Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 10:
Actor Peter Coyote is 76.
Alan Cartwright, bass guitarist with Procul Harum, is 72.
Actor Charles Dance ("Game of Thrones") is 71.
Singer John Prine is 71.
Actor-dancer Ben Vereen is 71.
Singer Cyril Neville of The Neville Brothers is 69.
Actress Jessica Harper ("Pennies From Heaven," ''My Favorite Year) is 68.
Author Nora Roberts (aka "J.D. Robb") is 67.
Singer-guitarist Midge Ure is 64.
Singer David Lee Roth (Van Halen) is 63.
Country singer Tanya Tucker is 59.
Actor J. Eddie Peck is 59.
Actress Julia Sweeney ("Saturday Night Live") is 58.
Actor Bradley Whitford ("The West Wing") is 58.
Bassist Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet) is 56.
Actress Jodi Benson is 56.
Guitarist Jim Glennie of James is 54.
Actress Rebecca Pidgeon is 52.
Drummer Mike Malinin of the Goo Goo Dolls is 50.
Actress Wendi McLendon-Covey ("The Goldbergs," ''Reno 911!") is 48.
Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre is 48.
Actor Manu Bennett is 48.
Actress Joelle Carter is 45.
Actor/TV host Mario Lopez ("The X Factor," ''Saved By The Bell") is 44.
Race driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 43.
Actress Jodi Lyn O'Keefe ("She's All That," ''Nash Bridges") is 39.
Singer Mya is 38.
Actor Dan Stevens ("Downton Abbey") is 35.
Rock singer Lzzy Hale ("Halestorm") is 34.
Singer Cherie is 33.
MLB All-Star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki is 33.
Singer Marina Diamandis of Marina and the Diamonds is 32.
MLB All-Star outfielder Andrew McCutchen is 31.
Actress Lucy Griffiths is 31.
Actress Rose McIver is 29.
Actress Aimee Teegarden is 28.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1813, Italian composer Guiseppe Verdi. (Jan. 27, 1901)
In 1863, French Canadian strongman Louis Cyr. (Nov. 10, 1912)
In 1900, actress Helen Hayes. (March 17, 1993)
In 1908, Academy Award-winning composer Johnny Green. (May 15, 1989)
In 1914, blues singer and pianist Ivory Joe Hunter. (Nov. 8, 1974)
In 1917, jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. (Feb. 17, 1982)
In 1919, Quebec country singer Roland Lebrun. (Jan. 2, 1980)
In 1923, singer Lou Gottlieb (The Limeliters). (July 11, 1996)
In 1923, acclaimed Toronto writer and editor Kildare Dobbs. (April 1, 2013)
In 1924, author James Clavell. (Sept. 7, 1994)
In 1924, film director Ed Wood. (Dec. 10, 1978)
In 1930, playwright Harold Pinter. (Dec. 24, 2008)
In 1959, singer Kirsty MacColl. (Dec. 18, 2000)
In 1965, actor Chris Penn. (Jan. 24, 2006)
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