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January 10 birthdays

316 notable historical figures were born on January 10, and 203 died on this day. Everyone born on January 10 is a Capricorn.

18% of January 10 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (79) than any other country.

Born on January 10

• Jared Kushner (born 1981. American businessman (born 1981))
• Joseph Aoun (born 1964. President of Lebanon since 2025)
• Ray Bolger (1904 to 1987. American actor (1904–1987))
• Sergei Eisenstein (1898 to 1948. Soviet-Russian filmmaker and theorist (1898–1948))
• Michel Ney (1769 to 1815. French military commander (1769–1815))
• Al-Farabi (872 to 951. Islamic philosopher and music theorist (c. 870 – 950/951))
• Leonid Kravchuk (1934 to 2022. President of Ukraine from 1991 to 1994)
• Manuel Azaña (1880 to 1940. Spanish Republican; Prime Minister & President (1880–1940))
• Fran Walsh (born 1959. New Zealand screenwriter and producer)
• Philomena (291 to 304. Virgin martyr and saint)
• Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480 to 1530. Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 to 1530)
• Gustáv Husák (1913 to 1991. Leader of Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1987)
• Rod Stewart (born 1945. British singer-songwriter (born 1945))
• Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835 to 1901. Japanese author, educator, and philosopher (1835–1901))
• Temperance "Bones" Brennan (born 1976. Character from the tv-series "Bones")
• Dennis Cooper (born 1953. American writer (born 1953))
• Mehmet Shehu (1913 to 1981. Prime Minister of Albania From 1954 to 1981)
• Robert Woodrow Wilson (born 1936. American astronomer (born 1936))
• Arthur Chung (1918 to 2008. President of Guyana from 1970 to 1980)
• Hrithik Roshan (born 1974. Indian actor (born 1974))
• Robinson Jeffers (1887 to 1962. American poet (1887–1962))
• Thomas Mifflin (1744 to 1800. American politician and Founding Father (1744–1800))
• Võ Thị Thắng (1945 to 2014. Vietnamese revolutionary and stateswoman (1945–2014))
• Yasmina Khadra (born 1955. Expatriate Algerian novelist living in France)
• Sian Beilock (born 1976. American cognitive scientist (born 1976))
• George Foreman (1949 to 2025. American boxer (1949–2025))
• Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747 to 1823. Inventor of the wristwatch (1747–1823))
• Masayoshi Soken (born 1975. Japanese composer (born 1975))
• Simon Marius (1573 to 1624. German astronomer (1573–1625))
• Eduardo Chillida (1924 to 2002. Spanish Basque sculptor (1924–2002))
• Theophan the Recluse (1815 to 1894. Russian Orthodox Church saint (1815–1894))
• Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741 to 1759. British princess (1741–1759))
• Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797 to 1848. German composer and writer (1797–1848))
• David Neuberger, Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury (born 1948. English judge (born 1948))
• Louis Rwagasore (1932 to 1961. Burundian prince and politician (1932–1961))
• Michel Henry (1922 to 2002. French writer and philosopher)
• Achyutananda Dasa (1510 to 1631. 16th-century Indian devotional poet)
• Antonio Muñoz Molina (born 1956. Spanish writer (born 1956))
• John Zizioulas (1931 to 2023. Greek Orthodox prelate (1931–2023))
• Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck (born 1980. Princess of Bhutan (born 1980))
• Mason Mount (born 1999. English footballer (born 1999))
• Teodoro Picado Michalski (1900 to 1960. President of Costa Rica from 1944 to 1948)
• John Wellborn Root (1850 to 1891. American architect (1850–1891))
• Jeffrey Catherine Jones (1944 to 2011. American painter)
• Karl Ritter von Ghega (1802 to 1860. Albanian-Austrian railway designer (1802–1860))
• Humberto Ortega (1947 to 2024. Nicaraguan military leader (1947–2024))
• Galit Distel-Atbaryan (born 1971. Israeli author and politician)
• Satoru Okada (born 1947. Former general manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering)
• William Parker (musician) (born 1952. American jazz musician)
• Louis of Nassau (1538 to 1574. 16th-century Dutch noble and leader in the Dutch Revolt against Spain)
• Justas Paleckis (1899 to 1980. Lithuanian Soviet author, journalist and politician)
• Oscar Koch (1897 to 1970. United States Army general)
• Anatoly Kornukov (1942 to 2014. Soviet general (1942–2014))
• Rut Brandt (1920 to 2006. Norwegian writer, wife of Willy Brandt)
• Kalki Koechlin (born 1984. French actress and writer (born 1984))
• Ri Jong-ok (1916 to 1999. North Korean politician (1916–1999))
• Alexander Chernyshyov (1786 to 1857. Russian soldier and statesman (1786–1857))
• Bob Allen (economic historian) (born 1947. Economic historian (born 1947))
• Ramón Corral (1854 to 1912. 6th Vice President Of Mexico from 1904 to 1911)
• Caroline of Mecklenburg (1821 to 1876. Crown Princess of Denmark (1821–1876))

Died on January 10

• David Bowie (1947 to 2016. English musician and actor (1947–2016))
• Coco Chanel (1883 to 1971. French fashion designer (1883–1971))
• Carl Linnaeus (1707 to 1778. Swedish biologist and physician (1707–1778))
• Constantine II of Greece (1940 to 2023. King of Greece from 1964 to 1973)
• Qaboos bin Said (1940 to 2020. Sultan of Oman from 1970 to 2020)
• Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 to 1904. French painter and sculptor (1824–1904))
• Taylor Negron (1957 to 2015. American actor (1957–2015))
• Gregory X (1210 to 1276. Head of the Catholic Church from 1271 to 1276)
• Gabriela Mistral (1889 to 1957. Chilean author and diplomat (1889–1957))
• John I Tzimiskes (925 to 976. Byzantine emperor from 969 to 976)
• Agatho (574 to 681. Head of the Catholic Church from 678 to 681)
• Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium (1927 to 2005. Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000)
• Jennell Jaquays (1956 to 2024. American artist and game designer (1956–2024))
• William Laud (1573 to 1645. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645)
• Victor Emmanuel I (1759 to 1824. King of Sardinia from 1802 to 1821)
• al-Mustansir Billah (1029 to 1094. Fatimid caliph from 1036 to 1094/95)
• Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770 to 1840. Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg from 1820 to 1829)
• Princess Kira of Prussia (1943 to 2004. Prussian royal (1943–2004))
• Souvanna Phouma (1901 to 1984. Laotian politician (1901–1984))
• María Elena Walsh (1930 to 2011. Argentine author and composer)
• Gluck (painter) (1895 to 1978. British painter (1895–1978))
• Georg Forster (1754 to 1794. German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary)
• Hugh I of Cyprus (1193 to 1218. King of Cyprus from 1205 to 1218)
• Jaroslav Seifert (1901 to 1986. Czech writer and poet (1901–1986))
• Harry V. Jaffa (1918 to 2015. American historian and political philosopher (1918–2015))
• Charles Olson (1910 to 1970. American poet (1910–1970))
• Robert Stone (novelist) (1937 to 2015. American writer (1937 – 2015))
• László Bárdossy (1890 to 1946. Hungarian politician)
• Frank Bridge (1879 to 1941. English composer and violist (1879–1941))
• Jeff Beck (1944 to 2023. English guitarist (1944–2023))

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