Famous Personalities Born In April - 10
Friday, 04 July 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 April - 10.
1569 Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon was born on April - 10.
1583 On April - 10 birth of hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law
1633 On this day in history birth of werner Fabricius, composer
1651 On this day in history birth of ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)
1656 René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718) was born on April - 10.
1695 Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian was born on April - 10.
1704 Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766) was born on April - 10.
1713 On this day in history birth of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)
1737 Francois Giroust, composer was born on this day in history.
1755 On April - 10 birth of samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy
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 this day in history birth of hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10)
1794 Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan was born on April - 10.
1796 On April - 10 birth of james Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836)
1797 Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) was born on April - 10.
1806 Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on April - 10.
1808 On this day in history birth of auguste Franchomme, composer
1823 Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.
1827 Lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1833 James Edward Rains, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 was born on this day in history.
1837 Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867) was born on this day in history.
1847 Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer was born on this day in history.
1847 On April - 10 birth of joseph Pulitzer, Hungary, publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World)
1854 Jozef M T Orelio, baritone was born on this day in history.
1857 Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker was born on April - 10.
1864 Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist/composer (Golem) was born on April - 10.
1864 Tully Marshall, Nevada City CA was born on April - 10.
1865 On this day in history birth of jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944)
1867 George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935) was born on April - 10.