Celebrity Birthdays for July 10:
Actor William Smithers ("Dallas," ''Peyton Place") is 98.
Singer Mavis Staples is 86.
Actor Lawrence Pressman is 86.
Actor Mills Watson ("B.J. and the Bear," ''Lobo") is 85.
Actor Robert Pine ("CHiPS") is 84.
International Tennis Hall-of-Famer Virginia Wade is 80.
Folk singer Arlo Guthrie is 78.
Country-folk singer-songwriter Cheryl Wheeler is 74.
Actress Phyllis Smith ("The Office") is 74.
Rock musician Kim Mitchell is 73.
Guitarist Rik Emmett (Triumph) is 72.
Singer Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys is 71.
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Andre Dawson is 71.
Banjo player Bela Fleck of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones is 67.
Actress Fiona Shaw (''Harry Potter" films, “Killing Eve”) is 67.
Country singer Ken Mellons is 60.
Guitarist Peter DiStefano of Porno for Pyros is 60.
Actor Alec Mapa ("Ugly Betty" ''Half & Half") is 60.
Actor Gale Harold ("Hellcats") is 56.
Country singer Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts is 55.
Actor Aaron D. Spears is 54.
Actress Sofia Vergara ("Modern Family") is 53.
Rockabilly singer Imelda May is 51.
Actor Adrian Grenier ("Entourage," ''Cecil B. DeMented") is 49.
Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor is 48.
Actress Gwendoline Yeo ("Desperate Housewives") is 48.
Actor Thomas Ian Nicholas ("American Pie") is 45.
Singer/fashion designer Jessica Simpson is 45.
Bassist John Spiker of Filter is 44.
Actress Heather Hemmens ("Hellcats") is 41.
Actress Emily Skeggs (TV: "When We Rise") is 35.
Rapper-singer Angel Haze is 34.
Singer Perrie Edwards of Little Mix is 32.
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, guitarist Jerry Miller of Moby Grape. (July 20, 2024)
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 1949, singer Greg Kihn. (Aug. 13, 2024)
In 1965, singer Doreen Waddell. (March 1, 2002)
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