June 10: Today's Notable Birthdays

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

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company. June 10th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

June 10th Birthdays: Famous Artists

J. D. Gustave Courbet, French realist painter (After Dinner at Ornans, Funeral at Ornans, Painter's Studio, Stonebreakers and Wounded Man), was born on June 10, 1819.

Frederic Loewe, Austrian composer and writing partner to Alan Jay Lerner (Brigadoon, Camelot, The Day Before Spring, Gigi, Life of the Party, The Little Prince, My Fair Lady, Paint Your Wagon and What's Up), was born on June 10, 1904.

June 10th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Tara Lipinski, American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist (1998), was born on June 10, 1982.

June 10th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Sir Edwin Arnold, British journalist (The Daily Telegraph), poet and author (Adzuma, Indian Song of Songs, The Light of Asia, Pearls of the Faith, The Song Celestial, Tiphar's Wife and With Sadi in the Garden), was born on June 10, 1832.

Saul Bellow, Canadian-American author (The Actual, The Adventures of Augie March, Dangling Man, The Dean's December, Henderson the Rain King, Herzog, Him with His Foot in His Mouth, Humboldt's Gift, The Last Analysis, Mosby's Memoirs, Mr. Sammler's Planet, Ravelstein, Seize the Day, Something to Remember Me By and To Jerusalem and Back), Nobel Prize winner (1976) and educator, was born on June 10, 1914.

Grace Mirabella, editor and publisher (Mirabella and Vogue), was born on June 10, 1930.

Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (Brundibar, In the Night Kitchen, Love for Three Oranges, Outside Over There, A Selection, We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy, What Do You Do Dear, What Do You Say Dear and Where The Wild Things Are), was born on June 10, 1928.

June 10th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

American criminal defense attorney Francis Lee Bailey (who represented The Boston Strangler, O.J. Simpson and Patty Hearst) was born on June 10, 1933.