Famous Personalities Born In August - 21
Friday, 18 April 2025
1165 On this day in history birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)
1535 On August - 21 birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)
1567 Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on this day in history.
1597 Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on this day in history.
1642 Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.
1643 Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on this day in history.
1660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on this day in history.
1665 On August - 21 birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)
1670 James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734) was born on this day in history.
1689 Jose Pradas Gallen, composer was born on this day in history.
1721 Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet was born on August - 21.
1725 On August - 21 birth of jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter
1751 On August - 21 birth of johann Georg Witthauer, composer
1754 William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839) was born on August - 21.
1754 Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833) was born on this day in history.
1765 On August - 21 birth of william IV, king of England (1830-37)
1765 William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837) was born on this day in history.
1780 On August - 21 birth of jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar)
1789 On this day in history birth of augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician
1798 Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour) was born on this day in history.
1800 Hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880) was born on August - 21.
1801 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian was born on this day in history.
1806 Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer was born on this day in history.
1809 Francesco Schira, composer was born on August - 21.
1810 On August - 21 birth of thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1813 On August - 21 birth of jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891)
1816 Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856) was born on August - 21.
1821 On this day in history birth of william Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1824 On August - 21 birth of john Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1825 Kate Fanny Loder, composer was born on August - 21.
1826 On this day in history birth of karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903)
1829 On August - 21 birth of otto Goldschmidt, composer
1847 On August - 21 birth of arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader
1852 Benedetto Junck, composer was born on this day in history.