On This Day — May 10
4606 noted people were born and 2010 died on May 10 in our archive, including Alexander Braun, Tamás Vicsek and Ville Pulkki.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on May 10
Alexander Braun
1805 – 1877
Tamás Vicsek
b. 1948
Ville Pulkki
b. 1969
Wilhelm Killing
1847 – 1923
Ali Alavi
b. 1966
Alicja Chybicka
b. 1951
Andrea Jenkins
b. 1961
Antoine Bussy
1794 – 1882
Arnaud Beauville
b. 1947
Arnold Rüütel
1928 – 2024
Aurel Stodola
1859 – 1942
Barbara Nowacka
b. 1975
Beyers Naudé
1915 – 2004
Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin
1900 – 1979
Daniel Bell
1919 – 2011
Denis Thatcher
1915 – 2003
Edward J. McShane
1904 – 1989
Franco Pacini
1939 – 2012
Gary Seitz
1943 – 2023
George E. Smith
1930 – 2025
Hendrik Zwaardemaker
1857 – 1930
Henry Hare, 3rd Baron Coleraine
1693 – 1749
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce
1838 – 1922
James Sethian
b. 1954
Janet Benshoof
1947 – 2017
Jared Sparks
1789 – 1866
Jean-Claude Pecker
1923 – 2020
Joel Lebowitz
b. 1930
John Hope
1725 – 1786
John R. Curtis
b. 1960
Juan José González Rivas
b. 1951
Kaarle Krohn
1863 – 1933
Ladislav Hejdánek
1927 – 2020
Lambert Meertens
b. 1944
Marcel Mauss
1872 – 1950
Mayerfas
b. 1960
Moses Schorr
1874 – 1941
Otto Bradfisch
1903 – 1994
Robert Darnton
b. 1939
Tomasz Szatkowski
b. 1978
Vladislav Listyev
1956 – 1995
Abdulmajid Dostiev
b. 1946
Adrien Degbey
1918 – 1971
Ahmet Şık
b. 1970
Alexander Drouz
b. 1955
Alexander Muchnik
b. 1954
Andrew Card
b. 1947
Anna Karamanli
b. 1968
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
1727 – 1781
Anthea Bell
1936 – 2018
Antonine Maillet
1929 – 2025
Anu Raud
b. 1943
Anvar Chingizoghlu
1962 – 2022
Arijit Pasayat
b. 1944
Armin Ronacher
b. 1989
Arthur Kopit
1937 – 2021
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
1788 – 1827
Bel Kaufman
1911 – 2014
Benito Pérez Galdós
1843 – 1920
Benjamin Isaac
b. 1945
Bertrand Badré
b. 1968
Bill Cash
b. 1940
Birutė Galdikas
1946 – 2026
Carl Albert
1908 – 2000
Chan Kin-por
b. 1954
Chikage Oogi
1933 – 2023
Chris Berman
b. 1955
Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot
1803 – 1890
Claudia Schmied
b. 1959
Danielle Bousquet
b. 1945
David Azrieli
1922 – 2014
David Turashvili
b. 1966
David Williamson Shaffer
b. 1964
Dima Grigoriev
b. 1954
Diva Diniz Corrêa
1918 – 1993
Dmitry Lachinov
1842 – 1902
Donald R. Deskins
1932 – 2013
Edward Potkowski
1934 – 2017
Edward Thomas Hall
1924 – 2001
Ella Grasso
1919 – 1981
Ellen Ochoa
b. 1958
Emilio Arenales Catalán
1922 – 1969
Emmanuel Maurel
b. 1973
Ernst Nevanlinna
1873 – 1932
Ettore Scola
1931 – 2016
Eva Knardahl
1927 – 2006
Fedir Krychevsky
1879 – 1947
Fedor Panyutin
1790 – 1865
Gabriel Aivazovsky
1812 – 1880
Geoffrey Burnstock
1929 – 2020
Gilbert Aubry
b. 1942
Gitta Connemann
b. 1964
Gonzalo Gutiérrez Reinel
b. 1955
Gurusaday Dutt
1882 – 1941
Gustav Stresemann
1878 – 1929
Gustavo Franco
b. 1956
Hans Jonas
1903 – 1993
Henry Calderwood
1830 – 1897
Henry Clifton Sorby
1826 – 1908
Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard
1854 – 1918
Heydar Aliyev
1923 – 2003
Horatio Allen
1802 – 1889
Hubert Sagnières
b. 1955
Hugo Banzer
1926 – 2002
Ikujiro Nonaka
1935 – 2025
Ingram Marshall
1942 – 2022
Isaac Witkin
1936 – 2006
Ivan Štironja
b. 1960
J. H. Binford Peay III
b. 1940
Jacques Brunet
1901 – 1990
James Baba
b. 1945
Janus Lauritz Andreas Kolderup-Rosenvinge
1792 – 1850
Janusz Brzozowski
1935 – 2019
Jason Schreier
b. 1987
Jerome Berson
1924 – 2017
Jim Calhoun
b. 1942
John Andrew Sullivan
1868 – 1927
John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland
1915 – 2000
John Laws
1945 – 2020
John Sherman
1823 – 1900
Josef Felix Pompeckj
1867 – 1930
Josef Svoboda
1920 – 2002
José Babini
1897 – 1984
Juris Bone
b. 1969
Kaori Ishikawa
b. 1984
Karen Hallberg
b. 1964
Karl Barth
1886 – 1968
Konstantin Bushuyev
1914 – 1978
Laurie Calvin Battle
1912 – 2000
Lea Wermelin
b. 1985
Leigh Sales
b. 1973
Liu Chao-shiuan
b. 1943
Liubomyra Mandziy
1973 – 2021
Louis Adolphe le Doulcet, comte de Pontécoulant
1795 – 1882
Lucy Osburn
1835 – 1891
Ludwig Greiner
1796 – 1882
Madeleine van Toorenburg
b. 1968
Mark Keam
b. 1966
Mats Malm
b. 1964
Matse Uwatse
b. 1981
Maxim Shostakovich
b. 1938
Maximo Kalaw
1891 – 1955
Mel Sembler
1930 – 2023
Merritt Ruhlen
1944 – 2021
Mette Davidsen-Nielsen
b. 1965
Michael Silver
b. 1955
Mikko Hautala
b. 1972
Mirai Shida
b. 1993
Mireille Delmas-Marty
1941 – 2022
Mohammad Ponir Hossain
b. 1989
Murade Isaac Murargy
b. 1946
Nigel Phillips
b. 1963
Nikolay Fyodorovitch von Ditmar
1865 – 1919
Oksana Pushkina
b. 1963
Oliver Selfridge
1926 – 2008
Otakar Borůvka
1899 – 1995
Paul Dolan
b. 1968
Paul Magdalino
b. 1948
Phil Weiser
b. 1968
Piotr Paleczny
b. 1946
Rafael Ribó
b. 1945
Ragnheiður Bragadóttir
b. 1956
Raphaël Esraïl
1925 – 2022
Rich Moore
b. 1963
Richard Darman
1943 – 2008
Richard Pilkington
1908 – 1976
Richard Wilhelm
1873 – 1930
Robert Fraser
b. 1947
Robert Madgwick
1905 – 1979
Robert Sedgewick
1848 – 1906
Robert Weygand
b. 1948
Rolf Rendtorff
1925 – 2014
Rudolph Schoenheimer
1898 – 1941
Ruža Tomašić
b. 1958
Scott Brison
b. 1967
Shaher Momani
b. 1962
Shary Reeves
b. 1975
Shirley Franklin
b. 1945
Sir Anthony Bowlby
1855 – 1929
Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet
1754 – 1835
Stephen M. Ross
b. 1940
Sławomir Skrzypek
1963 – 2010
T. Berry Brazelton
1918 – 2018
T. Franklin Ahearn
1886 – 1962
Takarabe Takeshi
1867 – 1949
Tamar Tumanyan
1907 – 1989
Tamara Alyoshina
1919 – 1999
Tatsuya Mori
b. 1956
Teck-Hua Ho
b. 1961
Teresa Forcades
b. 1966
Theano Fotiou
b. 1946
Thyra Frank
b. 1952
Todd Gloria
b. 1978
Tomáš Hudeček
b. 1979
Victor B. Lawrence
b. 1945
Vigen Sargsyan
b. 1975
Vijay Kumar Singh
b. 1950
Vlastimil Kročil
b. 1961
Väinö Tanner
1881 – 1948
W. H. Johnson Jr.
1919 – 2004
… and 4,406 more
Died on May 10
August Gutzmer
1860 – 1924
Hassler Whitney
1907 – 1989
Stanislao Cannizzaro
1826 – 1910
Abraham Foxman
1940 – 2026
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
1951 – 2019
Ambros Speiser
1922 – 2003
Belle da Costa Greene
1883 – 1950
Carl Nägeli
1817 – 1891
Clark L. Hull
1884 – 1952
Daniil Dondurey
1947 – 2017
Diederik Korteweg
1848 – 1941
Eleanor C. Pressly
1918 – 2003
Eric Kierans
1914 – 2004
Geneviève Raugel
1951 – 2019
Georgy Korniyenko
1925 – 2006
Ilkka Hanski
1953 – 2016
John Paul Wild
1923 – 2008
K. G. Ramanathan
1920 – 1992
Legh Davis
1940 – 2026
Mark Ratner
1942 – 2026
Ozerov Ivan Khristoforovich
1869 – 1942
Paul-Werner Scheele
1928 – 2019
Platon Kostyuk
1924 – 2010
Sótero del Río Gundián
1900 – 1969
Thomas Young
1773 – 1829
William Eagle Clarke
1853 – 1938
A. M. Rosenthal
1922 – 2006
Aimé Bonpland
1773 – 1858
Alexander Condie Stephen
1850 – 1908
Alexander Shcherbakov
1901 – 1945
Ali Suheimat
1936 – 2024
Amos Eaton
1776 – 1842
Bernard Brunhes
1867 – 1910
Bill Jay
1940 – 2009
Bubusara Beyshenalieva
1926 – 1973
Charles Frankel
1917 – 1979
Christian Gottlieb Jöcher
1694 – 1758
Devra G. Kleiman
1942 – 2010
Dorothy Burr Thompson
1900 – 2001
Eric Willis
1922 – 1999
Eugène Lafont
1837 – 1908
Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki
1778 – 1846
François Andrieux
1759 – 1833
Frederick Brownell
1940 – 2019
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger
1894 – 1945
Gabriele Mucchi
1899 – 2002
George Monro Grant
1835 – 1902
Grigor Hasratyan
1919 – 2001
Guido Ascoli
1887 – 1957
Guido Verbeck
1830 – 1898
Hans Schaul
1905 – 1988
Henry Barclay Swete
1835 – 1917
Henry James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston
1848 – 1912
Hubertus van Mook
1894 – 1965
Ian Hacking
1936 – 2023
Ike Franklin Andrews
1925 – 2010
Ion Emanuel Florescu
1819 – 1893
István Bibó
1911 – 1979
Jack Body
1944 – 2015
James Kirkup
1918 – 2009
Jim Simons
1938 – 2024
Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee
1893 – 1983
José Ballesta
1958 – 2026
Jules Deschênes
1923 – 2000
Kanzan Shimomura
1873 – 1930
Karl Lamprecht
1856 – 1915
Leonhart Fuchs
1501 – 1566
Leonid Kravchuk
1934 – 2022
Luiz Henrique da Silveira
1940 – 2015
Ma Yinchu
1882 – 1982
Marian Irwin Osterhout
1888 – 1973
Mihail Jora
1891 – 1971
Moina Michael
1869 – 1944
Nicolas Fatio de Duillier
1664 – 1753
Nikolai Kutler
1859 – 1924
Oleksandr Bulianda
1937 – 2006
Paolo Ruffini
1765 – 1822
Paul Émile Chabas
1869 – 1937
Raizo Matsuno
1917 – 2006
Richard B. Ogilvie
1923 – 1988
Richard Worth
1948 – 2022
Robert Monahan
1898 – 1975
Roberts Bartholow
1831 – 1904
Rolf Harris
1930 – 2023
Salvatore Scoca
1894 – 1962
Sam Rubin
1960 – 2024
Shen Congwen
1902 – 1988
Shunroku Hata
1879 – 1962
Sir Wentworth Dilke, 1st Baronet
1810 – 1869
Télesphore Fournier
1823 – 1896
Valerian Șesan
1878 – 1940
Vasily Sokolovsky
1897 – 1968
Villem Ernits
1891 – 1982
Vladimir Bogoraz
1865 – 1936
Vyacheslav Menzhinsky
1874 – 1934
Walker Percy
1916 – 1990
William Alexander Smith
1854 – 1914
Aaron Fletcher Stevens
1819 – 1887
Adeyemo Alakija
1884 – 1952
Alan Wallace
1891 – 1915
Alex Weyand
1892 – 1982
Alexander Oswald Brodie
1849 – 1918
Alexandru Marghiloman
1854 – 1925
Alexei Evert
1857 – 1926
Alfred Frauenfeld
1898 – 1977
Alton B. Parker
1852 – 1926
Amédée-François-Paul de Béjarry
1770 – 1844
Anatol Herzfeld
1931 – 2019
Andrzej Krzycki
1482 – 1537
Andrés Bonifacio
1863 – 1897
Anja Breien
1940 – 2026
Annie Malone
1869 – 1957
Antti Ahlström
1827 – 1896
Antun Augustinčić
1900 – 1979
Archduke John of Austria
1782 – 1859
Arne Strand
1944 – 2023
Art O'Connor
1888 – 1950
Athanase Louis Marie de Loménie, comte de Brienne
1730 – 1794
Auguste Clément Gérôme
1857 – 1919
Berenice A. Carroll
1932 – 2018
Bernhard Samuelson
1820 – 1905
Betty Wright
1953 – 2020
Bill Gallo
1922 – 2011
Bob Lanier
1948 – 2022
Béla Balassa
1928 – 1991
Carl August Dohrn
1806 – 1892
Carl Genian
1921 – 1967
Carmen Argibay
1939 – 2014
Carroll Shelby
1923 – 2012
Cary D. Landis
1873 – 1938
Casimir VI, Duke of Pomerania
1557 – 1605
Chabi Mama
1923 – 1996
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans
1670 – 1726
Charles Ogle
1798 – 1841
Chris Burden
1946 – 2015
Christopher Edley Jr.
1953 – 2024
Claus Bonderup
1943 – 2022
Colette Guillaumin
1934 – 2017
Constantin Stoicescu
1852 – 1911
Craig Stevens
1918 – 2000
Daniel Kellogg
1791 – 1875
David Riesman
1909 – 2002
Deborah Walley
1941 – 2001
Deng Shuqun
1902 – 1970
Didier Lecour Grandmaison
1889 – 1917
Djoko Santoso
1952 – 2020
Dmitry Odinets
1883 – 1950
Don L. Short
1903 – 1982
Edith Olivier
1872 – 1948
Edward S. Michael
1918 – 1994
Emmanuèle Bernheim
1955 – 2017
Erich Engel
1891 – 1966
Erwin Hinckley Barbour
1856 – 1947
Ethel Becher
1867 – 1948
Evelyn Bryan Johnson
1909 – 2012
Faina Shevchenko
1893 – 1971
Felix Henri Giacomotti
1828 – 1909
Fergus Patrick McEvay
1852 – 1911
Frank Frazetta
1928 – 2010
François Bourdrez
1901 – 1939
François-Gilbert Miville Dechêne
1859 – 1902
Frederic James de Peyster
1839 – 1905
Futabatei Shimei
1864 – 1909
George Edwards Price
1901 – 1964
George Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds
1862 – 1927
George Washington Woodward
1809 – 1875
Georgios Candilis
1913 – 1995
Gertrude Smith
1894 – 1985
Govind Narayan Singh
1920 – 2005
Greg Forristall
1950 – 2017
Gunnar Sønsteby
1918 – 2012
Hanuš Folkmann
1876 – 1936
Harold Francis Youngblood
1907 – 1983
Harold Kaese
1909 – 1975
Hector Denis
1842 – 1913
Helen Jackson Claytor
1907 – 2005
Henri Lebocq
1861 – 1946
Henry Morton Stanley
1841 – 1904
Henry N. Benson
1872 – 1960
Herbert Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton
1867 – 1949
Hermann Gossler
1802 – 1877
Hermann Kretzschmar
1848 – 1924
Horst Faas
1933 – 2012
Ippolit Monighetti
1819 – 1878
Ismail of Johor
1894 – 1981
Jack Boothman
1936 – 2016
Jacob Burnet
1770 – 1853
James Orrock
1829 – 1913
Jan Pivec
1907 – 1980
Janis Paterson
1945 – 2024
Jean-Baptiste-Sauveur Gavaudan
1772 – 1840
Jeremiah Evarts
1781 – 1831
Jerome Kagan
1929 – 2021
Jim Peterson
1941 – 2024
Joan Crawford
1905 – 1977
Johann Adam von Questenberg
1678 – 1752
John Chew Thomas
1764 – 1836
John Fulton Folinsbee
1892 – 1972
John Goss
1800 – 1880
John T. Gosling
1938 – 2018
… and 1,810 more