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Crawford became one of Hollywood's most prominent movie stars and one of the highest paid women in the United States, but her films began losing money.
Notable Deaths on May 10
1977 — Joan Crawford
American actress (year of birth disputed)
May 10 has 62 recorded notable deaths across history, from 1299 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
62 source records
1299 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on May 10
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1994 Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president. Source
- 1962 Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk. Source
- 1946 First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground. Source
- 1941 World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany. Source
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Due to the long-term aggregate investment returns of Renaissance and its Medallion Fund, Simons was called the "greatest investor on Wall Street" and more specifically "the most successful hedge fund manager of all time".
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Hokusai's works had a significant influence on Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet during the wave of Japonisme that spread across Europe in the late 19th century.
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Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk was a Ukrainian politician who served as the first president of Ukraine from 5 December 1991 to 19 July 1994.
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Élisabeth of France was the youngest child of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Duchess Maria Josepha of Saxony, and she was a sister of King Louis XVI.
More major people who died on May 10
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2024
Jim Simons
American hedge fund manager, mathematician, and philanthropist (born 1938)
James Harris Simons was an American hedge fund manager, investor, mathematician, and philanthropist.
1849
Hokusai
Japanese painter and illustrator (born 1760)
Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. His woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji includes the iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
2022
Leonid Kravchuk
Ukrainian politician (born 1934)
Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk was a Ukrainian politician who served as the first president of Ukraine from 5 December 1991 to 19 July 1994.
1794
Élisabeth of France
French princess and youngest sibling of Louis XVI (born 1764)
Élisabeth of France, also known as Madame Élisabeth, was a French princess. She was the youngest child of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Duchess Maria Josepha of Saxony, and she was a sister of King Louis XVI.
1945
Richard Glücks
German SS officer (born 1889)
Richard Glücks was a high-ranking German SS functionary during the Nazi era.
2001
Sudhakarrao Naik
Indian politician, Governor of Himachal Pradesh (born 1934)
Sudhakarrao Rajusing Naik was an Indian politician from Indian National Congress party who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 25 June 1991 until 22 February 1993 following the communal riots.
1889
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
Russian journalist, author, and playwright (born 1826)
Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin, born Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov and known during his lifetime by the pen name Nikolai Shchedrin, was a major Russian writer and satirist of the 19th century.
1988
Shen Congwen
Chinese author and academic (born 1902)
Shen Congwen, formerly romanized as Shen Ts'ung-wen, was a Chinese writer.
1566
Leonhart Fuchs
German physician and botanist (born 1501)
Leonhart Fuchs, sometimes spelled Leonhard Fuchs and cited in Latin as Leonhartus Fuchsius, was a German physician and botanist.
2018
David Goodall
Australian botanist and ecologist (born 1914)
David William Goodall was an English-born Australian botanist and ecologist. He was influential in the early development of statistical methods in plant communities.
1960
Yury Olesha
Russian author, poet, and playwright (born 1899)
Yury Karlovich Olesha was a Russian and Soviet novelist. He is considered one of the greatest Russian novelists of the 20th century, one of the few to have succeeded in writing works of lasting artistic value despite…
1965
Hubertus van Mook
Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (born 1894)
Hubertus Johannes "Huib" van Mook was a Dutch administrator in the East Indies. During the Indonesian National Revolution, he served as the lieutenant governor-general of the Dutch East Indies from 1942 to 1948.
1774
Louis XV
King of France (born 1710)
Louis XV, known as Louis the Beloved, was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five.
2000
Dick Sprang
American illustrator (born 1915)
Richard W. Sprang was an American comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on the superhero Batman during the period fans and historians call Golden Age of Comic Books.
1807
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur
comte de Rochambeau, French general (born 1725)
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau was a French Royal Army officer who played a critical role in the American victory at the siege of Yorktown in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War.
2002
Kaifi Azmi
Indian poet and songwriter (born 1919)
Kaifi Azmi was an Indian Urdu poet. He is remembered as the one who brought Urdu literature to Indian motion pictures.
2024
Sam Rubin
American journalist (born 1960)
Sam Rubin was an American journalist who served as the entertainment reporter for the KTLA Morning News and as a television host of entertainment talk shows and specials.
1798
George Vancouver
English navigator and explorer (born 1757)
Captain George Vancouver was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for leading the Vancouver Expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what…
1964
Mikhail Larionov
Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (born 1881)
Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov was a Russian avant-garde painter who worked with radical exhibitors and pioneered the first approach to abstract Russian art.