Famous Personalities Born In September - 21
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
1328 Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398) was born on this day in history.
1372 On this day in history birth of frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40)
1411 On September - 21 birth of richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460)
1415 On this day in history birth of frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493)
1428 On this day in history birth of jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)
1452 On September - 21 birth of girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98)
1527 On September - 21 birth of matthaus Ludecus, composer
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 Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer was born on September - 21.
1706 Polyxena Christina of Hesse-Rotenburg, queen of Sardinia (d. 1735) was born on September - 21.
1728 On September - 21 birth of louis Emmanuel Eadin, composer
1737 Francis Hopkinson, US, writer/lawyer (helped design Stars & Stripes) was born on September - 21.
1752 Louise MC, countess of Albany was born on September - 21.
1756 On September - 21 birth of john Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt)
1758 On this day in history birth of christopher Gore, 8th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1827)
1760 Gaetano Valeri, composer was born on September - 21.
1760 On September - 21 birth of ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman (d. 1837)
1788 Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady (1849-50) was born on this day in history.
1817 On September - 21 birth of carter Littlepage Stevenson, Major General (Confederate Army)
1817 Charles Balmer, composer was born on this day in history.
1819 Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France (d. 1864) was born on this day in history.
1820 Williams Carter Wickham, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on September - 21.
1824 Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
1827 Michael Corcoran, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on September - 21.
1832 Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer was born on September - 21.
1832 On this day in history birth of samuel Sprigg Carroll, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893
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 David Emlyn Evans, composer was born on September - 21.
1849 On September - 21 birth of edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son)
1849 Maurice Barrymore, Indian-born patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.
1853 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel 1913) was born on this day in history.