May 10 - Births

Births

213 – Claudius Gothicus, Roman emperor (d. 270)
1265 – Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
1604 – Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)
1641 – Dudley North, English economist (d. 1691)
1697 – Jean-Marie Leclair, French violinist and composer (d. 1764)
1714 – Sophie Charlotte Ackermann, German actress (d. 1792)
1727 – Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (d. 1781)
1746 – Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818)
1755 – Robert Gray, American sea captain (d. 1806)
1756 – Singu Min, Myanma king of Konbaung Dynasty (d. 1782)
1760 – Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (d. 1826)
1760 – Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French Army officer and composer (d. 1836)
1770 – Louis-Nicolas Davout, French marshal (d. 1823)
1775 – Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French general (d. 1809)
1788 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist (d. 1827)
1788 – Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1819)
1810 – E. Cobham Brewer, English writer and editor (d. 1897)
1812 – William Henry Barlow, British railway engineer (d. 1902)
1813 – Montgomery Blair, American politician (d. 1883)
1838 – John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)
1840 – Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1868)
1841 – James Gordon Bennett Jr., American publisher (d. 1918)
1843 – Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (d. 1920)
1847 – Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (d. 1923)
1855 – Yukteswar Giri, Vedic astrologer and educator (d. 1936)
1863 – Upendrakishore Ray, Indian writer, painter, and composer (d. 1915)
1866 – Léon Bakst, Russian artist (d. 1924)
1868 – Ed Barrow, American baseball manager (d. 1953)
1872 – Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (d. 1950)
1874 – Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian, and orientalist (d. 1941)
1876 – Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer (d. 1918)
1878 – Gustav Stresemann, German politician and statesman, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1929)
1879 – Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1926)
1886 – Karl Barth, Swiss theologian (d. 1968)
1886 – Olaf Stapledon, English author and philosopher (d. 1950)
1886 – Felix Manalo, Philippine founder and 1st executive minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)
1888 – Max Steiner, Austrian composer (d. 1971)
1889 – Mae Murray, American actress (d. 1965)
1890 – Alfred Jodl, German general (d. 1946)
1891 – Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor (d. 1934)
1894 – Elvira Popescu, Romanian-French actress (d. 1993)
1895 – Kama Chinen, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2010)
1897 – Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian politician, Prime minister of Norway (d. 1987)
1898 – Ariel Durant, American historian (d. 1981)
1899 – Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (d. 1987)
1899 – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian composer (d. 1979)
1901 – J.D. Bernal, English crystallographer (d. 1971)
1902 – Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian director (d. 1974)
1902 – David O. Selznick, American film producer (d. 1965)
1903 – Otto Bradfisch, German economist, jurist, and Nazi leader (d. 1994)
1905 – Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1972)
1905 – Sir Robert Madgwick, Australian educationist (d. 1979)
1907 – Freddie Spencer Chapman, English army officer (d. 1971)
1908 – Carl Albert, American politician (d. 2000)
1909 – Maybelle Carter, American musician (Carter Family) (d. 1978)
1911 – Roland Gladu, Canadian baseball player (d. 1994)
1911 – Bel Kaufman, American author
1915 – Monica Dickens, English writer (d. 1992)
1915 – Denis Thatcher, English businessman and husband of Margaret Thatcher (d. 2003)
1916 – Milton Babbitt, American composer (d. 2011)
1918 – T. Berry Brazelton, American pediatrician and author
1918 – George Welch, American pilot (d. 1954)
1920 – Jeff Cooper, American Marine, firearms instructor, and writer (d. 2006)
1920 – Bert Weedon, English guitarist (d. 2012)
1920 – Helen Crummy, Scottish activist (d. 2011).
1922 – Nancy Walker, American actress (d. 1992)
1923 – Heydar Aliyev, Russian politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (d. 2003)
1926 – Hugo Banzer, Bolivian dictator (d. 2002)
1927 – Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author
1928 – Arnold Rüütel, Estonian agronomist and politician, 3rd President of Estonia
1929 – Antonine Maillet, French-Canadian novelist and playwright
1930 – Scott Muni, American disc jockey(d. 2004)
1930 – Pat Summerall, American football player and broadcaster
1930 – George E. Smith, American applied physicist, Nobel Laureate
1931 – Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter
1933 – Françoise Fabian, French actress
1933 – Barbara Taylor Bradford, English writer
1934 – Jeanine Basinger, American scholar
1934 – Cliff Wilson, Welsh snooker player (d. 1994)
1935 – Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer(d. 1980)
1936 – Timothy Birdsall, English cartoonist (d. 1963)
1936 – Gary Owens, American disc jockey and voice actor
1937 – Jim Hickman, American baseball player
1937 – Tamara Press, Soviet athlete
1938 – Jean Becker, French director, screenwriter, and actor
1938 – Henry Fambrough, American singer (The Spinners)
1938 – Dang Nhat Minh, Vietnamese director
1938 – Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player
1938 – Marina Vlady, French actress
1940 – Wayne A. Downing, American army general (d. 2007)
1941 – Danny Rapp, American singer and musician (Danny & the Juniors) (d. 1983)
1942 – Jim Calhoun, American basketball coach
1942 – Carl Douglas, Jamaican-English singer
1942 – Youssouf Sambo Bâ, Burkinabé politician
1943 – David Clennon, American actor
1943 – Richard Darman, American economist
1944 – Jim Abrahams, American director
1944 – Marie-France Pisier, French actress (d. 2011)
1946 – Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor
1946 – Graham Gouldman, English musician and songwriter (10cc, The Mindbenders, Wax)
1946 – Maureen Lipman, English actress
1946 – Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and musician (Traffic)
1946 – Diderik Wagenaar, Dutch composer and theorist
1947 – Caroline Cooney, American author
1947 – Jay Ferguson, American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer (Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne)
1947 – Thomas Tessier, American author
1948 – Meg Foster, American actress
1949 – Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer
1952 – Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer (Wizex, Chips, Kikki, Bettan & Lotta, and Kjell Roos Band)
1952 – Sly Dunbar, Jamaican drummer (Sly and Robbie, The Aggrovators, The Upsetters, and The Revolutionaries)
1953 – John Diamond, English journalist (d. 2001)
1953 – Tito Santana, American wrestler
1953 – Jim Zorn, American football player and coach
1954 – F. Charles Brunicardi, American physician
1955 – Chris Berman, American sportscaster
1955 – Mark David Chapman, American murderer of John Lennon
1956 – Yves Jacques, French-Canadian actor
1956 – Paige O'Hara, American actress and singer
1956 – Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist (d. 1995)
1956 – Jonathan Roberts, American screenwriter, producer, and author
1957 – Sid Vicious, English singer and musician (The Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Vicious White Kids, The Flowers of Romance) (d. 1979)
1958 – Gaétan Boucher, Canadian speed skater
1958 – Rick Santorum, American politician
1959 – Victoria Rowell, American actress
1959 – Danny Schayes, American basketball player
1960 – Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, philanthropist, and activist (U2)
1960 – Dean Heller, American politician
1960 – Merlene Ottey, Jamaican-Slovenian track athlete
1961 – Danny Carey, American drummer and songwriter (Tool, Pigmy Love Circus, Volto!, Green Jellÿ, and Zaum)
1961 – Randy Cunneyworth, Canadian ice hockey coach
1961 – Candi Kubeck, American pilot of Valujet Flight 592 (d. 1996)
1961 – Johanna ter Steege, Dutch actress
1962 – Guy Hemmings, Canadian curler
1962 – Brad Soderberg, American basketball coach
1962 – Robby Thompson, American baseball player
1963 – Lisa Nowak, American astronaut
1963 – A. Raja, Indian politician
1965 – Linda Evangelista, Canadian model
1965 – Rony Seikaly, Lebanese basketball player
1966 – Jonathan Edwards, English athlete
1967 – Scott Brison, Canadian politician
1967 – Jon Ronson, English journalist and author
1967 – Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster
1967 – Young MC, American singer-songwriter, rapper, producer, and actor
1968 – Thomas Coville, French yacht racer
1968 – William Regal, English wrestler
1968 – Al Murray, English comedian
1968 – Erik Palladino, American actor
1968 – Ed Sanders, English actor and carpenter
1969 – Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer
1969 – John Scalzi, American writer
1970 – Perry Blake, Irish singer-songwriter
1970 – Gabriela Montero, Venezuelan-American pianist
1970 – Gina Philips, American actress
1970 – Sally Phillips, English actress and comedienne
1970 – Dallas Roberts, American actor
1970 – David Weir, Scottish footballer
1971 – Adriano Giannini, Italian actor
1971 – Craig Mack, American rapper
1971 – Ådne Søndrål, Norwegian speed skater
1971 – Leslie Stefanson, American actress
1972 – Radosław Majdan, Polish footballer
1973 – Aviv Geffen, Israeli singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Blackfield)
1973 – Ollie le Roux, South African rugby player
1973 – Jerome Williams, American basketball player
1974 – Liu Fang, Chinese pipa player
1974 – Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer
1975 – Andrea Anders, American actress
1975 – Torbjørn Brundtland, Norwegian musician (Röyksopp)
1975 – Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
1975 – Adam Deadmarsh, American ice hockey player
1975 – Shin Jung-hwan, Korean singer and comedian (Roo'ra)
1976 – Stuart Braithwaite, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician (Mogwai)
1976 – Rachel Gordon, Australian actress
1976 – Steve Howard, Scottish footballer
1976 – Rob Malda, American writer and editor, founder of Slashdot
1976 – Udo Mechels, Belgian singer
1976 – Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi, Greek javelin thrower
1977 – Henri Camara, Senegalese footballer
1977 – Nick Heidfeld, German race car driver
1977 – Denise Ho, Hong Kong-Canadian singer and actress
1977 – Chas Licciardello, Australian comedian
1977 – Keith Murray, American singer and musician (We Are Scientists)
1977 – Sergei Nakariakov, Russian trumpeter
1978 – Kenan Thompson, American actor
1979 – Lee Hyori, South Korean singer, dancer, actress, and designer (Fin.K.L)
1980 – Namitha Kapoor, Indian actress
1981 – Samuel Dalembert, Haitian basketball player
1981 – Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer
1982 – Jeremy Gable, American playwright
1982 – Daniel Harris, Australian footballer
1983 – Gustav Fridolin, Swedish politician
1983 – Natalia Zabala, Spanish model, Miss Spain 2007
1984 – Edward Mujica, Venezuelan baseball player
1984 – Kristyna Myles, English singer-songwriter and pianist
1985 – Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Odette Annable, American actress
1986 – Emilio Izaguirre, Honduran football player
1987 – Wilson Chandler, American basketball player
1987 – Anej Lovrečič, Slovenian footballer
1989 – Lindsey Shaw, American actress
1990 – Josh Dugan, Australian rugby player
1990 – Karmen Pedaru, Estonian fashion model
1990 – Lauren Potter, American actress
1991 – Giorgos Machlelis, Greek footballer
1992 – Zia Marquez, Filipino actress
1992 – Charice, Filipino singer and actress
1993 – Tímea Babos, Hungarian tennis player
1993 – Halston Sage, American actress
1993 – Mirai Shida, Japanese actress
1994 – Ellen Allgurin, Swedish tennis player
1995 – Missy Franklin, American swimmer
1996 – Martin Skatškov, Estonian emperor