Every yearDecember 10
Everything December 10 celebrates
5 national, international, and world observances are on the calendar for December 10 every year, and 1 more lands on it in some years.
| # | Observance | Category | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Human Rights DayLead | Community | |
| 02 | Nobel Prize Day | Celebration | |
| 03 | National Lager Day | Beer | |
| 04 | Dewey Decimal System Day | Books | |
| 05 | Festival for the Souls of Dead Whales | Nature |
These are set by a rule rather than a fixed date, so they only land on December 10 in some years.
Green Monday — 2029 and 2035
Born on December 10
Historic figures
- Emily Dickinson1830–1886American poet
- Ada Lovelace1815–1852English mathematician and computer scientist
- Nelly Sachs1891–1970German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
- Michael Clarke Duncan1957–2012American actor
- Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi1804–1851German mathematician and academic
- Olivier Messiaen1908–1992French composer and ornithologist
- Clarice Lispector1920–1977Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author
- Adolf Loos1870–1933Austrian architect and theoretician
- César Franck1822–1890Belgian organist and composer
- George MacDonald1824–1905Scottish minister, author, and poet
Celebrities & public figures
- Kenneth Branaghb. 1960British actor director
- Gonzalo Higuaínb. 1987French-Argentinian footballer
- Teyana Taylorb. 1990American singer
- Sultan Kösenb. 1982Turkish farmer
- Raven-Symonéb. 1985American actress
- Emmanuelle Chriquib. 1975Canadian actress
- Jeremie Frimpongb. 2000Dutch footballer
- Brian Molkob. 1972British-Belgian singer-songwriter
- Meg Whiteb. 1974American drummer
- Reiss Nelsonb. 1999English footballer
Birth dates from Wikidata; names link to Wikipedia.
This page covers December 10 in any year. For one year in particular — the weekday, and which moveable observances landed on it — see December 10, 2026.
Today Celebrates tracks daily national, international and world observances all year.