Famous people born on 10 September

• Arthur Holly ComptonAmerican physicist · 1892–1962
  69 yrs
• Karl LagerfeldGerman fashion designer · 1933–2019
  85 yrs
• Charles Sanders PeirceAmerican philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist · 1839–1914
  74 yrs
• Honorius4th and 5th-century Roman emperor · AD 384–423
  38 yrs
• Georges BatailleFrench intellectual and literary figure · 1897–1962
  64 yrs
• Henry PurcellEnglish composer · 1659–1695
  36 yrs
• Stephen Jay Gould ↗American biologist and historian of science · 1941–2002
  60 yrs
• Franz Werfel ↗Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright and poet · 1890–1945
  54 yrs
• Oleksandr Dovzhenko ↗Soviet Ukrainian screenwriter, film producer and director · 1894–1956
  62 yrs
• Robert Wise ↗American film director, film producer and film editor · 1914–2005
  91 yrs
• Giovanni Gronchi ↗3rd President of Italy · 1887–1978
  91 yrs
• Maria Theresa of Spain ↗Queen Consort of France · 1638–1683
  44 yrs
• Alexios II Komnenos ↗Byzantine emperor · 1169–1183
  14 yrs
• Uichiro Hatta ↗Japanese association football player · 1903–1989
  85 yrs
• Arnold Palmer ↗American golfer · 1929–2016
  87 yrs
• Ismail II ↗Safavid Shah of Iran from 1576 to 1577 · 1533–1577
  44 yrs
• Edmond O'Brien ↗American actor · 1915–1985
  69 yrs
• H.D. ↗American Imagist poet · 1886–1961
  75 yrs
• Jeppe Aakjær ↗Danish poet and novelist · 1866–1930
  63 yrs
• Mary Oliver ↗American poet · 1935–2019
  83 yrs
• Basappa Danappa Jatti ↗Indian politician · 1912–2002
  89 yrs
• Cynthia Lennon ↗Former wife of John Lennon · 1939–2015
  75 yrs
• Vladimir Arsenyev ↗Russian and Soviet explorer, ethnographer and writer · 1872–1930
  57 yrs
• Bessie Love ↗American actress · 1898–1986
  87 yrs
• Charles Spearman ↗English psychologist · 1863–1945
  82 yrs
• David Hartley ↗British philosopher · 1705–1757
  51 yrs
• Elsa Schiaparelli ↗Italian fashion designer and couturier · 1890–1973
  83 yrs
• Jim Hines ↗American sprinter and football player · 1946–2023
  76 yrs
• Yegor Letov ↗Soviet-Russian musician, poet, and painter · 1964–2008
  43 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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