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Birthdays in History for Tuesday 10th June 2014

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1213 - Fakhruddin 'Iraqi, Persian philosopher
1613 - Johann Georg II, elect of Saxon (1656-80)
1630 - Willem van Bemmel, Dutch painter/etcher
1632 - Esprit Fléchier, French writer and bishop (d. 1710)
1637 - Jacques Marquette, jesuit/missionary founder (Chicago)
1657 - James Cragg the Elder, British politician (d. 1721)
1688 - James Francis Edward Stuart 'The old Pretender', claimed thrones of England and Scotland as James III/James VIII (d. 1766)
1706 - John Dollond, owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens
1710 - James Short, Scottish mathematician (d. 1768)
1735 - John Morgan, American physician-in-chief of Continental Army
1753 - William Eustis, 12th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)
1781 - Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer
1782 - Amable-G-P B de Barante, French politician/historian
1790 - Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer
1803 - Henry Darcy, French scientist (d. 1858)
1804 - Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist (d. 1884)
1808 - Friedrich Kaiser, Dutch astronomer (Kaiser compass-card)
1819 - J D Gustave Courbet, French realist painter (Demoiselles the la Seine)
1825 - Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier (d. 1897)
1825 - Princess Hildegard of Bavaria d. 1864
1831 - W A Remy, composer
1832 - Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India)
1832 - Nikolaus A Otto, German technician (gas motor, otto motor)
1834 - Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (HP Foundation)
1835 - Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian
1835 - Ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ, ruler of Toscane
1835 - Rebecca Latimer Felton, U.S. Senator (d. 1930)
1836 - Yamaoka Tesshu, Japanese swordsman/master of kendo
1838 - Meyer E van Beem, actor (Black Venus)
1839 - Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Council President of Denmark (d. 1912)
1840 - Thomas Fentress Toon, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1840 - Theodor Philipsen Danish painter (d. 1920)
1843 - Heinrich von Herzogenberg, composer
1844 - J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Haagse school)
1844 - Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren und Menschen)
1859 - Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris, Wood Song)
1861 - Josephus T J Cuypers, Dutch architect (St Bavo, Haarlem)
1861 - Pierre M M Duhem, French naturalist/philosopher/historian
1862 - Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (d. 1937)
1863 - Louis M A Couperus, Dutch poet/writer (Eline Vere)
1865 - Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (claimed falsely to be at North Pole)
1869 - Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary/headed La Gazette
1879 - Benjamin Lambord, composer
1880 - Margit Kaffka, writer
1882 - Neville Henderson, British diplomat
1886 - Baron Josse Emile van Dievoet, Flemish lawyer
1888 - Leo Weismantel, German writer (Der Reiter der Apocalypse)
1889 - Cliff Clark, actor (Kid Glove Killer, Golden Hoofs, Vigilante Hideout)
1890 - Paul J M Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author
1890 - Powell Weaver, composer
1890 - Sessue Hayakawa, Japan, actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Hell to Eternity)
1891 - Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru the Tulips)
1893 - Franz Andre, Belgian conductor
1894 - Pavel Borkovec, Czech composer (Stmivani, [Twilight])
1895 - Immanuel Velikovsky, writer (Worlds in Collision)
1895 - Hattie McDaniel, Wichita Kansas, 1st African American actress to win an Oscar (Gone With The Wind)
1898 - Virginia Valli, [McSweeney], Chicago IL, actress (Pleasure Garden)
1899 - Raoul Salan, Fr/Indochina/Algeria (leader OAS)
1900 - Henri Bruning, Dutch literary
1901 - Frederick Loewe, Austrian-born composer (d. 1988)
1902 - Gaston Brenta, composer
1902 - J Wouterus van Dieren, Dutch biologist (Terschelling)
1903 - Clyde Beatty, US animal trainer/actor (Big Cage)
1903 - Theo Lingen, German director/actor (M, Charm of La Boheme) [or Jun 19]
1904 - Frederick Loewe, composer (Learner & Loewe)
1906 - Janos Viski, composer
1907 - Fairfield Porter, American painter (d. 1975)
1908 - Brinsley Ford, CEO (National Art Collections Fund)
1908 - Ernst B Chain, German chemist/bacteriologist (penicillin, Nobel 1945)
1909 - Erwin Dressel, composer
1910 - Howlin' Wolf, [Chester Arthur Burnett], harmonica (Big City Blues)
1910 - Robert Still, composer
1910 - Frank Demaree, American baseball player (d. 1958)
1910 - Robert Still, English composer (d. 1971)
1911 - C P "Chilla" Christ, cricketer (Qld spinner late 30's)
1911 - Ralph Kirkpatrick, Leominster MA, harpsichordist (Domenico Scarlatti)
1911 - Terence Rattigan, playwright (Winslow Boy, Browning Version)
1912 - Leslie Brown, Bishop (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich)
1912 - William Gordon Harris, civil engineer
1912 - Jean Lesage, Premier of Quebec (d. 1980)
1913 - John Edmunds, composer
1913 - Thor Johnson, Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin, conductor (Cin Symph 1958)
1913 - Tikhon Nikoleyevich Khrennikov, composer
1913 - Van Carlyle Wilton-Davies, archdeacon Emeritus (Oxford)
1913 - Wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System
1914 - Polly Hill, Dr/anthropologist
1914 - Saul Bellow, Lachine Quebec, author (Mr Sammler's Planet, Nobel 1976)
1915 - Oscar Comras, Bronx, drummer (namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park)
1916 - Bill Waddington, British actor/comedian (Percy-Coronation Street)
1917 - William Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford)
1918 - Barry Morse, actor (Fugitive-Lt Philip Gerard, Winds of War)
1919 - Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish athlete and physician (d. 2006)
1919 - Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian Negotiator and community leader (d. 2007)
1920 - Zbynek Vostrak, composer
1921 - Philip Mountbatten, Greece, Duke of Edinburgh/Prince, Mr Elizabeth II
1921 - Jean Robic, French cyclist (d. 1980)

Actress Judy Garland (1922) 1922 - Judy Garland, [Frances Gumm], Minnesota, actress/singer (Wizard of Oz)
1922 - Rose Moffard, (acting Gov-AZ)
1923 - Earl Hamner Jr, Schuyler Va, TV narrator (Waltons)
1923 - Robert Maxwell, [Jan Hoch], Czech, billionaire/CEO (NY Daily News)
1925 - Don Costa, actor (Impossible Years, Soul of Nigger Charlie)
1925 - Nat Hentoff, columnist/novelist (Village Voice, The Cold Society)
1926 - June Haver, Rock Island, actress (Dolly Sisters, Girl Next Door)
1926 - Lionel Jeffries, actor (Fanny, Prisoner of Zenda)
1926 - Willem Oltmans, Dutch journalist (Outlawed, Free as a Bird)
1927 - Michael Walsh, major-general/director (Overseas Relations)
1927 - Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician
1927 - Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-born footballer (d. 2002)
1928 - Asher Wallfish, journalist
1928 - Maurice Sendak, NYC, author/illustrator (Where The Wild Things Are), (d. 2012)
1929 - Harald Juhnke, Berlin Germany, actor (Guitars of Love)
1929 - James McDivitt, Chicago, Brig Gen USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4, Apollo 9)
1929 - Vasile Herman, composer
1929 - Ian McCahon Sinclair, Australian politician
1931 - Jim [Purvis] Ferree Jr, Pine Bluff NC, PGA golfer (1958 Vancouver)
1931 - João Gilberto, Brazilian singer and guitarist
1932 - Gardner McKay, NYC, actor (Pleasure Seekers, Boots & Saddles)
1932 - George Burns, British TV host
1932 - J Bennett Johnston, (Sen-D-LA, 1972- )
1932 - Branko Lustig, film producer
1933 - F Lee Bailey, Waltham Mass, attorney (Sam Shepard case, OJ case)
1933 - Georgi Atanasov, Bulgarian Prime Minister
1934 - Nicolas Roussakis, composer
1934 - Paul Gibson, British high court judge
1935 - Tom Pendry, MP (Labour)
1936 - Graham Carleton Greene, literary agent
1937 - Richard Foreman, NYC, theatrical director (Daily Life)
1939 - Alexandra Stewart, Montreal, actress (In Praise of Older Women)
1939 - Guy Harwood, horse trainer
1940 - John William Stevens, jazz drummer
1941 - Harry Muskee, Dutch rock vocalist (Cuby & Blizzards)
1941 - Jurgen Prochnow, actor (Das Boot)
1941 - Shirley Owens Alston, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
1941 - Soraya Khashoogi, Leicester England, wife (Adrian Khashoogi)
1941 - Mickey Jones, American musician and actor
1942 - Janet Vogel, rocker (Skyliners)
1942 - Preston Manning, Canadian politician
1943 - Jeff Greenfield, NYC, media commentator (Firing Line, Nightline)
1943 - Simon Jenkins, editor (Times)
1944 - Rick Price, rocker (Move)
1945 - Martin Wesley-Smith, composer
1945 - Ron Glass, Evansville Ind, actor (Ron-Barney Miller, New Odd Couple)
1946 - Mensje F van Keulen-van der Steen, Dutch writer (Bleeker's Summer)
1947 - Ken Singleton, Mt Vernon NY, baseball player (Orioles)
1949 - Kevin Corcoran, actor (Swiss Family Robinson, Babes in Toyland)
1949 - John Sentamu, Archbishop of York
1951 - Burglinde Pollak, German DR, pentathlete (Olympics-bronze-1972)
1951 - Dan Fouts, NFL QB (San Diego Chargers)
1951 - Vicky Latta, Auckland NZ, equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-96)
1953 - John Edwards, American politician and lawyer
1955 - Andrew Stevens, Memphis Tn, actor (Seduction, Boys in Company C, Fury)
1956 - Georg Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1957 - Lindsay Hoyle, British politician
1957 - Hidetsugu Aneha, Japanese architect
1959 - Timothy Van Patten, Brooklyn New York, American actor (White Shadow, Master)
1959 - Eliot Spitzer, American politician
1959 - Carlo Ancelotti, A.C. Milan coach
1960 - Balakrishna Nandamuri, Indian actor
1961 - Maxi Priest, [Max Elliott], Jamaican/English singer (Wild World)
1961 - Kim Deal, American musician (Pixies), (The Breeders)
1961 - Kelley Deal, American musician (The Breeders)
1962 - Brent Sutter, Viking, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks)
1962 - Duane Sutter, NHL player (NY Islander)
1962 - Floris Jansen, cricketer (Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup)
1962 - Gina Gershon, American actress
1962 - Vincent Perez, Swiss actor
1962 - Akie Abe, current First Lady of Japan
1963 - Brad Henry, American politician (current Oklahoma governor)
1963 - Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress
1964 - Pete Jordan, Elmhurst IL, Nike golfer (1992 Fresno Open-2nd)
1964 - Jimmy Chamberlin, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins)
1964 - Ben Daniels, British actor
1965 - Claudio Mezzadri, Switzerland, tennis star

Actress Elizabeth Hurley (1965) 1965 - Elizabeth Hurley, Basingstroke England, actress (Christabel)
1965 - Vincent Perez, actor (The Crow-City of Angels)
1966 - Doug McKeon, NJ, actor (Big Shamus Little Shamus, Centennial)
1966 - David Platt, English footballer
1967 - Human Beatbox, [Darren Robinson], rocker (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock)
1967 - Emma Anderson, British guitarist and songwriter (Lush, Sing-Sing)
1968 - Kevin Donnalley, NFL guard/tackle (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1968 - Susan Haskell, actress (Marty-One Life to Live, Strictly Business)
1968 - Bill Burr, American comedian
1968 - Jimmy Shea, American skeleton racer
1968 - The D.O.C., American rapper
1969 - Fred Foggie, WLAF cornerback (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969 - Tony McCoy, NFL defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
1969 - Ronny Johnsen, Norwegian footballer
1969 - Kate Snow, American TV journalist
1970 - David Wilson, WLAF safety (Scottish Claymores)
1970 - Laurel Korholz, La Jolla California, rower (Olympics-4th-96)
1970 - Mike Doughty, American singer
1971 - DeWayne Dotson, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1971 - Jeff Rodgers, WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 - Leanza Cornet, TV host (Entertainment Tonight)
1971 - Bobby Jindal, American politician; Louisiana Congressman, Governor
1971 - Joel Hailey, American singer
1971 - Bruno N'Gotty, French footballer
1972 - C J Richardson, NFL safety (Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks)
1972 - David Dunn, NFL wide receiver (Cin Bengals)
1972 - Edward Reevey, St John NB, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 SC Intercol)
1972 - Pat Johnson, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins)
1972 - Radmila Šekerinska, Macedonian politician
1972 - Steven Fischer, American film producer and director
1973 - Brandon Sanders, safety (NY Giants)
1973 - Carl Kidd, NFL defensive back (Oakland Raiders)
1973 - David Friedman, Los Angeles California, actor (Jason-Little House on the Prairie)
1973 - Wade Miller, CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1973 - Faith Evans, American singer
1973 - Pokey Reese, American baseball player
1975 - Henrik Pedersen, Danish footballer
1975 - Risto Jussilainen, Finnish ski jumper
1976 - Lisa Jean Costantino, Miss USA-Vermont (1997)
1976 - Hadi Saei Bonehkohal, Persian taekwondoka
1976 - Freddy García, American baseball player
1976 - Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer
1976 - Esther Ouwehand, Dutch politician, parliamentarian for the Party for the Animals
1977 - Takako Matsu, Japanese singer and actress
1977 - Adam Darski, Polish musician most known for being the leader of Behemoth
1977 - Mike Rosenthal, American football player, sports radio talk show host
1978 - Shane West, American actor
1978 - Brian West, American soccer player
1979 - Konstantinos Loumpoutis, Greek footballer
1979 - Jake Tsakalidis, Georgian-Greek basketball player
1980 - Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer
1980 - Jessica Di Cicco, American actress
1981 - Burton O'Brien, Scottish footballer
1981 - Hoku, American singer and actress
1981 - Prince Hashim bin Al Hussein, of Jordan
1981 - Jonathan Bennett, actor (Mean Girls)
1982 - Tara Lipinski, Philadelphia Pa, figure skater (1997 World Champ)
1982 - Princess Madeleine of Sweden

Actress Leelee Sobieski (1983) 1983 - Leelee Sobieski, New York City, American actress (Deep Impact, Joan of Arc, Uprising)
1984 - Dirk Van Tichelt, Belgian judoka
1985 - Kristina Lundberg, Swedish ice hockey player
1985 - Vasilis Torosidis, Greek footballer
1987 - Martin Harnik, Austrian footballer
1987 - Amobi Okoye, Nigeria-born American football player
1987 - Kelly Vitz, American actress
1991 - James Cleveland McFadden-Talbot, son of Gates McFaden (Star Trek NG)
1994 - Nicholas Santo Pietro, son of Vanna White

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