Born on April 10
April 10 birthdays & history
If you were born on April 10, you share a birthday with Steven Seagal, Hugo Grotius and Omar Sharif. April 10 babies are Aries, with diamond as their birthstone and the daisy as their birth flower. April 10 is the 101st day of the year in leap years (100th in other years).
Famous people born on April 10
- 1952Steven Seagal, American actor, producer, and martial artist
- 1583Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and jurist
- 1932Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor and screenwriter
- 1973Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer and manager
- 1847Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American journalist, publisher, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc.
- 1929Max von Sydow, Swedish-French actor
- 1755Samuel Hahnemann, German-French medical doctor and academic
- 1917Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1986Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer and manager
- 1992Daisy Ridley, English actress
What happened on April 10
- 428Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 837Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles).
- 1724Bach led the first performance of his cantata Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, his first cantata composed for Easter in Leipzig.
- 1816The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
- 1858Big Ben, the bell in the Palace of Westminster's clock tower in London, was cast after the original bell cracked during testing.
- 1866The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
- 1872The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
- 1887On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
- 1896Summer Olympics: The Olympic marathon is run ending with the victory of Greek athlete Spyridon Louis.
- 1925The Great Gatsby, a novel by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, was first published by Scribner's.
- 1970In the midst of business disagreements with his bandmates, Paul McCartney announced his departure from the Beatles.
- 1998The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
Also observed on April 10
- Day of the Builder (Azerbaijan)
- Feast of the Third Day of the Writing of the Book of the Law (Thelema)
- Siblings Day (International observance)
Questions, answered
What star sign is April 10?
People born on April 10 are Aries. Their birthstone is diamond and their birth flower is the daisy.
Which famous people were born on April 10?
Steven Seagal (1952), Hugo Grotius (1583), Omar Sharif (1932), Roberto Carlos (1973), Joseph Pulitzer (1847), Max von Sydow (1929) were all born on April 10.
What happened on April 10 in history?
Among other things: in 1925, The Great Gatsby, a novel by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, was first published by Scribner's; in 1970, In the midst of business disagreements with his bandmates, Paul McCartney announced his departure from the Beatles; in 1998, The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
Can I get a newspaper front page from April 10?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any April 10 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “April 10”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.