Famous Personalities Born In May - 10
Wednesday, 03 September 2025
1265 On May - 10 birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
1536 Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on May - 10.
1604 On this day in history birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)
1697 On this day in history birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer
1705 On May - 10 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 this day in history.
1730 George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on May - 10.
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 this day in history.
1760 On May - 10 birth of claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise)
1760 J P Hebel, writer was born on May - 10.
1769 On this day in history birth of jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France
1770 On this day in history birth of louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians)
1775 Robert Gray, Sea Captain (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.
1776 On this day in history birth of george Thomas Smart, composer
1780 Peter Lichtenthal, composer was born on this day in history.
1783 Niccola Benvenuti, composer was born on May - 10.
1788 On May - 10 birth of augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist
1788 On May - 10 birth of catherine Pavlovna of Russia, German queen (d. 1819)
1795 Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian was born on May - 10.
1800 Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer was born on May - 10.
1810 On this day in history birth of james Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
1813 Montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford) was born on this day in history.
1822 On this day in history birth of august Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter
1823 John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900 was born on May - 10.
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 On this day in history birth of francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult)
1837 Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana) was born on May - 10.
1838 On May - 10 birth of james, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman
1838 John Wilkes Booth, American stage actor and assassin (President Lincoln) was born on May - 10.
1840 Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868) was born on May - 10.