January 10: Today's Notable Birthdays

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?

Is January 10th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on January 10th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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January 10th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

January 10th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Pierre Edouard Frere, French painter (Coming from School, L'Exercice, Going to School and The Little Glutton), was born on January 10, 1819.

British sculptress Dame Barbara Jocelyn Hepworth (Dual Form, Family of Man, Four Square Walk, Monolith-Empyrean and Sphere with Inner Form) was born on January 10, 1903.

American film director (48 Hrs, Brewster's Millions, Broken Trail, Crossroads, Deadwood, Extreme Prejudice, Geronimo: An American Legend, Johnny Handsome, The Prophecy, Red Heat and Supernova) and screenwriter (Aliens, The Drowning Pool, The Getaway, Hard Times, Hickey & Boggs, Last Man Standing, The Mackintosh Man, Southern Comfort, Streets of Fire and Wild Bill) Walter Wesley Hill was born on January 10, 1942.

John Wellborn Root, American designer and architect, was born on January 10, 1850. John Root was one of the planners of the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

Philip le Petit van Dijk, Dutch painter (Bristol Docks and Quay and Portrait of a Gentleman and His Wife), was born on January 10, 1680.

January 10th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Chandra Cheesborough, American runner and Olympic gold medalist (1984), was born on January 10, 1959.

Jake Christopher Delhomme, American professional football player (Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints), was born on January 10, 1975.

American heavyweight boxer and Olympic gold medalist (1968) George Foreman was born on January 10, 1949.

DeShaun Xavier Foster, American professional football player (Carolina Panthers and San Franciso 49ers), was born on January 10, 1980.