Famous Personalities Born In January - 15
Thursday, 03 April 2025
1432 On January - 15 birth of afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481)
1481 On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)
1622 Molière, French playwright (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.
1671 On January - 15 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 this day in history birth of georg C Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist
1716 Philip Livingston, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on January - 15.
1730 John Malchair, composer was born on January - 15.
1733 On this day in history birth of joseph Lederer, composer
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 January - 15.
1779 On January - 15 birth of jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer
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 this day in history birth of alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829)
1798 Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller (Fairy legends) was born on January - 15.
1803 Marjory Fleming, Scottish writer and poet (d. 1811) was born on January - 15.
1809 On January - 15 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 January - 15 birth of james Marion Sims, SC, surgeon/gynecologist (vesicovaginal operation)
1815 On January - 15 birth of henry Morris Naglee, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1816 On January - 15 birth of marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852)
1817 On January - 15 birth of lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871
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 January - 15.
1841 Lord Frederick Stanley, presenter of hockey's Stanley Cup was born on January - 15.
1842 Blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909) was born on this day in history.
1842 Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.