Famous birthdays for Oct. 10: Bradley Whitford, 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

-- Sculptor Alberto Giacometti in 1901

-- Jazz musician Thelonious Monk in 1917

-- Filmmaker Ed Wood in 1924

-- Actor Peter Coyote in 1941 (age 78)

-- Singer John Prine in 1946 (age 73)

-- Entertainer Ben Vereen in 1946 (age 73)

-- Actor Jessica Harper in 1949 (age 70)

File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

-- Writer Nora Roberts in 1950

-- Rocker David Lee Roth in 1954 (age 65)

-- Country singer Tanya Tucker in 1958 (age 61)

-- Actor Bradley Whitford in 1959 (age 60)

-- Slain journalist Daniel Pearl in 1963

-- Actor Bai Ling in 1966 (age 53)

-- Actor Wendi McLendon-Covey in 1969 (age 50)

-- Football star Brett Favre in 1969 (age 50)

File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

-- Actor Mario Lopez in 1973 (age 46)

-- Race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 1974 (age 45)

-- Actor Andrea Navedo in 1977 (age 42)

-- Singer Mya Harrison in 1979 (age 40)

-- Actor Dan Stevens in 1982 (age 37)

-- Actor Maggie Elizabeth Jones in 2003 (age 16)

File Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI