Famous Personalities Born In April - 15
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
1452 On April - 15 birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary
1469 On this day in history birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs
1489 Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on April - 15.
1552 Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.
1588 On this day in history birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist
1637 On this day in history birth of valentin Molitor, composer
1641 Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.
1646 King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on April - 15.
1646 Pierre Poiret, French mystic (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.
1651 Domenico Gabrielli, composer was born on April - 15.
1682 On April - 15 birth of john van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit)
1684 Catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27) was born on this day in history.
1688 On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Fasch, composer
1689 Ferdinand Zellbell, composer was born on this day in history.
1707 Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant) was born on April - 15.
1710 On April - 15 birth of william Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790)
1741 Charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington) was born on April - 15.
1757 George Knowil Jackson, composer was born on April - 15.
1766 Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic was born on this day in history.
1772 Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844) was born on this day in history.
1793 Friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers was born on this day in history.
1794 Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867) was born on this day in history.
1800 On this day in history birth of james Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic)
1809 On this day in history birth of hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician
1812 Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter was born on this day in history.
1814 John Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep) was born on this day in history.
1820 Evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 was born on April - 15.
1821 Emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894 was born on April - 15.
1822 On this day in history birth of napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers)
1827 On this day in history birth of julius Tausch, composer
1829 On this day in history birth of mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon
1832 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908)
1837 Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 was born on April - 15.
1841 Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.