Famous Personalities Born In January - 21
Saturday, 25 January 2025
1337 On this day in history birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)
1338 On this day in history birth of king Charles V of France (d. 1380)
1571 On January - 21 birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)
1659 Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on January - 21.
1721 James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.
1735 On January - 21 birth of johann Gottfried Eckard, composer
1743 On this day in history birth of john Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)
1746 On this day in history birth of johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]
1751 Josephus Andreas Fodor, composer was born on this day in history.
1759 On January - 21 birth of johan Valckenaer, Dutch politician/patriot
1762 Giuseppe Antonio Silvani, composer was born on January - 21.
1771 On this day in history birth of arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director
1775 On this day in history birth of manuel Garcia, composer
1792 Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales) was born on January - 21.
1796 John Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author was born on January - 21.
1801 Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer was born on this day in history.
1804 On January - 21 birth of eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887)
1814 Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer was born on this day in history.
1815 On January - 21 birth of horace Wells, dentist (pioneered use of medical anethesia)
1815 John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (d. 1900) was born on January - 21.
1821 John Cabell Breckinridge, (D) 14th US VP (1857-61)/mjr-gen (Confed) was born on this day in history.
1823 Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer was born on this day in history.
1824 On this day in history birth of thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed)
1825 On January - 21 birth of imre Madách, Hungarian writer (d. 1864)
1827 Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (d. 1900) was born on January - 21.
1829 On this day in history birth of oscar II Frederik, King of Sweden (1872-1907)/Norway (-1905)/poet
1833 Norman Willis, union leader (Britain's Trades Union Congress) was born on January - 21.
1840 On this day in history birth of sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician
1848 Henri Duparc, French composer was born on this day in history.
1855 John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer was born on this day in history.
1859 On January - 21 birth of antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer
1860 Karl Staaff, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1915) was born on January - 21.
1867 James Marcus, New York, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail) was born on this day in history.
1867 Maxime Weygard, French general/gov-gen (Algeria) was born on January - 21.