Famous Personalities Born In January - 15
Saturday, 26 April 2025
1432 Afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481) was born on January - 15.
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 On this day in history birth of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)
1567 On January - 15 birth of black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)
1622 Molière, French playwright (d. 1673) was born on January - 15.
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 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 On this day in history birth of richard Martin, Irish animal rights activist (d. 1834)
1779 On January - 15 birth of jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer
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 Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1809 On January - 15 birth of cornelia Connelly, Phila, founder (Society of the Holy Child Jesus)
1809 On January - 15 birth of pierre Joseph Proudhon, France, politician (libertarian socialist)
1812 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer was born on January - 15.
1813 On January - 15 birth of james Marion Sims, SC, surgeon/gynecologist (vesicovaginal operation)
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 On this day in history 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 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 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 January - 15.
1842 On this day in history birth of josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925)