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Who was born on December 10

160 notable people were born on December 10. If it is your birthday too, you are in good company.

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Philip Hart — American lawyer and politician, born on December 10 1912.

Tetsuji Takechi — Japanese theatre and film director, born on December 10 1912.

Pannonica de Koenigswarter — British jazz patron and writer, born on December 10 1913.

Ray Nance — American jazz trumpeter, violinist, and singer, born on December 10 1913.

Dorothy Lamour — American actress and singer, born on December 10 1914.

Nicky Barr — Royal Australian Air Force officer, born on December 10 1915.

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Who was born on December 10?

160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on December 10, including Philip Hart, Tetsuji Takechi, Pannonica de Koenigswarter. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.

What happened on December 10?

53 documented historical events happened on December 10, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The Papal States, France, Aragon and the Holy Roman Empire formed the League of Cambrai, an alliance against the Republic of Venice. On the same day, in another year: Edmond Halley presented the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, containing Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, to the Royal Society. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.

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