August 10th Birthdays
If you were born on August 10th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Brian McFarlane (son of Leslie McFarlane)
Hockey Hall of Fame Canadian radio & TV sports broadcaster (Hockey Night in Canada 1964-1991; CBS; NBC), author (50 years of Hockey; Legendary Stanley Cup Stories; Brian McFarlane’s Original Six; The Leafs; The Ultimate Hockey Quiz Book), born August 10, 1931. (Brian McFarlane 1970s Photo)
Rocky Colavito (nee Rocco Domenico Colavito Jr.)
American pro baseball player, 9X MLB All-Star outfielder (Cleveland Indians – 1959 AL home run leader; Detroit Tigers; Kansas City Athletics; Cleveland Indians – 1965 AL RBI leader; Chicago White Sox; Los Angeles Dodgers; New York Yankees), born August 10, 1933. (Rocky Colavito 1959: Baseball Digest)
James Reynolds
Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actor of stage, movies, and TV (Abe Carver on Days of Our Lives since 1981; Henry Marshall on Generations; Time Express; Promiseland), and former U. S. Marines Vietnam battlefield reporter, born August 10, 1946. (James Reynolds Photo: Lesley Bohm)
Ian Anderson
Scottish musician (flute, guitar), songwriter, and lead singer of Jethro Tull (Aqualung; Living in the Past; Bungle in the Jungle; Locomotive Breath, Hymn 43; Sweet Dream; Life is a Long Song; The Whistler; Sweet Dream; Love Story; Bouree), born August 10, 1947. (Ian Anderson 1977 Photo: NBC Television)
Canadian playwright (The Referendum; Terminal Blues), Theatre Parminou & Theatre du Vieux-Quebec co-founder, actor of TV & films (The Barbarian Invasions; Jesus of Montreal; The Rocket; Blades of Glory; Incendies; Les Boys), born August 10, 1950. (Remy Girard Painting: A. Hamilton)
Daniel Hugh Kelly
American actor of stage, TV (Hardcastle and McCormick; Frank Ryan on Ryan’s Hope; All My Children; Chicago Story; Ponderosa; As the World Turns) and movies (Nowhere to Hide; Someone to Watch Over Me; Star Trek: Insurrection; American Gun), born August 10, 1952. (Daniel Hugh Kelly 1985 Photo)
Rosanna Arquette (sister of Patricia Arquette, David Arquette, etc.)
American producer and actress of TV (What About Brian; The Executioner’s Song) and movies (Nowhere to Run; Desperately Seeking Susan; Baby It’s You; Gone Fishin’; Trading Favors; The Whole Nine Yards; Silverado; Flight of the Intruder), born August 10, 1959. (Rosanna Arquette 2012 Photo: Frantogian)
Antonio Banderas (nee José Antonio Domínguez Bandera)
Spanish movie producer & actor (The Mask of Zorro; Philadelphia; Evita; Spy Kids; Puss in Boots; Original Sin; Desperado; Crazy in Alabama; Take the Lead; The Mambo Kings; Interview With the Vampire), born August 10, 1960. Ex of Melanie Griffith. (Antonio Banderas 2006: Jose Antonio Berrocal Perez)
Suzanne Collins
American youth novelist (Gregor the Overlander / Underland Chronicles; The Hunger Games trilogy), and screenwriter of TV (The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo; Santa, Baby) and movies (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 & 2), born August 10, 1962. (Suzanne Collins 2010 Photo: David Shankbone)
Claudia Christian (nee Claudia Ann Coghlan; ex of Gary DeVore)
American actress of TV (Commander Susan Ivanova on Babylon 5; Berrenger’s; Gods & Heroes; Blacke’s Magic; Freaks and Geeks; The New Mike Hammer) and movies (Clean and Sober; Never on Tuesday; Mad About You; Tale of Two Sisters; Hexed), born August 10, 1965. (Claudia Christian 2007 Photo: Kendra Maples)
Riddick Bowe
International Boxing Hall of Fame retired American boxer, 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics super heavyweight amateur boxing silver medalist, 1992 WBA, WBC & IBF world heavyweight professional boxing champion, born August 10, 1967. (Riddick Bowe 2008 Photo: Christian Merlau)
Justin Theroux (nephew of Paul Theroux; ex of Jennifer Aniston)
American screenwriter (Rock of Ages; Iron Man 2), actor of TV (The Leftovers; Six Feet Under; Parks and Recreation; Maniac) & films (The Girl on the Train; Broken English; Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle; The Mulholland Drive; Miami Vice), born August 10, 1971. (Justin Theroux 2008 Photo: David Shankbone)
Angie Harmon (nee Angela Michelle Harmon; ex of Jason Sehorn)
American actress of TV (Jane Rizzoli on Rizzoli & Isles; Ryan McBride on Baywatch Nights; ADA Abbie Carmichael on Law & Order; Women’s Murder Club; Inconceivable) and movies (Agent Cody Banks; Good Advice; Fun With Dick and Jane), born August 10, 1972. (Angie Harmon 2007 Photo: MavsFan28)
(Norma Shearer 1935: Gene Rex } Bobby Hatfield 1969 The Ballad of Andy Crocker)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on August 10th!
Remember These August 10th Famous Birthdays
Ronnie Spector (nee Veronica Yvette Bennett; ex of Phil Spector)
American lead singer with 1960s Grammy and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame girl group The Ronettes (Be My Baby; Baby, I Love You; Walking in the Rain [The Best Part of] Breakin’ Up; Born to Be Together; Sleigh Ride; Do I Love You?; So Young; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus; Don’t Worry Baby) (born Aug. 10, 1943 – died Jan. 12, 2022; age 78) (Ronnie Spector 1971: Apple Records)
Noah Beery Jr. (son of Noah Beery; nephew of Wallace Beery)
American actor of TV (“Rocky” on The Rockford Files; Circus Boy; Hondo; The Yellow Rose; Riverboat) & films (Stormy; Tailspin Tommy; Of Mice and Men; Sergeant York; The Daltons Ride Again; Red River; Inherit the Wind; Indian Agent) (born Aug. 10, 1913 – died Nov. 1, 1994; age 81). Noah Beery Jr. died of a cerebral thrombosis. (Noah Beery Jr. 1970 Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County)
Norma Shearer (nee Edith Norma Shearer; sister of Douglas Shearer)
Academy Award-winning Canadian-American actress, star of silent films (He Who Gets Slapped; The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg) & classic movies (The Divorcee; A Free Soul; The Barretts of Wimpole Street; Romeo and Juliet; Marie Antoinette; The Women; Smilin’ Through; Private Lives) (born Aug. 10, 1902 – died June 12, 1983; age 80). Married Irving Thalberg. (Norma Shearer 1933)
Jack Haley (nee John Joseph Haley Jr.; father of Jack Haley Jr.)
American singer, dancer & character actor of stage and movies (The Wizard of Oz; Here Comes the Groom; Pigskin Parade; Mister Cinderella; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm; Alexander’s Ragtime Band; Moon Over Miami; One Body Too Many; Navy Blues) (born Aug. 10, 1897 – died June 6, 1979; age 81). Jack Haley died of a heart attack. (Jack Haley 1970 Photo: NBC Television)
Bobby Hatfield (nee Robert Lee Hatfield)
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American blue-eyed soul singer with the Righteous Brothers (You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’; Ebb Tide; [You’re My ] Soul and Inspiration; Unchained Melody; Rock and Roll Heaven) (born Aug. 10, 1940 – died Nov. 5, 2003; age 63). Bobby Hatfield died of a heart attack after a cocaine overdose. (Bobby Hatfield 1959 The Ballad of Andy Crocker)
Martha Hyer (married Hal B. Wallis)
American movie actress (Outcast of Black Mesa; Abbott and Costello Go to Mars; Sabrina; Cry Vengeance; Francis in the Navy; My Man Godfrey; Houseboat; Some Came Running; The Carpetbaggers; The Sons of Katie Elder; The Night of the Grizzly; Wild Stallion; Thunder Mountain; Gun Smugglers; Geisha Girl) (born Aug. 10, 1924 – died May 31, 2014; age 89). (Martha Hyer 1954)
Eddie Fisher (nee Edwin John Fisher; father of Carrie Fisher, Joely Fisher)
American singer (Wish You Were Here; Oh My Pa-Pa; I’m Walking Behind You; I Need You Now), 1950s teen idol, TV host (Coke Time with Eddie Fisher; The Eddie Fisher Show), & movie actor (Bundle of Joy; Butterfield 8) (born Aug. 10, 1928 – died Sept. 22, 2010; age 82). Ex of Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, Connie Stevens; grandfather of Billie Lourd. (Eddie Fisher 1960s)
Jeff Corey (nee Arthur Zwerling)
Blacklisted American director & actor (My Friend Flicka; Kidnapped; Wake of the Red Witch; Singing Guns; Rawhide; In Cold Blood; The Boston Strangler; True Grit; Bird on a Wire) and acting teacher (Leonard Nimoy; Robert Blake; James Dean) (born Aug. 10, 1914 – died Aug. 16, 2002; age 88). Jeff Corey died after a fall. (Jeff Corey 1949 Photo: Home of the Brave, United Artists Pressbook)
Rhonda Fleming (nee Marilyn Louis)
American actress of TV (Wagon Train) and films (Spellbound; Gunfight at the O.K. Corral; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court; The Great Lover; Alias Jesse James; The Redhead and the Cowboy; Abilene Town; The Spiral Staircase; Cry Danger; Out of the Past; The Patsy; The Crowded Sky; Home Before Dark) (born Aug. 10, 1923 – died Oct. 14, 2020; age 97). (Rhonda Fleming 1959)
Jimmy Dean
Country Music Hall of Fame American singer (Big Bad John; PT-109; Bumming Around; The Cajun Queen), host & actor of TV (The Jimmy Dean Show; Josh Clements on Daniel Boone; J. J. Starbuck) and movies (Diamonds Are Forever; Big Bad John), co-founder Jimmy Dean Sausage Company (born Aug. 10, 1928 – died June 13, 2010; age 81). (Jimmy Dean 1969 Daniel Boone)
Dr. Hugo Eckener
German newspaper editor and journalist (Frankfurter Zeitung), WWI Zeppelin airship pilot instructor, aviation innovator and Commander of the Graf Zeppelin (first airship flight around the world in 1929; 1931 Arctic airship flight), and anti-Nazi critic (born Aug. 10, 1868 – died Aug. 14, 1954; age 86). Cause of death for Hugo Eckener is unknown. (Hugo Eckener 1924 Photo)
Leo Fender (nee Clarence Leonidas Fender)
American Rock & Roll Hall of Fame founder of Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company, inventor of music amplifiers and guitars (Fender Telecaster; Fender Stratocaster; Fender Precision Bass) (born Aug. 10, 1909 – died Mar. 21, 1991; age 81). Leo Fender had Parkinson’s Disease before he died. (Leo Fender Photo: Fender Musical Instruments Corporation)
Henri Nestlé (nee Heinrich Nestle)
Swiss-German pharmacist, manufacturer of foods, beverages, & other products (chocolates, nut oils, liqueurs, alcohol, vinegar, carbonated mineral water; lemonade; fertilizer, gas lighting), creator of Henri Nestlé’s Milk Flour infant formula (cows milk, grain & sugar), Nestlé Company co-founder (born Aug. 10, 1814 – died July 7, 1890; age 75). (Henri Nestlé c. 1800s)
Tom Laughlin (nee Thomas Robert Laughlin Jr.)
American film producer, screenwriter, director & actor (Billy Jack movies; Like Father, Like Son; The Born Losers, Tea and Sympathy; South Pacific; Gidget; Tall Story; The Big Sleep; The Master Gunfighter; The Delinquents; Lafayette Escadrille) (born Aug. 10, 1931 – died Dec. 12, 2013; age 82). Tom Laughlin died of pneumonia complications. (Tom Laughlin 1958 Man With a Camera)
Alan Crosland (ex of Natalie Moorehead; father of Alan Crosland Jr.)
American early sound & silent film director (The Scarlet Lady; When a Man Loves; The Flapper; Don Juan; The Jazz Singer; General Crack; The Case of the Howling Dog; Lady Tubbs; Viennese Nights; The White Cockatoo; Massacre; Hello, Sister!; Week Ends Only (born Aug. 10, 1894 – died July 16, 1936; age 41). Alan Crosland died of injuries from a single-car accident. (Alan Crosland 1920)
American film actor (Scandal Sheet; The Getaway; No Man of Her Own; The Heavenly Body; Convicted; Holiday Affair; White Cargo; The Trial of Mary Dugan; Anchors Aweigh; Shadow of the Thin Man; Whistling in the Dark; Madame Du Barry; Lady Killer; The Big Shakedown; Fashions of 1934) (born Aug. 10, 1891 – died May 18, 1961; age 69). (Henry O’Neill 1950 The Second Woman)
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