Famous people born on 10 August

• Herbert HooverPresident of the United States from 1929 to 1933 · 1874–1964
  90 yrs
• Camillo Benso di CavourFirst Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy from March to June in 1861 · 1810–1861
  50 yrs
• Jorge AmadoBrazilian writer · 1912–2001
  88 yrs
• Wolfgang PaulGerman physicist · 1913–1993
  80 yrs
• Norma Shearer ↗Canadian-American actress · 1902–1983
  80 yrs
• Abay Kunanbaiuly ↗Kazakh poet, philosopher and composer · 1845–1904
  58 yrs
• Arne Tiselius ↗Swedish biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry · 1902–1971
  69 yrs
• Giya Kancheli ↗Soviet and Georgian composer · 1935–2019
  84 yrs
• Jean-François Lyotard ↗French philosopher · 1924–1998
  73 yrs
• V. V. Giri ↗Indian politician and 4th president of India · 1894–1980
  85 yrs
• Alfred Döblin ↗German expressionist novelist · 1878–1957
  78 yrs
• Alexander Glazounov ↗Russian composer, music teacher and conductor · 1865–1936
  70 yrs
• Mohammed V of Morocco ↗King of Morocco · 1909–1961
  51 yrs
• Antanas Smetona ↗First President of Lithuania from 4 April 1919 until 19 June 1920 · 1874–1944
  69 yrs
• Phoolan Devi ↗Indian bandit, politician · 1963–2001
  37 yrs
• Vicente Guerrero ↗Leading revolutionary generals of the War of Independence and President of Mexico · 1782–1831
  48 yrs
• Anatoly Sobchak ↗Russian politician · 1937–2000
  62 yrs
• Milena Jesenská ↗Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator · 1896–1944
  47 yrs
• Hugo Gunckel Lüer ↗Chilean botanist · 1901–1997
  95 yrs
• Leo Fender ↗American inventor and founder of the Fender company · 1909–1991
  81 yrs
• Frank Marshall ↗American chess player · 1877–1944
  67 yrs
• Hubert Maga ↗First president of Benin · 1916–2002
  85 yrs
• Panait Istrati ↗Romanian writer · 1884–1935
  50 yrs
• Henri Nestlé ↗Businessman · 1814–1890
  75 yrs
• Rudolf Hilferding ↗German politician · 1877–1941
  63 yrs
• Eddie Fisher ↗American singer and actor · 1928–2010
  82 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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