Famous Personalities Born In April - 15
Friday, 14 February 2025
1452 On April - 15 birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary
1469 Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on April - 15.
1489 Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.
1552 On this day in history birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)
1588 Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on this day in history.
1637 On this day in history birth of valentin Molitor, composer
1641 Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on April - 15.
1646 King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on April - 15.
1646 On this day in history birth of pierre Poiret, French mystic (d. 1719)
1651 On this day in history birth of domenico Gabrielli, composer
1682 John van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit) was born on this day in history.
1684 Catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27) was born on this day in history.
1688 Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer was born on this day in history.
1689 On this day in history birth of ferdinand Zellbell, composer
1707 On April - 15 birth of leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)
1710 William Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.
1741 On April - 15 birth of charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington)
1757 On April - 15 birth of george Knowil Jackson, composer
1766 On April - 15 birth of friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic
1772 On this day in history birth of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844)
1793 Friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers was born on April - 15.
1794 Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867) was born on this day in history.
1800 James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic) was born on April - 15.
1809 On April - 15 birth of hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician
1812 Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter was born on April - 15.
1814 John Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep) was born on April - 15.
1820 Evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 was born on this day in history.
1821 Emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894 was born on April - 15.
1822 Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
1827 Julius Tausch, composer was born on this day in history.
1829 Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon was born on this day in history.
1832 Wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908) was born on this day in history.
1837 Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 was born on April - 15.
1841 On this day in history birth of joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919)