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Who was born on February 10
160 notable people were born on February 10. If it is your birthday too, you are in good company.
- 160births
- 41events
Best known
Best known
José Manuel Castañón
Spanish writer
Alex Comfort
British academic and physician
Árpád Göncz
President of Hungary from 1990 to 2000
Allie Sherman
American gridiron football player and coach
Max Ferguson
Canadian radio personality, satirist, and actor
Bud Poile
Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive
José Manuel Castañón — Spanish writer, born on February 10 1920.
Alex Comfort — British academic and physician, born on February 10 1920.
Árpád Göncz — President of Hungary from 1990 to 2000, born on February 10 1922.
Allie Sherman — American gridiron football player and coach, born on February 10 1923.
Max Ferguson — Canadian radio personality, satirist, and actor, born on February 10 1924.
Bud Poile — Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive, born on February 10 1924.
All entries
- 1920
Neva PattersonAmerican actress
- 1922MMestre GabrielBrazilian spiritual leader
- 1925
Pierre MondyFrench actor and director - 1926
Sidney Bryan BerryUS Army general officer
- 1926
Danny BlanchflowerNorthern Irish footballer - 1927
Leontyne PriceAmerican soprano (born 1927) - 1929
Jerry GoldsmithAmerican film composer - 1929
Jim WhittakerAmerican mountaineer - 1929
Lou WhittakerAmerican mountaineer - 1930EE. L. KonigsburgAmerican writer
- 1930
Robert WagnerAmerican actor (born 1930)
- 1931
James West (inventor)American inventor and acoustician (born 1931) - 1932
Barrie InghamEnglish actor - 1933
Faramarz PayvarIranian composer and santur player - 1933
Richard SchickelAmerican film scholar - 1934FFleur AdcockNew Zealand poet
- 1935TTheodore AntoniouGreek composer and conductor
- 1935
Barbara Maier GusternAmerican vocal coach - 1937
Anne Anderson (researcher)Scottish researcher - 1937
Roberta FlackAmerican singer - 1939
Adrienne ClarksonGovernor General of Canada from 1999 to 2005 - 1939
Deolinda RodriguesAngolan revolutionary - 1940
Mary RandEnglish athlete - 1940
Kenny RankinAmerican singer and songwriter - 1941
Michael AptedEnglish television and filmmaker - 1941
Dick CarlsonAmerican journalist and diplomat - 1944
Peter Allen (musician)Australian singer-songwriter - 1944
Frank KeatingAmerican politician (born 1944) - 1944
Frances Moore LappéAmerican researcher and author
- 1944RRufus ReidAmerican bassist, educator, and composer
- 1945
Delma S. ArrigoitiaPuerto Rican historian - 1945GGlynn SaultersAmerican basketball player
- 1946
Dick AndersonAmerican football player (born 1946) - 1947
Louise ArbourGovernor General of Canada since 2026 - 1947
Butch MorrisAmerican cornetist, composer and conductor - 1947
Nicholas Owen (journalist)British journalist - 1949
Nigel OlssonEnglish drummer (born 1949) - 1950
Luis Donaldo Colosio MurrietaMexican politician, economist, and presidential candidate - 1950
Mark SpitzAmerican Olympic swimmer (born 1950) - 1951
Bob IgerAmerican media executive (born 1951) - 1952
Lee Hsien LoongPrime Minister of Singapore from 2004 to 2024, Senior Minister of Singapore since 2024 - 1955
Jim CramerAmerican stockbroker and television personality (born 1955) - 1955
Tom LaGardeAmerican basketball player - 1955
Greg NormanAustralian professional golfer (born 1955) - 1956
Kathleen BellerAmerican actress (born 1956) - 1956JJames Martin GrahamAmerican Catholic priest and AIDS ministry leader
- 1956
Enele SopoagaPrime Minister of Tuvalu from 2013 to 2019 - 1957
Katherine FreeseAmerican astrophysicist - 1958
Ricardo GarecaArgentine footballer and manager (born 1958) - 1959
John CalipariAmerican college basketball coach (born 1959) - 1960
Jim KentAmerican research scientist and computer programmer
- 1961
Alexander PayneAmerican filmmaker (born 1961) - 1961
George StephanopoulosAmerican government official, journalist, and writer (born 1961) - 1962
Cliff BurtonAmerican bassist - 1962
Bobby CzyzAmerican boxer (born 1962) - 1962
Randy VelischekCanadian ice hockey player (born 1962) - 1963
Lenny DykstraAmerican baseball player (born 1963) - 1964
Glenn BeckAmerican political commentator (born 1964) - 1966
Natalie BennettAustralian-British politician (born 1966) - 1966
Daryl JohnstonAmerican football player and executive (born 1966) - 1966
David CordaniAmerican business executive (born 1966) - 1967
Laura DernAmerican actress (born 1967) - 1967
Jacky DurandFrench cyclist - 1967
Vince GilliganAmerican screenwriter and filmmaker (born 1967) - 1968
Peter PopovicIce hockey player - 1968
Garrett ReismanAmerican engineer and former NASA astronaut (born 1968) - 1969
Joe MangrumAmerican artist - 1969JJames Small (rugby union)South African rugby union player
- 1970
Melissa DoyleAustralian television presenter (born 1970) - 1970
Noureddine NaybetMoroccan footballer (born 1970) - 1970
Åsne SeierstadNorwegian journalist and author (born 1970) - 1971
Lorena RojasMexican actress and singer - 1972
Michael KasprowiczAustralian cricketer - 1973
Martha Lane FoxBritish businesswoman (born 1973); member of the House of Lords - 1974
Elizabeth BanksAmerican actress (born 1974) - 1974
Ty LawAmerican football player (born 1974) - 1974
Ivri LiderIsraeli musician - 1974
Henry Paul (rugby)New Zealand international rugby league and England international rugby union footballer - 1975
Hiroki KurodaJapanese baseball player (born 1975) - 1975
Tina ThompsonAmerican basketball player (born 1975) - 1976
Lance BerkmanAmerican baseball player (born 1976) - 1976
Keeley HawesBritish actress (born 1976) - 1977
Salif DiaoSenegalese footballer (born 1977) - 1978
Don OmarPuerto Rican rapper (born 1978) - 1979
Joey HandAmerican racing driver (born 1979) - 1980
César IzturisVenezuelan baseball player (born 1980) - 1980
Enzo MarescaItalian football manager (born 1980) - 1980
Mike RibeiroCanadian ice hockey player (born 1980) - 1980BBruno ŠundovCroatian basketball player (born 1980)
- 1981
Uzo AdubaAmerican actress (born 1981) - 1981
Stephanie BeatrizAmerican actress and singer (born 1981) - 1981MMax Brown (British actor)British actor
- 1981
Andrew Johnson (footballer, born 1981)English footballer (born 1981) - 1981
Barry SloaneEnglish actor - 1981
Holly WilloughbyEnglish television presenter, model and author (born 1981) - 1982
Hamad Al-TayyarKuwaiti footballer - 1982
Justin GatlinAmerican sprinter (born 1982) - 1982TTarmo NeemeloEstonian footballer (born 1982)
- 1982
Iafeta PaleaaesinaNew Zealand international rugby league footballer - 1983
Vic FuentesAmerican musician (born 1983) - 1984
Greg Bird (rugby league)Australian rugby league footballer
- 1984
Alex GordonAmerican baseball player (born 1984) - 1984
Kim Hyo-jinSouth Korean actress (born 1984) - 1984
Zaza PachuliaGeorgian basketball player (born 1984) - 1985
Selçuk İnanTurkish footballer and manager (born 1985) - 1985
Paul MillsapAmerican basketball player (born 1985) - 1986
Jeff AdrienAmerican basketball player (born 1986) - 1986
Josh AkognonNigerian-American basketball player - 1986
Radamel FalcaoColombian footballer (born 1986) - 1986
Nahuel GuzmánArgentine footballer (born 1986) - 1986
Roberto Jiménez (footballer, born 1986)Spanish footballer - 1986
Viktor TroickiSerbian tennis player (born 1986) - 1987
Justin Braun (ice hockey)American ice hockey player (born 1987) - 1987
Jakub KindlCzech ice hockey player (born 1987) - 1987FFacundo RoncagliaArgentine footballer (born 1987)
- 1988
Francesco AcerbiItalian footballer (born 1988) - 1989
Travis d'ArnaudAmerican baseball player (born 1989) - 1989
Liam HendriksAustralian baseball player (born 1989) - 1989
Birgit SkarsteinNorwegian Paralympic athlete - 1990
Yuri BerchicheSpanish footballer (born 1990) - 1990
Trevante RhodesAmerican actor and former sprinter (born 1990) - 1990
Choi Soo-youngSouth Korean singer and actress (born 1990) - 1991
C. J. AndersonAmerican football player and coach (born 1991)
- 1991RRebecca DempsterScottish footballer (born 1991)
- 1991
Emma RobertsAmerican actress, singer and producer (born 1991) - 1992
Haruka NakagawaIndonesia-based Japanese musical artist - 1992
Reinhold YaboGerman footballer (born 1992)
- 1993
Yasser IbrahimEgyptian footballer (born 1993) - 1993
Max KeplerGerman baseball player (born 1993) - 1993LLuis MadrigalMexican footballer (born 1993)
- 1993
Filip TwardzikCzech footballer (born 1993) - 1994
Son Na-eunSouth Korean actress (born 1994) - 1994
SeulgiSouth Korean singer (born 1994) - 1994MMakenzie VegaAmerican actress (born 1994)
- 1994
Miguel AlmirónParaguayan footballer (born 1994) - 1995
Sterling Brown (basketball)American basketball player (born 1995) - 1995
Bobby PortisAmerican basketball player (born 1995) - 1995
Carolane SoucisseCanadian-Irish ice dancer (born 1995) - 1995
Lexi ThompsonAmerican professional golfer (born 1995) - 1995
Naby KeïtaGuinean footballer (born 1995) - 1996
Alexandar GeorgievRussian ice hockey player (born 1996) - 1996EEmanuel MammanaArgentine footballer (born 1996)
- 1997
Josh Jackson (basketball)American basketball player (born 1997) - 1997
Lilly KingAmerican swimmer (born 1997) - 1997
Chloë Grace MoretzAmerican actress (born 1997) - 1997
Nadia PodoroskaArgentine tennis player (born 1997) - 1997
Josh RosenAmerican football player (born 1997) - 1997
Adam Armstrong (footballer)English footballer (born 1997) - 1999
Tiffany EspensenAmerican actress (born 1999) - 2000
María Lourdes CarléArgentine tennis player (born 2000) - 2000
Yara ShahidiAmerican actress and producer (born 2000) - 2001SSergio CamelloSpanish footballer (born 2001)
- 2006
Megan SkiendielAmerican singer, dancer and actress (born 2006) - 2009AAntonio ArenaItalian footballer (born 2009)
Frequently asked questions
Who was born on February 10?
160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on February 10, including José Manuel Castañón, Alex Comfort, Árpád Göncz. 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 February 10?
41 documented historical events happened on February 10, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire: the city of Bukhara was captured and looted by the Mongol army of Genghis Khan. On the same day, in another year: The last Abbasid caliph surrendered Baghdad to the besieging Mongol army of Hulegu Khan, who later sacked the city, killing hundreds of thousands of people. 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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