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Famous People Born in 1910

Born in 1910? Meet the well-known people who share your birth year, from the biggest names to the ones you might not expect, month by month.

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The 1910s

The most famous people born in 191032

1910–1997

Mother Teresa

Albanian-born Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, won the Nobel Peace Prize and was declared a saint

Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Albanian:; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and a Catholic saint.

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1910–1998

Akira Kurosawa

Japanese director of Rashomon, Seven Samurai and Ran, whose films influenced Westerns and Star Wars

Akira Kurosawa (黒澤明 or 黒沢明, Kurosawa Akira; March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 30 feature films in a career spanning six decades.

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1910–1994

Dorothy Hodgkin

Chemist who won the Nobel Prize for mapping molecular structures

Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin (née Crowfoot; 12 May 1910 – 29 July 1994) was an English chemist who advanced the technique of X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of biomolecules, which became essential for structural biology.

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1910–1997

Jacques Cousteau

Oceanographer and filmmaker who co-developed the Aqua-Lung

Jacques-Yves Cousteau (also UK:; French:; 11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author.

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1910–1995

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist who studied the evolution of stars

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (19 October 1910 – 21 August 1995) was an Indian-American astrophysicist.

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1910–1989

William Shockley

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who co-invented the transistor

William Bradford Shockley (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) was an American physicist. He was the manager of a research group at Bell Labs that included John Bardeen and Walter Brattain.

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1910–1976

Jacques Monod

Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who studied genetic control of enzymes

Jacques Lucien Monod (French:; 9 February 1910 – 31 May 1976) was a French biochemist. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with François Jacob and André Lwoff "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis" Monod and Jacob became famous for their work on the E.

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1910–1987

Jean Anouilh

Influential French playwright who wrote the modernist tragedy Antigone

Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (French:; 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist and screenwriter whose career spanned five decades.

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Born in 1910, month by month

January
- Luise Rainer (January 12) · First actor to win two consecutive Academy Awards
- Hideo Shinojima (January 21) · Japanese international footballer who played during the 1930s
- Django Reinhardt (January 23) · Virtuoso jazz guitarist who pioneered the Gypsy jazz genre
February
- Jacques Monod (February 9) · Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who studied genetic control of enzymes
- Dominique Pire (February 10) · Belgian friar and Nobel Peace Prize winner
- William Shockley (February 13) · Nobel Prize-winning physicist who co-invented the transistor
- Irena Sendler (February 15) · Polish humanitarian who saved Jewish children during the Holocaust
- Joan Bennett (February 27) · Golden Age Hollywood actress known for film noir roles
March
- David Niven (March 1) · Oscar-winning British actor and star of Around the World in 80 Days
- Archer John Porter Martin (March 1) · Nobel Prize-winning chemist who co-invented partition chromatography
- Claire Trevor (March 8) · Oscar-winning American actress known for her roles in film noir
- Samuel Barber (March 9) · American composer best known for his Adagio for Strings
- Akira Kurosawa (March 23) · Japanese director of Rashomon, Seven Samurai and Ran, whose films influenced Westerns and Star Wars
April
- Chiang Ching-kuo (April 27) · Former President of Taiwan who initiated the country's move to democracy
May
- Dorothy Hodgkin (May 12) · Chemist who won the Nobel Prize for mapping molecular structures
June
- Paulette Goddard (June 3) · Hollywood leading lady who starred in Modern Times
- Jacques Cousteau (June 11) · Oceanographer and filmmaker who co-developed the Aqua-Lung
- Paul Flory (June 19) · Nobel Prize-winning chemist known for his pioneering work on polymers
- Konrad Zuse (June 22) · Computer pioneer who built the first programmable computer
- Jean Anouilh (June 23) · Influential French playwright who wrote the modernist tragedy Antigone
July
- Gloria Stuart (July 4) · American actress who played the elder Rose in the film Titanic
- Robert K. Merton (July 4) · American sociologist who developed the concept of the self-fulfilling prophecy
- William Hanna (July 14) · Co-founder of the animation studio that created The Flintstones
- Kim Yong-sik (July 25) · Iconic footballer regarded as the father of South Korean football
August
- Giuseppe Meazza (August 23) · Italian footballer who won two consecutive World Cups
- Mother Teresa (August 26) · Albanian-born Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, won the Nobel Peace Prize and was declared a saint
- Tjalling Koopmans (August 28) · Nobel Prize-winning economist who worked on the theory of resource allocation
October
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (October 19) · Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist who studied the evolution of stars
- A. J. Ayer (October 29) · British philosopher who popularised logical positivism in the UK
December
- R. Venkataraman (December 4) · Former President of India and independence activist
- Jean Genet (December 19) · French novelist and playwright who wrote about outcasts and criminals
- Ronald Coase (December 29) · Nobel Prize-winning economist known for his work on transaction costs

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