Famous People Born on October 10
Famous people born on October 10 include Giuseppe Verdi (1813), Fridtjof Nansen (1861) and Harold Pinter (1930).
BORN ON THIS DAY
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Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian explorer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861–1930)
Harold Pinter
English playwright (1930–2008)
Naoto Kan
Prime Minister of Japan from 2010 to 2011
Claude Simon
French novelist (1913–2005)
Henry Cavendish
English natural philosopher, and scientist (1731–1810)
Isabella II
Queen of Spain from 1833 to 1868
Helen Hayes
American actress (1900–1993)
Xherdan Shaqiri
Swiss footballer (born 1991)
Gerhard Ertl
German physicist (born 1936)
Alberto Giacometti
Swiss sculptor and painter (1901–1966)
Rekha
Indian actress (born 1954)
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982)
Aleksis Kivi
National writer of Finland (1834–1872)
Mercè Rodoreda
Catalan novelist and poet
Yves Chauvin
French chemist and Nobel Prize laureate
DIED ON THIS DAY
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Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
Abel Tasman
Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant (1603–1659)
Husayn ibn Ali
9th-century Islamic leader
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1916–2000)
Ludwig von Mises
Austrian–American political economist (1881–1973)
Christopher Reeve
American actor and activist (1952–2004)
Charles Fourier
French utopian socialist and philosopher (1772–1837)
Ugo Foscolo
Italian writer, revolutionary and poet (1778–1827)
Pope Valentine
Head of the Catholic Church in 827
Yul Brynner
Russian and American actor (1920–1985)
Sources
- October 10 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
- Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
- Orson Welles — Wikipedia
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths