Famous Personalities Born In April - 24
Friday, 21 February 2025
1533 On April - 24 birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)
1538 Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.
1581 Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on April - 24.
1594 Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on this day in history.
1620 John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.
1660 Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on this day in history.
1670 On this day in history birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer
1706 Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on April - 24.
1718 On this day in history birth of nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784)
1721 On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised
1742 Roman Hoffstetter, composer was born on April - 24.
1743 On April - 24 birth of edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom)
1750 On this day in history birth of simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician
1766 On this day in history birth of robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac)
1769 On April - 24 birth of arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington
1773 On April - 24 birth of harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director
1784 Peter Vivian Daniel, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860) was born on April - 24.
1791 Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland) was born on April - 24.
1796 On April - 24 birth of k L Immermann, writer
1804 On April - 24 birth of thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy)
1807 On April - 24 birth of charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1814 On April - 24 birth of angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire
1814 Vincente F Lopez, Argentina historian (La Novia del Hereje) was born on April - 24.
1815 On April - 24 birth of anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)
1815 On April - 24 birth of james Edward Harrison, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875
1822 Erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
1824 Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger was born on April - 24.
1828 Robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.
1829 On April - 24 birth of george Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
1836 Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist was born on this day in history.
1837 On this day in history birth of friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)
1845 Carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919) was born on this day in history.
1849 Joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris) was born on April - 24.
1851 Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) was born on this day in history.