What happened on April 10 ?

1389 - Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)

1583 - Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (d. 1645)

1647 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English satirical poet (d. 1680)

1651 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)

1704 - Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)

1713 - John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)

1755 - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (d. 1843)

1762 - Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)

1778 - William Hazlitt, English writer (d. 1830)

1783 - Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland as wife of Louis Bonaparte (d. 1837)

1794 - Matthew Perry, American commodore (d. 1858)

1829 - William Booth, English founder of the Salvation Army (d. 1912)

1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, American journalist and publisher (d. 1911)

1864 - Eugen d'Albert, German composer (d. 1932)

1867 - George William Russell, Irish nationalist, poet and artist (d. 1935)

1868 - George Arliss, English actor (d. 1946)

1870 (O.S.) - Vladimir Lenin, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1924)

1880 - Montague Summers, English writer (d. 1948)

1882 - Frances Perkins, American politician (d. 1965)

1887 - Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)

1894 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983)

1910 - Eddy Duchin, American musician (d. 1951)

1910 - Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (d. 2004)

1913 - Stefan Heym, German author (d. 2001)

1915 - Harry Morgan, American actor

1917 - Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)

1921 - Chuck Connors, American actor and baseball player (d. 1992)

1921 - Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (d. 2003)

1926 - Junior Samples, American musician (d. 1983)

1927 - Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1929 - Max von Sydow, Swedish actor

1930 - Claude Bolling, French jazz composer and pianist

1930 - Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress and comedienne (d. 2006)

1930 - Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian, film director, director and writer (d. 2001)

1932 - Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor

1934 - David Halberstam, American writer

1934 - Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist

1936 - John Madden, American football coach and broadcaster

1937 - Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet

1938 - Don Meredith, American football player and broadcaster

1941 - Paul Theroux, American author

1943 - Andrzej Bade?ski, Polish athlete

1946 - David Angell, American television producer (d. 2001)

1947 - Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician

1950 - Ken Griffey, Sr., baseball player

1950 - Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (P-Funk and The Temptations) (d. 1992)

1951 - David Helvarg, American journalist and environmental activist

1951 - Steven Seagal, American actor

1954 - Peter MacNicol, actor

1955 - Lesley Garrett, British soprano

1957 - Steve Gustafson, American rock bassist (10,000 Maniacs)

1958 - Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist

1958 - Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, American music producer, musician, and film producer

1959 - Brian Setzer, American musician (Stray Cats)

1960 - Afrika Bambaataa, American musician and activist

1960 - Katrina Leskanich, American singer (Katrina and the Waves)

1960 - Steve Bisciotti, owner of the Baltimore Ravens

1962 - Steve Tasker, American football player

1963 - Warren DeMartini, American rock guitarist (Ratt)

1965 - Tim Alexander, American musician

1968 - Orlando Jones, American actor and comedian

1969 - Billy Jayne, American actor

1970 - Kenny Lattimore, American singer

1970 - Mike Mushok, American rock guitarist (Staind)

1973 - Roberto Carlos da Silva, Brazilian footballer

1973 - Christopher Simmons, American designer

1975 - Chris Carrabba, American singer (Dashboard Confessional)

1979 - Shemekia Copeland, American singer

1979 - Rachel Corrie, American activist (d. 2003)

1979 - Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese artist

1979 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer

1979 - Marlena Hall (Troncoso) , American Comic Book Colorist/Web Designer

1980 - Charlie Hunnam, British actor

1980 - Kasey Kahne, American race-car driver

1980 - Bryce Soderberg, American rock bassist (Lifehouse)

1981 - Liz McClarnon, British singer

1983 - Ryan Merriman, American actor

1984 - Mandy Moore, American singer and actress

1987 - Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano

1988 - Haley Joel Osment, American actor

1990 - Alex Pettyfer, English actor

1991 - Amanda Michalka (AJ), American singer and actress