Famous Personalities Born In November - 18
Saturday, 08 November 2025
1522 Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on this day in history. 

1527 On November - 18 birth of luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor 

1630 Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686) was born on November - 18. 

1680 On November - 18 birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer 

1727 Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773) was born on November - 18. 

1736 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on this day in history. 

1742 On November - 18 birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer 

1772 Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer was born on this day in history. 

1774 Wilhelmine of Prussia, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837) was born on November - 18. 

1781 On November - 18 birth of felice Blangini, composer 

1785 On this day in history birth of david Wilkie, British artist (d. 1841) 

1786 On this day in history birth of henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor 

1787 On this day in history birth of sojourner Truth, abolitionist/feminist 

1787 On November - 18 birth of louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (d. 1851) 

1803 On this day in history birth of cornelius Broere, Dutch priest/poet 

1804 Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora, Italian general and statesman (d. 1878) was born on this day in history. 

1808 Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, composer was born on November - 18. 

1810 Asa Gray, Sauquoit NY, botanist (Flora of North America) was born on this day in history. 

1810 On this day in history birth of benjamin Stone Roberts, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1875 

1812 On this day in history birth of jesse Johnson Finley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904 

1824 Franz Sigel, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902 was born on this day in history. 

1824 On November - 18 birth of isham Nicholas Hayne, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 

1832 On this day in history birth of adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Swedish explorer (d. 1901) 

1835 On November - 18 birth of americus Vespucius Rice, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904 

1835 Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist/criminologist was born on November - 18. 

1836 On this day in history birth of william Schwenck Gilbert, London, composer (Gilbert & Sullivan) 

1839 August A Kundt, German physicist (sound vibration, test of Kundt) was born on this day in history. 

1845 On this day in history birth of john F Mellaerts, Flemish social worker (1st Belgian farm gilde) 

1846 Aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician was born on this day in history. 

1856 On this day in history birth of nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (d. 1929) 

1860 On this day in history birth of ignacy Jan Paderewski, composer/1st premier of Poland (1919-20) 

1861 On this day in history birth of dorothy Dix, pseudonym of US journalist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (d. 1951) 

1863 On November - 18 birth of richard Dehmel, writer 

1869 James E Sullivan, founder (Amateur Athletic Union) was born on this day in history. 

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