August 10
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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)
- 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)
- 1872 - Bill Johnson, American musician (d. 1972)
- 1874 - Herbert Clark Hoover, 31st President of the United States (d. 1964)
- 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)
- 1890 - Angus L. MacDonald, Canadian politician (d. 1954)
- 1894 - Varahagiri Venkata Giri, Fourth President of India (d. 1980)
- 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)
- 1905 - Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (d. 1986)
- 1909 - Leo Fender, American luthier (d. 1991)
- 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 Menditéguy, Argentine racing driver (d. 1973)
- 1919 - Sacha Vierny, French cinematographer (d. 2001)
- 1923 - Rhonda Fleming, American actress
- 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
- 1937 - Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician
- 1939 - Kate O'Mara, British actress
- 1940 - Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (d. 2003)
- 1943 - Ronnie Spector, American singer (Ronettes)
- 1943 - Louise Forestier, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
- 1943 - Jimmy Griffin, American guitarist (Bread) (d. 2005)
- 1945 - Harriet Miers, White House counsel
- 1947 - Ian Anderson, Scottish musician (Jethro Tull)
- 1947 - Anwar Ibrahim, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
- 1948 - Patti Austin, American singer
- 1950 - Rémy Girard, Québécois actor
- 1952 - Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
- 1956 - Fred Ottman, American wrestler
- 1959 - Rosanna Arquette, American actress
- 1959 - Florent Vollant, Innu-Canadian musician (Kashtin)
- 1960 - Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
- 1960 - Todd David Hess, First USAF Member to receive Military Medical Merit.
- 1961 - Jon Farriss, Australian musician (INXS)
- 1963 - Andrew Sullivan, English-born journalist
- 1965 - Claudia Christian, American actress
- 1965 - Mike E. Smith, American jockey
- 1965 - John Starks, American basketball player
- 1966 - Hansi Kürsch, German singer
- 1967 - Riddick Bowe, American boxer
- 1967 - Mart Sander, Estonian singer and actor
- 1968 - Michael Bivins, American singer (New Edition & Bell Biv DeVoe)
- 1968 - Greg Hawgood, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1968 - Peter Docter, American film director
- 1971 - Roy Keane, Irish footballer
- 1971 - Mario César Kindelán Mesa, Cuban boxer
- 1971 - Justin Theroux, American actor
- 1971 - Sal Fasano, American baseball player
- 1972 - Angie Harmon, American model
- 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 - Chris Read, English cricketer
- 1979 - Yannick Schroeder, French racing driver
- 1979 - Joanna Garcia, actress
- 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
- 1986 - Mark Harrison, music critic and publisher
- 1989 - Ben Sahar, Israeli footballer
- 1992 - Ko Ah-seong, South Korean actress.
- 1992 - T-yanna Wallace, first born child and daughter of The Notorious B.I.G.
Deaths
- 612 BC - Sinsharishkun, Assyrian king
- 258 - Saint Lawrence, martyr
- 1535 - Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509)
- 1633 - Anthony Munday, English writer (b. 1553)
- 1637 - Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582)
- 1653 - Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1598)
- 1655 - Alfonso de la Cueva, marqués de Bedmar, Spanish cardinal and diplomat (b. 1572)
- 1723 - Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656)
- 1759 - King Ferdinand VI of Spain (b. 1713)
- 1784 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter (b. 1713)
- 1802 - Franz Aepinus, German scientist (b. 1724)
- 1806 - Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (b. 1737)
- 1839 - John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. 1758)
- 1862 - Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
- 1875 - Karl Andree, German geographer (b. 1808)
- 1896 - Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer (b. 1848)
- 1915 - Henry Moseley, English physicist (b. 1887)
- 1920 - Ádám Politzer, Austrian physician (b. 1835)
- 1928 - Rex Cherryman, American actor (b. 1897)
- 1929 - Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (b. 1878)
- 1945 - Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (b. 1882)
- 1948 - Montague Summers, English writer (b. 1880)
- 1958 - Frank Demaree, baseball player (b. 1910)
- 1963 - Estes Kefauver, American politician, United States Congressman & Senator from Tennessee (b. 1903)
- 1963 - Ernst Wetter, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1877)
- 1969 - Leno LaBianca, American businessman (murdered) (b. 1925)
- 1969 - Rosemary LaBianca, American housewife (murdered) (b. 1930)
- 1976 - Bert Oldfield, Australian test cricketer (b. 1894)
- 1979 - Walter Gerlach, German physicist (b. 1889)
- 1980 - Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan (b. 1917)
- 1993 - Øystein Aarseth, Norwegian musician (Mayhem) (b. 1968)
- 1997 - Conlon Nancarrow, American composer (b. 1912)
- 1999 - Padma Bhushan Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya, Eminent Sanskrit Scholor in India (b. 1899)
- 2002 - Michael Houser, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) (b. 1962)
- 2002 - Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1926)
- 2003 - Carmita Jiménez, Puerto Rican singer
Notes
- René Crevel
- Emmy Hennings
- Rodolphe Töpffer
- Adah Isaacs Menken
- Jean-François Lyotard
- James Tenney
- Fakir Musafar
- Carey Estes Kefauver
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