • 1977 – Shannon Miller, American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist
  • 1977 – Colin Murray, British radio DJ
  • 1977 – Rita Simons, English actress
  • 1977 – Robin Thicke, American singer and actor
  • 1977 – Bree Turner, American actress
  • 1978 – Neil Alexander, Scottish footballer
  • 1978 – Benjamin Burnley, American musician (Breaking Benjamin)
  • 1979 – Danny Pudi, American actor and comedian
  • 1979 – Edi Gathegi, American actor
  • 1981 – Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer
  • 1981 – Efthimios Kouloucheris, Greek footballer
  • 1981 – Steven Reid, Irish footballer
  • 1981 – Ángel López, Spanish footballer
  • 1981 – Gabriela Voleková, Slovak tennis player
  • 1982 – Kwame Brown, American basketball player
  • 1983 – Che'Nelle, Malaysian Australian singer
  • 1983 – Rafe Spall, English actor
  • 1983 – Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter
  • 1983 – Reena Virk, Canadian murder victim (d. 1997)
  • 1984 – Nikos Arabatzis, Greek footballer
  • 1984 – Ben May, English footballer
  • 1984 – Olivia Wilde, American actress
  • 1985 – Lassana Diarra, French footballer
  • 1985 – Casey Dienel, American singer-songwriter
  • 1986 – JC de Vera, Filipino actor
  • 1987 – Martellus Bennett, American football player
  • 1987 – Tuukka Rask, Finnish ice hockey player
  • 1987 – Emeli Sande, British Singer
  • 1988 – Christian Beck, German footballer
  • 1988 – Michael Dunlop, Northern Irish motorbike racer
  • 1988 – Ivan Rakitić, Croatian footballer
  • 1989 – Iván Piris, Paraguayan footballer
  • 1990 – Bang Mir, South Korean rapper MBLAQ
  • 1991 – Bahaa Al Farra, Palestinian runner
  • 1992 – Neeskens Kebano, French footballer
  • 1992 – Emily Osment, American actress and singer
  • 1993 – Jack Butland, English footballer
  • 1993 – Jeffrey Scaperrotta, American actor
  • 1993 – Nooa Takooa, Kiribati sprinter
  • 1997 – Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player

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