The 283rd day of the year, the 284th in a leap year
Born on 10 October
Every 10 October birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Libra, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LibraAir, cardinal, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- Opal, TourmalineThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Marigold, CosmosUsually taken today to mean warmth and order.
- Most common weekdays
- Monday and Saturday16 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 October in any year.
Which weekday 10 October falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 10 October falls on every day of the week: Monday 16, Saturday 16, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Thursday 15.
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How common a birthday 10 October is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,886 babies were born on 10 October in each year of the twenty, making it the 28th 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 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Giuseppe Verdi | 1813–1901 | Italian opera composer |
| Fridtjof Nansen | 1861–1930 | Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate |
| Harold Pinter | 1930–2008 | British playwright |
| Naoto Kan | 1946– | Prime Minister of Japan from 2010 to 2011 |
| Claude Simon | 1913–2005 | French writer |
| Henry Cavendish | 1731–1810 | English natural philosopher and scientist |
| Isabella II | 1830–1904 | Queen of Spain from 1833 to 1868 |
| Helen Hayes | 1900–1993 | American actress |
| Xherdan Shaqiri | 1991– | Swiss association football player |
| Antoine Watteau | 1684–1721 | French painter |
| Roman Jakobson | 1896–1982 | Russian linguist |
| Gerhard Ertl | 1936– | German physicist |
| Alberto Giacometti | 1901–1966 | Swiss sculptor and painter |
| Thelonious Monk | 1917–1982 | American jazz pianist and composer |
| Mercè Rodoreda | 1908–1983 | Spanish writer |
| Yves Chauvin | 1930–2015 | French chemist |
| Rekha | 1954– | Indian actress |
| Aleksis Kivi | 1834–1872 | Finnish writer |
Died on 10 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Édith Piaf | 1915–1963 | French singer |
| Orson Welles | 1915–1985 | American actor and filmmaker |
| Husayn ibn Ali | 626–680 | grandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Shia Imam |
| Abel Tasman | 1603–1659 | Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike | 1916–2000 | Prime Minister of Ceylon and Sri Lanka three times between 1960 and 2000 |
| Ludwig von Mises | 1881–1973 | Austrian-American economist |
| Christopher Reeve | 1952–2004 | American actor |
| Charles Fourier | 1772–1837 | French utopian socialist and philosopher |
| Pope Valentine | died 827 | Pope in 827 |
| Yul Brynner | 1920–1985 | Russian-born American actor |
| Milton Obote | 1925–2005 | President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985 |
| Édouard Daladier | 1884–1970 | French politician |
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