Famous Personalities Born In January - 15
Saturday, 05 April 2025
1432 Afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481) was born on January - 15.
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 On January - 15 birth of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)
1567 On this day in history birth of black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)
1622 Molière, French playwright (d. 1673) was born on January - 15.
1671 On this day in history birth of abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704)
1674 Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762) was born on January - 15.
1715 On January - 15 birth of georg C Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist
1716 On January - 15 birth of philip Livingston, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)
1730 John Malchair, composer was born on January - 15.
1733 Joseph Lederer, composer was born on January - 15.
1742 Eugene Godecharle, composer was born on this day in history.
1747 On this day in history birth of john Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822)
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 this day in history.
1791 On January - 15 birth of franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece)
1795 Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/man of letters was born on this day in history.
1795 On January - 15 birth of alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829)
1798 On this day in history birth of thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller (Fairy legends)
1803 Marjory Fleming, Scottish writer and poet (d. 1811) was born on this day in history.
1809 On January - 15 birth of cornelia Connelly, Phila, founder (Society of the Holy Child Jesus)
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 Marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852) was born on January - 15.
1817 On January - 15 birth of lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871
1821 Lafayette McLaws, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 was born on January - 15.
1824 On this day in history birth of marie Duplessis, French courtesan (d. 1847)
1826 On this day in history birth of mikhail Saltykov, Spas-Ugol Russia, satirist (Family of Noblemen)
1841 Lord Frederick Stanley, presenter of hockey's Stanley Cup was born on this day in history.
1842 Blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909) was born on January - 15.
1842 On this day in history birth of josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925)