What happened on May 10 ?

563 BCE - Siddhartha Gautama, later Buddha (d. 483 BCE)

1265 - Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)

1604 - Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)

1641 - Dudley North, English economist (d. 1691)

1727 - Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (d. 1781)

1760 - Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (d. 1826)

1770 - Louis Nicolas Davout, French marshal (d. 1823)

1788 - Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist (d. 1827)

1838 - John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)

1841 - James Gordon Bennett Jr., American publisher (d. 1918)

1866 - Léon Bakst, Russian artist (d. 1924)

1872 - Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (d. 1950)

1876 - Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer (d. 1918)

1878 - Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1929)

1879 - Symon Petlura, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1926)

1886 - Karl Barth, Swiss Protestant theologian (d. 1968)

1886 - Felix Manalo, first Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)

1888 - Max Steiner, Austrian composer (d. 1971)

1889 - Mae Murray, American actress (d. 1965)

1890 - Alfred Jodl, German general (d. 1946)

1897 - Einar Gerhardsen, Prime minister of Norway (d. 1987)

1899 - Fred Astaire, American singer, dancer, and actor (d. 1987)

1899 - Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-born composer (d. 1979)

1902 - Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (d. 1974)

1902 - David O. Selznick, American film producer (d. 1965)

1903 - Otto Bradfisch, nazi leader (d. 1994)

1909 - Maybelle Carter, American musician

1916 - Milton Babbitt, American composer

1927 - Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author

1928 - Arnold Rüütel, Estonian president

1930 - Pat Summerall, American football player and broadcaster

1933 - Barbara Taylor Bradford, English writer

1934 - Cliff Wilson, Welsh snooker player (d. 1994)

1936 - Gary Owens, American actor and announcer

1937 - Tamara Press, Soviet athlete

1944 - Jim Abrahams, American film director

1946 - Donovan, Scottish musician

1946 - Dave Mason, English musician (Traffic)

1952 - Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer

1953 - John Diamond, British journalist (d. 2001)

1955 - Chris Berman, American sportscaster

1955 - Mark David Chapman, American assassin of John Lennon

1956 - Vladislav Listyev, Russian television anchor and journalist

1957 - Sid Vicious, English bassist (The Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)

1958 - Rick Santorum, U.S. Senator

1958 - Yu Suzuki, creator of Virtua Fighter series

1960 - Bono, Irish singer (U2)

1961 - Danny Carey, American Drummer (Tool, Pigmy Love Circus)

1965 - Linda Evangelista, Canadian model

1966 - Jonathan Edwards, British athlete

1967 - Scott Brison, Canadian politician

1967 - Young MC, American rapper

1969 - Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer

1970 - David Weir, Scottish footballer

1971 - ÿdne Søndrål, Norwegian speed skater

1972 - Rados?aw Majdan, Polish footballer

1974 - Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer

1975 - Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver

1976 - Rob Malda, founder of Slashdot

1977 - Nick Heidfeld, German Formula 1 driver

1977 - Denise Ho, Hong Kong singer

1977 - Henri Camara, Senegalese footballer

1978 - Kenan Thompson, American actor

1979 - Lee Hyori, South Korean singer

1982 - Adebayo Akinfenwa, English footballer