Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/August 10
Births
edit- 1397 - Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)
- 1856 - William Willett, English campaigner for daylight saving time (d. 1915)
- 1869 - Laurence Binyon, British poet (d. 1943)
- 1872 - Bill Johnson, American musician (d. 1972)
- 1874 - Herbert Hoover, (pictured) President of the United States (d. 1964)
- 1947 - Anwar Ibrahim, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
- 1960 - Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
- 1963 - Andrew Sullivan, English-born journalist
- 1965 - Claudia Christian, American actress
- 1971 - Roy Keane, Irish footballer
- 1971 - Sal Fasano, American baseball player
Deaths
edit- 1875 - Karl Andree, German geographer (b. 1808)
- 1910 - Henry Moseley, English physicist (b. 1887)
- 1945 - Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (b. 1882)