From History: Today's Famous Birthdays - 10/Oct/2018
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This is an effort to provide some information on Five selected famous personalities born on this day.
Courtesy of this information goes to onthisday.com, famousbirthdays.com and wikipedia.org and image source is mentioned under "Source" just below each image.
1. Matthew Pinsent
Matthew Pinsent is an retired English rower and broadcaster who is a winner of 4 gold medals at Olympics.
He won 4 gold medals in consecutive Olympics starting in 1992 Barcelona Olympics and went on to win gold medals in 1996 Atlanta Olympics, 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics in Coxless Pair event.
Besides his 4 Olympics medals, he also won 10 golds and 2 bronze medals in World Rowing Championships.
He was made Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1993 and Knight Bachelor in 2004.
2. Rekha
Rekha is an Indian actress who acts in Bollywood movies and is one of the most beautiful Indian actresses.
She started her acting career as a child artist in 1966 and made acting debut as lead actress in 1970 in movie Sawan Bhadon.
In her 50 years acting career, she has acted in over 180 movies.
She is a winner of 3 Filmfare Awards, a National Film Award and has been a recipient of Padma Shri<>/i, India's fourth highest civilian honour.
3. Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter was an British playwright, screenwriter. director as well as actor who who is regarded as one of the most influential modern dramatists.
His plays include The Birthday Party, The Homecoming, Betrayal.
He was also known as a director cum actor on radio, stage, screen and television series.
He received Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005.
He was made Companion of the Order of British Empire and received Legion of Honour prize.
4. Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes was an American actress who had a career span of over 80 years as she started her acting at the age of 5 and her last movie was appearance in a television series was in 1985.
She is known as the First Lady of American Theatre.
She is among the 15 people who have won an Oscar, an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and a Tony Award.
She won 2 Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, a Tony Award and was among Kennedy Center Honorees.
She was inducted into National Women's Hall of Fame.
5. Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish was a British philosopher, scientist and theoretical and experimental chemist and physicist who is noted for the discovery of hydrogen.
He became famous for his Cavendish experiment to measure the density of the earth.
He was also known for his chemical and electrical experiments.
He was honoured with Copley Medal.
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