August 10 :: Historical Births Today

Famous Births

• 1267 - King James II of Aragon (d. 1327)


• 1296 - John I, Count of Luxemburg (d. 1346)


• 1360 - Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)


• 1397 - Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)


• 1489 - Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)


• 1520 - Madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)


• 1560 - Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (d. 1629)


• 1602 - Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (d. 1675)


• 1645 - Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (d. 1711)


• 1737 - Anton Losenko, Russian painter (d. 1773)


• 1744 - Alexandrine-Jeanne d'Étiolles (nicknamed "Fanfan"), daughter of the courtesan Madame de Pompadour (d. 1754)


• 1810 - Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia (d. 1861)


• 1814 - Henri Nestlé, Swiss industrialist (d. 1890)


• 1821 - Jay Cooke, American financier (d. 1905)


• 1823 - Hugh Stowell Brown, Manx preacher (d.1886)


• 1839 - Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (d. 1896)


• 1845 - Abai Kunanbaev, Kazakh poet (d. 1904)


• 1856 - William Willett, English inventor of Daylight Saving Time (d. 1915)


• 1860 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (d. 1936)


• 1865 - Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (d. 1936)


• 1869 - Laurence Binyon, British poet (d. 1943)


• 1874 - Herbert Clark Hoover, 31st President of the United States (d. 1964)


• 1874 - Bill Johnson, American musician (d. 1972)


• 1877 - Frank Marshall, American chess player (d. 1944)


• 1878 - Alfred Döblin, German writer (d. 1957)


• 1880 - Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1964)


• 1884 - Panait Istrati, Romanian writer (d. 1935)


• 1889 - Charles Darrow, Inventor (d. 1967)


• 1890 - Angus L. MacDonald, Canadian politician (d. 1954)


• 1894 - Varahagiri Venkata Giri, Fourth President of India (d. 1980)


• 1895 - Hammy Love, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1969)


• 1897 - John Galbreath, American businessman (d. 1988)


• 1898 - Jack Haley, American actor (d. 1979)


• 1900 - Arthur Espie Porritt, New Zealand politician and athlete (d. 1994)


• 1902 - Norma Shearer, Canadian actress (d. 1983)


• 1902 - Curt Siodmak, German-born author (d. 2000)


• 1902 - Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)


• 1903 - Ward Moore, American author (d. 1978)


• 1905 - Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (d. 1986)


• 1908 - Adelino ("Billy") Gonsalves, American soccer player (d. 1977)


• 1909 - Leo Fender, American luthier (d. 1991)


• 1911 - A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian (d. 1993)


• 1912 - Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist (d. 2001)


• 1913 - Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1993)


• 1913 - Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (d. 1994)


• 1914 - Jeff Corey, American actor (d. 2002)


• 1914 - Carlos Menditeguy, Argentine racing driver (d. 1973)


• 1919 - Sacha Vierny, French cinematographer (d. 2001)


• 1923 - Rhonda Fleming, American actress


• 1923 - Fred Ridgway, Former England cricketer


• 1927 - Vernon Washington, American actor (d. 1988)


• 1928 - Jimmy Dean, American singer


• 1928 - Gus Mercurio, American-born Australian actor


• 1928 - Eddie Fisher, American singer


• 1933 - Doyle Brunson, American poker player


• 1933 - Rocky Colavito, American baseball player


• 1933 - Keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth; d. 2005)


• 1937 - Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician


• 1939 - Kate O'Mara, British actress


• 1940 - Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (d. 2003)


• 1940 - Sid Waddell, Darts Commentator for the PDC


• 1942 - Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer


• 1943 - Ronnie Spector, American singer (Ronettes)


• 1943 - Louise Forestier, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress


• 1943 - Jimmy Griffin, American guitarist (Bread) (d. 2005)


• 1943 - Michael Mantler, American trumpeter and composer


• 1943 - Shafqat Rana, Former Pakistani cricketer


• 1945 - Harriet Miers, White House counsel


• 1947 - Ian Anderson, Scottish musician (Jethro Tull)


• 1947 - Anwar Ibrahim, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia


• 1947 - Alan Ward, Former England cricketer


• 1948 - Patti Austin, American singer


• 1950 - Rémy Girard, Canadian actor


• 1952 - Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor


• 1953 - Mark Doty, American poet and prose writer


• 1956 - Fred Ottman, American wrestler


• 1956 - Charlie Peacock, American record producer, singer-songwriter


• 1958 - Jack Richards, Former England cricketer


• 1959 - Rosanna Arquette, American actress


• 1959 - Florent Vollant, Innu-Canadian musician (Kashtin)


• 1960 - Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor


• 1960 - Nicoletta Braschi, Italian actress


• 1960 - Todd David Hess, First USAF Member inducted into Army's Order of Military Medical Merit.


• 1960 - Kenny Perry, American golfer


• 1961 - Jon Farriss, Australian musician (INXS)


• 1963 - Andrew Sullivan, English-born journalist


• 1963 - Phoolan Devi, Indian bandit and revolutionary (d. 2001)


• 1965 - Claudia Christian, American actress


• 1965 - Mike E. Smith, American jockey


• 1965 - John Starks, American basketball player


• 1966 - Hansi Kürsch, German singer


• 1967 - Philippe Albert, Belgian former footballer


• 1967 - Riddick Bowe, American boxer


• 1967 - Mart Sander, Estonian singer and actor


• 1967 - Reinout Scholte, Former Dutch cricketer


• 1967 - Lorraine Pearson, former singer (Five Star) and author


• 1968 - Michael Bivins, American singer (New Edition & Bell Biv DeVoe)


• 1968 - Greg Hawgood, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1968 - Peter Docter, American film director


• 1970 - Bret Hedican, American ice hockey player


• 1970 - Jeff Mangum, American musician


• 1970 - Steve Mautone, Australian footballer


• 1970 - Brendon Julian, Former Australian cricketer


• 1971 - Roy Keane, Irish footballer


• 1971 - Mario César Kindelán Mesa, Cuban boxer


• 1971 - Justin Theroux, American actor


• 1971 - Sal Fasano, American baseball player


• 1971 - Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist


• 1971 - Stephan Groth, Norwegian musician


• 1972 - Lawrence Dallaglio, English rugby union footballer


• 1972 - Angie Harmon, American model and actress


• 1972 - Christofer Johnsson, Swedish musician


• 1973 - Lisa Raymond, American tennis player


• 1973 - Javier Zanetti, Argentinian footballer


• 1974 - David Sommeil, French footballer


• 1974 - Luis Marín, Costa Rican footballer


• 1976 - Michael Depoli, American wrestler


• 1977 - Danny Griffin, Northern Irish footballer


• 1977 - Aaron Kamin, American musician (The Calling)


• 1977 - Matt Morgan, British comedian


• 1978 - Daniel Allsopp, Australian footballer


• 1978 - Chris Read, English cricketer


• 1978 - Claire Yiu, Hong Kong actress


• 1979 - Yannick Schroeder, French racing driver


• 1979 - Joanna Garcia, Cuban actress


• 1979 - Ted Geoghegan, American filmmaker and author


• 1979 - Dinusha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer


• 1980 - Kaysar Ridha, Iraqi-American reality TV contestant


• 1981 - Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer


• 1981 - Dimitris Salpigidis, Greek footballer


• 1982 - Devon Aoki, American supermodel and actress


• 1983 - Alexander Perezhogin, Russian ice hockey player


• 1983 - Mathieu Roy, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1984 - Mariel Rodriguez, Filipino TV host


• 1985 - Roy O'Donovan, Irish footballer


• 1989 - Ben Sahar, Israeli footballer


• 1989 - Sam Gagner, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1992 - Ko Ah-seong, South Korean actress