Famous Births on 10 May

Famous Births on 10 May

1265 - Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
1604 - Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)
1641 - Dudley North, English economist (d. 1691)
1727 - Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (d. 1781)
1746 - Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818)
1760 - Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (d. 1826)
1760 - Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French composer (La Marseillaise) (d. 1836)
1770 - Louis Nicolas Davout, French marshal (d. 1823)
1775 - Robert Gray, Sea Captain (d. 1806)
1775 - Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (d. 1809)
1788 - Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist (d. 1827)
1788 - Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, German queen (d. 1819)
1813 - Montgomery Blair, American politician (d. 1883)
1838 - John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)
1840 - Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868)
1841 - James Gordon Bennett Jr., American publisher (d. 1918)
1843 - Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (d. 1920)
1847 - Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (d. 1923)
1866 - Léon Bakst, Russian artist (d. 1924)
1868 - Ed Barrow, American baseball manager (d. 1953)
1872 - Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (d. 1950)
1874 - Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian and orientalist (d. 1941)
1876 - Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer (d. 1918)
1878 - Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1929)
1879 - Symon Petlura, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1926)
1886 - Felix Manalo, Founder and 1st Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)
1886 - Olaf Stapledon, British author and philosopher (d. 1950)
1886 - Karl Barth, Swiss Protestant theologian (d. 1968)
1887 - Mir Ghotbeddin Mohammad Angha, 40th Sufi master of the Oveyssi order (d. 1962)
1888 - Max Steiner, Austrian composer (d. 1971)
1889 - Mae Murray, American actress (d. 1965)
1890 - Alfred Jodl, German general (d. 1946)
1897 - Einar Gerhardsen, Prime minister of Norway (d. 1987)
1898 - Ariel Durant, American historian (d. 1981)
1899 - Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-born composer (d. 1979)
1899 - Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (d. 1987)
1902 - Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (d. 1974)
1902 - David O. Selznick, American film producer (d. 1965)
1903 - Otto Bradfisch, Nazi leader (d. 1994)
1905 - Markos Vamvakaris, Greek rebetiko musician and songwriter (d. 1972)
1909 - Maybelle Carter, American musician (d. 1978)
1911 - Bel Kaufman, American author
1915 - Denis Thatcher, British businessman and husband of Margaret Thatcher (d. 2003)
1916 - Milton Babbitt, American composer
1918 - George Welch, American pilot (d. 1954)
1922 - Nancy Walker, American actress (d. 1992)
1923 - Heydar Aliyev, Ex-President and Leader of Azerbaijan Republic (d. 2003)
1926 - Hugo Banzer, Bolivian dictator (d. 2002)
1927 - Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author
1928 - Arnold Rüütel, Estonian president
1929 - Antonine Maillet, French Canadian novelist and playwright
1930 - Pat Summerall, American football player and broadcaster
1930 - Scott Muni, American radio DJ (d. 2004)
1931 - Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter
1933 - Barbara Taylor Bradford, English writer
1934 - Cliff Wilson, Welsh snooker player (d. 1994)
1934 - Jeanine Basinger, American film scholar
1935 - Larry Williams, American singer and songwriter (d. 1980)
1936 - Gary Owens, American actor and announcer
1937 - Tamara Press, Soviet athlete
1937 - Jim Hickman, American baseball player
1938 - Marina Vlady, French actress
1938 - Jean Becker, French director, screenwriter and actor
1940 - Wayne A. Downing, retired United States Army general
1942 - Youssouf Sambo Bâ, Burkinabé politician
1943 - David Clennon, American actor
1943 - Richard Darman, American economist
1944 - Jim Abrahams, American film director
1944 - Maureen Lipman, English actress
1944 - Marie-France Pisier, French actress
1946 - Dave Mason, English musician (Traffic)
1946 - Graham Gouldman, British musician and songwriter (10cc)
1946 - Donovan, Scottish musician
1947 - Caroline Cooney, American author
1947 - Jay Ferguson, American musician and composer
1947 - Thomas Tessier, American author
1952 - Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer
1953 - John Diamond, English journalist (d. 2001)
1953 - Tito Santana, Mexican-American professional wrestler
1955 - Chris Berman, American sportscaster
1955 - Mark David Chapman, American assassin of John Lennon
1956 - Vladislav Listyev, Russian television anchor and journalist (d. 1995)
1957 - Sid Vicious, English bassist (The Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)
1958 - Rick Santorum, U.S. Senator
1958 - Yu Suzuki, Japanese creator of Virtua Fighter series
1958 - Gaétan Boucher, Canadian speed skater
1959 - Victoria Rowell, American actress
1959 - Danny Schayes, American basketball player
1960 - Bono, Irish singer (U2)
1961 - Johanna ter Steege, Dutch actress
1961 - Danny Carey, American drummer (Tool, Pigmy Love Circus)
1963 - Lisa Nowak, American astronaut
1965 - Linda Evangelista, Canadian supermodel
1966 - Jonathan Edwards, English athlete
1967 - Scott Brison, Canadian politician
1967 - Jon Ronson, British journalist and author
1967 - Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster
1967 - Young MC, American rapper
1968 - Al Murray, British comedian
1968 - Ed Sanders, British actor and television personality
1968 - Erik Palladino, American actor
1969 - Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer
1969 - John Scalzi, American writer
1970 - Perry Blake, Irish singer/songwriter
1970 - Dallas Roberts, American actor
1970 - David Weir, Scottish footballer
1971 - Ådne Søndrål, Norwegian speed skater
1971 - Adriano Giannini, Italian actor
1972 - Radosław Majdan, Polish footballer
1973 - Craig Mack, American rapper
1973 - Jerome Williams, American basketball player
1973 - Joshua Eagle, Australian tennis player
1973 - Aviv Geffen, Israeli singer/songwriter (Blackfield)
1974 - Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer
1975 - Adam Deadmarsh, American ice hockey player
1975 - Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
1976 - Stuart Braithwaite, Scottish musician (Mogwai)
1976 - Rob Malda, American internet writer/editor (Slashdot)
1976 - Udo Mechels, Belgian singer
1976 - Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi, Greek javelin thrower
1977 - Chas Licciardello, Australian comedian, member of The Chaser
1977 - Denise Ho, Hong Kong singer
1977 - Nick Heidfeld, German Formula 1 driver
1977 - Henri Camara, Senegalese footballer
1978 - Kenan Thompson, American actor
1979 - Lee Hyori, South Korean singer
1981 - Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer
1982 - Despina Caldis, Greek-Australian actress
1982 - Jeremy Gable, American playwright
1982 - Daniel Harris, Australian rules footballer
1983 - Natalia Zabala, Miss Spain 2007
1983 - Gustav Fridolin, Swedish politician
1984 - Edward Mujica. Venezuelan baseball player
1985 - Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 - Anej Lovrečič, Slovenian football (soccer) player
1989 - Lindsey Shaw, American actress
1993 - Charice Pempengco, Filipino singer
1993 - Mirai Shida, Japanese actress
2000 - Shyann McClure, American actress and model
2004 - The Gosselin Sextuplets