Famous birthdays for Oct. 10: Dan Stevens, Brett Favre

Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra.

They include:

-- English chemist-physicist Henry Cavendish, discoverer of hydrogen, in 1731

-- Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1813

-- Jazz musician Thelonious Monk in 1917

-- Filmmaker Ed Wood in 1924

-- Actor Peter Coyote in 1941 (age 76)

-- Singer John Prine in 1946 (age 71)

-- Entertainer Ben Vereen in 1946 (age 71)

-- Actor Jessica Harper in 1949 (age 68)

-- Writer Nora Roberts in 1950

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-- Rocker David Lee Roth in 1954 (age 63)

-- Country singer Tanya Tucker in 1958 (age 59)

-- Actor Bradley Whitford in 1959 (age 58)

-- Slain journalist Daniel Pearl in 1963

-- Actor Bai Ling in 1966 (age 51)

-- Football star Brett Favre in 1969 (age 48)

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-- Actor Mario Lopez in 1973 (age 44)

-- Race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 1974 (age 43)

-- Singer Mya in 1979 (age 38)

-- Actor Dan Stevens in 1982 (age 35)

-- Actor Maggie Elizabeth Jones in 2003 (age 14)

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