Friday, November 7, 2008

Birthdays for November 10

Birthdays for November the 10th:
1483 - Martin Luther, in Eisleben, Germany, founder of Protestantism
1668 - Fran‡ois Couperin, composer
1683 - George II, king of England (1727-60)
1697 - William Hogarth, English satiric painter/engraver (Rake's Progress)
1730 - Oliver Goldsmith, Irish novelist, dramatist (She Stoops to Conquer)
1759 - Frederich von Schiller, in Germany, poet
1793 - Jared Kirtland, American physician, naturalist
1794 - Adm. Matthew Perry
1819 - Cyrus West Field, financier, success of 1st transatlantic cable
1827 - Lewis Wallace ('Ben Hur'), Soldier diploman and novelist
1829 - William Booth, founded Salvation Army
1844 - Sir John S.D. Thompson, (C), 4th prime minister of Canada (1892-94)
1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, Journalist and publisher
1882 - Frances Perkins, 1st woman Cabinet member
1883 - Kahlil Gibran
1895 - John Knudsen Northrop, aircraft designer
1903 - Clare Booth Luce, Journalist and Diplomat
1919 - Clyde (Bulldog) Turner, NFL center (Chicago Bears)
1921 - Chuck Connors
1925 - Richard Burton, Welsh actor (Cleopatra, Virginia Woolf)
1929 - Max von Sydow
1932 - Omar Sharif
1933 - Ronald E. Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17)
1936 - John Madden
1946 - David Stockman, ex-budget director
1949 - Donna Fargo, in North Carolina
1949 - Ann Reinking, in Seattle Washington
1959 - MacKenzie Phillips, in Alexandra Va (One Day at a Time)