Famous people born in 1910

The best-known people born in 1910, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

Mother Teresa
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary (1910–1997)
August 26 · d. 1997
Photo: Túrelio, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
Akira Kurosawa
Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998)
March 23 · d. 1998
Photo: 映画の友 (Eiga no tomo), Public domain
Dorothy Hodgkin
British chemist
May 12 · d. 1994
Photo: University of Bristol, CC BY-SA 2.0
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
June 11 · d. 1997
Photo: NASA employee, Public domain
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Indian-American astrophysicist
October 19 · d. 1995
Photo: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Gift of Kameshwar Wali, Attribution
William Shockley
American physicist and inventor (1910–1989)
February 13 · d. 1989
Photo: Chuck Painter / Stanford News Service, CC BY 3.0
Jean Anouilh
French playwright (1910–1987)
June 23 · d. 1987
Photo: fr:Studio Harcourt, Public domain
Jacques Monod
French biologist and biochemist, Nobel laureate (1910-1976)
February 9 · d. 1976
Photo: Farabola, Public domain
Irena Sendler
Polish resistance fighter and Holocaust rescuer (1910-2008)
February 15 · d. 2008
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Konrad Zuse
German computer scientist and engineer (1910 - 1995)
June 22 · d. 1995
Photo: Wolfgang Hunscher, Dortmund, CC BY-SA 3.0
Paulette Goddard
American actress (1910–1990)
June 3 · d. 1990
Photo: New York Daily News Color Studio, Public domain
David Niven
British actor and novelist (1910–1983)
March 1 · d. 1983
Photo: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0
Luise Rainer
German-born actress (1910–2014)
January 12 · d. 2014
Photo: Vandamm Studio, Public domain
Giuseppe Meazza
Italian association football player and manager (1910-1979)
August 23 · d. 1979
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Ronald Coase
British economist and Nobel laureate (1910–2013)
December 29 · d. 2013
Photo: University of Chicago Law School, Attribution
Django Reinhardt
Romani-Belgian /French jazz musician (1910–1953)
January 23 · d. 1953
Photo: Studio Harcourt, Public domain
Jean Genet
French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist (1910-1986)
December 19 · d. 1986
Photo: International Progress Organization, CC BY-SA 3.0
Gloria Stuart
American actress (1910–2010)
July 4 · d. 2010
Photo: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Paul Flory
American chemist (1910-1985)
June 19 · d. 1985
Photo: Unknown (Associated Press), Public domain
R. Venkataraman
President of India from 1987 to 1992
December 4 · d. 2009
Photo: Jaisingh rathore at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5
A. J. Ayer
English philosopher
October 29 · d. 1989
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Archer John Porter Martin
British chemist (1910–2002)
March 1 · d. 2002
Dominique Pire
Belgian Dominican friar (1910–1969)
February 10 · d. 1969
Photo: Not known. Photo is held by the Dominican order in Belgium, CC BY-SA 2.5
William Hanna
American animator (1910–2001)
July 14 · d. 2001
Photo: Photo by Elson-Alexandre, Los Angeles, Public domain
Tjalling Koopmans
Dutch American economist (1910–1985)
August 28 · d. 1985
Photo: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC0
Robert K. Merton
American sociologist (1910–2003)
July 4 · d. 2003
Chiang Ching-kuo
6th and 7th President of Republic of China
April 27 · d. 1988
Photo: 國民大會秘書處, Attribution
Claire Trevor
American actress (1910–2000)
March 8 · d. 2000
Photo: New York Sunday News, Public domain
Diosdado Macapagal
President of the Philippines from 1961 to 1965
September 28 · d. 1997
Photo: PH1 Nelson Archey, Public domain
Kim Yong-sik
Japanese and South Korean association football player (1910-1985)
July 25 · d. 1985
Photo: Photographer: unknown, Editor/Publisher: Asahi-Shinbun, Public domain

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January

January 3 · John Sturges, American film director (1910–1992)
January 8 · Galina Ulanova, Soviet ballet dancer (1910-1998)
January 9 · Michel Aflaq, Syrian philosopher, sociologist and Arab nationalist (1910–1989)
January 11 · Trygve Bratteli, 26th Prime Minister of Norway
January 20 · Joy Adamson, Austrian-British naturalist, painter, writer, collector and illustrator (1910–1980)
January 27 · Edvard Kardelj, Yugoslav politician (1910–1979)

February

February 5 · Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer (1910-2010)
February 12 · Lee Byung-chul, South Korean business man; founder of the Samsung Group (1910–1987)
February 12 · Gunnar Höckert, Finnish runner (1910–1940)
February 21 · Douglas Bader, British World flying ace (1910-1982)
February 26 · Sergey Gorshkov, Soviet admiral (1910–1988)
February 27 · Joan Bennett, American actress (1910–1990)

March

March 4 · Tancredo Neves, Brazilian politician (1910-1985)
March 5 · Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, created instant noodle (ramyeon), Nissin Chikin Ramen
March 9 · Samuel Barber, American composer (1910-1981)
March 12 · Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician (1910-1980)
March 16 · Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (1910-1991)
March 28 · Ingrid of Sweden, queen consort of Denmark

April

April 4 · Barthélemy Boganda, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic autonomous territory (1910-1959)
April 10 · Helenio Herrera, Argentine-French football player and manager (1910-1997)
April 11 · António de Spínola, President of Portugal (1974)
April 15 · Miguel Najdorf, Polish-Argentine chess player (1910-1997)
April 26 · Meša Selimović, Yugoslavian writer
April 27 · Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli, Brazilian politician (1910-1975)

May

May 10 · Eric Berne, Canadian psychiatrist (1910-1970)
May 12 · Johan Ferrier, Dutch-Surinamese politician (1910-2010)
May 16 · Olga Bergholz, Soviet poet
May 23 · Artie Shaw, American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (1910-2004)
May 24 · August Landmesser, German shipyard worker and anti-Nazi protester (1910–1944)
May 26 · Adolfo López Mateos, 55th President of Mexico

June

June 8 · John W. Campbell, American science fiction writer (1910–1971)
June 9 · Robert Cummings, American actor (1910–1990)
June 10 · Howlin' Wolf, American blues musician (1910–1976)
June 10 · Armen Takhtajan, Soviet-Armenian botanist (1910-2009)
June 16 · Juan Velasco Alvarado, 50th President of Peru (1910-1977)
June 21 · Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Soviet poet (1910–1971)

July

July 4 · Robert Desnos, French writer
July 15 · Enrique Guaita, Italian footballer
July 15 · Aleksandar Tirnanić, Serbian footballer (1910–1992)
July 17 · Barbara O'Neil, actress (1910-1980)
July 21 · Viggo Kampmann, Danish politician (1910-1976)
July 27 · Julien Gracq, French writer (1910-2007)

August

August 1 · Gerda Taro, German photographer, best known for her reporting on the Spanish Civil War (1910–1937)
August 8 · Sylvia Sidney, American actress (1910–1999)
August 12 · Yusof bin Ishak, 1st President of Singapore (1910–1970)
August 12 · Jane Wyatt, American actress (1910–2006)
August 13 · Said bin Taimur Al Said, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1910-1972)
August 20 · Eero Saarinen, American architect (1910–1961)

September

September 1 · Edda Mussolini, Italian noblewoman and socialite, Benito Mussolini's daughter (1910-1995)
September 3 · Kitty Carlisle, American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910–2007)
September 8 · Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and theatre director (1910–1994)
September 14 · Jack Hawkins, British film and stage actor (1910-1973)
September 20 · Dorothy Vaughan, African-American mathematician
September 24 · Cao Yu, Chinese writer (1910-1996)

October

October 2 · Aldo Olivieri, Italian footballer and manager (1910-2001)
October 8 · Paulette Dubost, French actress
October 8 · Kirk Alyn, American actor (1910-1999)
October 14 · John Wooden, American basketball coach (1910–2010)
October 27 · Jack Carson, Canadian-born American-based film actor
October 30 · Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet (1910–1942)

November

November 2 · Tefta Tashko-Koço, Albanian artist (1910–1947)
November 2 · Fei Xiaotong, Chinese anthropologist, sociologist (1910-2005)
November 3 · Karel Zeman, Czech film director, artist and animator (1910–1989)
November 17 · Rachel de Queiroz, Brazilian writer and journalist (1910-2003)
November 21 · Qian Zhongshu, Chinese literary scholar and writer (1910–1998)
November 26 · Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (1910–1993)

December

December 1 · Louis Slotin, Canadian physicist and chemist (1910-1946)
December 7 · Louis Prima, American musician (1910–1978)
December 7 · Yekaterina Furtseva, Soviet politician (1910-1974)
December 23 · Infanta María de las Mercedes, Countess of Barcelona, Spanish and Two Sicilian royal
December 24 · Fritz Leiber, American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction (1910–1992)
December 30 · Paul Bowles, American composer and writer (1910–1999)

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