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Birthdays of Personalities on May 10

1536 : Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall
1724 : Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)
1727 : Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)
1730 : George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)
1754 : Asmus Jakob Carstens, painter
1760 : J P Hebel, writer
1769 : Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France
1770 : Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians)
1788 : Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist
1795 : Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian
1810 : James Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
1813 : Montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford)
1822 : August Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter
1823 : John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900
1824 : Charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1830 : Fran‡ois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult)
1837 : Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana)
1838 : James, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman
1843 : Benito P‚rez Gald¢s, Spain, novelist (Fountain of Gold, Naz arin)
1843 : Kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian
1850 : Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea)
1857 : Hendrik Zwaardemaker, Dutch physiologist (olfactometer)
1873 : Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor
1873 : Jan Kalf, literary/art historian (Preservation of museums)
1876 : Ivan Cankar, Slavs author (Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica)
1878 : Gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (1923, Nobel 1926)
1885 : Fritz v Unruh, writer
1886 : Karl Barth, Basel Switzerland, theologian/author (Action in Waiting)
1886 : Olaf Stapleton, British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker)
1887 : Jacobus C Bloem, Dutch poet (Sintels)
1897 : Ewart Levy
1898 : Ariel Durant, writer (Story of Civilization)
1901 : Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist
1902 : Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37)
1903 : Kay Petre, early racing driver
1904 : David Brown, CEO (Aston Martin Lagonda)
1905 : Angus Paton, civil engineer
1908 : Carl Albert, (D) speaker of the House
1908 : Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP
1909 : Harold Francis Collison, trade Unionist
1909 : Lord Collison, British union leader (agriculture workers)
1910 : Margot Turner, matron-in-chief (Army Nursing Service)
1912 : Edward Gardner, Queen's Court/MP
1912 : Harold Myers, film journalist
1914 : Lord Smith, British surgeon
1915 : Christian Beyers Naud‚, South African anti-apartheid fighter
1915 : Denis Thatcher, husband of British PM Margaret (1979-90)
1915 : Duke of Sutherland
1915 : Monica Dickens, author/founder (US Samaritians)
1918 : T Berry Brazelton, doctor (On Being a Father)
1919 : Ella Grasso, (Gov-D-Ct)
1919 : Louis Sen A Kaw, Surinam dam builder
1920 : Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals (Northern Ireland)
1921 : Bert Weedon, rocker
1922 : David Orr, deputy chairman (Inchcape)/CEO (British Council, Unilever)
1923 : John Dugdal, Lord-Lt (Salop)
1925 : Edward Fursdon, British Maj-Gen (defense council)
1926 : Duncan Watson, president (World Blind Union)
1929 : Brian Corby, CEO (Prudential)
1929 : Fats Domino, rocker (Blueberry Hill)
1929 : Marquess of Downshire
1930 : June Knox-Mawer, British radio host/novelist (World of Islands)
1931 : Lord Michael Mustill, of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal
1932 : Earl of Rothes
1933 : Barbara Taylor Bradford, author
1934 : Cliff Wilson, snooker player
1934 : William Lithgow, Scottish industrialist/multi-millionaire
1935 : Larry Williams, rocker
1936 : Anthony Mullens, British Lt-Gen (Deputy chief of defense)
1936 : Gary Owens, Mitchell SD, disc jockey/TV host (Laugh In, Gong Show)
1936 : Michael Stone, English broker/multi-millionaire (Man Group)
1936 : Trevor Clay, Gen-Sec (Royal College of Nursing)
1937 : Arthur Kopit, US, playwright (Day Whores Came Out to Play Tennis)
1937 : Tamara Press, USSR, shot putter/discus thrower (Oly-gold-60)
1938 : Maxim Shostakovich, Leningrad Russia, conductor (Atlanta Symph)
1938 : Peter Davies, Major-General/Director-General (RSPCA)
1940 : William Cash, MP
1941 : Danny Rapp, Phila, rocker (Danny & Juniors)
1941 : Win Bischoff, CEO (Schroders)
1943 : Bruce Raymond, jockey
1943 : James Earl Chaney, US civil rights activist
1944 : Anne-Marie Pisier
1944 : Jackie Lomax, Liverpool, rocker (Is This What You Want)
1945 : Justice Laws
1945 : Pamelo Mounk'a, musician
1946 : Graham Gouldman, Manchester England, bassist (10cc-No Milk Today)
1947 : Jay Ferguson, Burbank Calif, rocker (Spirit-I Got A Line on You)
1947 : Paul Nicholas Young, architect
1948 : Christopher Gent, CEO (Vodafone Group)
1951 : Steve Gunderson, (Rep-R-WI, 1981- )
1953 : Steve Thomas, rocker (Shooting Star)
1955 : Chris Berman, sportscaster (ESPN)
1955 : Homer Simpson, animation (Simpsons)
1955 : Mark David Chapman, assassin (John Lennon)
1957 : Phil Mahre, Yakima Wash, alpine slalom skier (Oly-gold/silver-80, 84)
1957 : Sid Vicious, [John Simon Ritchie], England, bassist (Sex Pistols)
1957 : Steve Mahre, Yakima Wash, twin alpine slalom skier (Oly-Silver-80, 84)
1958 : Ellen Ochoa, LA Calif, PhD/Astronaut (STS 56, 66)
1958 : Rick Santorum, (Rep-R-Penn)
1960 : Bono Vox, [Paul Hauson], Dublin Ireland, rocker (U2-Joshua Tree)
1962 : Garry Daley, keyboard (China Crisis-Christian)
1962 : Robby Thompson, W Palm Beach FL, infielder (SF Giants)
1963 : Lisa M Nowak, Wash DC, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1969 : Dennis Bergkamp, Amsterdam Neth, soccer player (Ajax)
1969 : Pete Schourek, Austin TX, pitcher (Cin Reds)
1971 : Eric Stock, soccer player (NEC)
1972 : Farrell Duclair, CFL fullback (Calgary Stampeders)
1977 : Amanda Borden, Cincinnati Ohio, gymnast (World-silv-94, Oly-gold-96)
1991 : Emily McEnroe, daughter of Tatum O'Neal & John McEnroe

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