Famous Personalities Born In May - 10
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
1265 Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on May - 10.
1536 Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on May - 10.
1604 Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) was born on May - 10.
1697 On May - 10 birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer
1705 On this day in history birth of gallus Zeiler, composer
1724 On May - 10 birth of johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)
1727 Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) was born on May - 10.
1730 George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.
1741 Johann Michael Schmidt, composer was born on May - 10.
1746 On May - 10 birth of gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818)
1754 Asmus Jakob Carstens, painter was born on May - 10.
1760 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise) was born on May - 10.
1760 On this day in history birth of j P Hebel, writer
1769 Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France was born on May - 10.
1770 On May - 10 birth of louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians)
1775 On this day in history birth of robert Gray, Sea Captain (d. 1806)
1776 George Thomas Smart, composer was born on May - 10.
1780 On May - 10 birth of peter Lichtenthal, composer
1783 Niccola Benvenuti, composer was born on this day in history.
1788 On May - 10 birth of augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist
1788 Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, German queen (d. 1819) was born on May - 10.
1795 On this day in history birth of jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian
1800 On May - 10 birth of nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer
1810 On May - 10 birth of james Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
1813 On this day in history birth of montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford)
1822 On this day in history birth of august Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter
1823 John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900 was born on this day in history.
1824 On May - 10 birth of charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1825 On May - 10 birth of rudolf Viole, composer
1830 Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult) was born on this day in history.
1837 Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana) was born on this day in history.
1838 James, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman was born on May - 10.
1838 John Wilkes Booth, American stage actor and assassin (President Lincoln) was born on this day in history.
1840 Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868) was born on this day in history.