Famous Birthdays on January 10

Sarah Shahi

1980 — Sarah Shahi

American actress

January 10 has 209 recorded notable births across history, from 626 to 2003. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · January 10 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 209 source records 626 – 2003 Capricorn

Major events on January 10

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1966 Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Source
2003 North Korea withdraws from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, making it the first state to withdraw from the treaty. Source
1920 The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I for all combatant nations except the United States. Source
1901 The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. Source

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Sarah Shahi played Carmen on The L Word in 2005, Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama Fairly Legal (2011–2012), Sameen Shaw on the CBS crime drama Person of Interest (2012–2016), Billie on the Netflix series Sex/Life (2021–2023), and Dr.

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Joining Faces in 1969, he also launched a solo career, releasing his debut album, An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down, that year.

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During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he continued to write and record songs as well as perform concerts.

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Yesudas holds the world record for singing and recording 16 new songs in different languages in a single day.

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Michael Schenker is regarded as one of the most influential guitarists of the 1970s, and has been called "a legendary figure in the history of metal guitar".

More major people born on January 10

Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.

1945

Rod Stewart

British singer-songwriter

Sir Roderick David Stewart is a British singer and songwriter.

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1943

Jim Croce

American singer-songwriter (died 1973)

James Joseph Croce was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he released five studio albums and numerous singles.

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1940

K. J. Yesudas

Indian singer and music director

Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian playback singer and musician who sings Indian classical, devotional and film songs.

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1955

Michael Schenker

Michael Schenker

German musician and songwriter

Michael Schenker is a German guitarist. He played in the rock band UFO and leads the Michael Schenker Group (MSG).

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1956

Shawn Colvin

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Shawna Lee "Shawn" Colvin is an American singer and songwriter.

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1990

John Carlson

American ice hockey player

John Carlson is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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1975

Jake Delhomme

American football player

Jake Christopher Delhomme is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL).

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1972

Mohammed Benzakour

Mohammed Benzakour

Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author

Mohammed Benzakour is a Moroccan-Dutch columnist, essayist, poet, writer and politician. He is the third child in a family of five.

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1944

Jeffrey Catherine Jones

Jeffrey Catherine Jones

American comics and fantasy artist (died 2011)

Jeffrey Catherine Jones was an American artist whose work is best known from the late 1960s through the 2000s.

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1873

Algernon Maudslay

Algernon Maudslay

English sailor (died 1948)

Algernon Maudslay CBE was a British yachtsman and an administrator of refugee, Red Cross and relief organisations.

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1878

John McLean

American hurdler, football player, and coach (died 1955)

John Frederick McLean was an All-American college football player, track and field athlete, and coach. He won a silver medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris with a time of 15.5 seconds.

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1904

Ray Bolger

American actor and dancer (died 1987)

Raymond Wallace Bolger was an American vaudevillian, eccentric dancer, comedian, actor and singer best known for his performance as the Scarecrow in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

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626

Husayn ibn Ali

the third Shia Imam (died 680)

Husayn ibn Ali was an Alid political and religious leader. The second son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as a younger brother of Hasan ibn Ali, Husayn is regarded as the third…

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1834

John Dalberg-Acton

John Dalberg-Acton

1st Baron Acton, Italian-English historian and politician (died 1902)

John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 13th Marquess of Groppoli,, better known as Lord Acton, was an English Catholic historian, Liberal politician, and writer.

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1917

Jerry Wexler

Jerry Wexler

American journalist and producer (died 2008)

Gerald Wexler was a music journalist turned music producer, and was a major influence on American popular music from the 1950s through the 1980s.

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1949

Kemal Derviş

Turkish economist and politician, Turkish Minister of Economy (died 2023)

Kemal Derviş was a Turkish economist and politician who was head of the United Nations Development Programme.

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1890

Pina Menichelli

Pina Menichelli

Italian actress (died 1984)

Giuseppa Iolanda Menichelli, known professionally as Pina Menichelli, was an Italian actress.

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2000

Reneé Rapp

American singer-songwriter and actress

Reneé Jane Rapp is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She gained recognition for starring as Regina George in the Broadway musical Mean Girls (2019–2020).

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1973

Glenn Robinson

Glenn Robinson

American basketball player

Glenn Alan Robinson Jr. is an American former professional basketball player.

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