August 10
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August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 143 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 258 – Saint Lawrence of Rome, Christian martyr.
- 1241 – Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (b. 1184).
- 1250 – King Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216).
- 1535 – Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1509).
- 1590 – Princess Christina of Denmark (b. 1521).
- 1637 – Johann Gerhard, German church leader and theologian (b. 1582).
- 1655 – Alfonso de la Cueva, 1st Marquis of Bedmar, Spanish cardinal and diplomat (b. 1572).
- 1723 – Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656).
- 1759 – King Ferdinand VI of Spain (b. 1713).
- 1784 – Allan Ramsey, Scottish painter (b. 1713).
- 1802 – Franz Aepinius, German natural philosopher (b. 1724).
- 1806 – Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (b. 1737).
- 1862 – Horinbo Shusaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829).
- 1875 – Karl Andree, German geographer (b. 1808).
- 1896 – Otto Lilienthal, German aviator (b. 1848).
1901 – 2000
- 1904 – Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French statesman (b. 1846).
- 1915 – Henry Moseley, British physicist (b. 1887).
- 1918 – William P. Kellogg, Governor of Louisiana (b. 1831).
- 1920 – Adam Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician (b. 1835).
- 1929 – Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (b. 1878).
- 1929 – Aletta Jacobs, first female physician in the Netherlands (b. 1854).
- 1932 – Rin Tin Tin, German shepherd dog (b. 1918).
- 1939 – Carlo Galimberti, Italian weightlifter (b. 1894).
- 1945 – Robert H. Goddard, American rocket scientist (b. 1882).
- 1960 – Frank Lloyd, Scottish-American actor (b. 1886).
- 1963 – Ernst Wetter, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1877).
- 1963 – Estes Kefauver, American politician (b. 1903).
- 1971 – Federico Callori di Vignale, Italian cardinal (b. 1890).
- 1979 – Walter Gerlach, German physicist (b. 1889).
- 1980 – Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan, Last President of United Pakistan (b. 1917).
- 1986 – Alan Rouse, British mountaineer (b. 1951).
- 1987 – Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek politician (b. 1893).
- 1992 – Aribert Heim, Austrian physician (b. 1914).
- 1993 – Euronymous, Norwegian singer, guitarist and producer (b. 1958).
- 1999 – Jennifer Paterson, English chef (b. 1928).
From 2001
- 2001 – Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917).
- 2002 – Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1926).
- 2007 – Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, American military pilot and Civil rights figure (b. 1925).
- 2008 – Isaac Hayes, American musician (b. 1942).
- 2010 – Antonio Pettigrew, American athlete (b. 1967).
- 2012 – Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist (b. 1925).
- 2013 – Eydie Gormé, American singer (b. 1928).
- 2013 – William P. Clark, Jr., American politician (b. 1931).
- 2013 – Laszlo Csatary, Hungarian Nazi war criminal (b. 1915).
- 2014 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician (b. 1912).
- 2014 – Shree Krishna Shrestha, Nepalese actor (b. 1940).
- 2014 – Ann Rowan, Irish actress (b. 1929)
- 2015 – Endre Czeizel, Hungarian physicist, geneticist and professor (b. 1935)
- 2015 – Fred Eckhardt, American beer expert (b. 1926)
- 2017 – Ruth Pfau, German-Pakistani nun, physician and activist (b. 1929)
- 2017 – Kim Wall, Swedish journalist (b. 1987)
- 2018 – Lillian Cox, American supercentenarian (b. 1907)
- 2018 – Richard Russell, American mechanic and hijacker (b. 1989)
- 2019 – Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and sex offender (b. 1953)
- 2019 – J. Neil Schulman, American novelist (b. 1953)
- 2019 – Cándido Sibilio, Dominican-Spanish basketball player (b. 1958)
- 2019 – Piero Tosi, Italian costume designer (b. 1927)
Births
Up to 1800
- 914 – Le Hoan, Emperor of Vietnam (died 1005)
- 1267 – James II of Aragon (died 1327)
- 1296 – King John of Bohemia (died 1346)
- 1397 – Albert II of Habsburg, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (died 1439)
- 1449 – Bona of Savoy, Duchess of Savoy (died 1503)
- 1489 – Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (died 1553)
- 1520 – Madeleine de Valois, queen of James V of Scotland (died 1537)
- 1535 – Kaspar Olevianus, German theologian (died 1587)
- 1556 – Philipp Nicolai, German Lutheran minister (died 1608)
- 1560 – Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (died 1629)
- 1602 – Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (died 1675)
- 1737 – Anton Losenko, Russian painter (died 1773)
- 1740 – Samuel Arnold, English composer and organist (died 1802)
- 1753 – Edmund Randolph, United States Secretary of State (died 1813)
- 1782 – Charles James Napier, British general (died 1853)
- 1794 – Leopold Zunz, German Jewish scientist (died 1886)
- 1799 – Samuel Dickinson Hubbard, American politician (died 1855)
1801 – 1900
- 1810 – Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and Italy (died 1861)
- 1810 – Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, President of Uruguay (died 1887)
- 1814 – Henri Nestlé, Swiss industrialist (died 1890)
- 1814 – John C. Pemberton, American Confederate general (died 1881)
- 1814 – Ketil Motzfeldt, Norwegian politician (died 1889)
- 1821 – Jay Cooke, financier (died 1905)
- 1823 – Goncales Dias, Brazilian poet (died 1864)
- 1827 – Lovro Toman, Slovenian politician (died 1870)
- 1839 – Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist (died 1896)
- 1845 – Abai Kunanbaev, Kazak poet (died 1904)
- 1856 – William Willett, British builder and Daylight Saving Time supporter (died 1915)
- 1860 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (died 1936)
- 1865 – Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (died 1936)
- 1865 – Andreas Heusler, Swiss medievalist (died 1940)
- 1869 – Laurence Binyon, British poet (died 1943)
- 1871 – Aino Sibelius, wife of Jean Sibelius (died 1969)
- 1872 – Bill Johnson, jazz musician (died 1972)
- 1874 – Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (died 1964)
- 1874 – Antanas Smetona, 1st President of Lithuania (died 1944)
- 1877 – Frank Marshall, American chess player (died 1944)
- 1878 – Alfred Döblin, German writer (died 1957)
- 1887 – Sam Warner, Polish-American film producer (died 1927)
- 1888 – Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (died 1940)
- 1889 – Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Polish writer and World War II Resistance activist (died 1968)
- 1889 – Charles Darrow, American creator of the Monopoly board game (died 1967)
- 1890 – Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (died 1954)
- 1894 – Vaharagiri Venkata Giri, President of India (died 1980)
- 1896 – Walter Lang, American film director (died 1972)
- 1898 – Jack Haley, actor (died 1979)
- 1899 – Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Polish writer (died 1968)
- 1900 – Arthur Espie Porritt, New Zealand politician and athlete, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1994)
1901 – 1950
- 1901 – Sergio Frusoni, Cape Verdean poet (died 1975)
- 1902 – Norma Shearer, American actress (died 1983)
- 1902 – Curt Siodmak, science fiction writer (died 2000)
- 1902 – Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist (died 1971)
- 1907 – Su Yu, Chinese Communist military leader (died 1984)
- 1908 – Lauri Lehtinen, Finnish athlete (died 1973)
- 1909 – Leo Fender, American luthier (died 1991)
- 1909 – King Mohammed V of Morocco (died 1961)
- 1909 – Richard J. Hughes, Governor of New Jersey (died 1992)
- 1910 – Gordon Gray, Scottish cardinal (died 1993)
- 1912 – Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist (died 2001)
- 1913 – Wolfgang Paul, German physicist (died 1993)
- 1913 – Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (died 1994)
- 1914 – Ken Annakin, British movie director and screenwriter (died 2009)
- 1916 – Coutoucou Hubert Maga, President of present-day Benin (died 2000)
- 1919 – Sacha Vierny, French cinematographer (died 2001)
- 1920 – Red Holzman, American basketball player (died 1998)
- 1923 – Rhonda Fleming, American actress
- 1924 – Martha Hyer, American actress (died 2014)
- 1926 – Marie-Claire Alain, French organist (died 2013)
- 1927 – Vittorio Gregotti, Italian architect
- 1928 – Jimmy Dean, American country music singer (died 2010)
- 1928 – Eddie Fisher, American singer and entertainer (died 2010)
- 1930 – Fakir Musafar, American performance artist (died 2018)
- 1930 – Barry Unsworth, British writer (died 2012)
- 1932 – Gaudencio Rosales, Filipino cardinal
- 1933 – Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss, English judge
- 1935 – Giya Kancheli, Georgian composer
- 1937 – Lucinda Williams, American athlete
- 1937 – Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician (died 2000)
- 1939 – Kate O'Mara, British actress (died 2014)
- 1940 – Bobby Hatfield, American singer, (Righteous Brothers) (died 2003)
- 1942 – Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer
- 1942 – Giovanni Leodetti, Italian footballer
- 1943 – Ronnie Spector, American singer, lead singer of the Ronettes
- 1945 – Harriet Miers, former White House counsel
- 1947 – Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian politician
- 1947 – Ian Anderson, Scottish musician (Jethro Tull)
- 1950 – Patsy Austin, American singer
1951 – 1975
- 1951 – Juan Manuel Santos, former President of Colombia
- 1952 – Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
- 1952 – Diane Venora, American actress
- 1956 – Fred Ottman, American professional wrestler
- 1956 – Charlie Peacock, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1957 – David Crane, American television producer and screenwriter
- 1957 – Fred Ho, American musician, composer, bandleader, playwright and social activist (died 2014)
- 1958 – Wolfgang Funkel, German football manager
- 1958 – Rosie Winterton, English politician
- 1958 – Don Swayze, American actor
- 1959 – Rosanna Arquette, American actress
- 1960 – Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
- 1960 – Kenny Perry, American golfer
- 1962 – Suzanne Collins, American screenwriter and writer
- 1963 – Phoolan Devi, Indian political figure (d. 2001)
- 1963 – Andrew Sullivan, journalist
- 1965 – Toumani Diabaté, Malian musician
- 1965 – Claudia Christian, actress
- 1965 – Mike Smith, Hall of Fame jockey
- 1965 – John Starks, American basketball player
- 1965 – Eduardo Campos, Brazilian politician (d. 2014)
- 1966 – Hossam Hassan, Egyptian footballer
- 1967 – Riddick Bowe, American heavyweight boxer
- 1967 – Lorraine Pearson, musician (Five Star)
- 1967 – Mart Sander, Estonian actor, singer, director and author
- 1968 – Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, Japanese footballer
- 1968 – Salvatore Licitra, Italian tenor (died 2011)
- 1971 – Mario Kindelán, Cuban boxer
- 1971 – Justin Theroux, actor
- 1971 – Roy Keane, Irish footballer
- 1972 – Christofer Johnsson, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
- 1972 – Angie Harmon, American model and actress
- 1972 – Lawrence Dallaglio, English rugby player
- 1973 – Daijiro Takakuwa, Japanese footballer
- 1973 – Javier Zanetti, Argentine footballer
- 1973 – Lisa Raymond, American tennis player
- 1974 – Luis Marin, Costa Rican footballer
- 1974 – David Sommeil, French footballer
- 1975 – Ilhan Mansiz, Turkish footballer, actor and ice skater
From 1976
- 1976 – Ian Murray, Scottish politician
- 1977 – Luciana Aymar, Argentine field hockey player
- 1978 – Danny Allsopp, Australian footballer
- 1978 – Marcus Fizer, American basketball player
- 1979 – Joanna Garcia, American actress
- 1979 – Ted Geoghegan, American author, screenwriter and producer
- 1979 – Yannick Schroeder, French racing driver
- 1980 – Roxanne McKee, British actress
- 1981 – Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer (formerly of Morning Musume)
- 1981 – Taufik Hidayat, Indonesian badminton player
- 1982 – Josh Anderson, American baseball player
- 1982 – Shaun Murphy, English snooker player
- 1983 – Alexander Perezhogin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1983 – Mathieu Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 – Enrico Cortese, Italian footballer
- 1986 – Kazuma Watanabe, Japanese footballer
- 1988 – Julia Melim, Brazilian actress
- 1989 – Ben Sahar, Israeli footballer
- 1990 – Lucas Till, American actor
- 1991 – Pratyusha Banerjee, Indian actress (died 2016)
- 1991 – Amy Dowden, Welsh professional dancer
- 1992 – Go Ah-sung, South Korean actress
- 1993 – Andre Drummond, American basketball player
- 1993 – Yuto Nakajima, Japanese actor and singer
- 1994 – Bernardo Silva, Portuguese footballer
- 1996 – Jacob Latimore, American singer, actor and director
- 1997 – Kylie Jenner, American model, television personality and entrepreneur
Deaths
Observances
- Independence Day in Ecuador
- Saint Lawrence of Rome (Christian martyr)