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Super Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Age for October 10

Last Updated 06-09-2025

🏆🏌Bruce Devlin -- is 88 in the year 2025 and 89 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1937
Sportscaster, Golfer, Australian
Misc: golf course designer

✍🎭Peter Coyote -- is 84 in the year 2025 and 85 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1941
Author, Screenwriter, Actor, Director, Narrator
Movie Titles: Patch Adams

🎵🎸George Bellamy -- is 84 in the year 2025 and 85 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1941 N.S.
Music Producer, Rhythm Guitarist, Country Musician, Rock and Roll Musician, English
Group Names: The Tornados

🏆🏒Dallas Smith -- is 84 in the year 2025 and 85 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1941
NHL Defensive, Canadian
Sports Teams: Boston Bruins, New York Rangers

🎵🎷Cecil Bridgewater -- is 83 in the year 2025 and 84 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1942
Composer, Jazz Trumpeter
Misc: hard bop jazz

🎵Carlos Uribarri -- is 81 in the year 2025 and 82 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1944
Keyboardist
Group Names: Mocedades

🎭Chris Tarrant -- is 79 in the year 2025 and 80 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1946 N.S.
Game Show Host, English
TV Shows: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

✍🎭Charles Dance -- is 79 in the year 2025 and 80 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1946 N.S.
Screenwriter, Actor, Movie Director, English
TV Shows: Game of Thrones
Movie Titles: The Imitation Game, Alien 3, Ghostbusters (2016), Gosford Park, The Last Action Hero

🎭🎵Ben Vereen -- is 79 in the year 2025 and 80 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1946
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Variety Show Host, Cartoon Voice Actor, Dancer, Singer
Names/Places: b. in Miami, FL
Misc: stage: Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Pippin
TV Shows: Roots (as Chicken George), Webster (as Uncle Philip Long), Tenspeed & Brownshoe (as EL Tenspeed Turner), Ben Vereen Comin (as At Ya), Star Trek The Next Generation (as Dr. La Forge), The Fresh Prince (as his real father)

🏆🏒"Pistol" Pete Mahovlich -- is 79 in the year 2025 and 80 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1946 N.S.
Hall of Famer, NHL Executive, NHL Coach, NHL Center, Canadian
Misc: played 1965-1982; b. 1948?
Sports Teams: Detroit Red Wings (NHL), Montreal Canadiens (NHL), Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL), Pittsburgh Hornets (AHL), Montreal Voyageurs (AHL), Adirondack Red Wings (AHL), Fort Worth Wings (CHL), Toledo Goaldiggers (IHL, player and coach), Colorado Rangers (AHL, coach), Denver Rangrs (IHL, coach), Fort Worth Fire (CHL, coach), Cape Breton Oilers (AHL, coach)

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⚛Gerhard Ertl -- is 79 in the year 2025 and 80 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1946
Chemist, Physicist, Professor, German

🏆⚾Gene Tenace -- is 79 in the year 2025 and 80 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1946
MLB Catcher
Misc: hit four homers and drove in nine homers in the 1972 World Series; World Series MVP in 1972
Sports Teams: Oakland Athletics

✍🎭Francis Perrin -- is 78 in the year 2025 and 79 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1947
Screenwriter, Actor, Movie Director, Mime, French

🏆⚾Roger Metzger -- is 78 in the year 2025 and 79 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1947 N.S.
MLB Shortstop
Misc: Gold Glove
Sports Teams: Houston Astros

🎵Cyril Neville -- is 77 in the year 2025 and 78 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1948
Percussionist, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Group Names: The Meters, The Neville Brothers

🎭🎵Tom Lucas -- is 76 in the year 2025 and 77 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1949
TV Host, Producer, Personality, Radio Disc Jock, Canadian
Names/Places: b. Montreal

✍🎭🎵Jessica Harper -- is 76 in the year 2025 and 77 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1949 N.S.
Author, Actress, Producer, Composer, Singer
TV Shows: Aspen, Little Women, It's Garry Shandling's Show (as Phoebe Bass)
Movie Titles: My Favorite Year, Pennies From Heaven

✍Nora Roberts -- is 75 in the year 2025 and 76 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1950
Novelist
Book Titles: The Heart's Victory, Carolina Moon, Montana Sky, In Death (series as pseud. J.D. Robb), Angels Fall, Born in Ice

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🏆🏒Bob Nystrom -- is 73 in the year 2025 and 74 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1952
NHL Right Wing, Canadian, Swedish
Sports Teams: New York Islanders (possibly 1972-1986)

✍🎭Axel Engstfeld -- is 72 in the year 2025 and 73 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1953
Writer, Producer, Director, Austrian

✍🎭🎵🎸David Lee Roth -- is 72 in the year 2025 and 73 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1953 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Author, Actor, Songwriter, Rock and Roll Singer
Names/Places: b. in Bloomington, IN
Misc: some say b. 1955, but Valerie Bertilelli corrected the year as b. 1953
Group Names: Van Halen (lead 1978-1984, 2012-2015), soloist
Song Titles: You Really Got Me, Runnin' With The Devil, Dance the Night Away, Beautiful Girls, Oh Pretty Woman, Happy Trails, Dancing in the Street, Jump, I'll Wait, Panama, Hot For Teacher (previous titles with Van Halen), California Girls, Just a Gigolo, Yankee Rose, Goin' Crazy, That's Life, Just Like Paradise
Album Titles: Van Halen, Van Halen II, Women and Children First, Fair Warning, Diver Down, 1984, A Different Kind of Truth (previous titles with Van Halen), Eat 'Em and Smile, Skyscraper, A Little Ain't Enough

🎵🎸James "Midge" Ure -- is 72 in the year 2025 and 73 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1953 N.S.
Songwriter, Guitarist, Keyboardist, Rock and Roll Singer, New Wave Singer, Scottish
Group Names: Thin Lizzy, Ultravox (lead), soloist

🎭Rehka -- is 71 in the year 2025 and 72 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1954 N.S.
Actress, Asia Indian
Names/Places: LN:Ganesan

🎭Norman Nixon -- is 70 in the year 2025 and 71 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1955 N.S.
Actor, Producer
Names/Places: not to be confused with Norm Nixon of basketball fame
Movie Titles: The Fish That Saved Pittsburth, Out-of-Sync, Bedazzled, Mona Must Die

🏆⚽Paul Sturrock -- is 69 in the year 2025 and 70 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1956 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Soccer Coach, Scottish

✍🎭J. Eddie Peck -- is 67 in the year 2025 and 68 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1958
Writer, Actor, Producer
TV Shows: Days of Our Lives, Young & the Restless, All My Children

🎭🏆Karen Kopins -- is 67 in the year 2025 and 68 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1958
Actress, Model
Movie Titles: Once Bitten, Creator, Jake Speed, Troop Beverly Hills

🎵Tanya Tucker -- is 67 in the year 2025 and 68 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1958 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Country Music Singer
Names/Places: b. in Seminole, TX
Song Titles: Delta Dawn, What's Your Mama's Name?, Blood Red and Goin' Down, Lizzie and the Rainman, Strong Enough to Bend

🎭Bradley Whitford -- is 66 in the year 2025 and 67 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1959
Actor
TV Shows: The West Wing (as Josh Lyman)

✍🎭Julia Sweeney -- is 66 in the year 2025 and 67 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1959
Author, TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Comedienne, Cartoon Voice Actress, Producer
TV Shows: Saturday Night Live (as Pat and other characters), Maybe It's Me (as Mary Stage)
Movie Titles: Pulp Fiction, Monsters University, It's Pat, Stuart Little

🏆⚾Terry Clark -- is 65 in the year 2025 and 66 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1960
MLB Player

🎵🎸Eric Lee Martin -- is 65 in the year 2025 and 66 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1960
Musician, Rock Singer
Group Names: Mr. Big

🎭🎵Jodi Benson -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1961
Stage Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress, Soprano
Movie Titles: Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Hawaiian Vacation, The Little Mermaid (as Ariel)

🎭🎵Martin Kemp -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1961 N.S.
Actor, Personality, Bassist, English
Group Names: Spandau Ballet

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🎭Cate Wadsworth Duddy -- is 63 in the year 2025 and 64 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1962 N.S.
Personality
TV Shows: Zoom (1974-1975, also as Chef Loozanya in the As the World Zoome serial within the show)

🏆🏈Brent Fullwood -- is 62 in the year 2025 and 63 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1963
NFL Runningback

🎵🎸Jim Glennie -- is 62 in the year 2025 and 63 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1963
Bassist, Modern Rock Singer, English
Group Names: James

🏆🏒Mike Donnelly -- is 62 in the year 2025 and 63 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1963
NHL Player, American

🏆🏀Kenny Battle -- is 61 in the year 2025 and 62 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1964
NBA Player

🎭Marisol Rodríguez -- is 60 in the year 2025 and 61 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1965 N.S.
Actress

🏆🏈Brett Perriman -- is 60 in the year 2025 and 61 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1965
NFL Wide Receiver

🎭🎵Rebecca Pidgeon -- is 60 in the year 2025 and 61 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1965
Actress, Songwriter, Singer, American, British

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✍🎭Bai Ling -- is 59 in the year 2025 and 60 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1966 N.S.
Writer, TV/Movie Actress, Producer, American, Chinese
TV Shows: Entourage, Lost
Movie Titles: The Crow, Red Corner, Crank: High Voltage, Anna and the King, Wild Wild West, Southland Tales, Three...Extremes

🏆🏈Darren Carrington -- is 59 in the year 2025 and 60 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1966
NFL Safety

🏆⚽Tony Adams -- is 59 in the year 2025 and 60 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1966
Hall of Famer, Soccer Defender, Soccer Manager, English
Misc: MBE

🏆🏀Derrick McKey -- is 59 in the year 2025 and 60 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1966
NBA Forward

🏆🏈Willie Davis -- is 58 in the year 2025 and 59 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1967
NFL Player

⚖Gavin Newsom -- is 58 in the year 2025 and 59 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1967 N.S.
Governor

🎵🎸Mike Malinin -- is 58 in the year 2025 and 59 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1967
Alternative Rock Performer
Group Names: Goo Goo Dolls

🏆🏈L. B. Williams -- is 57 in the year 2025 and 58 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1968
NFL Player

🎭Joelle Carter -- is 56 in the year 2025 and 57 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1969 N.S.
Actress, Producer
TV Shows: Justified (as Ava Crowder)
Movie Titles: High Fidelity, American Pie 2, Jessabelle

🎭Manu Bennett -- is 56 in the year 2025 and 57 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1969 N.S.
Actor, New Zealander
TV Shows: Arrow, Sparticus
Movie Titles: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Sinbad, The Minotaur The Marine and The Condemned

🎭Wendi McLendon-Covey -- is 56 in the year 2025 and 57 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1969 N.S.
Actress, Producer
Group Names: The Groundlings (comedy group member in 2002)
TV Shows: Reno 911!, The Goldbergs (as Beverly Goldberg)
Movie Titles: Bridesmaids, Blended

✍🎭🎵Andrea Navedo -- is 56 in the year 2025 and 57 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1969 N.S.
Author, Actress, Singer
TV Shows: Jane the Virgin (as Xiomara Villanueva)
Movie Titles: Remember Me, Superfast!, Washington Heights

🏆🏈Brett Favre -- is 56 in the year 2025 and 57 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1969 N.S.
Hall of Famer, NFL Quarterback
Misc: 11x Pro Bowl, 3x NFL MVP, 5x NFC Player of the Year, 12x NFC Offensive Player of the Week, the first quarterback to throw over 70,000 yards, complete over 6,000 passes, and have over 500 touchdowns in his career; Packers #4 retired
Sports Teams: Green Bay Packers (1992-2007), Atlanta Falcons (1991), New York Jets (2008), Minnesota Vikings (2009-2010)

🏆🏈Glenn Foley -- is 55 in the year 2025 and 56 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1970
NFL Quarterback

🏆🏒Alexei Zhitnik -- is 55 in the year 2025 and 56 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1970
NHL Player, Russian, Ukrainian

🎭Tiffany Mynx -- is 54 in the year 2025 and 55 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1971
XXX-rated Actress

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🏆🏈Corey Louchiey -- is 54 in the year 2025 and 55 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1971
NFL Player

🏆🏈Hunter Goodwin -- is 53 in the year 2025 and 54 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1972
NFL Tight End

🎵🎸Dean Roland -- is 53 in the year 2025 and 54 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1972
Rhythm Guitarist, Alternative Rock Performer
Group Names: Collective Soul

🏆⚾Mike Holtz -- is 53 in the year 2025 and 54 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1972
MLB Pitcher

🏆🏒Brian Holzinger -- is 53 in the year 2025 and 54 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1972
NHL Center, American

🎭🏆🥊Mario Lopez -- is 52 in the year 2025 and 53 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1973
Actor, TV Host, Producer, Wrestler
TV Shows: Extra, The X Factor, Saved By the Bell (as A.C. Slater), Bold & The Beautiful (as Dr. Christian Ramirez)

🏆🏈John Mobley -- is 52 in the year 2025 and 53 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1973
NFL Linebacker

🏆🏒Jeff Shantz -- is 52 in the year 2025 and 53 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1973
NHL Center, Canadian

🏆🏁Dale Earnhardt Jr. -- is 51 in the year 2025 and 52 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1974 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer

🏆🏒Chris Pronger -- is 51 in the year 2025 and 52 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1974 N.S.
Hall of Famer, NHL Defensive, Canadian
Misc: played 1993-2011
Sports Teams: Hartford Whalers, St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers, Anaheim Ducks, Philadelphia Flyers, Arizona Coyotes

🏆⚾Luther Hackman -- is 51 in the year 2025 and 52 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1974
MLB Pitcher

🏆⚾Plácido Polanco -- is 50 in the year 2025 and 51 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1975
MLB Player, Dominican Republican
Misc: 2x All-Star, 3x Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, AL LCS MVP 2006
Sports Teams: Detroit Tigers

🏆🏒Shane Doan -- is 49 in the year 2025 and 50 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1976
NHL Forward, Canadian

🎭Jodi Lyn O'Keefe -- is 47 in the year 2025 and 48 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1978
Actress
TV Shows: Nash Bridges (as Cassidy Bridges)
Movie Titles: She's All That, Whatever It Takes

🎭🎵Mya -- is 46 in the year 2025 and 47 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1979 N.S.
Actress, Singer
Names/Places: RN: Mya Harrison
Movie Titles: Dirty Dancing Havana Nights

🎵Una Healy -- is 44 in the year 2025 and 45 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1981 N.S.
Songwriter, Pop Singer, Irish
Group Names: The Saturdays

🎭John Christian Graas -- is 43 in the year 2025 and 44 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1982
Actor
Movie Titles: Kindergarten Cop, Philadelphia Experiment

🎭Dan Stevens -- is 43 in the year 2025 and 44 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1982
Actor, Producer, English
TV Shows: Downtown Abbey
Movie Titles: Beauty and the Beast, The Guest

🎵Lzzy Hale -- is 42 in the year 2025 and 43 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1983 N.S.
Singer
Group Names: Halestorm

🏆⚾Troy Tulowitzki -- is 41 in the year 2025 and 42 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1984 N.S.
MLB Shortstop
Names/Places: NN:Tulo
Misc: 5x All-Star, 2x Gold Glove, 2x Silver Slugger; turned an unassisted triple play in 2007; active as of 2015
Sports Teams: Colorado Rockies, Toronto Blue Jays

🎵Cherie -- is 41 in the year 2025 and 42 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1984 N.S.
Rhythm and Blues Singer

🎭Samuel Hunt -- is 39 in the year 2025 and 40 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1986 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: Chicago P.D.

🎭Lucy Griffiths -- is 39 in the year 2025 and 40 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1986 N.S.
Actress, English
TV Shows: Robin Hood (as Lady Marian), True Blood (as Nora Gainesborough), Preacher (as Emily)
Movie Titles: Winter's Tale, Uncanny, The Numbers Station

🏆⚾Andrew McCutchen -- is 39 in the year 2025 and 40 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1986 N.S.
MLB Center Fielder
Names/Places: NN:Cutch
Misc: NL MVP 2013, 5x All-Star, Gold Glove, 3x Silver Slugger; active as of 2015
Sports Teams: Pittsburgh Pirates

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🎭Jacob Williams -- is 37 in the year 2025 and 38 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1988 N.S.
Actor, Comedian, Cartoon Voice Actor
TV Shows: Football U (mini-series), Wild 'N Out, America's Got Talent (semi-finalist)

🎭Matthew Meese -- is 37 in the year 2025 and 38 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1988 N.S.
Actor, Comedian
Group Names: Divine Comedy (sketch group)
TV Shows: Studio C

🎭Rose McIver -- is 37 in the year 2025 and 38 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1988 N.S.
Actress, Commercial Actress, Producer, New Zealander
TV Shows: Ghosts, iZombie (as Olivia Moore)
Movie Titles: The Lovely Bones, The Piano

🎭Aimee Teegarden -- is 36 in the year 2025 and 37 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1989 N.S.
Actress, Producer
TV Shows: Notorious (as Ella Benjamin), Friday Night Lights (as Julie Taylor)
Movie Titles: Rings, Star-Crossed, Prom, Scream 4

🏆🏈Geno Smith -- is 35 in the year 2025 and 36 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1990 N.S.
NFL Quarterback

🏆⚾Kolten Wong -- is 35 in the year 2025 and 36 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1990 N.S.
MLB Player
Misc: 2x Gold Glove Award

🎭🎵🏆Lali Espósito -- is 34 in the year 2025 and 35 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1991 N.S.
Actress, Dancer, Songwriter, Pop Singer, Model, Argentine
Group Names: TeenAngels
TV Shows: Solamente Vos, Casi Angeles
Movie Titles: La Pelea De Mi Vida

🏆🏀Michael Carter-Williams -- is 34 in the year 2025 and 35 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1991 N.S.
NBA Player

🏆⚽Xherdan Shaqiri -- is 34 in the year 2025 and 35 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1991 N.S.
Soccer Midfielder, Kosovar

Shayne Murphy -- is 31 in the year 2025 and 32 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1994
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Nicole & Eddie's son

🎭Daniel Kyri -- is 31 in the year 2025 and 32 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1994 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: Chicago Fire

Nicolas Van Damme -- is 30 in the year 2025 and 31 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1995
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Darcy LaPier & Jean-Claude's son

Zachary James Osmond -- is 28 in the year 2025 and 29 in the year 2026; b.10/10/1997 N.S.
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Michelle Larson and Jimmy's son

Jack Douglas Savant -- is 25 in the year 2025 and 26 in the year 2026; b.10/10/2000
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Laura Leighton and Doug's son

🎭Maggie Elizabeth Jones -- is 22 in the year 2025 and 23 in the year 2026; b.10/10/2003 N.S.
Actress

Hattie Margaret McDermott -- is 14 in the year 2025 and 15 in the year 2026; b.10/10/2011
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Tori Spelling and Dean's daughter

Nash Dylan Kirkpatrick -- is 8 in the year 2025 and 9 in the year 2026; b.10/10/2017 N.S.
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Karly and Chris's son

🎨Jean-Antoine Watteau -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1684 N.S. d.7/18/1721 N.S. (36)
Painter, French
Misc: baptized Oct 10 (no record of actual birthdate)

⚛Nikolas Bernoulli -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1687 O.S. or 10/21/1687 N.S. d.11/29/1759 N.S. (72)
Mathematician, Swiss

⚛Henry Cavendish -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1731 N.S. d.2/24/1810 N.S. (78)
Chemist, Physicist, French
Names/Places: b. France, raised in England
Misc: discovered the element of hydrogen

🎨Benjamin West -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1738 d.3/11/1820 (81)
Painter, American, English

⚛💰Pierre Chouteau -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1758 N.S. d.7/10/1849 N.S. (90)
Pioneer, Fur Trader
Names/Places: b. in New Orleans, Louisiana (was New France when he was born); NN: The Father of Oklahoma

⚛Benjamin Wright -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1770 d.8/24/1842 (71)
Engineer
Misc: directed the construction of the Erie Canal. Because he trained so many engineers on that project, Wright has been called the "father of American engineering."

📰Hezekiah Niles -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1777 d.4/2/1839 (61)
Publisher, Editor
Misc: one of the foremost figures in early American journalism.

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✍📰🎵George Pope Morris -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1802 d.7/6/1864 (61)
Poet, Journalist, Editor, Songwriter

⚛Hugh Miller -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1802 d.12/24/1856 (54)
Geologist

🎵Giuseppe Verdi -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1813 d.1/27/1901 (87)
Composer, Italian
Names/Places: b. in Le Roncole
Misc: of operas, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Otello; some say b. Oct 9

⚛Sir John Simon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1816 d.7/23/1904 (87)
Physician, English

⚖Paul Kruger -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1825 d.7/14/1904 (78)
Head of State, South African
Misc: South African Republic president

⚖Samuel J. Randall -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1828 d.4/13/1890 (61)
Congressperson

👑Queen Isabella II Of Spain -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1830 d.4/9/1904 (73)
Queen, Spanish
Misc: ruled 1833-68

🎨Maurice Brazil Prendergast -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1860 d.2/1/1924 (63)
Artist

⚛⚖Fridtjof Nansen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1861 d.5/13/1930 (68)
Explorer, Statesman, Humanitarian, Norweigan
Misc: Nobel 1922

✍Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1870 d.11/8/1953 (83)
Novelist, Poet, Russian

✍Thomas Gwynn Jones -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1871 d.3/7/1949 (77)
Poet, Scholar, Welsh (Wales)

✍Arthur O. Lovejoy -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1873 d.12/30/1962 (89)
Philosopher

💰William Richard Morris -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1877 d.8/22/1963 (85)
Industrialist

🎵James F. Harrison -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1877 d.8/7/1951 (73)
Baritone

🎨Ethel Traphagen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1882 N.S. d.4/29/1963 N.S. (80)
Fashion Designer

🎖Nathan E. Cook -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1885 d.9/10/1992 (106)
Hero
Misc: the last surviving U.S. veteran of the Spanish-American War of 1898

🎵Joe Batten -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1885 N.S. d.4/18/1955 N.S. (69)
Pianist, English
Names/Places: RN: Joseph Batten

🎵Ed Kirkeby -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1891 d.6/12/1978 (86)
Singer, Banjoist

⚛Earle Dickson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1892 d.9/21/1961 (68)
Inventor
Misc: invented Band Aid

✍Ivo Andrić -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1892 d.3/13/1975 (82)
Novelist, Yugoslav

🎭Lester Lonergan Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1893 d.12/23/1959 (66)
Actor
TV Shows: The Growing Paynes

✍⚛Lin Yutang -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1895 d.3/26/1976 (80)
Author, Writer, Inventor, Chinese

🏆🏀Louis Wilke -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1896 N.S. d.2/28/1962 N.S. (65)
Hall of Famer, Basketball Coach
Misc: Basketball Administrator; served as chairman of the AAU Basketball Committee for seven terms, and an executive board member of the U.S. Olympic Committee from 1956-1960.

⛪🎭Helen Hayes -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1900 d.3/17/1993 (92)
Roman Catholic, TV/Movie/Stage/Radio Actress
Names/Places: b. in Washington, DC; Charles MacArthur's widow; James MacArthur's mother; LN:Brown; NN:The First Lady of the American Theater
TV Shows: The Snoop Sisters (as Ernesta Snoop)

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🎨Alberto Giacometti -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1901 N.S. d.1/11/1966 N.S. (64)
Painter, Sculptor, Swiss

Frederick Douglass Patterson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1901 d.4/26/1988 (86)
Educator
Misc: United Negro College Fund founder

✍🎵Vernon Duke -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1903 d.1/16/1969 (65)
Poet, Composer, Russian
Names/Places: RN:Vladimir Dukelsky
Misc: Broadway composer

🎭Jane Winton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1905 d.9/22/1959 (53)
Actress

🎭Lotte Loebinger -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1905 d.2/9/1999 (93)
Actress, German

🎵🎷Freddy "Posey" Jenkins -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1906 N.S. d.7/12/1978 N.S. (71)
Jazz Trumpeter
Group Names: Duke Ellington band

🎵Johnny Green -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1908 N.S. d.5/15/1989 N.S. (80)
Arranger, Composer, Musician, Conductor
Misc: musical themes; MGM Musical Director; won Oscars for West Side Story, Oliver, Easter Parade and An American In Paris
Movie Titles: West Side Story, Oliver, Easter Parade, An American In Paris

🎭Florida Friebus -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1909 d.5/27/1988 (78)
TV Actress
TV Shows: Dobie Gillis (mother), Bob Newhart Show (patient)

🎭David Pressman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1913 d.8/29/2011 (97)
Actor, Director, Russian

🎭🎵Johnny Downs -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1913 N.S. d.6/6/1994 N.S. (80)
Movie Actor, Vaudevillan, Dancer, Singer
Misc: hosted "Magic Key" kid show on KOGO (now KGTV) in San Diego, also first celebrity D.T. saw at age 10
Movie Titles: Our Gang (1920s)

✍Claude Simon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1913 d.7/6/2005 (91)
Author

🎵Ivory Joe Hunter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1914 N.S. d.11/8/1974 N.S. (60)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Pianist, Blues Singer, Rhythm and Blues Singer, Country Music Singer
Names/Places: Dave's son
Misc: some say 1911

🎭Robert Stevenson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1915 d.3/4/1975 (59)
Actor

🏆🏒Bill Chadwick -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1915 d.10/24/2009 (94)
Hall of Famer, Sports Announcer, Hockey Figure
Names/Places: RFMN:William Leroy; NN:The Big Whistle
Misc: Hockey referee; vision in one eye, developed hand signals to signify penalties.
Sports Teams: New York Rangers (broadcaster)

🎵🎷Harry Edison -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1915 d.7/27/1999 (83)
Jazz Trumpeter
Names/Places: NN:Sweets

🎭Benson Fong -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1916 d.8/1/1987 (70)
Actress

✍David Emery Gascoyne -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1916 d.11/25/2001 (85)
Poet, English

🎭Ilona Ference -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1917 d.6/12/1996 (78)
Actress

🏆🥊Ike Williams -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1917 d.9/5/1994 (76)
Hall of Famer, Boxer
Misc: one of the greatest lightweight boxers with a record of 123-25-5

🎵🎷Thelonious Monk -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1917 d.2/17/1982 (64)
Composer, Bandleader, Jazz Singer, Jazz Pianist
Misc: A Be Bop developer

🎭🎵Janis Carter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1917 d.7/30/1994 (76)
Movie/Stage Actress, TV Hostess, Singer

⚖Yigol Alton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1918 d.2/29/1980 (61)
Politician, Israeli
Misc: former Israeli foreign minister who had played an important role in the Jewish state's fight for independence

🎵Bobby Byrne -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1918 d.11/25/2006 (88)
Bandleader

🎭Janos Prohaska -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1919 d.3/13/1974 (54)
Actor, Stuntman
Misc: animal impersonator
TV Shows: Andy Williams Show

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🏆🏒Edgar Louis "Beaver" Laprade -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1919 N.S. d.4/28/2014 N.S. (94)
Hall of Famer, NHL Center, Canadian
Misc: played 1945-1955
Sports Teams: New York Rangers (NHL), Port Arthur Bearcats (TBSHL)

🎵George Rhodes -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1919 d.12/25/1985 (66)
Bandleader
Misc: with Sammy Davis Jr. on his shows

🎭Noah Keen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1920 N.S. d.3/24/2019 N.S. (98)
Actor, Director
TV Shows: Arrest & Trial

🏆🏈Frank "Frankie" Sinkwich -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1920 N.S. d.10/22/1990 N.S. (70)
Hall of Famer, NFL Player, College Football Player
Misc: Heisman Trophy (1942); Georgia Bulldogs #42 retired
Sports Teams: University of Georgia, Detroit Lions (1943-1944), New York Yankees (1946-1947), Baltimore Colts (1947)

🎵Monk Montgomery -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1921 d.5/20/1982 (60)
Bassist

🎵Julius Watkins -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1921 d.4/4/1977 (55)
Musician, American
Misc: French Hornist (not a hornist of French origin)

🎵🎷Roy Kral -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1921 d.8/2/2002 (80)
Arranger, Composer, Pianist, Jazz Singer

🎨💰Wilhelmina Holladay -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1922 N.S. d.3/6/2021 N.S. (98)
Art Collector, Interior Designer, Art Patron, Philanthropist
Misc: Museum founder

🎭Nicholas Parsons -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1923 N.S. d.1/28/2020 N.S. (96)
Actor, Personality, English
TV Shows: Benny Hill Show

🎵Louis Gottlieb -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1923 d.7/11/1996 (72)
Bassist, Folk Musician
Group Names: The Limeliters

✍🎭James Clavell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1924 d.9/7/1994 (69)
Novelist, Screenwriter, Producer/Director, Australian
Misc: d. Sep 6?
Book Titles: The Fly, Great Escape, Shogun, Noble House

✍🎭Edward D. "Ed" Wood Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1924 N.S. d.12/10/1978 N.S. (54)
Screenwriter, Movie Actor, Movie Producer/Director
Movie Titles: Plan 9 From Outer Space, Bride of the Monster, Glen or Glenda (acted too), Night of the Ghouls, Jail Bait: Director's Cut

🎭Margaret Gwenver -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1926 d.10/18/2010 (84)
Soap Actress
TV Shows: Guiding Light

🎭Richard Jaeckel -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1926 d.6/14/1997 (70)
TV/Movie Actor
TV Shows: Banyon, Firehouse, Salvage I, At Ease, Spencer (as Lt. Martin Quirk), Baywatch (as Lt. Ben Edwards)
Movie Titles: Walking Tall, Sands of Iwo Jima, The Dirty Dozen

🏆🎳Bill Tucker -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1926 N.S. d.11/9/2018 N.S. (92)
Hall of Famer, Bowler

🎵Oscar Brown Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1926 d.5/29/2005 (78)
Songwriter, Singer

🎭Dana Elcar -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1927 d.6/6/2005 (77)
Actor
Names/Places: RFN:Ibson
TV Shows: Baretta, Baa Baa Black Sheep, MacGyver (as Peter Thornton)

🏆⚽Joseph Gryzik -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1927 N.S. d.4/23/2019 N.S. (91)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Polish

⚛Hazel Johnson-Brown -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1927 N.S. d.8/5/2011 N.S. (83)
Nurse, Educator

🏆🏁🏇Avelino Gomez -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1928 N.S. d.6/21/1980 N.S. (51)
Hall of Famer, Horse Jockey, Cuban

🎵🎷Junior Mance -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1928 N.S. d.1/17/2021 N.S. (92)
Educator, Composer, Bandleader, Jazz Pianist

✍🎭Robin Hardy -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1929 N.S. d.7/1/2016 N.S. (86)
Novelist, Movie Director, English
Book Titles: Cowboys in Christ
Movie Titles: The Wicker Man, The Wicker Tree (adapted from his Cowboys for Christ novel)

🎵🎷Edward Joseph "Ed" Blackwell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1929 N.S. d.10/7/1992 N.S. (62)
Teacher, Jazz Drummer

🎭Kim Winona -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1930 d.6/23/1978 (47)
Actress
Misc: Sioux indian

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✍🎭Harold Pinter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1930 N.S. d.12/24/2008 N.S. (78)
Screenwriter, Playwright, Actor, Director, English
Names/Places: b. in London

⚖Adlai Stevenson III -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1930 N.S. d.9/6/2021 N.S. (90)
Senator, Attorney
Misc: retired

🎭Daniel Massey -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1933 d.3/25/1998 (64)
Actor, English
Names/Places: Raymond's son

🎭Bert Kramer -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1934 d.6/20/2001 (66)
Actor

💰🎭Helmut Huber -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1937 N.S. d.3/28/2022 N.S. (84)
Businessperson, Restaurateur, TV Producer, Austrian
Names/Places: Susan Lucci's hubby
TV Shows: Dancing with the Stars (producer)

✍🎭Steve Gordon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1938 N.S. d.11/27/1982 N.S. (44)
Author, Screenwriter, Movie Director
Misc: he was best known for writing and directing the 1981 comedy Arthur starring Dudley Moore
Movie Titles: Dudley (writing and directing)

🏆🏒Joe Don Looney -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1942 d.9/24/1988 (45)
NHL Player

🎵Jerry LaCroix -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1943 d.5/7/2014 N.S. (70)
Singer, Harmonicaist, Saxophonist
Misc: Gulf Coast Music Hall of Famer
Group Names: Rare Earth, Edgar Winter's White Trash Band, Blood Sweat and Tears, soloist

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🎵Denis D'Ell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1943 d.7/6/2005 (61)
Guitarist, Harmonicaist, Pianist, Pop Singer
Names/Places: RLN:Dalziel
Group Names: The Honeycombs

🎵🎸Alan Cartwright -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1945 N.S. d.3/4/2021 N.S. (75)
Rock and Roll Bassist, English
Group Names: Procol Harum

🎭🎵John Prine -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1946 N.S. d.4/7/2020 N.S. (73)
Hall of Famer, Actor, Songwriter, Country Music Singer/Guitarist
Misc: in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Song Titles: Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian
Album Titles: German Afternoons
TV Shows: The Texas Wheelers (theme song singer)

🎭Gary Beach -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1947 N.S. d.7/17/2018 N.S. (70)
Actor
Movie Titles: The Producers (also in the stage production)

🏆🏀Don Smith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1951 N.S. d.3/9/2004 N.S. (52)
NBA Player

🎭🎵Thomas J. Aguilar -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1951 d.5/7/1993 (41)
TV/Stage Actor, Stage Director, Choreographer, Dancer, Singer
Misc: stage: A Chorus Line

🏆🏀Gus Williams -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1953 N.S. d.1/15/2025 N.S. (71)
NBA Guard
Misc: SuperSonics retired #1
Sports Teams: Golden State Warriors, Seattle SuperSonics, Washington Bullets, Atlanta Hawks

🎵Kirsty MacColl -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1959 N.S. d.12/18/2000 N.S. (41)
Songwriter, Singer, English

📰Daniel Pearl -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1963 d.2/1/2002 (38)
Journalist
Misc: was a journalist with American and Israeli citizenship. He was kidnapped by Pakistani militants and later murdered by Al-Qaeda in Pakistan.

🏆⚾Steve Olin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1965 d.3/22/1993 (27)
MLB Pitcher
Misc: killed in a boating accident during the 1993 spring training season in Florida, Portland, Ore.
Sports Teams: Cleveland Indians (1989-1992)

🏆🏈Frank Wainwright -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1967 d.4/5/2016 N.S. (48)
NFL Tight End

🏆🏀Yinka Dare -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1972 d.1/9/2004 N.S. (31)
NBA Center, Nigerian (Nigeria)

🏆⚾Brian Powell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1973 d.10/5/2009 (35)
MLB Player

🎭Sarah Danielle Goldberg -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/10/1974 d.9/27/2014 (39)
Actress
TV Shows: Beverly Hills 90210, 7th Heaven, Judging Amy

🎨Pieter The Younger Bruegel -- Death Anniversary -- b.??/??/1564 or ??/??/1565 d.10/10/1638
Painter, Dutch (Netherlands)

🎖⚖Carter Braxton -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/10/1736 d.10/10/1797 (61)
Revolutionary, Statesman
Misc: Declaration of Independence signer

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⚛Thomas Say -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/27/1787 d.10/10/1834 (47)
Scientist, Entomologist
Misc: Studied insects

⚖Charles Fourier -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/7/1772 d.10/10/1837 (65)
Politician, Socialist

🎨Thomas Crawford -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/22/1814 N.S. d.10/10/1857 N.S. (43)
Sculptor, American

⚖William Henry Seward -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/16/1801 d.10/10/1872 (71)
Statesman, Political Activist
Misc: Secretary of State (1861-69, bought Alaska at 2 cents per acre)

⛪Cardinal John McCloskey -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/10/1810 d.10/10/1885 (75)
Religious Leader
Misc: Second archbishop of New York, who was the first American churchman to be appointed cardinal.

💰Jack Daniel -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/5/1850 d.10/10/1911 (61)
Businessperson, Brewer
Misc: an American distiller and the founder of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery.

💰Adolphus Busch -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/10/1839 d.10/10/1913 (74)
Brewer, German
Misc: Beer empire founder

⚛Elijah McCoy -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/2/1844 d.10/10/1929 (85)
Inventor, Canadian
Misc: black held over 50 patents

🎵Charles Adams Prince -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/27/1868 N.S. d.10/10/1937 N.S. (68)
Musician, Organist, Pianist, Bandleader, Conductor

🏆🏁Ted Horn -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/27/1910 d.10/10/1948 (38)
Auto Racer
Misc: holds record for most consecutive national titles [three, 1946-48]

🏆🏀William A. Reid -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/26/1893 N.S. d.10/10/1955 N.S. (62)
Hall of Famer, College Basketball Coach
Sports Teams: Colgate University (coach 1919-1928)

🎵Riccardo Stracciari -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/26/1875 d.10/10/1955 (80)
Baritone, Opera Singer, Italian

✍🎭🎵Eddie Cantor -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/31/1892 d.10/10/1964 (72)
Writer, Radio Actor, TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Comedian, Variety Show Host, Vaudevillan, Pop Crooner
Names/Places: b. in New York City; NN:Rolling Banjo Eyes; RN:Isidore Edward Iskowitz
TV Shows: Colgate Comedy Hour

🏆⚽Fred Beardsworth -- Death Anniversary -- b.??/??/1899 d.10/10/1964
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, English
Misc: no source knows his date of birth

🎵Russ Case -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/19/1912 d.10/10/1964 (52)
Trumpeter, Bandleader

🎵George Tucker -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/10/1927 d.10/10/1965 (37)
Bassist

🎵Herman Uhde -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/20/1914 d.10/10/1965 (51)
Opera Baritone, German

🏆🏀Frank William "Menty" Keaney -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/5/1886 N.S. d.10/10/1967 N.S. (81)
Hall of Famer, College Basketball Coach
Misc: the architect of modern "run and shoot" basketball and the inventor of the fast break.
Sports Teams: Rhode Island State College (coach 1920-1948)

🎖⚛Albert C. Read -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/29/1887 d.10/10/1967 (80)
Naval Officer, Aviator

⚛George Frederick Dick -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/21/1881 d.10/10/1967 (86)
Physician
Names/Places: Gladys' hubby

⚖Edouard Daladier -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/18/1884 d.10/10/1970 (86)
Politician

⚛Sir Cyril Burt -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/3/1883 d.10/10/1971 (88)
Psychologist, English

🎨Austin Eugene Briggs -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/8/1908 d.10/10/1973 (65)
Comic Strip Cartoonist, Artist, Illustrator
Misc: Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim

📰Ed Wallace -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/9/1906 N.S. d.10/10/1976 N.S. (70)
Journalist

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🏆🏁🏃Ralph Metcalfe -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/30/1910 d.10/10/1978 (68)
Runner, Olympic Athlete

🎵Ralph Marterie -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/24/1914 N.S. d.10/10/1978 N.S. (63)
Composer, Trumpeter, Bandleader, Conductor, Italian
Names/Places: NN:The Caruso of the Trumpet

🎵Paul Paray -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/24/1886 d.10/10/1979 (93)
Composer, Organist, Conductor, French

🎭William "Billy" Thomas Jr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/12/1931 d.10/10/1980 (49)
Movie Actor
Movie Titles: Our Gang (as Buckwheat)

🏆🏒Cy Wentworth -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/24/1905 d.10/10/1982 (77)
NHL Player, Canadian

🎭Sir Ralph Richardson -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/19/1902 d.10/10/1983 (80)
Movie/Stage Actor, Movie Director, English
Movie Titles: David Copperfield, Dr. Zhivago

⚖Kurt Debus -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/29/1908 d.10/10/1983 (74)
Government Official
Misc: director of NASA's Cape Canaveral

✍Thomas Gaddis -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/14/1908 d.10/10/1984 (76)
Writer

🎭Yul Brynner -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/11/1920 d.10/10/1985 (65)
Movie/Stage Actor, Director, Russian
Names/Places: RN:Youl Bryner then Taidje Khan
Misc: stage: The King and I (as the King of Siam for 4628 performances); some say b. 1915, 1917, or 1922
Movie Titles: The Magnificent Seven, Anastasia, The Ten Commandments

✍🎭Orson Welles -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/6/1915 N.S. d.10/10/1985 N.S. (70)
Hall of Famer, Author, TV/Movie/Stage/Radio Actor, Movie Producer/Director
Names/Places: b. in Kenosha, WI; FN:George; d. in Los Angeles
Misc: radio:War of the Worlds
TV Shows: The Name of the Game (narrator), Night Gallery (narrator), Shogun (narrator), Magnum P.I. (voice of Robin Masters)
Movie Titles: Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons

Hal Mason -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/15/1917 d.10/10/1986 (69)
Misc: Advertising Executive who created the Pillsbury Doughboy, Mr. Clean, the Hamm's Bear, and other animated characters.

💰Wilma Porter Soss -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/13/1900 d.10/10/1986 (86)
Businessperson

🎭Irene Mayer Selznick -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/2/1907 d.10/10/1990 (83)
Movie Producer
Movie Titles: A Streetcar Named Desire

🎭Joseph Cates -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/10/1924 d.10/10/1990 (66)
Movie Producer/Director

🏆⚾Wally Moses -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/8/1910 d.10/10/1990 (80)
MLB Coach, MLB Player

📰🎭Nola Dolberg -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/24/1901 d.10/10/1994 (92)
Newscaster, Movie Actress

⚖🎭Robert Finch -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/9/1925 d.10/10/1995 (70)
Politician, Actor

🎭Tony Marvin -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/5/1912 d.10/10/1998 (86)
Announcer
TV Shows: Arthur Godfrey (TV shows series)

⚖Clark M. Clifford -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/25/1906 d.10/10/1998 (91)
Presidential Aide
Misc: ex-Sec of Defense

⚖Sirimavo Bandaranaike -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/17/1916 d.10/10/2000 (84)
Prime Minister
Misc: the first woman Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

🏆🥊Eddie Futch -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/9/1911 d.10/10/2001 (90)
Boxer, Boxing Trainer

🎭🎵Teresa Graves -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/10/1949 d.10/10/2002 (53)
Actress, Singer
TV Shows: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, Get Christie Love (star)

🎭Victoria Horne Oakie -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/1/1911 d.10/10/2003 (91)
Actress

🏆⚾Johnny Klippstein -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/17/1927 d.10/10/2003 (75)
MLB Pitcher

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⛪🎭Christopher Reeve -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/25/1952 d.10/10/2004 (52)
Protestant, Actor
Names/Places: b. in New York City
Movie Titles: Superman (I-IV series)

🏆⚾Ken Caminiti -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/21/1963 d.10/10/2004 (41)
MLB Third Baseman
Misc: NL MVP 1996, 3x All-Star, 3x Gold Glove, Silver Slugger
Sports Teams: Houston Astros, San Diego Padres

🏆⚾Larry Jansen -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/16/1920 d.10/10/2009 (89)
MLB Pitcher
Names/Places: RFMN:Lawrence Joseph
Sports Teams: New York Giants

🎵Stephen Gately -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/17/1976 d.10/10/2009 (33)
Pop Singer, Gay
Group Names: Boyzone

🎵Solomon Burke -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/21/1940 d.10/10/2010 (70)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Pop Singer, Soul Singer, Country Music Singer
Song Titles: If You Need Me, Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Got To Get You Off My Mind

🎵Dame Joan Sutherland -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/7/1926 d.10/10/2010 (83)
Opera Soprano, Australian
Names/Places: b. in Sydney

🎭Alan Fudge -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/27/1944 d.10/10/2011 (67)
Actor
TV Shows: Man From Atlantis, Eischied, Paper Dolls

✍🎭🏆🏈Alex Karras -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/15/1935 N.S. d.10/10/2012 N.S. (77)
Hall of Famer, Author, TV/Movie Actor, Football Announcer, NFL Defensive
Names/Places: b. in Gary, IN; NN: The Mad Duck; Susan Clark's husband
Misc: Detroit Lions terrifying football defensive tackle; a member of the College Football Hall of Fame; four-time NFL Pro Bowler.
Sports Teams: Detroit Lions (1958-1962, 1964-1970)
TV Shows: Centennial, Monday Night Football, Webster (as George Papadapolis)

🎭Stu Gilliam -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/27/1943 d.10/10/2013 (70)
Actor, Comedian
TV Shows: Roll Out

⚛Malcolm Scott Carpenter -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/1/1925 d.10/10/2013 (88)
Astronaut
Misc: Second U.S. astronaut to make an orbital spaceflight. In "Aurora 7" he made the fourth Mercury flight, circling the Earth three times on May 24, 1962. He directed part of the flight by manual control.

🎵🎸Janice Lynn Kuehnemund -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/18/1961 d.10/10/2013 N.S. (51)
Guitarist, Heavy Metal Singer
Group Names: Vixen (lead guitarist)

🎵Cal Smith -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/7/1932 d.10/10/2013 (81)
Country Music Singer

🏆🏒Valeri Karpov -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/5/1971 d.10/10/2014 (43)
NHL Player

🎵🎸Steve Mackay -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/25/1949 N.S. d.10/10/2015 N.S. (66)
Tenor-sax, Punk Rock Musician
Group Names: The Stooges

✍Robert Schiller -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/8/1918 N.S. d.10/10/2017 N.S. (98)
Screenwriter
Names/Places: aka Bob Schiller
TV Shows: I Love Lucy, All in the Family, Make Room for Daddy, The Bob Cummings Show, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, Pete and Gladys, The Ann Sothern Show, The Red Skelton Show, The Carol Burnett Show, The Flip Wilson Show, Maude, Archie Bunker's Place

🏆🏀Morice Frederick "Tex" Winter -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/25/1922 N.S. d.10/10/2018 N.S. (96)
Hall of Famer, NBA Coach, College Basketball Player, College Basketball Coach
Sports Teams: Kansas State (Asst. coach, 1947-1951), Marquette (coach, 1951-1953), Kansas State (coach, 1953-1968), Washington (coach, 1968-1971), Houston Rockets (NBA coach, 1971-1973), Northwestern (coach, 1973-1978), Long Beach State (coach, 1978-1983), Chicago Bulls (Asst. coach, 1985-1998), Los Angeles Lakers (Asst coach, 1999-2008)

🎭Granville Adams -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/8/1963 N.S. d.10/10/2021 N.S. (58)
Actor
TV Shows: Oz, Homicide: Life on the Street

🎭Michael Callan -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/22/1935 N.S. d.10/10/2022 N.S. (86)
Actor, Comedian, Producer/Director, Dancer
Names/Places: RN:Martin Caliniff
TV Shows: Scruples
Movie Titles: They Came to Cordura, The Flying Fontaines, Gidget Goes Hawaiian, The Interns, Mysterious Island, The Victors, Cat Ballou, The Magnificent Seven Ride, Lepke, The Cat and the Canary

🎵Anita Kerr -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/13/1927 N.S. d.10/10/2022 N.S. (94)
Music Producer, Arranger, Composer, Songwriter, Pianist, Conductor, Country Music Singer
Names/Places: RN:Anita Jean Grob
Group Names: Anita Kerr Singers (aka The Little Dippers, lead)

🏆🏒Jim Niekamp -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/11/1946 N.S. d.10/10/2022 N.S. (76)
NHL Defensive, American

🏆⚾Dick Ellsworth -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/22/1940 N.S. d.10/10/2022 N.S. (82)
MLB Pitcher

🎭Mark Goddard -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/24/1936 N.S. d.10/10/2023 N.S. (87)
Actor
TV Shows: Johnny Ringo (as Cully), The Detectives (as Sgt. Chris Ballard), Lost in Space (as Don West), General Hospital (as Derek Barrington)

🏆🏀Brendan Malone -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/21/1942 N.S. d.10/10/2023 N.S. (81)
NBA Coach, NBA Player

Ethel Kennedy -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/11/1928 N.S. d.10/10/2024 N.S. (96)
Celebrity Wife, Socialite
Names/Places: Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy's wife
Misc: Special Olympics

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