Anniversaries 10 May
Birth
![Anne Robert Jacques Turgot photo]()
French economist
1727–1781
![Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle photo]()
French army officer
1760–1836
![Augustin-Jean Fresnel photo]()
French engineer and physicist
1788–1827
![J.C. Ryle photo]()
Anglican bishop
1816–1900
![James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce photo]()
British academic, jurist, historian and Liberal politician
1838–1922
![Yukteswar Giri photo]()
Indian yogi and guru
1855–1936
![George W. Joseph photo]()
American politician (1872-1930)
1872–1930
![Richard Wilhelm photo]()
German sinologist
1873–1930
![Gustav Stresemann photo]()
German politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
1878–1929
![Olaf Stapledon photo]()
British novelist and philosopher
1886–1950
![Karl Barth photo]()
Swiss Protestant theologian
1886–1968
![Fred Astaire photo]()
American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and televisio…
1899–1987
![John Desmond Bernal photo]()
British scientist
1901–1971
![Flower A. Newhouse photo]()
American mystic
1909–1994
![Eric Berne photo]()
Canadian psychiatrist
1910–1970
![Bel Kaufmanová photo]()
American novelist, teacher
1911–2014
![Milton Babbitt photo]()
American composer
1916–2011
![T. Berry Brazelton photo]()
American pediatrician
1918–2018
![Daniel Bell photo]()
American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor emeritu…
1919–2011
![Jeff Cooper photo]()
American journalist
1920–2006
![Nicolaus Sombart photo]()
German sociologist
1923–2008
![Heydar Aliyev photo]()
Soviet and Azerbaijani politician
1923–2003
![Antonine Maillet photo]()
Canadian writer and scholar
1929
![Asesela Ravuvu photo]()
He loved nature and the outdoors. He 3 main principles in …
1931–2008
![Ikujiro Nonaka photo]()
Japanese business theorist
1935
![Wayne W. Dyer photo]()
American writer
1940–2015
![Maureen Lipman photo]()
British actress, columnist and comedienne
1946
![Donovan photo]()
Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist
1946
![Miuccia Prada photo]()
Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur
1948
![Christopher Paul Curtis photo]()
American children's writer
1953
![Chris Berman photo]()
American sportscaster
1955
![Jan Zwicky photo]()
Canadian philosopher
1955
![Sid Vicious photo]()
English bassist and vocalist
1957–1979
![Wu Cherng-dean photo]()
Taiwanese politician
1957
![Fortunatus Nwachukwu photo]()
Roman Catholic archbishop
1960
![Bono photo]()
Irish rock musician, singer of U2
1960
![Roberto Cotroneo photo]()
Italian journalist and writer
1961
![Jon Ronson photo]()
British journalist, documentary filmmaker, radio presenter …
1967
![John Scalzi photo]()
American science fiction writer
1969
![Tana French photo]()
Irish writer and actor
1973
![Rob Malda photo]()
American businessman
1976
![Wilson Chandler photo]()
American basketball player
1987
Death
![Barton Booth photo]()
famous dramatic actor of the 18th century
1681–1733
![François Andrieux photo]()
French man of letters and playwright
1759–1833
![Hokusai photo]()
Japanese artist
1760–1849
![Thomas Young (scientist) photo]()
English polymath
1773–1829
![La Fayette Grover photo]()
American politician
1823–1911
![Thomas Jackson photo]()
Confederate general
1824–1863
![Henry Morton Stanley photo]()
Welsh journalist and explorer
1841–1904
![Andrés Bonifacio photo]()
Filipino nationalist and revolutionary
1863–1897
![Shunroku Hata photo]()
Japanese general
1879–1962
![Elias Aslaksen photo]()
Norwegian clergyman
1888–1976
![Joan Crawford photo]()
American actress
1904–1977
![David Riesman photo]()
American Sociologist
1909–2002
![Lester del Rey photo]()
Novelist, short story writer, editor
1915–1993
![Walker Percy photo]()
Southern philosophical novelist
1916–1990
![Peter Weiss photo]()
Swedish-German playwright and author
1916–1982
![Mary Stewart photo]()
English novelist
1916–2014
![Anna Kamieńska photo]()
Poet, writer and translator
1920–1986
![Carroll Shelby photo]()
American automotive designer, racing driver, and entreprene…
1923–2012
![Thomas Luckmann photo]()
American-Austrian sociologist
1927–2016
![Rolf Harris photo]()
Australian-born, British-based entertainer and convicted se…
1930–2023
![Shel Silverstein photo]()
American poet, cartoonist, and children's writer
1930–1999
![Walter Wink photo]()
American biblical scholar
1935–2012
![John Wayne Gacy photo]()
American serial killer and torturer
1942–1994
![Gary Provost photo]()
American writer
1944–1995
![Soraya photo]()
Singer-songwriter
1969–2006
