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
- jazz musician Thelonious Monk in 1917
- filmmaker Ed Wood in 1924
- actor Peter Coyote in 1941 (age 77)
- singer John Prine in 1946 (age 72)
- entertainer Ben Vereen in 1946 (age 72)
- actor Jessica Harper in 1949 (age 69)
- writer Nora Roberts in 1950
- rocker David Lee Roth in 1954 (age 64)
- country singer Tanya Tucker in 1958 (age 60)
- actor Bradley Whitford in 1959 (age 59)
- slain journalist Daniel Pearl in 1963
- actor Bai Ling in 1966 (age 52)
- football star Brett Favre in 1969 (age 49)
- actor Wendi McLendon-Covey in 1969 (age 49)
- actor Mario Lopez in 1973 (age 45)
- race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 1974 (age 44)
- actor Andrea Navedo in 1977 (age 41)
- singer Mya in 1979 (age 39)
- actor Dan Stevens in 1982 (age 36)
- actor Maggie Elizabeth Jones in 2003 (age 15).
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