Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor is a British actor and director. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. In 2008, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), and in 2015, he was advanced to Commander (CBE) for his services to the arts.
Biography from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also born on July 10
- Nikola Tesla1856 · Serbian-American engineer and inventor
- Sofía Vergara1972 · Colombian and American actress
- Mahathir Mohamad1925 · Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003, 2018–2020)
- Marcel Proust1871 · French novelist, literary critic, and essayist
- Jessica Simpson1980 · American singer and actress
- Ronnie James Dio1942 · American heavy metal singer
- John Calvin1509 · French Protestant reformer
- Arthur Ashe1943 · American tennis player
Also born in 1977
- Shakira1977 · Colombian singer-songwriter
- Emmanuel Macron1977 · President of France since 2017
- Kanye West1977 · American rapper and producer
- John Cena1977 · American actor and professional wrestler
- Thierry Henry1977 · French footballer
- Orlando Bloom1977 · English actor
- Tom Hardy1977 · English actor
- Liv Tyler1977 · American actress