Did you know
Jack Charlton was part of the England national team that won the 1966 World Cup and managed the Republic of Ireland national team from 1986 to 1996, taking them to two World Cups and one European Championship.
Notable Deaths on July 10
2020 — Jack Charlton
English footballer and manager (born 1935)
July 10 has 109 recorded notable deaths across history, from 138 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
109 source records
138 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on July 10
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1966 The Chicago Freedom Movement, co-founded by Martin Luther King Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago; as many as 60,000 people attend. Source
- 1991 Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia. Source
- 1962 Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit. Source
- 1940 World War II: The Vichy government is established in France. Source
Did you know
Born into the House of Nassau, he became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the Orange-Nassau branch and the ancestor of the monarchy of the Netherlands.
Did you know
As a military commander in the separatist armed forces of Chechnya, one of his most notable battles was the separatist recapture of Grozny in 1996, which he personally planned and commanded together with Aslan Maskhadov.
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Following Henry V's death two years later he became a councillor for the new king, the nine-month-old Henry VI.
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John Davison Rockefeller III was an American philanthropist.
More major people who died on July 10
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1584
William I
Dutch nobleman (born 1533)
William the Silent or William the Taciturn, more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange and in the Dutch National anthem as Willem van Nassau, was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish…
2006
Shamil Basayev
Chechen terrorist rebel leader (born 1965)
Shamil Salmanovich Basayev, also known by his kunya Abu Idris, was a Chechen guerrilla leader who served as a senior military commander in the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.
1460
Humphrey Stafford
1st Duke of Buckingham, English commander and politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1402)
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 6th Earl of Stafford, 7th Baron Stafford of Stafford Castle in Staffordshire, was an English nobleman and a military commander in the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of the…
1978
John D. Rockefeller III
American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Asia Society (born 1906)
John Davison Rockefeller III was an American philanthropist. Rockefeller was the eldest son and second child of John D. Rockefeller Jr.
1806
George Stubbs
English painter and academic (born 1724)
George Stubbs was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses.
2022
Maurice Boucher
Canadian outlaw biker (born 1953)
Maurice Boucher was a Canadian gangster, convicted murderer, reputed drug trafficker, and outlaw biker. He was once president of the Quebec Nomads chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.
2025
David Gergen
American political consultant (born 1942)
David Richmond Gergen was an American political commentator and longtime presidential adviser who served during the administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton.
1510
Catherine Cornaro
queen of Cyprus (born 1454)
Catherine Cornaro was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Cyprus, also holding the titles of Queen of Jerusalem and Queen of Armenia.
772
Amalberga of Temse
Frankish noblewoman
Amalberga of Temse was probably a Frisian venerated Christian woman who was likely a Frankish subject from the Ardennes, located in Francia.
2000
Vakkom Majeed
Indian journalist and politician (born 1909)
Vakkom Majeed was an Indian freedom fighter, politician and a former member of the Travancore-Cochin State Assembly. He was born into one of the most prominent aristocratic Muslim families in Travancore.
1653
Gabriel Naudé
French librarian and scholar (born 1600)
Gabriel Naudé was a French librarian and scholar. He was a prolific writer who produced works on many subjects including politics, religion, history and the supernatural.
649
Tai Zong
Chinese emperor (born 598)
Emperor Taizong of Tang, previously Prince of Qin, personal name Li Shimin, was the second emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, ruling from 626 to 649.
1920
John Fisher
1st Baron Fisher, British admiral (born 1841)
Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher,, commonly known as Jacky or Jackie Fisher, was a Royal Navy officer.
2015
Omar Sharif
Egyptian actor (born 1932)
Omar Sharif was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as his country's greatest male film star. He began his career in Egypt in the early 1950s.
2019
Denise Nickerson
American former child actress (born 1957)
Denise Marie Nickerson was an American former actress. Starting her career as a child actress, at the age of 13, she starred as Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
1954
Calogero Vizzini
Italian mob boss (born 1877)
Calogero Vizzini, also commonly known as "Don Calò", was a Sicilian Mafia boss of Villalba in the province of Caltanissetta, Sicily.
2007
Abdul Rashid Ghazi
chancellor of Faridia University. (born 1964)
Abdul Rashid Ghazi was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and diplomat-turned Islamist dissident who served as Khatib of Lal Masjid, the Chief Executive of Jamia Faridia University, the Chairman of Defense of Human Rights…
1979
Arthur Fiedler
American conductor (born 1894)
Arthur Fiedler was an American conductor known for his association with both the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops orchestras.
1086
Canute IV
king of Denmark (born 1043)
Canute IV, later known as Canute the Holy or Saint Canute, was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086.