Anniversaries 10 May

Birth

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot12

French economist 1727–1781

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle2

French army officer 1760–1836

Augustin-Jean Fresnel4

French engineer and physicist 1788–1827

J.C. Ryle62

Anglican bishop 1816–1900

James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce19

British academic, jurist, historian and Liberal politician 1838–1922

Yukteswar Giri15

Indian yogi and guru 1855–1936

George W. Joseph1

American politician (1872-1930) 1872–1930

Richard Wilhelm1

German sinologist 1873–1930

Gustav Stresemann40

German politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1878–1929

Olaf Stapledon113

British novelist and philosopher 1886–1950

Karl Barth73

Swiss Protestant theologian 1886–1968

Alfred Jodl10

German general 1890–1946

Fred Astaire73

American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and televisio… 1899–1987

John Desmond Bernal22

British scientist 1901–1971

Flower A. Newhouse14

American mystic 1909–1994

Eric Berne8

Canadian psychiatrist 1910–1970

Bel Kaufmanová25

American novelist, teacher 1911–2014

Milton Babbitt6

American composer 1916–2011

T. Berry Brazelton1

American pediatrician 1918–2018

Daniel Bell24

American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor emeritu… 1919–2011

Jeff Cooper15

American journalist 1920–2006

Nicolaus Sombart1

German sociologist 1923–2008

Heydar Aliyev4

Soviet and Azerbaijani politician 1923–2003

Antonine Maillet1

Canadian writer and scholar 1929

Peter C. Newman1

Canadian journalist 1929

Asesela Ravuvu4

He loved nature and the outdoors. He 3 main principles in … 1931–2008

Barbara Taylor Bradford8

British author 1933

Ikujiro Nonaka6

Japanese business theorist 1935

Jean Houston1

American writer 1937

Wayne W. Dyer92

American writer 1940–2015

Judith Jamison5

American dancer 1943

Judith McNaught48

American writer 1944

Maureen Lipman5

British actress, columnist and comedienne 1946

Donovan32

Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist 1946

Caroline B. Cooney2

American writer 1947

Miuccia Prada1

Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur 1948

Terri Farley3

American writer 1950

Christopher Paul Curtis4

American children's writer 1953

Mark Chapman6

American assassin 1955

Chris Berman1

American sportscaster 1955

Jan Zwicky9

Canadian philosopher 1955

Rick Steves3

US travel writer 1955

Sid Vicious9

English bassist and vocalist 1957–1979

Wu Cherng-dean2

Taiwanese politician 1957

Rick Santorum51

American politician 1958

Боно (Пол Дэвид Хьюсон)1

1960

Fortunatus Nwachukwu1

Roman Catholic archbishop 1960

Bono172

Irish rock musician, singer of U2 1960

Roberto Cotroneo1

Italian journalist and writer 1961

Suzan-Lori Parks5

American writer 1963

Linda Evangelista2

Canadian model 1965

Jon Ronson11

British journalist, documentary filmmaker, radio presenter … 1967

John Scalzi68

American science fiction writer 1969

Dennis Bergkamp3

Dutch footballer 1969

Tana French29

Irish writer and actor 1973

Rob Malda1

American businessman 1976

Katori Hall3

American playwright 1981

Wilson Chandler3

American basketball player 1987

Death

Barton Booth1

famous dramatic actor of the 18th century 1681–1733

François Andrieux6

French man of letters and playwright 1759–1833

Hokusai1

Japanese artist 1760–1849

Thomas Young (scientist)28

English polymath 1773–1829

Theodore Parker31

abolitionist 1810–1860

La Fayette Grover1

American politician 1823–1911

Томас «Каменная Стена» Джексон (Стоунволл Джексон)3

1824–1863

Thomas Jackson58

Confederate general 1824–1863

Henry Morton Stanley10

Welsh journalist and explorer 1841–1904

Andrés Bonifacio3

Filipino nationalist and revolutionary 1863–1897

Shunroku Hata7

Japanese general 1879–1962

Everett Dean Martin58

1880–1941

Elias Aslaksen4

Norwegian clergyman 1888–1976

Joan Crawford16

American actress 1904–1977

David Riesman8

American Sociologist 1909–2002

Lester del Rey10

Novelist, short story writer, editor 1915–1993

Walker Percy55

Southern philosophical novelist 1916–1990

Peter Weiss23

Swedish-German playwright and author 1916–1982

Mary Stewart7

English novelist 1916–2014

Anna Kamieńska4

Poet, writer and translator 1920–1986

Aleksandr Zinovyev28

Russian writer 1922–2006

Carroll Shelby1

American automotive designer, racing driver, and entreprene… 1923–2012

Thomas Luckmann4

American-Austrian sociologist 1927–2016

Rolf Harris3

Australian-born, British-based entertainer and convicted se… 1930–2023

Shel Silverstein6

American poet, cartoonist, and children's writer 1930–1999

Walter Wink2

American biblical scholar 1935–2012

John Wayne Gacy13

American serial killer and torturer 1942–1994

Gary Provost1

American writer 1944–1995

Sally Brampton5

British writer 1955–2016

Soraya1

Singer-songwriter 1969–2006