Who was born on February 10?
– 1585 – Angelo Caroselli (1652) – Italian Baroque painter.
– 1696 – Johann Melchior Molter (1765) – German composer, violinist of the Baroque and early Classical periods.
– 1775 – Charles Lamb (1834) – English poet and literary critic, essayist.
– 1808 – Georg Weber (1888) – German historian and philologist.
– 1835 – Victor Genzen (1924) – German zoologist, introduced the term planktonic into science.
– 1869 – Jalil Mammadgulizoda (1932) – Azerbaijani writer, playwright, journalist and social worker.
– 1881- Boris Zaitsev (1972) – Russian writer, critic and literary critic.
– 1890 – Boris Pasternak – Russian and Soviet poet and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (1958).
– 1897 – John Franklin Enders (1985) – American virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (1954).
– 1897 – Shamsiev Porso (1972) – Navoi scholar and textual scholar, Honored Scientist of Uzbekistan (1972).
– 1898 – Bertolt Brecht (1956) – German writer, director.
– 1899 – Javdot Sunoy (1982) – President of Turkey from 1966 to 1973.
– 1902 – Walter Brattain (1987) – American physicist, one of the creators of the transistor, Nobel Prize laureate (1956).
– 1908 – Boris Zeidman (1981) – composer, People’s Artist of Uzbekistan.
– 1922 – Jalilov Ikrom – jurist. Honored Scientist of Uzbekistan (1990).
– 1923 – Chang Che – Chinese screenwriter and director.
– 1928 – Normuhammad Khudoyberdiev (2011) – Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR (1971-1984).
– 1933 – Husniddin Sharipov – People’s Poet of Uzbekistan, Honored Worker of Culture of Uzbekistan.
– 1938 – George Weiner – Soviet writer and journalist, author of famous detective stories.
– 1947 – Sultanov Momin – master of ganchkor, People’s Master of Uzbekistan (2000).
– 1952 – Erkin Usman – Uzbek writer, translator.
– 1952 – Mominov Qabul – master locksmith, Hero of Uzbekistan (2001).
– 1960 – Sheikh Abdurahman As-Sudais – Imam-khatib of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, one of the most famous reciters in the world.
– 1962 – Clifford Lee Burton – American musician, co-founder of the Metallica group.
– 1967 – Laura Dern – American film actress.
– 1974 – Elizabeth Irene Banks – American actress, director and producer.
– 1991 – Emma Rose Roberts – American actress and singer.
– 1997 – Chloe Grace Moretz – American actress and model.