Birthdates which
occurred on 10th April :
0401 Theodosius
II the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor
1512 James I king of Scotland (1513-42)
1569 Emilia van Nassau daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of
Saxon
1583 Hugo Grotius Holland, jurist, father of international law
1633 Werner Fabricius composer
1695 Balthazar Huydecoper Dutch translator/historian
1737 François Giroust composer
1755 Samuel Hahnemann German physician/originator of homeopathy
1778 William Hazlitt Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic
1783 Hortense E de Beauharnais French queen of Netherlands (1806-10)
1794 Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry opened Japan
1797 Claude Ambroise Seurat Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)
1806 Leonidas Polk Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), died in
1864
1808 Auguste Franchomme composer
1823 Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1827 Lewis Wallace Major General (Union volunteers)/lawyer/diplomat/author
(Ben Hur)
1829 William Booth founder (Salvation Army)
1833 David McMurtrie Gregg Brevet Major General (Union volunteers)
1833 James Edward Rains Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died
in 1862
1847 Joseph Pulitzer Hungary, publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, New
York World)
1847 Charles Swinnerton Heap composer
1854 Jozef M T Orelio baritone
1857 Henry Ernest Dudeney mathematician/puzzle maker
1864 Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert German pianist/composer (Golem)
1864 Tully Marshall Nevada City CA
1868 George Arliss London England, actor (Devil, Green Goddess)
1877 Alfred Kubin writer
1880 Frances Perkins 1st woman to hold cabinet-level position (Labor)
1882 Simon F H J Berkelbach Van der Sprenkel theologist (Fear &
Religion)
1886 Val[entine] Paul Denver CO, silent film actor (Red Red Heart,
Lair of the Wolf)
1887 Bernardo A Houssay Argentine physiologist (Nobel 1947)
1887 Heinz Tiessen composer
1891 Tim McCoy Saginaw MI
1892 Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt German anthropologist (Rassenkunde)
1892 Victor de Sabata Trieste Italy, conductor/composer (Il Macigno)
1894 Ben Nicholson English painter/sculptor (Circle)
1896 Edith Day Minneapolis MN
1898 Hans Ehrke German writer/poet (Narrenspiegel, Füer)
19-- Claudette Nevins Birmingham AL, actress (Dark Side of Innocence)
19-- Dale Pulde drag race car driver
19-- Lee Weaver Fort Lauderdale FL, actor (Bill Cosby, Easy Street)
1900 Jean Duvieusart premier (Belgium 1950)
1903 Clare Boothe Luce former US ambassador to Vatican
1903 Nick Stuart Romania, bandleader
1905 Jan H van Roijen diplomat/Netherlands foreign minister
1906 Kathleen Major principal (St Hilda's College, England)
1906 Fud Livingston composer
1906 Lili Darvas Budapest Hungary, actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron)
1907 Pete Desjardins US, platform/springboard diver (Olympics-gold-1928)
1908 Aidan Crawley CEO (London Weekend TV)
1910 Abu-Bakr Khairat composer
1910 David Gilroy Bevan politician
1910 Eddy Duchin Cambridge MA, society pianist/bandleader (Eddy Duchin
Orchestra)
1911 Maurice Schumann French statesman/writer (La Voix du couvre-feu)
1912 Clarke Hinkle NFL fullback (Green Bay Packers)
1912 Martin Denny rocker/actor (Forbidden Island)
1912 Roy Hofheinz engineer (Houston Astrodome)
1913 Stefan Heym German/US author (Crusaders, Family Benda)
1914 E A V "Foffie" Williams cricketer (West Indies all-rounder
1939-48)
1914 Jack Badcock cricketer (Tasmania Australian batsman of 30's)
1915 Harry Morgan Detroit MI, actor (December Bride, MASH, Dragnet)
1915 Leo Vroman Dutch/US poet/biologist
1917 Robert Burns Woodward organic chemist (Nobel 1965)
1921 Chuck Connors Brooklyn NY, actor (Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in
Africa)
1921 Sheb Wooley Erick OK, vocalist (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw)
1921 Peter Herbert Penwarden priest
1923 Floyd M Simmons actor/decathlete (Olympics-bronze-1948, 52)
1923 John Watkins cricketer (South African all-rounder in 15 Tests
49-57)
1924 Lee Bergere Brooklyn NY, actor (Joseph-Dynasty)
1924 Johanna M van de Berg actress (What See I?)
1926 Jacques Casterede composer
1926 Johnnie Tillmon civil rights activist (National Welfare Rights
Association)
1927 "Alvin" Junior Samples Cummings GA, country performer
(Hee Haw)
1929 Max [Carl Adolf] Von Sydow Lund Sweden, actor (Hawaii, Exorcist,
Dune, Dreamscape)
1929 Dusan Radic composer
1930 Lord Morton of Shauna, Senator (College of Justice, Scotland)
1930 Shuja-ud-Din cricketer (batted in 19 Tests for Pakistan 1954-62)
1931 Marcel van Maele Belgian poet
1932 Adrian Henri poet/president (Liverpool Academy of Arts)
1932 Hari Rhodes Cincinnati OH, actor (Mike-Daktari, Roots)
1932 Omar Sharif [Michael Shalhoub] Alexandria Egypt, actor (Dr Zhivago,
Top Secret)
1932 Delphine Seyrig Beirut Lebanon, actress (Freak Orlando, Reperages)
1932 Mae Heriwentha Faggs Starr New Jersey, 4x100 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1952)
1932 Nathaniel Nelson rocker (Flamingos)
1933 [Ponciano] Poncie Ponce Maui HI, actor (Kazuo Kim-Hawaiian Eye)
1933 Philip Corner composer
1933 Robert Rhodes James historian (Gallipoli)
1934 David Halberstam New York Times international correspondent (New
York Times/Pulitzer 1964)
1934 Zsolt Durko composer
1935 Jorge Mester México City México, conductor (Louisville
Orchestra 1967-79)
1935 Patrick Garland director (Doll House)
1936 John Madden NFL coach (Oakland Raiders)/sports commentator (CBS,
FOX)
1936 Michael Naylor insurance broker
1936 Robert "Bobby" Smith US singer (Spinners)
1937 Stan Mellor British racehorse trainer/jockey
1938 Don Meredith Mount Vernon TX, NFL quarterback (Cowboys)/Mon Night
Football
1939 Alan Rothenberg US Soccer president (1990- )
1939 Daniel Oliver New York NY, CEO (Federal Trade Commission)
1940 Gloria Hunniford British broadcaster/actress (Old Curiosity Shop)
1941 Paul Theroux American travel book writer (Mosquito Coast)
1944 Danny Woods US musician (CEO of the Board)
1945 Vera Misevich USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympics-gold-1980)
1946 Armand [Herman van Loenhout] singer (Blommenkinders)
1947 Bunny Waller vocalist/percussionist (Bob Marley & Wailers)
1947 Karl Russell rocker
1948 Thomas Spencer Member of European Parliament (Conservative)
1949 Frank de Leeuw Dutch rock guitarist (Bob Color)
1950 Dave Peverett rocker (Foghat)
1950 Eddie Hazel US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Uncle Jam Wants You)
1951 Mark Roth bowler (4-time PBA Player of Year)
1951 Steven Seagal Detroit MI, actor (Above the Law, Hard to Kill)
1953 David Moorcroft British athlete
1953 Terre Roche rocker (Roches)
1954 Jouko Törmänen Finland, 90 meter ski jumper (Olympics-gold-1980)
1954 Peter MacNicol Dallas TX, actor (John Cage-Ally McBeal, Alan
Birch-Chicago Hope, Dragonslayer, Sophie's Choice)
1955 Cary Middlecoff golfer (Masters)
1958 Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds Indianapolis IN, singer/producer/songwriter
(Boyz II Men, Bobby Brown)
1959 Brian Setzer Massapequa Park NY, rock guitarist/vocalist (Stray
Cats)
1960 Julie Fulton Evanston IL, actress (Lime Steel)
1961 Jeb Adams Hollywood CA, actor (Lieutenant Jeb Pruitt-Baa Baa
Black Sheep)
1961 Olivia Brown Frankfurt German Federal Republic, actress (Detective
Trudy Joplin-Miami Vice)
1962 Cathy Turner Rochester NY, short track skater (Olympics-gold-1994
1962 Jukka Tammi hockey goaltender (Team Finland Olympics-bronze-1998)
1962 Steve Tasker wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)
1963 Warren DeMartini heavy metal rocker (Dokken-Alone Again, Ratt)
1963 Claire Smith Ottawa Ontario Canada, equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-96)
1963 Kirk Lowdermilk NFL center (Indianapolis Colts)
1963 Marvin Freeman Chicago IL, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
1963 Mike Devereaux Casper WY, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles)
1964 Alan "Reni" Wren English pop drummer (Stone Roses-Fools
Gold)
1964 Felicia Collins Albany NY, guitarist (David Letterman)
1964 Manon Bollegraf den Bosch Netherlands, tennis star (semi 1996
Australian doubles)
1965 Karen Booker WNBA center (Utah Starzz)
1965 Tim "Herb" Alexander US funk metal drummer (Primus-Prok
soda)
1966 Neil Smith NFL defensive end (Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos-Superbowl
32)
1967 Donald Dufresne Rimouski, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers)
1967 Kay Whitmore Sudbury, NHL goalie (New York Rangers)
1969 Billy Jacoby Flushing NY, actor (Brad-Silver Spoons, Maggie)
1969 William Jayne actor (Mikey Randall-Parker Lewis Can't Lose)
1969 Dennis Vial Sault Ste-Marie Canada, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators)
1969 Wayne Lammle WLAF kicker/punter (Scotland Claymores)
1970 Enrico Ciccone Montréal Québec Canada, NHL defenseman
(Chicago Blackhawks)
1970 J J McCleskey NFL safety (New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals)
1970 Sean Gilbert defensive tackle (Washington Redskins)
1970 Wesley Barnett St Joseph MO, Olympic weightlifter (Pan Am-silver-1987)
1971 Karl Williams wide receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1971 Mihai Bagiu Timisoara Romania, US gymnast (Olympics-96)
1971 Nana Miyagi Seattle WA, tennis star (1995 final Surabaya doubles)
1972 Maurice Harrell NFL tight end (San Diego Chargers)
1972 Richard Wearne Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1972 Sue Merz Greenwich CT, ice hockey defense (USA, Olympics-98)
1974 Sherry Johnson Owatonna MN, Miss Minnesota-America (1996)
1975 Eric Den Besten Bettendorf IA, rower (Olympics-1996)
1975 Floris Prince of Netherlands
1975 Steve Washburn Ottawa, NHL center (Florida Panthers)
1977 Claudia Delpin Miss Chile-Universe (1997)
1978 Jessica Davis Greenbrae CA, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-27th-96)
1984 Zoe Melbourne Australia, 1st frozen-embryo child
1988 Haley Joel Osment Los Angeles CA, actor (Cole Sear-The Sixth
Sense, Trevor 'Trev' McKinney-Pay It Forward)
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Deaths which occurred
on April 10th:
0879 Louis II the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies
0947 Hugo van Arles count of Arles/king of Italy, dies
1008 Notger bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies
1362 Machteld countess of Holland, dies
1533 Frederik I King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61
1585 Gregory XIII [Ugo Buoncampagni] Italian Pope (1572-85), dies
1640 Agostino Agazzari Italian composer, dies at 61
1640 Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau daughter of Willem I, dies at
60
1712 Yusuf Nabi Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about 77
1723 Claude F Tserclaes South Netherlands earl of Tilly, dies at 74
1731 Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich composer, dies at 58
1756 Giacomo Antonio Perti Italian composer, dies at 94
1760 Gerard George Clifford head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75
1784 Simon Fokke book illustrator, dies at 71
1807 Anna Amalia van Brumswijk-Wolfenbüttel duchess of Saxon-Weimar,
dies
1810 Konrad Back composer, dies at 60
1825 Paul-Louis Courier (Méré), French writer/interpreter,
dies at 53
1848 Godert AGP baron van Capellen Governor-General of Dutch-Indies,
dies at 69
1862 William Harvey Lamb Wallace US lawyer/Brigadier-General, dies
at 40
1863 Giovanni B Amia Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at
77
1885 John H Scholten theologist (Free Want), dies at 73
1909 Algernon Charles Swinburne English poet, dies at 72
1911 Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis composer, dies at 35
1919 Emiliano Zapata Mexican leader, murdered at 39
1920 Moritz B Cantor German mathematician, dies at 90
1920 Tryggve Andersen Norwegian writer (Mod Kvaeld), dies at 53
1927 Ivo Bligh cricketer (8th Earl of Darnley, 4 Tests 1882-83), dies
1929 Edmond Thieffry Belgium, WWI pilot, dies at 36
1932 André Baillon Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies
at 56
1937 Algernon Ashton composer, dies at 77
1938 Nana Annor Adjaye Pan-Africanist, dies in West Nzima Ghana
1939 Alfredo Panzini Italian author (Il Bacio de Lesba), dies at 75
1945 Hendrik N Werkman resistance/painter (Blue Boat), executed at
63
1954 Auguste Lumière French photograph/movie pioneer, dies
at 81
1954 Ludwig Curtius German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst), dies
at 79
1955 Oskar Frederik Lindberg composer, dies at 68
1956 Clarence Beaumont 1st batter in 1st World Series, dies at 75
1956 Bozidar Sirola composer, dies at 66
1956 Jozef Szulc composer, dies at 81
1958 Chuck Willis rocker, dies at 30
1960 Arthur Benjamin Australian composer/pianist (Devil Take Her),
dies at 66
1961 Irene Warfield silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies
at 65
1962 Stuart Sutcliffe original Beatles bassist, dies of brain hemorrhage
at 21
1965 Linda Darnell dies from burns received in a fire at 41
1966 Christian J Modeste Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71
1966 Evelyn Waugh British writer (Black Mischief), dies at 62
1970 Charles Paton dies at 96
1974 Patricia Collinge dies at 81
1974 Roger Bastide French sociologist, dies at 76
1975 Marjorie Main actress (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 85
1975 Sophia JW "Sophie" Hermse actress (But a Dream), dies
at 86
1975 Walker Evans US photographer (Fortune Magazine), dies at 71
1979 Henriëtte P "Hetty" Beck actress (Dodendans),
dies at 91
1979 Nino Rota Italian composer (Torquemada), dies at 67
1980 Kay Medford actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love), dies
at 65
1983 Issam Sartawi PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered
1983 Ulf S von Euler-Chelpin Swedish physiologist, dies at 78
1984 Nate Nelson R&B-singer (Flamingos-I'll Be Home), dies on
52 birthday
1984 Ray Middleton dies at 75
1986 Joseph P Addabbo US defence specialist/(Senator-D), dies at 61
1988 Cliff Gladwin cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49), dies
1989 Joan Barry dies at 85
1991 Natalie Schafer actress (Gilligan's Island), dies at 90 from
cancer
1991 Kevin Peter Hall actor (Harry & Hendersons), dies of AIDS
at 35
1992 Sam Kinison loud mouth comedian, dies in a car crash at 38
1993 Chris Hani Secretary-General South Africian Communist Party,
assassinated at 50
1994 James L Lyons jazz promoter, dies at 77
1994 Victor Afanasiev Russia, editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89),
dies at 71
1995 Chen Yun Vice-Premier of China (1949-75, 79-80), dies
1995 Glyn Jones writer, dies at 90
1995 Gunter Guillaume German politican, dies
1995 Joseph Anthony "Joe" Richards singer/actor (Colorado
Ranger), dies at 44
1995 Morarji Desai PM of India (1977-79), dies
1996 Jessica Dubroff attempting to be youngest pilot, dies in crash
at 7
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