The 191st day of the year, the 192nd in a leap year
Born on 10 July
Every 10 July birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Cancer, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- CancerWater, cardinal, ruled by the Moon.
- Birthstone
- RubyThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Larkspur, Water lilyUsually taken today to mean an open heart and purity.
- Most common weekdays
- Sunday and Friday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 10 July in any year.
Which weekday 10 July falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 10 July falls on every day of the week: Sunday 16, Friday 16, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Wednesday 15.
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How common a birthday 10 July is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,888 babies were born on 10 July in each year of the twenty, making it the 27th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 10 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Nikola Tesla | 1856–1943 | Serbian-American engineer and inventor |
| Marcel Proust | 1871–1922 | French novelist, critic and essayist |
| Mahathir Mohamad | 1925– | Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and 2018 to 2020 |
| John Calvin | 1509–1564 | French Protestant reformer |
| Alice Munro | 1931–2024 | Canadian writer |
| Camille Pissarro | 1830–1903 | Danish-French painter |
| Rajnath Singh | 1951– | Indian politician |
| Jessica Simpson | 1980– | American singer and actress |
| Sofía Vergara | 1972– | Colombian-American actress and model |
| Stefán Karl Stefánsson | 1975–2018 | Icelandic actor |
| Kurt Alder | 1902–1958 | German chemist |
| Ronnie James Dio | 1942–2010 | American heavy metal singer |
| Mario Gómez | 1985– | German-Spanish association football player |
| Owen Chamberlain | 1920–2006 | American physicist |
| Giorgio de Chirico | 1888–1978 | Italian artist |
| Prokopis Pavlopoulos | 1950– | Greek politician, former president of the Hellenic Republic |
| Arthur Ashe | 1943–1993 | American tennis player |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor | 1977– | British actor |
Died on 10 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Omar Sharif | 1932–2015 | Egyptian actor |
| Louis Daguerre | 1787–1851 | French scientist, artist and photographer |
| William the Silent | 1533–1584 | Dutch statesman and revolt leader |
| Henry II of France | 1519–1559 | King of France from 1547 to 1559 |
| Pope Benedict VII | died 983 | pope |
| Paul Morphy | 1837–1884 | US chess player |
| Shamil Basayev | 1965–2006 | Chechen militant Islamist leader |
| Emperor Taizong of Tang | 598–649 | Chinese emperor of the Tang Dynasty (r. 626-649) |
| Catherine Cornaro | 1454–1510 | Queen of Cyprus |
| Mel Blanc | 1908–1989 | American voice actor |
| Jack Charlton | 1935–2020 | English footballer and manager |
| Canute IV of Denmark | 1043–1086 | King of Denmark from 1080 to 1086 |
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