April 10th Birthdays

Sheb Wooley, American character actor and singer, was born on this day in 1921 in Erick, Oklahoma, as Shelby Frederick Wooley. Sheb had a No. 1 hit in 1958 with the novelty song, Purple People Eater, which has since become a children’s favorite. He passed away at the age of 82 on September 16, 2013.

Also born on April 10th:

  • 1947
    Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician
  • 1950
    Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player
  • 1952
    Steven Seagal, American actor
  • 1954
    Peter MacNicol, American actor
  • 1955
    Lesley Garrett, British soprano
  • 1957
    Steven Gustafson, American musician
  • 1959
    Davy Carton, Irish musician
    Brian Setzer, American singer, musician
  • 1960
    Katrina Leskanich, American musician
    Terry Teagle, American basketball player
  • 1962
    Steve Tasker, American football player
  • 1963
    Warren DeMartini, American musician
    Jeff Gray, American baseball player
  • 1965
    Tim Alexander, American musician
  • 1968
    Orlando Jones, American actor, comedian
  • 1969
    Billy Jayne, American actor
    Mike Mushok, American musician
  • 1970
    Kenny Lattimore, American singer
    Q-Tip, American musician
  • 1971
    Al Reyes, Dominican baseball player
    Brad William Henke, American actor
  • 1972
    Ed Byrne, Irish stand up comedian, actor
  • 1973
    Guillaume Canet, French actor
    Aidan Moffat, Scottish musician
  • 1975
    Chris Carrabba, American singer
  • 1978
    Sir Christus, Finnish guitarist
  • 1979
    Kenyon Coleman, American football player
    Shemekia Copeland, American singer
    Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer
  • 1980
    Charlie Hunnam, British actor
    Bryce Soderberg, American musician
  • 1981
    Laura Bell Bundy, American actress
    Liz McClarnon, British singer
    Michael Pitt, American actor
  • 1982
    Andre Ethier, American baseball player
    Chyler Leigh, American actress
  • 1983
    Ryan Merriman, American actor
    Jamie Chung, American actress
  • 1984
    Mandy Moore, American singer/actor
    Cara DeLizia, American actress
  • 1987
    Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
    Shay Mitchell, Canadian Actress
  • 1988
    Haley Joel Osment, American actor
  • 1990
    Alex Pettyfer, English actor
  • 1991
    Amanda Michalka, American actress, singer
  • 2007
    Princess Ariane of the Netherlands

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Died on April 10th:

  • 1909
    Algernon Swinburne, English poet, author, critic (age 72)
  • 1919
    Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general (age 39)
  • 1931
    Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, philosopher (age 48)
  • 1958
    Chuck Willis, American singer, songwriter (age 32)
  • 1962
    Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American director, screenwriter (age 75)
  • 1965
    Linda Darnell, American actress (age 41)
  • 1966
    Evelyn Waugh, English author, critic (age 62)
  • 1975
    Marjorie Main, American actress (age 85)
  • 1980
    Kay Medford, American actress, singer (age 60)
  • 1986
    Linda Creed, American singer, songwriter (age 37)
  • 1991
    Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (age 35)
    Natalie Schafer, American actress (age 90)
  • 1992
    Sam Kinison, American comedian, actor (age 38)
  • 1999
    Jean Vander Pyl, American actress, voice artist (age 79)
  • 2000
    Peter Jones, English actor, screenwriter (age 79)
    Larry Linville, American actor (age 60)
  • 2003
    Little Eva, American singer (age 59)
  • 2010
    Dixie Carter, American actress, singer (age 70)
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