Celebrity Birthdays for July 10:
Actor William Smithers ("Dallas," ''Peyton Place") is 97.
Singer Mavis Staples is 85.
Actor Lawrence Pressman is 85.
Actor Mills Watson ("B.J. and the Bear," ''Lobo") is 84.
Actor Robert Pine ("CHiPS") is 83.
Guitarist Jerry Miller of Moby Grape is 81.
International Tennis Hall-of-Famer Virginia Wade is 79.
Folk singer Arlo Guthrie is 77.
Singer Greg Kihn is 75.
Country-folk singer-songwriter Cheryl Wheeler is 73.
Actress Phyllis Smith ("The Office") is 73.
Rock musician Kim Mitchell is 72.
Guitarist Rik Emmett (Triumph) is 71.
Singer Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys is 70.
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Andre Dawson is 70.
Banjo player Bela Fleck of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones is 66.
Actress Fiona Shaw (''Harry Potter" films, “Killing Eve”) is 66.
Country singer Ken Mellons is 59.
Guitarist Peter DiStefano of Porno for Pyros is 59.
Actor Alec Mapa ("Ugly Betty" ''Half & Half") is 59.
Actor Gale Harold ("Hellcats") is 55.
Country singer Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts is 54.
Actor Aaron D. Spears is 53.
Actress Sofia Vergara ("Modern Family") is 52.
Rockabilly singer Imelda May is 50.
Actor Adrian Grenier ("Entourage," ''Cecil B. DeMented") is 48.
Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor is 47.
Actress Gwendoline Yeo ("Desperate Housewives") is 47.
Actor Thomas Ian Nicholas ("American Pie") is 44.
Singer/fashion designer Jessica Simpson is 44.
Bassist John Spiker of Filter is 43.
Actress Heather Hemmens ("Hellcats") is 40.
Actress Emily Skeggs (TV: "When We Rise") is 34.
Rapper-singer Angel Haze is 33.
Singer Perrie Edwards of Little Mix is 31.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1839, brewer Aldolphus Busch. (Oct. 10, 1913)
In 1856, inventor Nikola Tesla. (Jan, 7, 1943)
In 1899, silent film star John Gilbert. (Jan. 9, 1936)
In 1914, Canadian cartoonist Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman. (July 30, 1992.
In 1920, TV newscaster David Brinkley. (June 11, 2003)
In 1921, Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver. (Aug. 11, 2009)
In 1921, former boxer champion Jake LaMotta. (Sept. 19, 2017)
In 1923, pro wrestler Bobo Brazil. (Jan. 20, 1998)
In 1923, writer-producer Earl Hamner Jr. (March 24, 2016)
In 1925, orchestra leader, composer and producer Don Costa. (Jan. 19, 1983)
In 1925, TV host Elwy Yost. (July 21, 2011)
In 1926, actor Fred Gwynne. (July 2, 1993)
In 1927, Canadian actress Suzanne Cloutier. (Dec. 2, 2003)
In 1929, Canadian golfer Moe Norman. (Sept. 4, 2004)
In 1930, Canadian actor Bruce Boa. (April 17, 2004)
In 1931, author Alice Munro. (May 13, 2024)
In 1931, actor Nick Adams. (Feb. 7, 1968)
In 1931, Broadway composer Jerry Herman ("Hello Dolly"). (Dec. 26, 2019)
In 1933, director Ivan Passer. (Jan. 9, 2020)
In 1936, singer Lois Lillienstein (Sharon, Lois and Bram). (April 22, 2015)
In 1941, Canadian-born film mogul Jake Eberts. (Sept. 6, 2012)
In 1941, singer, record producer and pop music historian Ian Whitcomb. (April 19, 2020)
In 1942, heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (Black Sabbath). (May 16, 2010)
In 1943, tennis player Arthur Ashe. (Feb. 6, 1993)
In 1945, actor Ron Glass ("Barney Miller"). (Nov. 26, 2016)
In 1946, actor-comedian Roger Abbott of the "Royal Canadian Air Farce. (March 26, 2011)
In 1946, actress Sue Lyon. (Dec. 26, 2019)
In 1965, singer Doreen Waddell. (March 1, 2002)
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