Robert Towns (10 November 1794 – 11 April 1873) was a British master mariner who settled in Australia as a businessman, sandalwood merchant, colonist, shipowner, pastoralist, politician, whaler and civic leader. He was the founder of Townsville, Queensland and named it after himself.

Vitaly Yegorovich Manishin (Russian: Вита́лий Его́рович Мани́шин; born 10 November 1971), known as The Barnaul Maniac (Russian: Барнаульский маньяк), is a Soviet–Russian serial killer who raped and murdered at least 11 young girls and women in Barnaul and Buranovo from 1989 to 2000.

Seyit Ahmet Demirci (born 10 November 1970) is a Turkish serial killer, who is dubbed "Mobilyacı katili" ("The Furniture Dealers' Killer") in the media. He was convicted of killing three different furniture dealers.

Salim Jamil Ayyash (Arabic: سليم جميل عيّاش; 10 November 1963 – 9 November 2024) was a Lebanese militant and senior Hezbollah military operative, who served as the head of its assassination squad Unit 121. He is best known for his indictment by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon as one of the major individuals involved in the assassination of the Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri.

Gao Chengyong (Chinese: 高承勇; 10 November 1964 – 3 January 2019) was a Chinese serial killer and rapist. He mutilated the corpses of his victims, leading to his nickname of the "Chinese Jack the Ripper" in Chinese media.