August 10 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on August 10, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♌︎ Leo
Jul 23 – Aug 22
Birth stone
Peridot
Birth flower
Gladiolus
How common
#96 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous August 10 birthdays
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour · First Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy from March to June in 18611810
Abai Qunanbaiuly · Kazakh poet, philosopher and composer1845
Herbert Hoover · President of the United States from 1929 to 19331874
Frank Marshall · American chess player1877
Arne Tiselius · Swedish biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry1902
Leo Fender · American inventor and founder of the Fender company1909
Jorge Amado · Brazilian writer1912
Wolfgang Paul · German physicist1913
Louis E. Brus · American chemist1943
Anwar Ibrahim · Prime Minister of Malaysia since 20221947
Juan Manuel Santos · President of Colombia from 2010 to 20181951
Rosanna Arquette · American actress1959
Antonio Banderas · Spanish actor1960
Suzanne Collins · American television writer and novelist1962
André Sogliuzzo · American voice actor1966
Justin Theroux · American actor and filmmaker1971
Javier Zanetti · Argentine association football player1973
Devon Aoki · American actress and fashion model1982
Lucas Till · American actor1990
Kylie Jenner · American media personality1997
On this day in history
1861American Civil War: The first major battle west of the Mississippi River, the Battle of Wilson's Creek, was fought.
1988The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during World War II.
2007Amid large protests against the impending demolition of the Queen's Pier, the Hong Kong High Court dismissed legal attempts to preserve the landmark.
2019Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and convicted sex offender, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York.
1901The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers began an ultimately unsuccessful strike to reverse its declining fortunes and organize large numbers of new members.
1953First Indochina War: The French Union withdrew its forces from Operation Camargue against the Việt Minh in central modern-day Vietnam.
1954At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
1971The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
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