Anniversaries 10 October

Birth

John Tillotson2

Archbishop of Canterbury 1630–1694

Thomas Traherne16

English poet 1636–1674

Henry Cavendish1

British natural philosopher, scientist, and an important ex… 1731–1810

Magnus Björnstjerna2

Swedish count and general (1779-1847) 1779–1847

George Pope Morris5

American publisher 1802–1864

Giuseppe Verdi8

Italian composer 1813–1901

Mark Pattison8

English author and Church of England priest 1813–1884

Paul Kruger3

President of the South African Republic 1825–1904

Aleksis Kivi4

Finnish writer 1834–1872

Joan Maragall3

Spanish writer 1860–1911

Fridtjof Nansen4

Norwegian polar explorer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1861–1930

Ada Leverson7

British writer 1862–1933

Lin Yutang67

Chinese writer 1895–1976

Helen Hayes20

actress 1900–1993

Alberto Giacometti8

Swiss sculptor and painter (1901-1966) 1901–1966

R. K. Narayan10

writer of Indian English literature 1906–2001

Michael Lydon1

Irish politician 1907–1977

Kwame Nkrumah26

Pan Africanist and First Prime Minister and President of Gh… 1909–1972

Thelonious Monk5

American jazz pianist and composer 1917–1982

James Clavell55

American novelist 1921–1994

Murray Walker12

Motorsport commentator and journalist 1923

Colin Winter2

Bishop of Damaraland noted for opposing apartheid; exiled B… 1928–1981

Harold Pinter25

playwright from England 1930–2008

Lily Tuck1

American writer 1938

Laurence Tribe35

American lawyer and law school professor 1941

Robert D. San Souci1

Children's writer 1946–2014

John Prine14

American country singer/songwriter 1946–2020

Marty Neumeier1

American writer 1947

Deng Feng-Zhou8

Chinese poet, Local history writer, Taoist Neidan academics… 1949

Nora Roberts124

American romance writer 1950

Epeli Ganilau45

Fijian politician 1951

Rekha14

Indian film actress 1954

David Lee Roth13

Rock vocalist; lead singer with Van Halen 1954

Rumiko Takahashi13

manga artist 1957

Yeh Jiunn-rong2

Taiwanese politician 1958

Jodi Benson4

American voice actress, actress and singer 1961

Тони Адамс1

English footballer and manager 1966

Amanda Filipacchi8

Novelist 1967

Francis Escudero354

Filipino politician 1969

Brett Favre8

former American football quarterback 1969

Evgeny Kissin1

Russian classical pianist 1971

S. S. Rajamouli5

Indian film director 1973

Wu Chun1

Bruneian actor and singer 1979

Noah Cicero1

American writer 1980

Chiaki Kuriyama3

Japanese actress and singer 1984

Pavel Durov1

Russian entrepreneur 1984

Arthur Horeanu2

Romanian singer-songwriter 2004

Death

Husayn ibn Ali32

The grandson of Muhammad and the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib 626–680

Qasim ibn Hasan1

Early Muslim martyr 667–680

Isaac de Benserade1

French writer 1613–1691

Thomas Traherne16

English poet 1636–1674

William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper4

English politician and first Lord Chancellor of Great Brita… 1665–1723

Charles Fourier4

French utopian socialist and philosopher 1772–1837

William H. Seward19

American lawyer and politician 1801–1872

Fanny Fern2

American writer 1811–1872

Lorenzo Snow2

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1814–1901

Willem Maris7

Dutch landscape painter of the Hague School (1844-1910) 1844–1910

F. Matthias Alexander2

Australian actor 1869–1955

Ludwig von Mises62

austrian economist 1881–1973

Sheldon Warren Cheney1

American writer and art critic 1886–1980

Heinrich Neuhaus2

Soviet musician 1888–1964

Eddie Cantor3

American actor, singer, dancer and comedian 1892–1964

August Dvorak1

American scientist 1894–1975

Ralph Richardson1

English actor 1902–1983

Bruce Palmer Jr.12

United States Army Chief of Staff 1913–2000

Arthur H. Robinson18

American geographer 1915–2004

Orson Welles53

American actor, director, writer and producer 1915–1985

Charlotte Salomon25

German painter 1917–1943

Mary Midgley42

British philosopher and ethicist 1919–2018

Scott Carpenter2

American test pilot, astronaut and aquanaut 1925–2013

Myles Rudge5

English songwriter and scriptwriter 1926–2007

Jay Conrad Levinson1

American business writer 1933–2013

Mulayam Singh Yadav2

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh three times 1939–2022

Christopher Reeve18

actor, director, producer, screenwriter 1952–2004