10 May Births

May 10 is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 235 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).

Births

213 – Claudius Gothicus, Roman emperor (d. 270)
874 – Meng Zhixiang, Chinese general and emperor (d. 934)
1002 – Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Iraqi historian and scholar (d. 1071)
1265 – Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
1401 – Thomas Tuddenham, Landowner (d. 1462)
1491 – Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (d. 1521)
1604 – Jean Mairet, French author and playwright (d. 1686)
1697 – Jean-Marie Leclair, French violinist and composer (d. 1764)
1714 – Sophie Charlotte Ackermann, German actress (d. 1792)
1727 – Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances (d. 1781)
1755 – Robert Gray, American captain and explorer (d. 1806)
1760 – Johann Peter Hebel, German author and poet (d. 1826)
1760 – Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French captain, engineer, and composer (d. 1836)
1770 – Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1823)
1775 – Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, French general (d. 1809)
1788 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer (d. 1827)
1788 – Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1819)
1810 – E. Cobham Brewer, English lexicographer and author (d. 1897)
1812 – William Henry Barlow, English engineer (d. 1902)
1813 – Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (d. 1883)
1838 – John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)
1840 – Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian warlord (d. 1868)
1841 – James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American publisher and broadcaster, co-founded Commercial Cable Company (d. 1918)
1843 – Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (d. 1920)
1847 – Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician and academic (d. 1923)
1855 – Yukteswar Giri, Indian guru and educator (d. 1936)
1863 – Kaarle Krohn, Finnish historian and academic (d. 1933)
1866 – Léon Bakst, Russian painter and costume designer (d. 1924)
1872 – Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist (d. 1950)
1874 – Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and orientalist (d. 1941)
1876 – Ivan Cankar, Slovenian poet and playwright (d. 1918)
1878 – Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter (d. 1967)
1878 – Gustav Stresemann, German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)
1879 – Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (d. 1926)
1886 – Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (d. 1968)
1886 – Felix Manalo, Filipino religious leader, founded Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)
1888 – Max Steiner, Austrian-American composer and conductor (d. 1971)
1889 – Mae Murray, American actress (d. 1965)
1890 – Alfred Jodl, German general (d. 1946)
1891 – Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and academic (d. 1934)
1893 – Tonita Peña, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) artist (d. 1949)
1894 – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (d. 1979)
1896 – Alberts Ozoliņš, Latvian weightlifter (d. 1985)
1897 – Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1987)
1898 – Ariel Durant, American historian and author (d. 1981)
1899 – Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1987)
1900 – Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1979)
1901 – John Desmond Bernal, Irish-English crystallographer and physicist (d. 1971)
1902 – Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1974)
1902 – David O. Selznick, American director and producer (d. 1965)
1903 – Otto Bradfisch, German economist, jurist, and SS officer (d. 1994)
1904 – David Brown, English businessman (d. 1993)
1905 – Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1972)
1908 – Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2000)
1909 – Maybelle Carter, American autoharp player (d. 1978)
1911 – Bel Kaufman, American author and educator (d. 2014)
1915 – Denis Thatcher, English soldier and businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2003)
1916 – Milton Babbitt, American composer and educator (d. 2011)
1918 – T. Berry Brazelton, American pediatrician and author
1918 – Desmond MacNamara, Irish painter, sculptor, and author (d. 2008)
1918 – Diva Diniz Corrêa, Brazilian zoologist (d. 1993)
1920 – Basil Kelly, Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician (d. 2008)
1920 – Bert Weedon, English guitarist (d. 2012)
1922 – David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)
1922 – Nancy Walker, American actress, singer, and director (d. 1992)
1923 – Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan general and politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (d. 2003)
1923 – Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player and coach (d. 2005)
1926 – Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (d. 2002)
1927 – Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author
1927 – Mike Souchak, American golfer (d. 2008)
1928 – Arnold Rüütel, Estonian agronomist and politician, 3rd President of Estonia
1928 – Lothar Schmid, German chess player (d. 2013)
1929 – Audun Boysen, Norwegian runner (d. 2000)
1929 – George Coe, American actor and producer (d. 2015)
1929 – Antonine Maillet, Canadian author and playwright
1930 – George E. Smith, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
1930 – Pat Summerall, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1931 – Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1932 – Karthigesu Sivathamby, Sri Lankan author and academic (d. 2011)
1933 – Barbara Taylor Bradford, English-American author
1934 – Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian diplomat (d. 2015)
1935 – Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1980)
1937 – Tamara Press, Ukrainian shot putter and discus thrower
1938 – Jean Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1938 – Henry Fambrough, American soul singer
1938 – Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player
1940 – Arthur Alexander, American country-soul singer-songwriter (d. 1993)
1940 – Wayne Dyer, American author and educator (d. 2015)
1941 – Aydın Güven Gürkan, Turkish academician and politician (d. 2006)
1942 – Jim Calhoun, American basketball player and coach
1942 – Carl Douglas, Jamaican singer-songwriter
1944 – Jim Abrahams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1944 – Marie-France Pisier, French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1946 – Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1946 – Graham Gouldman, English guitarist and songwriter
1946 – Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Diderik Wagenaar, Dutch composer and theorist
1947 – Caroline B. Cooney, American author
1948 – Meg Foster, American actress
1949 – Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer
1950 – Natalya Bondarchuk, Russian actress and director
1952 – Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer
1952 – Sly Dunbar, Jamaican drummer
1952 – Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Brazilian footballer and manager
1955 – Mark David Chapman, American murderer
1956 – Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist (d. 1995)
1957 – Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (d. 1979)
1958 – Tauseef Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
1958 – Gaétan Boucher, Canadian speed skater
1958 – Rick Santorum, American lawyer and politician
1959 – Victoria Rowell, American actress
1959 – Danny Schayes, American basketball player
1960 – Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, humanitarian, venture capitalist, businessman, philanthropist and activist
1960 – Dean Heller, American lawyer and politician, 15th Secretary of State of Nevada
1960 – Merlene Ottey, Jamaican-Slovenian runner
1963 – Lisa Nowak, American commander and astronaut
1963 – Debbie Wiseman, English composer and conductor
1965 – Linda Evangelista, Canadian model
1965 – Greg Fasala, Australian swimmer
1965 – Paul Langmack, Australian rugby league player and coach
1965 – Rony Seikaly, Lebanese-American basketball player and radio host
1966 – Jonathan Edwards, English triple jumper
1967 – Eion Crossan, New Zealand rugby player
1967 – Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster
1968 – Al Murray, English comedian and television host
1968 – Tatyana Shikolenko, Russian javelin thrower
1969 – Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer and manager
1969 – John Scalzi, American author and blogger
1970 – Gabriela Montero, Venezuelan-American pianist
1970 – David Weir, Scottish footballer and manager
1971 – Monisha Kaltenborn, Indian-Swiss lawyer and businesswoman
1971 – Craig Mack, American rapper and producer
1971 – Ådne Søndrål, Norwegian speed skater
1972 – Radosław Majdan, Polish footballer
1973 – Joshua Eagle, Australian tennis player
1973 – Aviv Geffen, Israeli singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1973 – Ollie le Roux, South African rugby player
1973 – Rüştü Reçber, Turkish footballer
1973 – Leigh Sales, Australian journalist and television host
1974 – Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer
1975 – Torbjørn Brundtland, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
1975 – Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
1975 – Adam Deadmarsh, Canadian-American ice hockey player
1977 – Henri Camara, Senegalese footballer
1977 – Adrian Morley, English rugby league player
1977 – Sergei Nakariakov, Russian trumpet player
1977 – Chas Licciardello, Australian comedian, screenwriter and producer
1978 – Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer
1978 – Kenan Thompson, American actor
1981 – Samuel Dalembert, Haitian-Canadian basketball player
1981 – Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer
1983 – Gustav Fridolin, Swedish journalist and politician, Swedish Minister of Education
1984 – Edward Mujica, Venezuelan baseball player
1985 – Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Jon Schofield, English canoe racer
1986 – Emilio Izaguirre, Honduran footballer
1987 – Wilson Chandler, American basketball player
1990 – Josh Dugan, Australian rugby league player
1990 – Salvador Pérez, Venezuelan baseball player
1990 – Ivana Španović, Serbian long jumper
1992 – Charice Pempengco, Filipino singer-songwriter and actress
1993 – Tímea Babos, Hungarian tennis player
1995 – Missy Franklin, American swimmer
1995 – Gabriella Papadakis, French ice dancer
1996 – Tyus Jones, American basketball player
1996 – Kateřina Siniaková, Czech tennis player

Source: wikipedia