Famous Personalities Born In August - 21
Tuesday, 21 January 2025
1165 Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on this day in history.
1535 Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.
1567 On August - 21 birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint
1597 Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on this day in history.
1642 Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on August - 21.
1643 On this day in history birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)
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 On this day in history birth of james FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734)
1689 Jose Pradas Gallen, composer was born on August - 21.
1721 On this day in history birth of lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet
1725 On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter
1751 On August - 21 birth of johann Georg Witthauer, composer
1754 On this day in history birth of william Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839)
1754 Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833) was born on August - 21.
1765 William IV, king of England (1830-37) was born on this day in history.
1765 William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837) was born on August - 21.
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 On this day in history birth of jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour)
1800 On this day in history birth of hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880)
1801 On August - 21 birth of guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian
1806 On August - 21 birth of johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer
1809 Francesco Schira, composer was born on this day in history.
1810 On this day in history birth of thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1813 Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891) was born on August - 21.
1816 Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856) was born on August - 21.
1821 William Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.
1824 John Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 was born on August - 21.
1825 On August - 21 birth of kate Fanny Loder, composer
1826 On this day in history birth of karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903)
1829 Otto Goldschmidt, composer was born on August - 21.
1847 On August - 21 birth of arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader
1852 On August - 21 birth of benedetto Junck, composer