Famous Birthdays for May 10John Wilkes Booth 1838 - Stage actor, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln Montgomery Blair 1813 - Politician, lawyer Ottmar Mergenthaler 1854 Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz) 1899 - Film and stage dancer, choreographer, singer, actor Dimitri Tiomkin 1899 - Film score composer and conductor David O. Selznick 1902 - Film producer (Movie: Gone with the Wind) Maybelle Carter ("Mother Maybelle" Carter) 1909 - Country musician (Carter Family) Charles McGraw (Charles Butters) 1914 - Actor Margo (Margo Albert) 1917 - Actress, dancer Nancy Walker 1922 - Actress, comedienne Pat Summerall 1930 - Sportscaster Barbara Taylor Bradford 1933 - Author Larry Williams 1935 - Musician Francoise Fabian 1935 - Actress Gary Owens 1936 - Announcer (TV: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In) Arthur Kopit 1937 - Playwright Manuel Santana (Manuel Martínez Santana) 1938 - Tennis champion Henry Fambrough 1938 - Musician (The Spinners) David Clennon 1943 - Actor Jim Abrahams 1944 - Writer, director (Movie: Airplane) Judith Jamison 1944 - Dancer and choreographer Marie-France Pisier 1944 - Actress Graham Gouldman 1946 - Musician (10cc) Donovan (Donovan Philips Leitch) 1946 - Singer, father of Donovan Leitch, Jr. Jimmy Ponder 1946 - Musician Dave Mason 1946 - Musician (Traffic) Jay Ferguson 1947 - Musician (Spirit) Ron Banks 1951 - Musician (The Dramatics) Sly Dunbar 1952 - Musician (Sly & Robbie) Mike Hagerty 1954 - Actor Chris Berman 1955 - Sports anchor Sid Vicious 1957 - Musician (Sex Pistols) Bruce Penhall 1957 - Actor Victoria Rowell 1959 - Actor "Bono" (Paul Hewson) 1960 - Musician (U2) Danny Carey 1961 - Musician (Tool) Suzan-Lori Parks 1963 - Playwright Darryl M. Bell 1963 - Actor Linda Evangelista 1965 - Model Jason Brooks (Jason Maxwell Brooks) 1966 - Actor (TV: Days of our Lives) Young MC 1967 - Rapper Erik Palladiono 1968 - Actor (TV: ER) Richard Patrick 1968 - Musician (Filter) Lenny Venito 1969 - Actor Dallas Roberts 1970 - Actor Leslie Stefanson 1971 - Actor Todd Lowe 1972 - Actor, singer Andrea Anders 1975 - Actor Helio Castroneves 1975 - Race car driver Amanda Borden 1977 - Gymnast Jesse Vest 1977 - Musician Kenan Thompson 1978 - Actor (TV: Saturday Night Live) Jason Dalyrimple 1980 - Musician (Soul for Real) Odette Annable 1985 - Actor Lindsey Shaw 1989 - Actor Lauren Potter 1990 - Actor Missy Franklin 1995 - Olympic gold medal swimmer |
