Famous Personalities Born In May - 10
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
1265 On May - 10 birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
1536 On May - 10 birth of thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall
1604 Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) was born on May - 10.
1697 On May - 10 birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer
1705 Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on May - 10.
1724 Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on this day in history.
1727 On May - 10 birth of anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)
1730 George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.
1741 Johann Michael Schmidt, composer was born on this day in history.
1746 On May - 10 birth of gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818)
1754 On this day in history birth of asmus Jakob Carstens, painter
1760 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise) was born on May - 10.
1760 On May - 10 birth of j P Hebel, writer
1769 On May - 10 birth of jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France
1770 Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians) was born on this day in history.
1775 On May - 10 birth of robert Gray, Sea Captain (d. 1806)
1776 On this day in history birth of george Thomas Smart, composer
1780 On May - 10 birth of peter Lichtenthal, composer
1783 Niccola Benvenuti, composer was born on May - 10.
1788 On May - 10 birth of augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist
1788 Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, German queen (d. 1819) was born on May - 10.
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 On May - 10 birth of montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford)
1822 On this day in history birth of august Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter
1823 John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900 was born on this day in history.
1824 Charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1838 James, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.