Famous Personalities Born In March - 24
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
1188 Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on this day in history.
1441 Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86) was born on March - 24.
1494 Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on this day in history.
1607 Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on this day in history.
1628 On March - 24 birth of sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)
1630 On this day in history birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal
1657 Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) was born on this day in history.
1693 On March - 24 birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)
1703 On March - 24 birth of jose F de Isla, [Francisco de Salazar], Spanish Jesuit/writer
1714 On this day in history birth of carlo Giovanni Testori, composer
1725 On March - 24 birth of samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina (d. 1813)
1725 Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1788) was born on March - 24.
1732 Gian Francesco de Majo, composer was born on March - 24.
1740 On March - 24 birth of john Antes, composer
1749 Bernard Jumentier, composer was born on March - 24.
1755 Rufus King, framer of US constitution was born on March - 24.
1762 Marcos Antonio da Fonseca, Portugal, opera composer (Portogallo) was born on this day in history.
1782 On March - 24 birth of orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (d. 1836)
1796 On this day in history birth of john Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician (d. 1878)
1797 Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity) was born on March - 24.
1802 On this day in history birth of jacob van Lennep, attorney/Dutch MP
1808 Maria Malibran, Spanish-French singer (d. 1836) was born on March - 24.
1809 On this day in history birth of joseph Liouville, France, discover of transcendental numbers
1814 Galen Clark, US, naturalist/discovered Mariposa Grove was born on this day in history.
1817 On this day in history birth of aime Maillart, composer
1820 On March - 24 birth of a. E. Becquerel, French physicist (d. 1891)
1820 Fanny Crosby, American hymnist (d. 1915) was born on this day in history.
1821 Elisa Felix, [Rachel], tragedienne was born on this day in history.
1821 [George] Hector Tyndale, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on March - 24.
1829 George Francis Train, American businessman (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.
1829 Ignacio Zaragoza, Mexican general (d. 1862) was born on this day in history.
1830 Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (d. 1889) was born on March - 24.
1834 On this day in history birth of john Wesley Powell, US, geologist/explorer/ethnologist
1834 On March - 24 birth of william Morris, England, designer/craftsman/poet/socialist