Famous Personalities Born In January - 15
Friday, 25 April 2025
1432 Afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481) was born on this day in history.
1481 On January - 15 birth of ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)
1507 On this day in history birth of johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran)
1538 Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599) was born on this day in history.
1567 On January - 15 birth of black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)
1622 On January - 15 birth of molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
1671 Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.
1674 Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762) was born on this day in history.
1715 On this day in history birth of georg C Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist
1716 On January - 15 birth of philip Livingston, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)
1730 On January - 15 birth of john Malchair, composer
1733 On January - 15 birth of joseph Lederer, composer
1742 On this day in history birth of eugene Godecharle, composer
1747 On this day in history birth of john Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822)
1754 On this day in history birth of richard Martin, Irish animal rights activist (d. 1834)
1779 Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer was born on January - 15.
1791 Franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece) was born on this day in history.
1795 On January - 15 birth of willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/man of letters
1795 On January - 15 birth of alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829)
1798 Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller (Fairy legends) was born on this day in history.
1803 Marjory Fleming, Scottish writer and poet (d. 1811) was born on January - 15.
1809 On this day in history birth of cornelia Connelly, Phila, founder (Society of the Holy Child Jesus)
1809 Pierre Joseph Proudhon, France, politician (libertarian socialist) was born on January - 15.
1812 On January - 15 birth of peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer
1813 On this day in history birth of james Marion Sims, SC, surgeon/gynecologist (vesicovaginal operation)
1815 Henry Morris Naglee, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 was born on this day in history.
1816 On this day in history birth of marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852)
1817 Lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871 was born on January - 15.
1821 On this day in history birth of lafayette McLaws, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
1824 On this day in history birth of marie Duplessis, French courtesan (d. 1847)
1826 Mikhail Saltykov, Spas-Ugol Russia, satirist (Family of Noblemen) was born on this day in history.
1841 On this day in history birth of lord Frederick Stanley, presenter of hockey's Stanley Cup
1842 On this day in history birth of blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909)
1842 On this day in history birth of josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925)