Famous Personalities Born In October - 09
Friday, 18 April 2025
1201 On October - 09 birth of robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris
1221 On October - 09 birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler
1261 On October - 09 birth of dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)
1328 King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on October - 09.
1581 On this day in history birth of claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist
1586 Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn was born on this day in history.
1586 On October - 09 birth of archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)
1626 John Ferrabosco, composer was born on October - 09.
1663 Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia) was born on this day in history.
1704 Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777) was born on October - 09.
1727 Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer was born on this day in history.
1757 Charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed was born on this day in history.
1760 Pierre Gaveaux, composer was born on October - 09.
1766 Bedrich Divis Weber, composer was born on October - 09.
1771 On October - 09 birth of frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15)
1782 Lewis Cass, (Gov-Mich) was born on October - 09.
1796 On this day in history birth of joseph Bonomi the Younger, English Egyptologist (d. 1878)
1813 On October - 09 birth of john Jones Pettus, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63)
1819 On October - 09 birth of samuel McGowan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
1822 George Sykes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 was born on this day in history.
1823 Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers was born on October - 09.
1830 Harriet Hosmer, sculptor was born on this day in history.
1835 Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (d. 1921) was born on October - 09.
1840 Simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.
1847 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin) was born on October - 09.
1847 On this day in history birth of stephanus J du Toit, South Africa theologist/journalist (Afr Bond)
1852 On this day in history birth of hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
1858 Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips) was born on this day in history.
1859 On October - 09 birth of alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair)
1863 Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91) was born on this day in history.
1869 Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer was born on this day in history.
1871 Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-) was born on this day in history.
1871 George Gauthier, Bishop of Montreal and rector of the Université de Montréal (d. 1940) was born on October - 09.
1871 On this day in history birth of didak Buntić, Croatian monk and scholar.