February 10
February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 324 days remaining until the end of the year (325 in leap years).
Events
Up to 1900
- 547 - Scholastica, Christian nun
- 1126 – William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1071)
- 1162 – King Baldwin III of Jerusalem (b. 1130)
- 1242 – Emperor Shijo of Japan (b. 1231)
- 1278 - Margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202)
- 1306 – John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, Scottish nobleman
- 1307 – Temur Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan, Emperor of China (b. 1265)
- 1543 - Johannes Eck, German theologian (b. 1486)
- 1567 – Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (b. 1546)
- 1755 – Montesquieu, French writer (b. 1689)
- 1758 - Thomas Ripley, English architect (b. 1682)
- 1782 - Christian Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (b. 1702)
- 1829 – Pope Leo XII (b. 1760)
- 1837 – Alexander Pushkin, Russian writer (b. 1799)
- 1854 - Jose Joaquin de Herrera, President of Mexico (b. 1792)
- 1857 – David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)
- 1865 - Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804)
- 1891 – Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850)
1901 – 2000
- 1904 - John A. Roche, American politician (b. 1844)
- 1912 – Joseph Lister, British surgeon (b. 1827)
- 1913 – Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek athlete and Olympic champion (b. 1888)
- 1917 – John William Waterhouse, Italian-born artist (b. 1849)
- 1918 - Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1842)
- 1918 – Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian pacifist (b. 1833)
- 1923 – Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, German scientist (b. 1845)
- 1932 – Edgar Wallace, English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1875)
- 1939 – Pope Pius XI (b. 1857)
- 1944 - E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and chess player (b. 1870)
- 1956 - Emmanouil Tsouderos, 132nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1882)
- 1957 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American writer (b. 1867)
- 1958 - Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian athlete (b. 1899)
- 1960 - Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (b. 1898)
- 1964 – Eugen Saenger, Austrian aerospace engineer (b. 1905)
- 1966 - Billy Rose, American composer (b. 1898)
- 1975 - Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (b. 1910)
- 1979 - Edvard Kardelj, Yugoslav Communist leader (b. 1910)
- 1985 - Johnny Mokan, American baseball player (b. 1895)
- 1990 - Bill Sherwood, American producer and composer (b. 1952)
- 1992 – Alex Haley, American writer (b. 1921)
- 2000 – Jim Varney, American actor (b. 1949)
From 2001
- 2001 – Abraham D. Beame, American politician and Mayor of New York City (b. 1906)
- 2002 - Dave Van Ronk, American musician (b. 1936)
- 2002 – Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler's press secretary (b. 1920)
- 2005 – Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915)
- 2008 – Roy Scheider, American actor (b. 1932)
- 2009 - Jeremy Lusk, American motocross racer (b. 1984)
- 2010 – Charles Wilson, American politician (b. 1933)
- 2014 - Stuart Hall, Jamaican-British sociologist and cultural theorist (b. 1932)
- 2014 - Doug Jarrett, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1944)
- 2014 - Ronnie Masterson, Irish actress (b. 1926)
- 2014 - Shirley Temple, American actress and diplomat (b. 1928)
- 2015 - Deng Liqun, Chinese politician (b. 1915)
- 2015 - Naseer Aruri, Palestinian scholar and activist (b. 1934)
- 2015 - Karl Josef Becker, German theologian and cardinal (b. 1928)
- 2016 - Phil Gartside, English businessman (b. 1952)
- 2016 - Leo Ehlen, Dutch footballer (b. 1953)
- 2016 - Andrew L. Lewis, Jr., American business executive and politician (b. 1931)
- 2016 - Eliseo Prado, Argentine footballer (b. 1929)
- 2016 - Günter Schröter, German footballer (b. 1927)
- 2016 - Claude Jeancolas, French writer, artist and journalist (b. 1949)
- 2017 - Edward Bryant, American writer (b. 1945)
- 2017 - Mike Ilitch, American businessman and sports owner (b. 1929)
- 2017 - Piet Keizer, Dutch footballer (b. 1943)
- 2017 - Yuriy Poyarkov, Ukrainian volleyball player (b. 1937)
- 2017 - Hal Moore, American general and author (b. 1922)
- 2017 - Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Japanese swimmer (b. 1939)
- 2018 - Jeff Bell, American politician (b. 1943)
- 2018 - Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1938)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1901 – Stella Adler, American actress (d. 1992)
- 1902 – Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist (d. 1987)
- 1903 - Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer (d. 1939)
- 1903 - Waldemar Hoven, German Nazi physician (d. 1948)
- 1904 - John Farrow, Australian-American director, father of Mia Farrow (d. 1963)
- 1905 - Walter A. Brown, American businessman (d. 1964)
- 1906 – Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (d. 1973)
- 1910 – Dominique Pire, Belgian friar (d. 1969)
- 1910 - Sofia Vembo, Greek singer and actress (d. 1978)
- 1913 - Douglas Slocombe, English cinematographer (d. 2016)
- 1914 – Larry Adler, American musician (d. 2001)
- 1915 - Vladimir Zeldin, Russian actor (d. 2016)
- 1922 – Arpad Goncz, former President of Hungary (d. 2015)
- 1922 - Harold Hughes, American politician, Governor of Iowa (d. 1996)
- 1923 – Ahti Karjalainen, Prime Minister of Finland (d. 1990)
- 1923 – Cesare Siepi, Italian operatic tenor (d. 2010)
- 1925 - Pierre Mondy, French actor and director (d. 2012)
- 1926 – Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1993)
- 1927 - Alma Adamkiene, former First Lady of Lithuania
- 1927 – Leontyne Price, American singer
- 1927 - Brian Priestman, British conductor (d. 2014)
- 1929 - Hallgeir Brenden, Norwegian skier (d. 2007)
- 1929 - Jerry Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (d. 2004)
- 1929 - Jim Whittaker, American mountaineer
- 1929 - Lou Whittaker, American mountaineer
- 1930 – Robert Wagner, American actor
- 1931 - Doug Young, American voice actor
- 1932 – Barrie Ingham, English actor (d. 2015)
- 1934 - Kirk Fordice, American politician, Governor of Mississippi (d. 2004)
- 1937 - Yuriy Poyarkov, Ukrainian volleyball player (d. 2017)
- 1939 – Roberta Flack, American singer
- 1939 – Adrienne Clarkson, former Governor General of Canada
- 1939 – Peter Purves, British actor and television presenter
- 1940 - Mary Rand, British sprinter and long jumper
- 1940 - Kathryn Mullen, American puppeteer, actress and voice actress
- 1941 – Michael Apted, British movie director
- 1942 - Lawrence Weiner, American conceptual artist
- 1944 – Frank Keating, 25th Governor of Oklahoma
- 1944 - Peter Allen, American singer and actor
- 1946 - Muntaka Connmassie, Nigerian jurist (d. 2017)
- 1947 - Louise Arbour, Canadian diplomat, former United Nations Commissioner for Human rights
- 1947 - Nicholas Owen, English journalist
- 1948 - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (d. 1994)
- 1949 - Harold Sylvester, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
- 1950 – Mark Spitz, American swimmer
1951 – 1975
- 1951 - Robert Iger, American entertainment executive
- 1952 – Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore
- 1953 - John Shirley, American science fiction author
- 1954 - Peter Ramsauer, German politician
- 1955 – Greg Norman, Australian golfer
- 1955 - Jim Cramer, American television personality
- 1956 - Enele Sopoaga, 12th Prime Minister of Tuvalu
- 1959 - John Calipari, American basketball player
- 1961 - Alexander Payne, American movie director
- 1961 – George Stephanopoulos, American television journalist
- 1962 – Cliff Burton, American musician (Metallica) (d. 1986)
- 1963 – Philip Glenister, English actor
- 1964 – Glenn Beck, American broadcaster
- 1964 - Arthur Lenk, Israeli diplomat
- 1964 – Francesca Neri, Italian actress
- 1964 - Sam Graddy, American athlete
- 1964 – Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (d. 1989)
- 1966 - Ji Suk-jin, South Korean comedian, actor and singer
- 1966 - Natalie Bennett, Australian-English journalist and politician, former leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
- 1967 – Laura Dern, American actress
- 1967 - Vince Gilligan, American writer and executive producer
- 1968 – Matthias Hamann, German footballer
- 1968 - Peter Popovic, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1968 - Garrett Reisman, American engineer and astronaut
- 1970 – Asne Seierstad, Norwegian writer and journalist
- 1970 - Noureddine Naybet, Moroccan footballer and manager
- 1973 - Ajdar, Turkish singer-songwriter and engineer
- 1973 - Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, English businesswoman and philanthropist
- 1974 – Elizabeth Banks, American actress
- 1975 – Kool Savas, German rapper
- 1975 - Hiroki Kuroda, Japanese baseball player
From 1976
- 1976 – Keeley Hawes, English actress
- 1976 – Carlos Jimenez Sanchez, Spanish basketball player
- 1980 – Riki Flutey, New Zealand-born English rugby player
- 1980 – Enzo Maresca, Italian footballer
- 1980 - Mike Ribeiro, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 - Bruno Sundov, Croatian basketball player
- 1981 – Andrew Johnson, English footballer
- 1981 – Holly Willoughby, English television presenter
- 1981 - Ozo Aduba, American actress and singer
- 1982 – Justin Gatlin, American athlete
- 1983 - Ricardo Clark, American soccer player
- 1984 - Jemma Simpson, British athlete
- 1985 - Anette Sagen, Norwegian skier
- 1986 – Radamel Falcao, Colombian footballer
- 1986 – Viktor Troicki, Serbian tennis player
- 1986 - Josh Akognon, Nigerian-American basketball player
- 1986 - Yui Ichikawa, Japanese actress and model
- 1987 - Choi Siwon, South Korean singer
- 1987 - Facundo Roncaglia, Argentine footballer
- 1988 - Jade Ramsey, English actress
- 1989 - Neelofa, Malaysian actress, television host and model
- 1990 – Sooyoung, South Korean singer (Girls' Generation)
- 1991 – Emma Roberts, American actress
- 1992 - Misha B, American rapper and singer
- 1992 - Haruka Nakagawa, Japanese singer
- 1992 - Reinhold Yabo, German footballer
- 1993 - Max Kepler, German baseball player
- 1994 - Son Na-eun, South Korean singer and actress
- 1994 - Kang Seul-gi, South Korean singer
- 1994 - Mackenzie Vega, American actress
- 1995 - Haruna Kawaguchi, Japanese model and actress
- 1996 - Christina Parie, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1997 - Chloe Moretz, American actress
- 1998 - Candy Hsu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter, actress and record producer
- 2000 - Yara Shahidi, Iranian-American actress