Births on 10 October
2000s
Josh Giddey
2002
Australian basketball player (born 2002)
1900s
Sami Niku
1996
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1996)
Courtland Sutton
1995
American football player (born 1995)
Bae Suzy
1994
South Korean singer and actress (born 1994)
Mike Tobey
1994
American-Slovenian professional basketball player (born 1994)
Marquez Valdes-Scantling
1994
American football player (born 1994)
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
1993
Cuban-American baseball player (born 1993)
Jayden Stockley
1993
English footballer (born 1993)
Anthony Brown (basketball)
1992
American basketball player (born 1992)
Michael Carter-Williams
1991
American basketball player (born 1991)
Gabriella Cilmi
1991
Australian pop singer and songwriter (born 1991)
Lali Espósito
1991
Argentine actress and singer (born 1991)
Mariana Pajón
1991
Colombian cyclist (born 1991)
Xherdan Shaqiri
1991
Swiss footballer (born 1991)
Shelby Miller
1990
American baseball player (born 1990)
Geno Smith
1990
American football player (born 1990)
Kolten Wong
1990
American baseball player (born 1990)
Jeurys Familia
1989
Dominican baseball player (born 1989)
Emer Kenny
1989
British actress and screenwriter
Shaun Fensom
1988
Australian rugby league footballer
Brown Ideye
1988
Nigerian footballer (born 1988)
Rose McIver
1988
New Zealand actress
Ryan Mathews (American football)
1987
American football player (born 1987)
Nathan Jawai
1986
Australian basketball player (born 1986)
Andrew McCutchen
1986
American baseball player (born 1986)
Ellen Andrea Wang
1986
Norwegian jazz musician and composer (born 1986)
Marina Diamandis
1985
Welsh singer-songwriter (born 1985)
Rostislav Olesz
1985
Czech ice hockey player (born 1985)
Stephanie Cheng
1984
Hong Kong singer
Jean-Baptiste Grange
1984
French alpine skier (born 1984)
Ryan Hollins
1984
American basketball player (born 1984)
Chiaki Kuriyama
1984
Japanese actress, singer, and model (born 1984)
Paul Posluszny
1984
American football player (born 1984)
Troy Tulowitzki
1984
American baseball player (born 1984)
Yasser Al-Qahtani
1982
Saudi Arabian footballer (born 1982)
David Cal
1982
Spanish sprint canoeist
Tony Khan
1982
American businessman (born 1982)
Dan Stevens
1982
English actor (born 1982)
Gavin Shuker
1981
British Independent politician
Laura Tobin
1981
English weather presenter
Julie Pomagalski
1980
French snowboarder (1980–2021)
Kangta
1979
South Korean singer
Nicolás Massú
1979
Chilean tennis player and coach (born 1979)
Mya (singer)
1979
American singer and actress (born 1979)
Naomi Levari
1978
German-American-Israeli film producer and story editor
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
1978
American actress and model (born 1978)
Bob Burnquist
1976
Brazilian-American professional skateboarder
Pat Burrell
1976
American baseball player (born 1976)
Shane Doan
1976
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1976)
Ihsahn
1975
Norwegian multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and composer
Ramón Morales
1975
Mexican footballer (born 1975)
Plácido Polanco
1975
Dominican-American baseball player (born 1975)
Assi Cohen
1974
Israeli comedian and actor
Oded Kattash
1974
Israeli basketball player and coach
Julio Cruz (Argentine footballer)
1974
Argentine footballer (born 1974)
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
1974
American racing driver (born 1974)
Lucy Powell
1974
British politician (born 1974)
Chris Pronger
1974
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1974)
Mario Lopez
1973
American actor (born 1973)
Zach Thornton
1973
American soccer player (born 1973)
Jun Lana
1972
Filipino film director (born 1972)
Alexei Zhitnik
1972
Ice hockey player
Graham Alexander
1971
Scottish-English football manager and former player (born 1971)
Evgeny Kissin
1971
Russian classical pianist
Silke Kraushaar-Pielach
1970
German luger (born 1970)
Matthew Pinsent
1970
English rower and broadcaster (born 1970)
Manu Bennett
1969
New Zealand actor (born 1969)
Dilsa Demirbag Sten
1969
Kurdish-Swedish author and journalist
Francis Escudero
1969
Philippine Senate President from 2024 to 2025 (born 1969)
Brett Favre
1969
American football player (born 1969)
Wendi McLendon-Covey
1969
American actress and comedian (born 1969)
Bart Brentjens
1968
Dutch cyclist (born 1968)
Feridun Düzağaç
1968
Turkish singer
Chris Ofili
1968
British painter (born 1968)
Michael Giacchino
1967
American music composer (born 1967)
Jonathan Littell
1967
American-French writer
Mike Malinin
1967
American drummer (b. 1967)
Gavin Newsom
1967
Governor of California since 2019
Jacek Zieliński (footballer, born 1967)
1967
Polish footballer and manager
Tony Adams
1966
English footballer (born 1966)
Bai Ling
1966
Chinese-American actress and musician (born 1966)
Toshi (musician)
1965
Japanese singer (born 1965)
Chris Penn
1965
American actor (1965–2006)
Sarah Lancashire
1964
English actress (born 1964)
Jolanda de Rover
1963
Dutch swimmer (born 1963)
Anita Mui
1963
Hong Kong singer and actress (1963–2003)
Daniel Pearl
1963
American journalist beheaded by militants in Pakistan (1963–2002)
Vegard Ulvang
1963
Norwegian cross-country skier
Thomas Rusch
1962
German photographer (born 1962)
Henrik Jørgensen (runner)
1961
Danish marathon runner (1961–2019)
Martin Kemp
1961
English musician and actor
Crystal Waters
1961
American singer-songwriter (born 1961)
Ron Flockhart (ice hockey)
1960
Ice hockey player
Russell Slade
1960
English football manager
Simon Townshend
1960
British guitarist (born 1960)
Michael Cobley
1959
British writer
Kirsty MacColl
1959
British singer and songwriter (1959–2000)
Arif Peçenek
1959
Turkish footballer and manager
Bill Rammell
1959
British Labour politician
Julia Sweeney
1959
American actress (born 1959)
Bradley Whitford
1959
American actor (born 1959)
Tanya Tucker
1958
American country singer (born 1958)
Rumiko Takahashi
1957
Japanese manga artist (born 1957)
Amanda Burton
1956
Northern Irish actress (born 1956)
David Hempleman-Adams
1956
British industrialist and adventurer (born 1956)
Taur Matan Ruak
1956
East Timorese politician (born 1956)
Vašo Patejdl
1954
Slovak musician and composer (1954–2023)
Rekha
1954
Indian actress (born 1954)
David Lee Roth
1954
American rock singer (born 1954)
Fernando Santos (footballer, born 1954)
1954
Portuguese football manager
Fiona Rae
1953
British artist
Midge Ure
1953
Scottish musician (born 1953)
Aleksander Veingold
1953
Estonian chess player
Gus Williams (basketball)
1953
American basketball player (1953–2025)
Bob Nystrom
1952
Canadian ice hockey player
Dela Smith
1952
British schoolteacher and educator (born 1952)
Epeli Ganilau
1951
Fijian military officer and politician (1951–2023)
Charlie George
1950
English footballer (born 1950)
Nora Roberts
1950
American author (born 1950)
Warren Burt
1949
Australian composer
Lance Cairns
1949
New Zealand cricketer
Jessica Harper
1949
American actress (born 1949)
Wang Wanxing
1949
Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough
1948
British sports administrator and noble (born 1948)
Cyril Neville
1948
American percussionist and singer (born 1948)
Séverine (singer)
1948
French singer (born 1948)
Gary Beach
1947
American actor (1947–2018)
Giant Haystacks
1947
British professional wrestler (1946–1998)
Charles Dance
1946
British actor (born 1946)
Naoto Kan
1946
Prime Minister of Japan from 2010 to 2011
Pete Mahovlich
1946
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1946)
Anne Mather
1946
British novelist (born 1936)
John Prine
1946
American singer-songwriter (1946–2020)
Raymond Tallis
1946
British philosopher (born 1946)
Chris Tarrant
1946
English broadcaster (born 1946)
Ben Vereen
1946
American actor, dancer, and singer (born 1946)
Willard White
1946
Jamaican-born British operatic bass baritone
Christopher Hill (bishop)
1945
British bishop
Vanburn Holder
1945
West Indian cricketer (born 1945)
Headman Shabalala
1945
South African musician
Frederick Barthelme
1943
American minimalist novelist and short story writer
Janis Hansen (singer)
1942
American singer-songwriter (1942–2017)
Radu Vasile
1942
Prime Minister of Romania (1942–2013)
Peter Coyote
1941
American actor, voice actor, and director
Ken Saro-Wiwa
1941
Nigerian social rights activist (1941–1995)
Winston Churchill (1940–2010)
1940
Grandson of Winston Churchill
Oleg Gordievsky
1938
KGB colonel and double agent (1938–2025)
Leroy Hood
1938
American biologist (born 1938)
Daidō Moriyama
1938
Japanese photographer
Lily Tuck
1938
American novelist and short story writer (born 1938)
Bruce Devlin
1937
Australian professional golfer, sportscaster and golf course designer
Peter Underwood
1937
Australian jurist and Governor of Tasmania (1937–2014)
Gerhard Ertl
1936
German physicist (born 1936)
Khalil al-Wazir
1935
Palestinian military leader, founder of Fatah (1935–1988)
André Bureau
1935
Canadian lawyer and businessman (1935–2019)
Judith Chalmers
1935
British television presenter (born 1935)
Jay Sebring
1933
Hair stylist and murder victim (1933–1969)
Harry Smith (footballer, born 1932)
1932
English footballer
Eugenio Castellotti
1930
Italian racing driver (1930–1957)
Yves Chauvin
1930
French chemist and Nobel Prize laureate
Harold Pinter
1930
British playwright (1930–2008)
Adlai Stevenson III
1930
American attorney and politician (1930–2021)
Ayten Alpman
1929
Turkish jazz and pop singer
Herb Levinson
1929
American actor (1929-2012)
Bernard Mayes
1929
British broadcaster, academic and writer (1929–2014)
Leyla Gencer
1928
Turkish operatic soprano (1928–2008)
Sheila Walsh (novelist)
1928
English novelist (1928–2009)
Dana Elcar
1927
American actor (1927–2005)
Jon Locke
1927
American television and film actor
Thomas Wilson (composer)
1927
Scottish composer (1927–2001)
Oscar Brown
1926
American singer-songwriter, actor, civil rights activist (1926–2005)
Richard Jaeckel
1926
American actor (1926–1997)
James Clavell
1924
British writer and filmmaker (1921–1994)
Ludmilla Tchérina
1924
French actress, ballerina and painter (1924–2004)
Ed Wood
1924
American filmmaker, actor and author (1924–1978)
Louis Gottlieb
1923
American musician
Nicholas Parsons
1923
English actor, straight man and presenter (1923–2020)
Murray Walker
1923
British commentator and journalist (1923–2021)
Merv Pregulman
1922
American football player (1922–2012)
Gail Halvorsen
1920
US Air Force officer (1920–2022)
Willard Estey
1919
Supreme Court of Canada judge (1919–2002)
Gerry Gomez
1919
Trinidadian sportsman
Kim Ki-young
1919
South Korean film director (1919–1998)
William Kruskal
1919
American mathematician and statistician (1919–2005)
Edgar Laprade
1919
Canadian ice hockey player (1919-2014)
Thelonious Monk
1917
American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982)
Harry Edison
1915
American jazz trumpeter (1915–1999)
Tommy Fine
1914
American baseball player (1914��2005)
Ivory Joe Hunter
1914
American singer-songwriter (1914–1974)
Claude Simon
1913
French novelist (1913–2005)
Ram Vilas Sharma
1912
Indian academic and writer (1912–2000)
Clare Hollingworth
1911
English journalist and author (1911–2017)
Julius Shulman
1910
American architectural photographer
Robert F. Boyle
1909
American film art director and production designer
Johnny Green
1908
American songwriter (1908–1989)
Mercè Rodoreda
1908
Catalan novelist and poet
Paul Creston
1906
American classical composer (1906–1985)
Fei Mu
1906
Chinese film director
R. K. Narayan
1906
Indian writer (1906–2001)
Aksella Luts
1905
Estonian actress, dancer, and filmmaker
Prince Charles, Count of Flanders
1903
Regent of Belgium from 1944 to 1950
Vernon Duke
1903
Russian-American composer and songwriter (1903–1969)
Bei Shizhang
1903
Chinese biologist (1903–2009)
Shivaram Karanth
1902
Indian Kannada writer (1902-1997)
Alberto Giacometti
1901
Swiss sculptor and painter (1901–1966)
Helen Hayes
1900
American actress (1900–1993)
1800s
Lilly Daché
1898
French-born American fashion designer (1892 – 1989)
Alfred Neuland
1895
Estonian weightlifter (1895–1966)
Fridolf Rhudin
1895
Swedish actor
Wolfram von Richthofen
1895
German military officer and aviator (1895–1945)
Han van Meegeren
1889
Dutch painter and art forger (1889–1947)
Walter Anderson (folklorist)
1885
Baltic German folklorist (1885–1962)
Jean Peyrière
1885
French actor
Nikolai Klyuev
1884
Russian poet (1884–1937)
Ida Wüst
1884
German actress (1884–1958)
William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield
1877
English motor manufacturer and philanthropist (1877–1963)
Dimitrios Kasdaglis
1872
British tennis player of greek origin
Louise Mack
1870
Australian poet, journalist and novelist (1870–1935)
T. Frank Appleby
1864
United States Congressman from New Jersey (1864–1924)
Fridtjof Nansen
1861
Norwegian polar explorer (1861–1930)
Maurice Prendergast
1858
American painter
Emily Dobson
1842
Australian philanthropist
Robert Gould Shaw
1837
Union Army officer (1837–1863)
Aleksis Kivi
1834
National writer of Finland (1834–1872)
Isabella II
1830
Queen of Spain from 1833 to 1868
Samuel J. Randall
1828
American politician (1828–1890)
Paul Kruger
1825
South African politician (1825–1904)
Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger
1819
German Catholic theologian
Giuseppe Verdi
1813
Italian opera composer (1813–1901)
Alfred Kennerley
1810
Australian politician
Before 1800
William W. Boardman
1794
American politician (1794–1871)
John Abercrombie (physician)
1780
Scottish physician and philosopher (1780–1844)
Adam Johann von Krusenstern
1770
Russian admiral and explorer (1770–1846)
Henry Cavendish
1731
English natural philosopher, and scientist (1731–1810)
Lambert-Sigisbert Adam
1700
French sculptor (1700–1759)
Antoine Watteau
1684
French painter (1684–1721)
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
1678
British army officer and politician (1680–1743)
Johann Nicolaus Bach
1669
German composer
Nicolas de Largillière
1656
French painter (1656–1746)
Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné
1646
French aristocrat (1646–1705)
Richard Towneley
1629
Influential English astronomer, mathematician and natural scientist
Étienne Moulinié
1599
French Baroque composer (1599–1676)
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
1584
English courtier (1584–1650)
Catalina Micaela of Spain
1567
Duchess of Savoy from 1585 to 1597
Jacobus Arminius
1560
Dutch theologian (1560–1609)
Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg
1554
Charles III, Duke of Savoy
1486
Duke of Savoy from 1504 to 1553
John Paston (died 1466)
1421
Member of the Parliament of England
Zhu Biao
1355
Crown Prince of China from 1368 to 1392
Mary of Waltham
1344
Duchess of Brittany from 1361 to 1362
Charles II of Navarre
1332
King of Navarre from 1349 to 1387
Li Siyuan
867
Emperor of Later Tang from 926 to 933
Emperor Saga
786
Emperor of Japan from 809 to 823
AD 19
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