Notable Birthdays for October 10
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- English chemist-physicist Henry Cavendish, discoverer of hydrogen, in 1731
- Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1813
- actor Helen Hayes in 1900
- jazz musician Thelonious Monk in 1917
- writer James Clavell and filmmaker Ed Wood, both in 1924
- British playwright and Nobel laureate Harold Pinter in 1930
- actor Peter Coyote in 1941 (age 74)
- singer John Prine and entertainer Ben Vereen, both in 1946 (age 69)
- actor Jessica Harper in 1949 (age 66)
- writer Nora Roberts in 1950 (age 65)
- rocker David Lee Roth in 1954 (age 61)
- country singer Tanya Tucker in 1958 (age 57)
- actor Bradley Whitford in 1959 (age 56)
- slain journalist Daniel Pearl in 1963
- football star Brett Favre in 1969 (age 46)
- actor Mario Lopez in 1973 (age 42)
- and race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 1974 (age 41).
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