Famous Personalities Born In April - 15
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
1452 On this day in history birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary
1469 Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on this day in history.
1489 Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.
1552 Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.
1588 On this day in history birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist
1637 Valentin Molitor, composer was born on this day in history.
1641 On this day in history birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)
1646 On April - 15 birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)
1646 Pierre Poiret, French mystic (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.
1651 On this day in history birth of domenico Gabrielli, composer
1682 John van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit) was born on April - 15.
1684 On this day in history birth of catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27)
1688 On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Fasch, composer
1689 Ferdinand Zellbell, composer was born on April - 15.
1707 On April - 15 birth of leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)
1710 On April - 15 birth of william Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790)
1741 Charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington) was born on April - 15.
1757 George Knowil Jackson, composer was born on April - 15.
1766 On this day in history birth of friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic
1772 Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844) was born on April - 15.
1793 Friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers was born on this day in history.
1794 Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867) was born on this day in history.
1800 On April - 15 birth of james Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic)
1809 On April - 15 birth of hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician
1812 Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter was born on April - 15.
1814 John Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep) was born on April - 15.
1820 On this day in history birth of evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1821 On this day in history birth of emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894
1822 Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 15.
1827 Julius Tausch, composer was born on this day in history.
1829 On this day in history birth of mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon
1832 Wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908) was born on this day in history.
1837 On this day in history birth of horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921
1841 On this day in history birth of joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919)