Famous people born on 10 May

17 of the people we track were born on 10 May, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Fred Astaire 1899American dancer and choreographerdied aged 88
2. Heydar Aliyev 1923Politician who served as President of Azerbaijandied aged 80
3. Bono 1960Irish singerliving, 66
4. Gustav Stresemann 1878German politiciandied aged 51
5. Dennis Bergkamp 1969Dutch footballerliving, 57
6. KBKarl Barth 1886Swiss theologiandied aged 82
7. Sid Vicious 1957British musiciandied aged 21
8. Augustin-Jean Fresnel 1788French engineer and physicistdied aged 39
9. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle 1760French officerdied aged 76
10. Benito Pérez Galdós 1843Spanish novelistdied aged 76
11. Claudius Gothicus AD 214Roman emperordied aged 55 or 56
12. Alfred Jodl 1890German soldierdied aged 56
13. George E. Smith 1930American physicistdied aged 95
14. John Wilkes Booth 1838American stage actordied aged 26
15. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin 1900British-born astronomerdied aged 79
16. Arnold Rüütel 1928Estonian politician who served as President of Estoniadied aged 96
17. Richarlison 1997Brazilian footballerliving, 29