Famous people born on 10 October

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

1. Giuseppe Verdi 1813Italian composerdied aged 87
2. Ivo Andrić 1892Novelistdied aged 82
3. Fridtjof Nansen 1861Norwegian polar explorerdied aged 68
4. Harold Pinter 1930British playwrightdied aged 78
5. Naoto Kan 1946Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japanliving, 80
6. Claude Simon 1913French writerdied aged 91
7. Selim I 1470Caliphdied aged 49
8. Henry Cavendish 1731English physicist and chemistdied aged 78
9. Pavel Durov 1984Entrepreneurliving, 42
10. Isabella II 1830Monarch of Spaindied aged 73
11. Ilya Frank 1908Soviet physicistdied aged 81
12. Helen Hayes 1900American actordied aged 92
13. Xherdan Shaqiri 1991Swiss footballerliving, 35
14. Antoine Watteau 1684French painterdied aged 36
15. Carolyn Bertozzi 1966American chemistliving, 60
16. Gerhard Ertl 1936German physicistliving, 90
17. Alberto Giacometti 1901Swiss sculptor and painterdied aged 64
18. Thelonious Monk 1917American pianist and composerdied aged 64
19. Rekha 1954Indian actorliving, 72