Famous Personalities Born In August - 15
Tuesday, 08 April 2025
1171 On this day in history birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)
1195 On this day in history birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)
1432 On this day in history birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)
1575 On this day in history birth of bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)
1613 Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on August - 15.
1619 On this day in history birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate
1688 On this day in history birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)
1702 Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on August - 15.
1717 On August - 15 birth of blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810)
1725 Ferdinando Bertoni, composer was born on August - 15.
1727 On this day in history birth of johann Georg Holzbogen, composer
1736 On this day in history birth of johann Christoph Kellner, composer
1740 On August - 15 birth of m Claudius, writer
1740 On August - 15 birth of matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)
1741 Thomas Norris, composer was born on August - 15.
1769 Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15) was born on this day in history.
1771 Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake) was born on August - 15.
1776 Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten) was born on this day in history.
1776 On August - 15 birth of ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer
1782 On August - 15 birth of henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs)
1785 On this day in history birth of thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater)
1787 Alexander Aliabiev, composer was born on August - 15.
1788 On this day in history birth of carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director
1794 On August - 15 birth of elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum)
1803 James Douglas, father of British Columbia was born on August - 15.
1813 On August - 15 birth of jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891)
1822 Wilhelm Rust, composer was born on August - 15.
1823 On August - 15 birth of orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1829 On this day in history birth of eduard de Hartog, composer
1839 Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer was born on this day in history.
1845 Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast) was born on August - 15.
1851 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) was born on this day in history.
1856 On August - 15 birth of j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament
1857 Albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918) was born on August - 15.