Famous Personalities Born In May - 21
Saturday, 26 April 2025
1471 On May - 21 birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker
1527 Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on this day in history.
1633 Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on this day in history.
1653 Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.
1671 On May - 21 birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer
1680 Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on May - 21.
1688 On May - 21 birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)
1720 Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on this day in history.
1722 On May - 21 birth of wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer
1755 On this day in history birth of alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810)
1763 Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820) was born on May - 21.
1775 On this day in history birth of lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano
1780 Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse was born on this day in history.
1792 On this day in history birth of gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843)
1796 On May - 21 birth of reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876
1821 John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director was born on this day in history.
1822 Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 was born on this day in history.
1822 On May - 21 birth of mosby Monroe Parsons, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1865
1825 On this day in history birth of george Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1826 On May - 21 birth of danillo II, ruler of Montenegro
1827 On this day in history birth of william P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)
1832 Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917) was born on May - 21.
1834 Charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902) was born on May - 21.
1835 Newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 21.
1835 On May - 21 birth of františek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)
1841 Joseph Parry, composer was born on May - 21.
1843 Louis Renault, French lawyer was born on this day in history.
1843 On May - 21 birth of charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)
1850 Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914) was born on May - 21.
1851 Leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920) was born on this day in history.
1853 Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905) was born on May - 21.
1855 On May - 21 birth of emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)
1858 Jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician was born on May - 21.
1860 Willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph) was born on May - 21.