Famous people born on 10 September

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

1. Jack Ma 1964Chinese businesspersonliving, 62
2. Arthur Compton 1892American physicistdied aged 69
3. Colin Firth 1960English actor and producerliving, 66
4. Pope Julius III 1487Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 67
5. Karl Lagerfeld 1933German fashion designerdied aged 85
6. Charles Sanders Peirce 1839American philosopher and logiciandied aged 74
7. Georges Bataille 1897French librariandied aged 64
8. Henry Purcell 1659English composerdied aged 36
9. Jared Diamond 1937American writerliving, 89
10. Stephen Jay Gould 1941American biologistdied aged 60
11. Guy Ritchie 1968British film directorliving, 58
12. Franz Werfel 1890Austrian playwright and poetdied aged 54