Famous Personalities Born In August - 15
Sunday, 09 February 2025
1171 On this day in history birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)
1195 On August - 15 birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)
1432 On August - 15 birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)
1575 On August - 15 birth of bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)
1613 Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.
1619 Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on August - 15.
1688 On August - 15 birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)
1702 On this day in history birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher
1717 Blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810) was born on August - 15.
1725 On this day in history birth of ferdinando Bertoni, composer
1727 On this day in history birth of johann Georg Holzbogen, composer
1736 Johann Christoph Kellner, composer was born on August - 15.
1740 On this day in history birth of m Claudius, writer
1740 On this day in history birth of matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)
1741 On August - 15 birth of thomas Norris, composer
1769 On August - 15 birth of napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15)
1771 Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake) was born on this day in history.
1776 On August - 15 birth of gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten)
1776 On August - 15 birth of ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer
1782 Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs) was born on this day in history.
1785 On August - 15 birth of thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater)
1787 On August - 15 birth of alexander Aliabiev, composer
1788 On August - 15 birth of carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director
1794 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum) was born on August - 15.
1803 On this day in history birth of james Douglas, father of British Columbia
1813 On August - 15 birth of jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891)
1822 Wilhelm Rust, composer was born on August - 15.
1823 On August - 15 birth of orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1829 On this day in history birth of eduard de Hartog, composer
1839 Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer was born on this day in history.
1845 Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast) was born on this day in history.
1851 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) was born on August - 15.
1856 On August - 15 birth of j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament
1857 Albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918) was born on August - 15.