Famous Personalities Born In September - 21
Saturday, 25 October 2025
1328 Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398) was born on September - 21. 

1372 Frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40) was born on September - 21. 

1411 On September - 21 birth of richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460) 

1415 Frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493) was born on this day in history. 

1428 Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457) was born on this day in history. 

1452 Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98) was born on September - 21. 

1527 Matthaus Ludecus, composer was born on this day in history. 

1629 Philip Cardinal Howard, English Catholic cardinal (d. 1694) was born on this day in history. 

1645 On September - 21 birth of louis Joliet, Canadian explorer (d. 1700) 

1706 On September - 21 birth of jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer 

1706 Polyxena Christina of Hesse-Rotenburg, queen of Sardinia (d. 1735) was born on this day in history. 

1728 On this day in history birth of louis Emmanuel Eadin, composer 

1737 Francis Hopkinson, US, writer/lawyer (helped design Stars & Stripes) was born on this day in history. 

1752 Louise MC, countess of Albany was born on this day in history. 

1756 On this day in history birth of john Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt) 

1758 Christopher Gore, 8th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1827) was born on September - 21. 

1760 Gaetano Valeri, composer was born on September - 21. 

1760 Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman (d. 1837) was born on this day in history. 

1788 On September - 21 birth of margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady (1849-50) 

1817 Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history. 

1817 On this day in history birth of charles Balmer, composer 

1819 On September - 21 birth of princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France (d. 1864) 

1820 Williams Carter Wickham, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history. 

1824 On this day in history birth of joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, Brig General (Union volunteers) 

1827 On September - 21 birth of michael Corcoran, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 

1832 On September - 21 birth of friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer 

1832 Samuel Sprigg Carroll, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893 was born on September - 21. 

1833 On this day in history birth of josef Richard Rozkosny, composer 

1840 On September - 21 birth of murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876) 

1842 Abd-ul-Hamid II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918) was born on this day in history. 

1843 On this day in history birth of david Emlyn Evans, composer 

1849 Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son) was born on this day in history. 

1849 Maurice Barrymore, Indian-born patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905) was born on September - 21. 

1853 On September - 21 birth of heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel 1913) 

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