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December 10 in recent years

December 10 is the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 21 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1903Una Merkel, American actress (d. 1986)
  • 1904Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (d. 1975)
  • 1906 – Harold Adamson, American lyricist (d. 1980)
  • 1906 – Jules Ladoumègue, French runner (d. 1973)
  • 1907Rumer Godden, English author and poet (d. 1998)
  • 1907 – Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach (d. 2005)
  • 1907 – Amedeo Nazzari, Italian actor (d. 1979)
  • 1908Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)
  • 1909Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1990)
  • 1910Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (d. 1996)
  • 1911Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974)
  • 1912Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1976)
  • 1912 – Tetsuji Takechi, Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author (d. 1988)
  • 1912 – René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990)
  • 1913 – Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American jazz patron and writer (d. 1988)
  • 1913 – Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)
  • 1913 – Harry Locke, English actor (d. 1987)
  • 1913 – Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist, and singer (d. 1976)
  • 1914Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (d. 1996)
  • 1915Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot (d. 2006)
  • 1916Walt Arfons, American race car driver (d. 2013)
  • 1918 – Anne Gwynne, American actress (d. 2003)
  • 1918 – Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
  • 1919Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
  • 1920Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (d. 1977)
  • 1920 – Reginald Rose, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2002)
  • 1921 – Toh Chin Chye, Singaporean academic and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2012)
  • 1922Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (d. 2016)
  • 1923Harold Gould, American actor (d. 2010)
  • 1923 – Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (d. 2013)
  • 1924 – Ken Albers, American singer and musician (d. 2007)
  • 1924 – Michael Manley, Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997)
  • 1925Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (d. 2014)
  • 1926Guitar Slim, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
  • 1927 – Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (d. 2015)
  • 1927 – Danny Matt, German-Israeli general (d. 2013)
  • 1928Barbara Nichols, American actress (d. 1976)
  • 1930Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
  • 1930 – Ray Felix, American basketball player (d. 1991)
  • 1930 – Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, English farmer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
  • 1931 – Peter Baker, English-South African footballer and manager (d. 2016)
  • 1933Philip R. Craig, American author (d. 2007)
  • 1933 – Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese actor (d. 2006)
  • 1934Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
  • 1935 – Terry Allcock, English footballer and cricketer
  • 1935 – Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
  • 1936 – Howard Smith, American journalist, director, and producer (d. 2014)
  • 1938 – Bill Dunk, Australian golfer
  • 1938 – Yuri Temirkanov, Russian viola player and conductor (d. 2023)
  • 1939Dick Bavetta, American basketball player and referee
  • 1939 – Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist and academic
  • 1941 – Ken Campbell, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
  • 1941 – Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress and producer
  • 1941 – Tommy Kirk, American actor (d. 2021)
  • 1941 – Tommy Rettig, American child actor (d. 1996)
  • 1941 – Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (d. 1985)
  • 1942Ann Gloag, Scottish nurse and businesswoman
  • 1944Andris Bērziņš, Latvian businessman and politician, 8th President of Latvia
  • 1944 – John Birt, Baron Birt, English businessman
  • 1944 – Steve Renko, American baseball player
  • 1945 – Mukhtar Altynbayev, Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan
  • 1946Douglas Kenney, American satirist (d. 1980)
  • 1947 – Rasul Guliyev, Azerbaijani engineer and politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan
  • 1948 – Dušan Bajević, Bosnian footballer and manager
  • 1948 – Jessica Cleaves, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
  • 1948 – Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (d. 2013)
  • 1949Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ugandan-English journalist and author
  • 1949 – David Perdue, American politician
  • 1950John Boozman, American football player, lawyer, and politician
  • 1950 – Simon Owen, New Zealand golfer
  • 1951 – Johnny Rodriguez, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1952Clive Anderson, English lawyer and television host
  • 1952 – Susan Dey, American actress
  • 1952 – Greg Mortimer, Australian geologist and mountaineer
  • 1952 – Greg Laurie, American author and pastor
  • 1952 – Paul Varul, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Justice
  • 1953 – Chris Bury, American journalist and academic
  • 1954 – Eudine Barriteau, Barbadian economist and academic
  • 1954 – Price Cobb, American race car driver and manager
  • 1954 – Jack Hues, English singer-songwriter and musician
  • 1956Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois
  • 1956 – Roberto Cassinelli, Italian lawyer and politician
  • 1956 – Jan van Dijk, Dutch footballer and manager
  • 1957Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012)
  • 1957 – Paul Hardcastle, English composer and producer
  • 1957 – Prem Rawat, Indian-American guru and educator
  • 1958Cornelia Funke, German-American author
  • 1958 – Kathryn Stott, English pianist and academic
  • 1959Mark Aguirre, American basketball player and coach
  • 1959 – Udi Aloni, American-Israeli director and author
  • 1959 – Kevin Ash, English journalist and author (d. 2013)
  • 1959 – Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist
  • 1960Kenneth Branagh, British actor director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1960 – Kōichi Satō, Japanese actor
  • 1961Mark McKoy, Canadian hurdler and sprinter
  • 1961 – Nia Peeples, American singer and actress
  • 1962Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (d. 2015)
  • 1962 – John de Wolf, Dutch footballer and manager
  • 1963Jahangir Khan, Pakistani squash player
  • 1964 – Stephen Billington, English actor
  • 1964 – Stef Blok, Dutch banker and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior
  • 1964 – Bobby Flay, American chef and author
  • 1964 – Edith González, Mexican actress (d. 2019)
  • 1965 – Greg Giraldo, American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
  • 1965 – J Mascis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1965 – Stephanie Morgenstern, Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1966 – Rein Ahas, Estonian geographer and academic
  • 1966 – Robin Brooke, New Zealand rugby player
  • 1966 – Mel Rojas, Dominican baseball player
  • 1966 – Penelope Trunk, American writer
  • 1968 – Yōko Oginome, Japanese singer, actress, and voice actress
  • 1969 – Darren Berry, Australian cricketer and coach
  • 1969 – Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
  • 1970 – Kevin Sharp, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
  • 1970 – Bryant Stith, American basketball player and coach
  • 1972 – Donavon Frankenreiter, American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
  • 1972 – Brian Molko, British-Belgian singer-songwriter
  • 1973 – Rusty LaRue, American basketball player and coach
  • 1973 – Gabriela Spanic, Venezuelan actress
  • 1974Meg White, American drummer
  • 1975 – Steve Bradley, American wrestler (d. 2008)
  • 1975 – Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
  • 1975 – Josip Skoko, Australian footballer
  • 1976 – Shane Byrne, English motorcycle racer
  • 1978 – Anna Jesień, Polish hurdler
  • 1978 – Summer Phoenix, American actress
  • 1979 – Matt Bentley, American wrestler
  • 1979 – Iain Brunnschweiler, English cricketer
  • 1979 – Yang Jianping, Chinese recurve archer
  • 1980Sarah Chang, American violinist
  • 1981Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer
  • 1981 – Rene Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1981 – Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
  • 1982 – Claudia Hoffmann, German sprinter
  • 1982 – Sultan Kösen, Turkish farmer, tallest living person
  • 1983 – Patrick Flueger, American actor
  • 1983 – Xavier Samuel, Australian actor
  • 1984JTG, American wrestler
  • 1985Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer
  • 1985 – Roman Červenka, Czech ice hockey player
  • 1985 – Matt Forte, American football player
  • 1985 – Trésor Mputu, Congolese footballer
  • 1985 – Raven-Symoné, American actress, singer, and dancer
  • 1985 – Lê Công Vinh, Vietnamese footballer
  • 1986 – Kahlil Bell, American football player
  • 1987Gonzalo Higuaín, French-Argentinian footballer
  • 1988Wilfried Bony, Ivorian footballer
  • 1988 – Neven Subotić, Serbian footballer
  • 1989Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, French politician
  • 1989 – Tom Sexton, Australian-Irish rugby player
  • 1990 – Kazenga LuaLua, Congolese-English footballer
  • 1990 – Sakiko Matsui, Japanese singer and actress
  • 1990 – Wil Myers, American baseball player
  • 1990 – Teyana Taylor, American singer, songwriter, choreographer, and actress
  • 1990 – Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2010)
  • 1991KiKi Layne, American actress
  • 1991 – Eric Reid, American football player
  • 1991 – Dion Waiters, American basketball player
  • 1992 – Carlos Rodón, American baseball player
  • 1992 – Melissa Roxburgh, Canadian-American actress
  • 1994 – Richard Kennar, Samoan rugby league player
  • 1994 – Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer
  • 1995Tacko Fall, Senegalese basketball player
  • 1996Joe Burrow, American football player
  • 1996 – Kang Daniel, South Korean singer and entrepreneur
  • 1997 – Viktoriia Savtsova, Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer
  • 1998 – Lucia Bronzetti, Italian tennis player

Deaths

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1601–1900

1901–present

Holidays and observances

See also

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