Famous Personalities Born In April - 21
Saturday, 26 April 2025
1488 Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot was born on April - 21.
1546 Arcangelo Crivelli, composer was born on this day in history.
1555 Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on April - 21.
1619 John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) was born on this day in history.
1651 On April - 21 birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)
1652 On this day in history birth of michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)
1671 On this day in history birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)
1672 On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer
1673 On April - 21 birth of wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1742)
1713 On April - 21 birth of louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France
1729 On this day in history birth of catharina II, the Great, writer/emperess of Russia (1762-96)
1730 Antonin Kammel, composer was born on this day in history.
1749 On April - 21 birth of johann Michael Malzat, composer
1774 Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist) was born on April - 21.
1775 Alexander Anderson, US, engraver/illustrator (Shakespeare) was born on this day in history.
1779 On this day in history birth of william Knyvett, composer
1795 On April - 21 birth of vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint
1803 On this day in history birth of levin Minn Powell, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1885
1806 On this day in history birth of peter van Schendel, Dutch painter
1809 On April - 21 birth of robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secy State (Confederacy)
1810 On this day in history birth of john Putnam Chapin, American politician (d. 1864)
1811 On April - 21 birth of alson Sherman, American politician (d. 1903)
1814 On this day in history birth of beni Egressy, composer
1816 Charlotte Bronte, Tornton England, novelist (Jane Eyre) was born on this day in history.
1816 On April - 21 birth of louis Trezevant Wigfall, Confederate Army, died in 1874
1824 On this day in history birth of anselmo Clave, composer
1828 Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian (Voyage in Italy) was born on this day in history.
1834 On April - 21 birth of william Rufus Terrill, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1837 On this day in history birth of fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908)
1838 John Muir, US, naturalist/discoverer (glaciers in High Seirras) was born on this day in history.
1838 On April - 21 birth of nat Thompson, cricketer (1st batsman dismissed in a Test match)
1840 On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis)
1849 Oskar Hertwig, Germany, embryologist, discovered fertilization was born on this day in history.
1851 Charles Barrois, French geologist (d. 1939) was born on April - 21.