Famous Personalities Born In April - 27
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
1410 On April - 27 birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia
1495 On April - 27 birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)
1623 On this day in history birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer
1650 On April - 27 birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)
1701 Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on this day in history.
1707 John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on April - 27.
1718 Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.
1724 On April - 27 birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer
1724 Col. Thomas Gardner, a heroic political figure and soldier (d. 1775) was born on April - 27.
1737 Edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp) was born on April - 27.
1748 On this day in history birth of adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833)
1755 Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836) was born on April - 27.
1759 On April - 27 birth of mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)
1767 On April - 27 birth of andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock)
1791 On this day in history birth of samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)
1802 Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer was born on April - 27.
1803 Alfred Julius Becher, composer was born on April - 27.
1806 Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878) was born on this day in history.
1812 Friedrich von Flotow, composer was born on April - 27.
1812 On this day in history birth of william W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886)
1820 Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics) was born on April - 27.
1822 On this day in history birth of ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77)
1824 William Richard Bexfield, composer was born on this day in history.
1828 Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher was born on April - 27.
1835 John Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27] was born on April - 27.
1840 Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865) was born on April - 27.
1848 On this day in history birth of king Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916)
1850 Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (d. 1921) was born on this day in history.
1853 Jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.
1861 Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer was born on April - 27.
1861 Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte) was born on April - 27.
1865 On this day in history birth of emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars)
1869 On April - 27 birth of william Victor Harris, composer
1871 Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer was born on this day in history.