Famous Personalities Born In January - 15
Monday, 20 January 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 Johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran) was born on this day in history.
1538 Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599) was born on January - 15.
1567 On January - 15 birth of black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)
1622 Molière, French playwright (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.
1671 Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704) was born on January - 15.
1674 Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762) was born on January - 15.
1715 Georg C Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist was born on this day in history.
1716 Philip Livingston, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.
1730 John Malchair, composer was born on January - 15.
1733 Joseph Lederer, composer was born on this day in history.
1742 Eugene Godecharle, composer was born on this day in history.
1747 John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822) was born on this day in history.
1754 Richard Martin, Irish animal rights activist (d. 1834) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history birth of willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/man of letters
1795 Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829) was born on this day in history.
1798 On this day in history birth of thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller (Fairy legends)
1803 On January - 15 birth of marjory Fleming, Scottish writer and poet (d. 1811)
1809 Cornelia Connelly, Phila, founder (Society of the Holy Child Jesus) was born on January - 15.
1809 On this day in history birth of pierre Joseph Proudhon, France, politician (libertarian socialist)
1812 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer was born on this day in history.
1813 James Marion Sims, SC, surgeon/gynecologist (vesicovaginal operation) was born on January - 15.
1815 Henry Morris Naglee, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 was born on January - 15.
1816 On January - 15 birth of marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852)
1817 Lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871 was born on this day in history.
1821 On this day in history birth of lafayette McLaws, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
1824 Marie Duplessis, French courtesan (d. 1847) was born on January - 15.
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 January - 15 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)