10 December Births

December 10 is the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 21 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).

553 – Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (d. 604)
1452 – Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)
1588 – Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)
1713 – Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German cantor and organist (d. 1747)
1751 – George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist (d. 1813)
1776 – Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (d. 1848)
1787 – Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator, founded the American School for the Deaf (d. 1851)
1804 – Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (d. 1851)
1805 – Joseph Škoda, Czech physician, dermatologist, and academic (d. 1881)
1815 – Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1852)
1821 – Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (d. 1877)
1822 – César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (d. 1890)
1824 – George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (d. 1905)
1827 – Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1913)
1830 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. 1886)
1851 – Melvil Dewey, American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System (d. 1931)
1861 – Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick (d. 1938)
1866 – Louis Bolk, Dutch anatomist and biologist (d. 1930)
1870 – Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (d. 1933)
1870 – Pierre Louÿs, Belgian-French author and poet (d. 1925)
1878 – C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India (d. 1972)
1882 – Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher (d. 1945)
1882 – Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1950)
1883 – Giovanni Messe, Italian field marshal and politician (d. 1968)
1885 – Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer and conductor (d. 1967)
1886 – Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (d. 1969)
1886 – Victor McLaglen, English-American actor (d. 1959)
1889 – Ray Collins, American actor (d. 1965)
1890 – László Bárdossy, Hungarian fascist politician and diplomat, 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1946)
1891 – Arlie Mucks, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1967)
1891 – Nelly Sachs, German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1896 – Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (d. 1948)
1903 – Una Merkel, American actress (d. 1986)
1906 – Jules Ladoumègue, French runner (d. 1973)
1907 – Rumer Godden, English author and poet (d. 1998)
1907 – Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach (d. 2005)
1907 – Amedeo Nazzari, Italian actor (d. 1979)
1908 – Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)
1909 – Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1990)
1910 – Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (d. 1996)
1911 – Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974)
1912 – Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1976)
1912 – René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990)
1913 – Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American composer (d. 1988)
1913 – Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)
1913 – Harry Locke, English actor (d. 1987)
1914 – Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (d. 1996)
1915 – Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot (d. 2006)
1916 – Walt Arfons, American race car driver (d. 2013)
1918 – Anne Gwynne, American actress (d. 2003)
1918 – Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
1919 – Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
1920 – Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (d. 1977)
1920 – Reginald Rose, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2002)
1920 – Thanassis Skordalos, Greek lyra player and composer (d. 1998)
1922 – Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (d. 2016)
1923 – Harold Gould, American actor (d. 2010)
1923 – Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (d. 2013)
1924 – Ken Albers, American singer and musician (d. 2007)
1924 – Michael Manley, Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997)
1925 – Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (d. 2014)
1926 – Guitar Slim, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
1927 – Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (d. 2015)
1927 – Danny Matt, German-Israeli general (d. 2013)
1928 – Barbara Nichols, American actress (d. 1976)
1930 – Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
1930 – Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, English farmer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
1931 – Peter Baker, English-South African footballer and manager (d. 2016)
1933 – Philip R. Craig, American author (d. 2007)
1933 – Larry Morris, American football player (d. 2012)
1933 – Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese-American actor and singer (d. 2006)
1934 – Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1935 – Terry Allcock, English footballer and cricketer
1935 – Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1936 – Howard Smith, American journalist, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1938 – Bill Dunk, Australian golfer
1938 – Yuri Temirkanov, Russian viola player and conductor
1939 – Dick Bavetta, American basketball player and referee
1939 – Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist and academic
1941 – Ken Campbell, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1941 – Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress and producer
1941 – Jeff Jones, Welsh-English cricketer
1941 – Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1985)
1941 – Peter Sarstedt, Indian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Ann Gloag, Scottish nurse and businesswoman
1944 – Andris Bērziņš, Latvian businessman and politician, 8th President of Latvia
1944 – John Birt, Baron Birt, English businessman
1944 – Steve Renko, American baseball player
1945 – Mukhtar Altynbayev, Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan
1946 – Ace Kefford, English bass player
1947 – Rasul Guliyev, Azerbaijani engineer and politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan
1947 – Douglas Kenney, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1980)
1948 – Dušan Bajević, Bosnian-Greek footballer and manager
1948 – Jessica Cleaves, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1948 – Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (d. 2013)
1949 – Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ugandan-English journalist and author
1950 – John Boozman, American football player, lawyer, and politician
1950 – Simon Owen, New Zealand golfer
1951 – Johnny Rodriguez, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Clive Anderson, English lawyer and television host
1952 – Susan Dey, American actress
1952 – Greg Mortimer, Australian geologist and mountaineer
1952 – Paul Varul, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Justice
1953 – Chris Bury, American journalist and academic
1954 – Eudine Barriteau, Barbadian economist and academic
1954 – Price Cobb, American race car driver and manager
1954 – Jack Hues, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954 – Gavin Smith, American businessman (d. 2012)
1956 – Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois
1956 – Roberto Cassinelli, Italian lawyer and politician
1956 – Jacquelyn Mitchard, American journalist and author
1956 – Jan van Dijk, Dutch footballer and manager
1957 – Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012)
1957 – Paul Hardcastle, English composer and producer
1957 – Prem Rawat, Indian-American guru and educator
1958 – Cornelia Funke, German-American author
1958 – Kathryn Stott, English pianist and academic
1958 – John J. York, American actor
1959 – Mark Aguirre, American basketball player and coach
1959 – Kevin Ash, English journalist and author (d. 2013)
1959 – Udi Aloni, American-Israeli director and author
1959 – Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist
1960 – Kenneth Branagh, Northern Ireland-born English actor director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Kōichi Satō, Japanese actor
1961 – Mark McKoy, Canadian hurdler and sprinter
1961 – Nia Peeples, American singer and actress
1962 – Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (d. 2015)
1962 – John de Wolf, Dutch footballer and manager
1963 – Ole Amund Gjersvik, Norwegian bassist and composer
1963 – Jahangir Khan, Pakistani squash player
1963 – Robin White, American tennis player
1964 – Stef Blok, Dutch banker and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior
1964 – Bobby Flay, American chef and author
1965 – Greg Giraldo, American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1965 – J Mascis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965 – Stephanie Morgenstern, Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Rein Ahas, Estonian geographer and academic
1966 – Robin Brooke, New Zealand rugby player
1966 – Mel Rojas, Dominican baseball player
1968 – Yōko Oginome, Japanese singer, actress, and voice actress
1969 – Darren Berry, Australian cricketer and coach
1969 – Stephen Billington, English actor
1969 – Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1970 – Kevin Sharp, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1970 – Bryant Stith, American basketball player and coach
1971 – Bill Baroni, American lawyer and politician
1971 – Brian Nichols, American spree killer
1971 – Carla Sacramento, Portuguese runner
1972 – Donavon Frankenreiter, American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
1972 – Puff Johnson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1972 – Brian Molko, Belgian-Luxembourger singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Arden Myrin, American comedian and actress
1974 – Meg White, American drummer
1975 – Steve Bradley, American wrestler (d. 2008)
1975 – Josip Skoko, Australian footballer
1976 – Shane Byrne, English motorcycle racer
1977 – Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
1978 – Anna Jesień, Polish hurdler
1978 – Summer Phoenix, American actress
1979 – Matt Bentley, American wrestler
1979 – Iain Brunnschweiler, English cricketer
1980 – Sarah Chang, American violinist
1981 – Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer
1981 – Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
1982 – Claudia Hoffmann, German sprinter
1982 – Sultan Kösen, Turkish farmer
1983 – Lewis Buxton, English footballer
1983 – Patrick Flueger, American actor
1983 – Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian footballer
1983 – Xavier Samuel, Australian actor
1984 – Mark Applegarth, English rugby player
1984 – JTG, American wrestler
1984 – Krista Ranillo, Filipino actress
1985 – Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer
1985 – Matt Forte, American football player
1985 – T. J. Hensick, American ice hockey player
1985 – Trésor Mputu, Congolese footballer
1985 – Raven-Symoné, American actress, singer, and dancer
1985 – Lê Công Vinh, Vietnamese footballer
1986 – Matthew Bates, English footballer
1986 – Kahlil Bell, American football player
1987 – Gonzalo Higuaín, French-Argentinian footballer
1988 – Wilfried Bony, Ivorian footballer
1988 – Mitchell Donald, Dutch footballer
1988 – Neven Subotić, Serbian footballer
1989 – Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, French politician
1989 – Tom Sexton, Australian-Irish rugby player
1990 – Kazenga LuaLua, Congolese-English footballer
1990 – Sakiko Matsui, Japanese singer and actress
1990 – Terrell Sinkfield, American football player
1990 – Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2010)
1991 – Eric Reid, American football player
1991 – Dion Waiters, American basketball player
1994 – Richard Kennar, Samoan rugby league player
1994 – Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer

Source: Wikipedia