Headline Birthdays for June 10

Gustave Courbet 1819-1877

born at Ornans, France; died at La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland Dec. 31, 1877; realist painter who rebelled against the Romantic painting of his day; studied in Paris, learning chiefly by copying masterpieces in the Louvre; best known works include Wounded Man (1847, in the picture, a self portrait), After Dinner at Ornans (1849), Funeral at Ornans and The Stonebreakers (1850), The Artist's Studio (1855); attacked by academic painters, he set up his own pavilion where he exhibited 40 of his paintings and issued a manifesto on realism; 1873 fled to Switzerland, where he spent his few remaining years in poverty.

Nikolaus Otto 1832-1891

born at Holzhausen, Nassau, Germany; died in Cologne Jan. 26, 1891; engineer; first developed the four-stroke internal-combustion engine; the first practical alternative to the steam engine.

Immanuel Velikovsky 1895-1979

born in Vitebsk, Belarus; died in Princeton, New Jersey Nov. 17, 1979; writer, proponent of theories of cosmogony and history; a friend of Albert Einstein from the Prussian Scientific Academy and a student of Freud; while researching a book linking Oedipus and the Pharoah Akhnaton, he discovered legendary evidence of massive upheavals in the past that he related to a final settling of the solar system into a stable configuration; 1950 published his bestseller Worlds in Collision which outraged the scientific community with its sometimes sloppy science; astromomer Carlo Sagan pointed out that his claims, particularly that Jupiter ejected a comet which became Venus, violated principles of Newtonian dynamics, laws of conservation of energy and angular momentum. Recently discoveries do suggest a role for comets and meteors in the evolution of life on Earth.

Frederick Loewe 1904-1988

born in Vienna, Austria; died in Palm Springs, California Feb. 14, 1988; composer; a child prodigy on piano, he wrote a song when he was 15 years old called Katrina that sold two million copies; 1924 moved to the US, but his career fizzled, and he played piano in New York restaurants; 1942 teamed up with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and wrote a series of hit musical plays, including their first hit Brigadoon (1947), Paint Your Wagon (1951), My Fair Lady (1956; filmed 1964), Gigi (film, 1958), and Camelot (1960).

Judy Garland 1922-1969

born Frances Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, daughter of the manager of the local movie theater; died in London, England June 22, 1969; singer, actress; at age two, she and her older sisters started singing between movies up on the stage accompanied by their mother; the family moved to California and the girls took the show on the road, changing their name to the Garland Sisters; 1939 at age 17 picked to play Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz; 1939 her recording of Over the Rainbow sold over a million copies; other musical roles include A Star Is Born, Easter Parade, Meet Me In St. Louis; married to David Rose, Vincente Minnelli & Sid Luft; mother of Liza Minnelli. [pictures: in Meet Me in St. Louis, Wizard of Oz]

Robert Maxwell 1923-1991

born Jan Ludwick Hoch in Slatina-Selo, Czech Republic; apparent suicide at sea off the Canary Islands Nov 5, 1991; publisher; 1939 fled the Nazis and settled in England; 1951 acquired Pergamon Press, publisher of scientific journals; 1964-70 MP at Westminster; owner of the New York Daily News, Maxwell Communications Corp., Mirror Group of Newspapers; after his mysterious drowning, it was found that he had looted the pension plans of his companies to prop up his debt-ridden businesses.

Edward O. Wilson 1929-

born in Birmingham, Alabama; biologist, the world's leading authority on ants; best known as a proponent of sociobiology, the study of the genetic basis of the social behaviour of animals, including humans. In his new book, Consilience, he argues that nature organizes everything in the world by a small number of natural laws that comprise the principles governing every branch of learning Quote: "Homo sapiens, the first truly free species, is about to decommission natural selection, the force that made us.... Soon we must look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become."

Other Birthdays

1613 06 10 Johan Georg II, elect of Saxon (1656-80)
1630 06 10 Willem van Bemmel, Dutch painter/etcher
1637 06 10 Jacques Marquette, jesuit/missionary founder (Chicago)
1688 06 10 James III Edward, Old Pretender, recognized as King of Britain by Pope
1706 06 10 John Dollond, owner of first patent for achromatic lens
1735 06 10 John Morgan, American physician-in-chief of Continental Army
1781 06 10 Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer
1782 06 10 Amable-G-P B de Barante, French politician/historian
1790 06 10 Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer
1791 06 10 V clav Hanka, Czech author/interpreter/forger
1808 06 10 Friedrich Kaiser, Dutch astronomer (Kaiser compass-card)
1819 06 10 J D Gustave Courbet, French realist painter (Demoiselles the la Seine)
1831 06 10 W A Remy, composer
1832 06 10 Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India)
1832 06 10 Jules VallŠs, French journalist/communard/author (L'insurgé)
1832 06 10 Nikolaus A Otto, German technician (gas motor, otto motor)
1834 06 10 Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (HP Foundation)
1835 06 10 Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian
1835 06 10 Ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ, ruler of Toscane
1836 06 10 Yamaoka Tesshu, Japanese swordsman/master of kendo
1838 06 10 Meyer E van Beem, actor (Black Venus)
1840 06 10 Thomas Fentress Toon, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1843 06 10 Heinrich von Herzogenberg, composer
1844 06 10 J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Haagse school)
1844 06 10 Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren und Menschen)
1847 06 10 Paul Alexis, French writer (Soirées de Médan)
1859 06 10 Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris, Wood Song)
1861 06 10 Josephus T J Cuypers, Dutch architect (St Bavo, Haarlem)
1861 06 10 Pierre M M Duhem, French naturalist/philosopher/historian
1863 06 10 Louis M A Couperus, Dutch poet/writer (Eline Vere)
1865 06 10 Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (claimed falsely to be at North Pole)
1869 06 10 Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary/headed La Gazette
1879 06 10 Benjamin Lambord, composer
1879 06 10 Dezs” Szab¢, Hungarian writer (Weggevagde Village)
1880 06 10 Margit Kaffka, writer
1882 06 10 Neville Henderson, British diplomat
1886 06 10 Baron Josse Emile van Dievoet, Flemish lawyer
1888 06 10 Leo Weismantel, German writer (Der Reiter der Apocalypse)
1889 06 10 Cliff Clark, actor (Kid Glove Killer, Golden Hoofs, Vigilante Hideout)
1890 06 10 Paul J M Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author
1890 06 10 Powell Weaver, composer
1890 06 10 Sessue Hayakawa, Japan, actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Hell to Eternity)
1891 06 10 Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru the Tulips)
1893 06 10 Franz André, Belgian conductor
1894 06 10 Pavel Borkovec, Czech composer (Stmivani, [Twilight])
1895 06 10 Immanuel Velikovsky, writer (Worlds in Collision)
1898 06 10 Hattie McDaniel, Wichita, first Black to win Oscar (Gone With The Wind)
1898 06 10 Virginia Valli, [McSweeney], Chicago IL, actress (Pleasure Garden)
1899 06 10 Raoul Salan, Fr/Indochina/Algeria (leader OAS)
1900 06 10 Henri Bruning, Dutch literary
1902 06 10 Gaston Brenta, composer
1902 06 10 J Wouterus van Dieren, Dutch biologist (Terschelling)
1903 06 10 Clyde Beatty, US animal trainer/actor (Big Cage)
1903 06 10 Theo Lingen, German director/actor (M, Charm of La Boheme) [or Jun 19]
1904 06 10 Frederick Loewe, composer (Learner & Loewe)
1906 06 10 Janos Viski, composer
1908 06 10 Brinsley Ford, CEO (National Art Collections Fund)
1908 06 10 Ernst B Chain, German chemist/bacteriologist (penicillin, Nobel 1945)
1909 06 10 Erwin Dressel, composer
1910 06 10 Howlin' Wolf, [Chester Arthur Burnett], harmonica (Big City Blues)
1910 06 10 Robert Still, composer
1911 06 10 C P Chilla Christ, cricketer (Qld spinner late 30's)
1911 06 10 Ralph Kirkpatrick, Leominster MA, harpsichordist (Domenico Scarlatti)
1911 06 10 Terence Rattigan, playwright (Winslow Boy, Browning Version)
1912 06 10 Leslie Brown, Bishop (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich)
1912 06 10 William Gordon Harris, civil engineer
1913 06 10 John Edmunds, composer
1913 06 10 Thor Johnson, Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin, conductor (Cin Symph 1958)
1913 06 10 Tikhon Nikoleyevich Khrennikov, composer
1913 06 10 Van Carlyle Wilton-Davies, archdeacon Emeritus (Oxford)
1913 06 10 Wilbur J Cohen, first employee of Social Security System
1914 06 10 Polly Hill, Dr/anthropologist
1914 06 10 Saul Bellow, Lachine Quebec, author (Mr Sammler's Planet, Nobel 1976)
1915 06 10 Oscar Comras, Bronx, drummer (namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park)
1916 06 10 Bill Waddington, British actor/comedian (Percy-Coronation Street)
1917 06 10 William Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford)
1918 06 10 Barry Morse, actor (Fugitive-Lt Philip Gerard, Winds of War)
1920 06 10 Zbynek Vostrak, composer
1921 06 10 Philip Mountbatten, Greece, Duke of Edinburgh/Prince, Mr Elizabeth II
1922 06 10 Judy Garland, [Frances Gumm], Mich, actress/singer (Wizard of Oz)
1922 06 10 Rose Moffard, (acting Gov-AZ)
1923 06 10 Earl Hamner Jr, Schuyler Va, TV narrator (Waltons)
1923 06 10 Robert Maxwell, [Jan Hoch], Czech, billionaire/CEO (NY Daily News)
1925 06 10 Don Costa, actor (Impossible Years, Soul of Nigger Charlie)
1925 06 10 Nat Hentoff, columnist/novelist (Village Voice, The Cold Society)
1926 06 10 June Haver, Rock Island, actress (Dolly Sisters, Girl Next Door)
1926 06 10 Lionel Jeffries, actor (Fanny, Prisoner of Zenda)
1926 06 10 Willem Oltmans, Dutch journalist (Outlawed, Free as a Bird)
1927 06 10 Michael Walsh, major-general/director (Overseas Relations)
1928 06 10 Asher Wallfish, journalist
1928 06 10 Maurice Sendak, NYC, author/illustrator (Where The Wild Things Are)
1929 06 10 Harald Juhnke, Berlin Germany, actor (Guitars of Love)
1929 06 10 James McDivitt, Chicago, Brig Gen USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4, Apollo 9)
1929 06 10 Vasile Herman, composer
1931 06 10 Jim [Purvis] Ferree Jr, Pine Bluff NC, PGA golfer (1958 Vancouver)
1932 06 10 Gardner McKay, NYC, actor (Pleasure Seekers, Boots & Saddles)
1932 06 10 George Burns, British TV host
1932 06 10 J Bennett Johnston, (Sen-D-LA, 1972- )
1933 06 10 F Lee Bailey, Waltham Mass, attorney (Sam Shepard case, OJ case)
1934 06 10 Nicolas Roussakis, composer
1934 06 10 Paul Gibson, British high court judge
1935 06 10 Tom Pendry, MP (Labour)
1936 06 10 Graham Carleton Greene, literary agent
1937 06 10 Richard Foreman, NYC, theatrical director (Daily Life)
1939 06 10 Alexandra Stewart, Montréal, actress (In Praise of Older Women)
1939 06 10 Guy Harwood, horse trainer
1940 06 10 John William Stevens, jazz drummer
1941 06 10 Harry Muskee, Dutch rock vocalist (Cuby & Blizzards)
1941 06 10 Jurgen Prochnow, actor (Das Boot)
1941 06 10 Shirley Owens Alston, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
1941 06 10 Soraya Khashoogi, Leicester England, wife (Adrian Khashoogi)
1942 06 10 Janet Vogel, rocker (Skyliners)
1943 06 10 Jeff Greenfield, NYC, media commentator (Firing Line, Nightline)
1943 06 10 Simon Jenkins, editor (Times)
1944 06 10 Rick Price, rocker (Move)
1945 06 10 Martin Wesley-Smith, composer
1945 06 10 Ron Glass, Evansville Ind, actor (Ron-Barney Miller, New Odd Couple)
1946 06 10 Matthew Fisher, England, keyboardist (Procol Harum-Conquistador)
1946 06 10 Mensje F van Keulen-van der Steen, Dutch writer (Bleeker's Summer)
1947 06 10 Ken Singleton, Mt Vernon NY, baseball player (Orioles)
1949 06 10 Kevin Corcoran, actor (Swiss Family Robinson, Babes in Toyland)
1951 06 10 Burglinde Pollak, German DR, pentathlete (Olympics-bronze-1972)
1951 06 10 Dan Fouts, NFL QB (San Diego Chargers)
1951 06 10 Vicky Latta, Auckland NZ, equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-96)
1955 06 10 Andrew Stevens, Memphis Tn, actor (Seduction, Boys in Company C, Fury)
1959 06 10 Timothy Van Patten, Bkln NY, actor (White Shadow, Master)
1961 06 10 Maxi Priest, [Max Elliott], Jamaican/English singer (Wild World)
1962 06 10 Brent Sutter, Viking, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks)
1962 06 10 Duane Sutter, NHL player (NY Islander)
1962 06 10 Floris Jansen, cricketer (Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup)
1963 06 10 Elisabeth Shue, actress (Cocktail, Adv in Babysitting)
1964 06 10 Pete Jordan, Elmhurst IL, Nike golfer (1992 Fresno Open-2nd)
1965 06 10 Claudio Mezzadri, Switzerland, tennis star
1965 06 10 Elizabeth Hurley, Basingstroke England, actress (Christabel)
1965 06 10 Linda Evangelista, Canada, super model/actress (Catwalk, Unzipped)
1965 06 10 Vincent Perez, actor (The Crow-City of Angels)
1966 06 10 Doug McKeon, NJ, actor (Big Shamus Little Shamus, Centennial)
1967 06 10 Human Beatbox, [Darren Robinson], rocker (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock)
1968 06 10 Kevin Donnalley, NFL guard/tackle (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1968 06 10 Susan Haskell, actress (Marty-One Life to Live, Strictly Business)
1969 06 10 Fred Foggie, WLAF cornerback (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969 06 10 Tony McCoy, NFL defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
1970 06 10 David Wilson, WLAF safety (Scottish Claymores)
1970 06 10 Laurel Korholz, La Jolla Calif, rower (Olympics-4th-96)
1971 06 10 DeWayne Dotson, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1971 06 10 Jeff Rodgers, WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 06 10 Leanza Cornet, TV host (Entertainment Tonight)
1972 06 10 C J Richardson, NFL safety (Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks)
1972 06 10 David Dunn, NFL wide receiver (Cin Bengals)
1972 06 10 Edward Reevey, St John NB, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 SC Intercol)
1972 06 10 Pat Johnson, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins)
1973 06 10 Brandon Sanders, safety (NY Giants)
1973 06 10 Carl Kidd, NFL defensive back (Oakland Raiders)
1973 06 10 David Friedman, LA Calif, actor (Jason-Little House on the Prairie)
1973 06 10 Wade Miller, CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1976 06 10 Lisa Jean Costantino, Miss USA-Vermont (1997)
1982 06 10 Tara Lipinski, Philadelphia Pa, figure skater (1997 World Champ)
1991 06 10 James Cleveland McFadden-Talbot, son of Gates McFaden (Star Trek NG)

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