Famous Birthdays for December 10Thomas H. Gallaudet 1787 - Pioneer of educating the deaf Emily Dickinson 1830 - Writer Melvil Dewey 1851 - Created the "Dewey Decimal Classification" system William Plomer 1903 Olivier Messiaen 1908 Chet Huntley 1911 Dorothy Lamour 1914 - Actress Harold Gould 1923 - Actor Dan Blocker 1928 - Actor Mako 1930 - Actor Tommy Kirk 1941 - Actor Fionnula Flannagan 1941 - Actress ("Waking Ned Devine") Ralph Tavares 1942 - Singer Chad Stuart (Chad and Jeremy) 1943 - Singer Gloria Loring 1946 - Actress-singer Walter "Clyde" Orange (The Commodores) 1948 Jessica Cleaves (Friends of Distinction) 1948 - Singer Johnny Rodriguez 1951 - Singer Susan Dey 1952 - Actress ("L.A. Law," "The Partridge Family") Michael Clarke Duncan 1957 - Actor ("The Green Mile," "Armageddon") Paul Hardcastle 1957 - Jazz keyboardist Kenneth Branagh 1960 - Actor, director Nia Peeples 1961 - Actress Bobby Flay 1964 - TV chef J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) 1965 Kevin Sharp 1970 - Singer Scot Alexander (Dishwalla) 1971 - Musician Puff Johnson 1972 - Singer Meg White (The White Stripes) 1974 - Musician Emmanuelle Chriqui 1977 - Actress ("Entourage") Sarah Chang 1980 - Violinist Xavier Samuel 1983 - Actor ("Twilight Saga: Eclipse") Raven Symone 1985 - Actress ("That's So Raven," "The Cosby Show") |
