Famous Personalities Born In April - 10
Thursday, 18 September 2025
1389 On April - 10 birth of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
1512 James V, king of Scotland (1513-42) was born on this day in history.
1569 Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon was born on this day in history.
1583 Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law was born on this day in history.
1633 On April - 10 birth of werner Fabricius, composer
1651 Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on April - 10.
1656 On April - 10 birth of rené Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)
1695 On April - 10 birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian
1704 On April - 10 birth of benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1713 John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788) was born on this day in history.
1737 Francois Giroust, composer was born on this day in history.
1755 Samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy was born on this day in history.
1762 Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834) was born on April - 10.
1778 On this day in history birth of william Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic
1783 On April - 10 birth of hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10)
1794 On April - 10 birth of matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan
1796 James Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836) was born on April - 10.
1797 On this day in history birth of claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)
1806 Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.
1808 Auguste Franchomme, composer was born on this day in history.
1823 On this day in history birth of thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1827 Lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur) was born on April - 10.
1829 William Booth, founder (Salvation Army) was born on this day in history.
1833 David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 10.
1833 James Edward Rains, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 was born on April - 10.
1837 Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867) was born on April - 10.
1847 On April - 10 birth of charles Swinnerton Heap, composer
1847 On April - 10 birth of joseph Pulitzer, Hungary, publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World)
1854 On April - 10 birth of jozef M T Orelio, baritone
1857 Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker was born on this day in history.
1864 On April - 10 birth of eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist/composer (Golem)
1864 Tully Marshall, Nevada City CA was born on April - 10.
1865 On April - 10 birth of jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944)
1867 George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935) was born on this day in history.