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December 10 birthdays

272 notable historical figures were born on December 10, and 198 died on this day. Everyone born on December 10 is a Sagittarius.

18% of December 10 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (66) than any other country.

Born on December 10

• Ada Lovelace (1815 to 1852. English mathematician (1815–1852))
• Emily Dickinson (1830 to 1886. American poet (1830–1886))
• C. Rajagopalachari (1878 to 1972. Indian statesman and writer (1878–1972))
• Mohammed Shahabuddin (born 1949. President of Bangladesh since 2023)
• David Perdue (born 1949. American politician and diplomat (born 1949))
• Olivier Messiaen (1908 to 1992. French composer (1908–1992))
• George MacDonald (1824 to 1905. Scottish writer and Christian minister (1824–1905))
• Victor McLaglen (1886 to 1959. British-American actor and boxer (1886–1959))
• Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891 to 1969. British field marshal; Governor General of Canada (1891–1969))
• Phạm Minh Chính (born 1958. Prime Minister of Vietnam from 2021 to 2026)
• Michael Manley (1924 to 1997. Prime Minister of Jamaica (1972–1980; 1989-1992))
• Symone Sanders-Townsend (born 1989. American political strategist and commentator (born 1989))
• Miloš Vučević (born 1974. Serbian politician (born 1974))
• Douglas Kenney (1946 to 1980. American comedy writer (1946–1980))
• César Franck (1822 to 1890. Belgian-French composer and organist (1822–1890))
• Melvil Dewey (1851 to 1931. Inventor of the Dewey Decimal system)
• Adolf Loos (1870 to 1933. Austrian and Czechoslovak architect and theorist of modern architecture)
• Gonzalo Higuaín (born 1987. Argentine footballer (born 1987))
• Nelly Sachs (1891 to 1970. Jewish German-Swedish writer, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate (1891–1970))
• Princess Elizabeth of Clarence (1820 to 1821. British princess (1820–1821))
• Antonín Novotný (1904 to 1975. Leader of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1968)
• Pierre Louÿs (1870 to 1925. Belgian writer and poet (1870–1925))
• Otto Neurath (1882 to 1945. Austrian economist, philosopher and sociologist (1882–1945))
• Vito Marcantonio (1902 to 1954. American lawyer and politician (1902–1954))
• Umera Ahmed (born 1976. Pakistani writer)
• Jadunath Sarkar (1870 to 1958. Indian historian)
• Bhikkhu Bodhi (born 1944. American Buddhist monk and scholar (born 1944))
• Ludwig Klages (1872 to 1956. German psychologist and philosopher (1872–1956))
• Agnes Nixon (1922 to 2016. American soap opera screenwriter (1922–2016))
• Helen Oyeyemi (born 1984. British novelist and playwright)
• José Mário Vaz (born 1957. President of Guinea-Bissau from 2014 to 2020)
• László Bárdossy (1890 to 1946. Hungarian politician)
• Yahya Petra of Kelantan (1917 to 1979. Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 1975 to 1979)
• Vladimir Fock (1898 to 1974. Russian physicist (1898–1974))
• Howard Martin Temin (1934 to 1994. 20th-century American geneticist)
• Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer (1790 to 1861. German traveller, journalist and historian (1790–1861))
• Kenneth Branagh (born 1960. British actor and filmmaker (born 1960))
• Michael Clarke Duncan (1957 to 2012. American actor (1957–2012))
• Morton Gould (1913 to 1996. American composer and pianist (1913–1996))
• Parit Wacharasindhu (born 1992. Thai politician (born 1992))
• Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (1776 to 1848. Countess von Arco)
• Ezra Stiles (1727 to 1795. American theologian, clergyman and Yale College president)
• Ihor Poklad (1941 to 2025. Ukrainian composer (1941–2025))
• James Lawton Collins (1882 to 1963. U.S. Army general (1882–1963))
• Mahmud al-Alusi (1802 to 1854. Iraqi Islamic scholar and poet (1802–1854))
• Jeff Fager (born 1954. American television producer (born 1954))
• William Plomer (1903 to 1973. South African-British writer (1903–1973))
• Jonas Vingegaard (born 1996. Danish cyclist (born 1996))
• Stanko Todorov (1920 to 1996. Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1920–1996))
• Christine Love (writer) (born 2000. Canadian writer)
• Marko Vovchok (1833 to 1907. Ukrainian writer (1833–1907))
• Lancelot Blackburne (1658 to 1743. Archbishop of York from 1724 to 1743)
• Lew Brown (1893 to 1958. Musical artist and Great American Songbook lyricist (1893–1958))
• Johann Adam Reincken (1643 to 1722. Dutch/German composer and organist)
• Elisabeth Luther (1527 to 1528. First daughter and second child of Martin Luther (1527–1528))
• John Dale Ryan (1915 to 1983. United States Air Force general)
• Louis Philippe, comte de Ségur (1753 to 1830. French diplomat and historian (1753–1830))
• Geoff Lawton (born 1954. Australian permaculture consultant)
• Francesco Lana de Terzi (1631 to 1687. Italian physicist and mathematician (1631–1687))
• Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy (1880 to 1951. Indian poet and political thinker)

Died on December 10

• Augusto Pinochet (1915 to 2006. Dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990)
• Alfred Nobel (1833 to 1896. Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896))
• Sophie Kinsella (1969 to 2025. English author (1969–2025))
• Leopold I of Belgium (1790 to 1865. King of the Belgians from 1831 to 1865)
• Averroes (1126 to 1198. Andalusian Muslim polymath (1126–1198))
• Thomas Merton (1915 to 1968. American Trappist monk (1915–1968))
• Franjo Tuđman (1922 to 1999. President of Croatia from 1990 to 1999)
• Sakamoto Ryōma (1836 to 1867. Japanese samurai and politician (1836–1867))
• Karl Barth (1886 to 1968. Protestant theologian (1886–1968))
• Luigi Pirandello (1867 to 1936. Sicilian dramatist, novelist, poet, short story writer (1867–1936))
• Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 to 1928. Scottish designer and artist (1868–1928))
• Christina of Denmark (1521 to 1590. Duchess of Milan (1534–1535) and Lorraine (1544–1545))
• Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad (603 to 630. Daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad)
• Michael IV (1010 to 1041. Byzantine emperor from 1034 to 1041)
• Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1001 to 1081. Byzantine Emperor from 1078 to 1081)
• Antonia Uccello (1397 to 1475. Italian painter and mathematician (1397–1475))
• Iajuddin Ahmed (1931 to 2012. President of Bangladesh from 2002 to 2009)
• Joseph Smith III (1832 to 1914. Son of Joseph Smith Jr and leader of RLDS Church (1832–1914))
• Nikola Pašić (1845 to 1926. Serbian politician (1845–1926))
• Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817 to 1911. British botanist and explorer (1817–1911))
• Henry Cowell (1897 to 1965. American composer (1897–1965))
• Mackenzie Bowell (1823 to 1917. Prime Minister of Canada from 1894 to 1896)
• René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451 to 1508. Duke of Lorraine from 1473 to 1508)
• Józef Bem (1794 to 1850. Polish statesman (1794–1850))
• Rossana Podestà (1934 to 2013. Italian actress)
• Mary of Guelders (1434 to 1463. Queen consort and regent of Scotland)
• Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1822 to 1857. Duchess of Nemours)
• Gershon Kingsley (1922 to 2019. German-American composer and musician (1922–2019))
• Jaswant Singh of Marwar (1626 to 1678. Maharaja of Marwar from 1638 to 1678)
• Roberto Iniesta (1962 to 2025. Musical artist)

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