People born on October 10

Harold Pinter

British playwright (1930–2008)

Fridtjof Nansen

Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)

Henry Cavendish

British natural philosopher, scientist, and an important experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist

Claude Simon

French writer

Naoto Kan

94th Prime Minister of Japan

Alexander Alekhine

Russian-French chess player (1892–1946)

Isabella II of Spain

Queen of Spain (1833-1868)

Xherdan Shaqiri

Swiss association football player

Jean-Antoine Watteau

French painter (1684-1721)

Helen Hayes

American actress (1900–1993)

Carolyn Bertozzi

American chemist (born 1966)

Pavel Valeryevich Durov

Russian entrepreneur

Gerhard Ertl

German physicist

Alberto Giacometti

Swiss sculptor and painter (1901–1966)

Yves Chauvin

French chemist and Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry