Leroy Hood (85)
October 10th, 1938

American biologist – Leroy Hood was born in Missoula (County seat of Missoula County, Montana, United States) on October 10th, 1938 and is 85 years old today.

Other personalities born on October 10

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

89

Kläre Vorreiter

German politician (CDU)

*October 10th, 1934, Schönkirchen

77

Naoto Kan

94th Prime Minister of Japan

*October 10th, 1946, Ube

78

Harold Pinter

British playwright (1930–2008)

*October 10th, 1930, London †December 24th, 2008, London

46

Joanne Nicholas

Badminton player

*October 10th, 1977, Southport

92

Helen Hayes

American actress (1900–1993)

*October 10th, 1900, Washington, D.C. †March 17th, 1993, Nyack

64

Julia Sweeney

American actress, author, comedian

*October 10th, 1959, Spokane

58

Rebecca Pidgeon

British actor and singer-songwriter

*October 10th, 1965, Cambridge

62

Jodi Benson

American actress and singer

*October 10th, 1961, Rockford

59

Sarah Lancashire

English actress

*October 10th, 1964, Oldham

54

Ken Saro-Wiwa

Nigerian author and environmental activist

*October 10th, 1941, Bori †November 10th, 1995, Port Harcourt

51

Joelle Carter

American actress

*October 10th, 1972, Thomasville

91

Claude Simon

French writer

*October 10th, 1913, Antananarivo †July 6th, 2005, Paris

53

Laurel Cronin

American actress

*October 10th, 1939, Forest Park †October 26th, 1992, Chicago

70

Radu Vasile

Prime Minister of Romania (1942-2013)

*October 10th, 1942, Sibiu †July 3rd, 2013, Bucharest

101

Gail Halvorsen

United States Air Force pilot

*October 10th, 1920, Utah †February 16th, 2022, Provo

59

Maxi Gnauck

East German gymnast

*October 10th, 1964, Berlin

87

Gerhard Ertl

German physicist

*October 10th, 1936, Stuttgart

84

Joseph R. Pitts

American politician (born 1939)

*October 10th, 1939, Lexington

53

Dean Kiely

Irish association football player (born 1970)

*October 10th, 1970, Salford

82

Peter Coyote

American actor, voice actor, and director

*October 10th, 1941, Manhattan

70

Gary Beach

American actor (1947-2018)

*October 10th, 1947, Alexandria †July 17th, 2018, Palm Springs

65

Vernon Duke

American composer (1903-1969)

*October 10th, 1903, Parafjanava †January 16th, 1969, Santa Monica

69

Javier Hernández Bonett

Colombian journalist

*October 10th, 1954, Manizales

77

Charles Dance

English actor, screenwriter and director

*October 10th, 1946, Redditch

57

Carolyn Bertozzi

American chemist (born 1966)

*October 10th, 1966, Boston

90

Birgit Sadolin

Danish actress

*October 10th, 1933, Hellerup

49

Wolfram von Richthofen

German military officer and aviator

*October 10th, 1895, Bartoszówek †July 12th, 1945, Bad Ischl

83

Takuji Hayata

Japanese gymnast

*October 10th, 1940, Tanabe

68

Fridtjof Nansen

Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)

*October 10th, 1861, Vestre Aker †May 13th, 1930, Polhøgda

Also born in 1938

85

Otto Rehhagel

German footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1938, Essen

85

Hans Abraham

Badminton player

*September 10th, 1938, Berlin

82

Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

*July 20th, 1938, Doncaster †September 10th, 2020, London

80

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

*April 8th, 1938, Kumasi †August 18th, 2018, Bern

78

Michael Bogdanov

British theatre director

*December 15th, 1938, Neath †April 16th, 2017, Greece

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

83

Herbert Achternbusch

German writer, painter and filmmaker (1938–2022)

*November 23rd, 1938, Munich †January 10th, 2022, Munich

82

Fips Asmussen

German comedian (1938–2020)

*April 30th, 1938, Hamburg †August 9th, 2020, Carl-von-Basedow-Klinikum

66

Lars Hillingsø

Danish fashion designer (1938-2005)

*July 12th, 1938, Copenhagen †February 20th, 2005, Croissanville

84

Fritz Pleitgen

German journalist and author (1938-2022)

*March 21st, 1938, Duisburg †September 15th, 2022, Cologne

78

Inga Ålenius

Swedish actress (1938-2017)

*May 15th, 1938, Stockholm †April 24th, 2017, Helsingborg

43

Romy Schneider

German-French actress (1938–1982)

*September 23rd, 1938, Vienna †May 29th, 1982, 7th arrondissement of Paris

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

*August 6th, 1938, Florence †May 10th, 2017, Florence

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

42

Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)

*January 25th, 1938, Moscow †July 25th, 1980, Moscow

85

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

85

Tommy Chong

Canadian actor and comedian

*May 24th, 1938, Edmonton

79

Gene Michael

Former Major League Baseball player, manager, executive

*June 2nd, 1938, Kent †September 7th, 2017, Oldsmar

85

Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938)

*May 13th, 1938, Turin

85

Connie Stevens

American actress and singer

*August 8th, 1938, Brooklyn

85

Derek Jacobi

English actor (born 1938)

*October 22nd, 1938, Leytonstone

86

Frank Langella

American actor

*January 1st, 1938, Bayonne

85

Dolores Hart

American Roman Catholic religious sister, and former actress

*October 20th, 1938, Chicago

39

Michael Findlay

Film director, producer

*January 1st, 1938, United States of America †May 16th, 1977, New York City

73

Jean Giraud

French comics author (1938–2012)

*May 8th, 1938, Nogent-sur-Marne †March 10th, 2012, Montrouge

85

Richard Benjamin

American actor and film director

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City

85

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

85

Heinz Fischer

8th president of Austria

*October 9th, 1938, Graz

85

Enrico Macias

French recording artist; singer,(Born on December 11, 1938 he is an Algerian-born French Jewish singer.He was born in Constantine, Algeria.)

*December 11th, 1938, Constantine

86

Duane Eddy

American guitarist

*April 26th, 1938, Corning

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