What happened on October 10 ?

1678 - John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (d. 1743)

1684 - Antoine Watteau, French painter (d. 1721)

1700 - Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)

1731 - Henry Cavendish, British scientist (d. 1810)

1780 - John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (d. 1844)

1813 - Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (d. 1901)

1819 - Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian (d. 1883)

1825 - Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal Republic (d. 1904)

1830 - Queen Isabella II of Spain (d. 1904)

1834 - Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author (d. 1872)

1837 - Robert Gould Shaw, United States Army officer (d. 1863)

1861 - Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1930)

1870 - Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)

1885 - Walter Anderson, German folklorist (d. 1962)

1895 - Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Deva Gosvami Maharaja, religious Guru from India (d. 1988)

1895 - Wolfram von Richthofen, German field marshal d. 1945)

1898 - Lilly Daché, French-born milliner (d. 1989)

1900 - Helen Hayes, American actress (d. 1993)

1901 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (d. 1966)

1906 - Paul Creston, American composer (d. 1985)

1906 - R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (d. 2001)

1913 - Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)

1914 - Tommy Fine, baseball player (d. 2005)

1917 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (d. 1982)

1924 - James Clavell, Australian author (d. 1994)

1924 - Ed Wood, American filmmaker (d. 1978)

1926 - Richard Jaeckel, American actor (d. 1997)

1930 - Yves Chauvin, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1930 - Harold Pinter, English playwright, Nobel Prize laureate

1932 - [[Harry Smith (footballer)|Harry Smith], English footballer

1933 - Jay Sebring, American hair stylist (d. 1969)

1938 - Moriyama Daido, Japanese photographer

1942 - Peter Coyote, American actor

1946 - Charles Dance, English actor

1946 - Naoto Kan, Japanese politician

1946 - John Prine, American singer

1946 - Chris Tarrant, British television host

1946 - Ben Vereen, American actor and dancer

1948 - Séverine, French singer

1951 - Ratu Epeli Ganilau, Fiji soldier and statesman

1953 - Midge Ure, Scottish musician

1953 - Gus Williams, American basketball player

1954 - David Lee Roth, American singer

1956 - Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress

1957 - Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese artist

1958 - Tanya Tucker, American singer

1959 - Bradley Whitford, American actor

1959 - Kirsty MacColl, British singer and songwriter (d. 2000)

1960 - Eric Martin, American singer

1961 - Jodi Benson, American voice actress and singer

1963 - Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer (d. 2003)

1963 - Daniel Pearl, American journalist (d. 2002)

1963 - Rebecca Pidgeon, American actress, singer, and songwriter

1963 - Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer

1963 - Vegard Ulvang, Norwegian cross-country skier

1965 - Chris Penn, American actor (d. 2006)

1965 - Toshi, Japanese singer (X Japan)

1966 - Tony Adams, English footballer

1968 - Bart Brentjens, Dutch mountain biker

1969 - Brett Favre, American football player

1970 - Dean Kiely, Irish footballer

1970 - Corinna May, German singer

1970 - Sir Matthew Pinsent, English rower

1970 - Maja Tatic, Serbian singer

1972 - Alexei Zhitnik, Russian ice hockey player

1973 - Mario López, United States actor

1974 - Dale Earnhardt Jr., United States race car driver

1974 - Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentinian footballer

1976 - Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-born skateboarder

1976 - Pat Burrell, baseball player

1978 - Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, United States actress

1979 - Mya, United States singer

1979 - Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player

1980 - Tim Maurer, United States singer (Suburban Legends)

1980 - Elvis Hammond, Ghanaian footballer

1983 - Vusimuzi Sibanda, Zimbabwean cricketer

1984 - Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer

1984 - Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress

1985 - Layke Anderson, British actor