Famous Personalities Born In December - 21
Saturday, 08 February 2025
1117 On this day in history birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury
1401 On this day in history birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)
1518 On this day in history birth of mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician
1537 Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on this day in history.
1596 On this day in history birth of petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)
1603 Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684) was born on this day in history.
1616 Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on this day in history.
1628 On December - 21 birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer
1639 On this day in history birth of jean Racin, writer
1714 John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774) was born on December - 21.
1728 Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer was born on this day in history.
1756 On December - 21 birth of thomas Anton Kunz, composer
1778 Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.
1795 On December - 21 birth of leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886)
1800 Barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876 was born on this day in history.
1804 On this day in history birth of benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80)
1805 On December - 21 birth of thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869)
1805 Thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869) was born on December - 21.
1810 Ludwig Schuncke, composer was born on this day in history.
1815 On December - 21 birth of thomas Couture, French painter/author
1818 On this day in history birth of amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece
1818 Lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity) was born on this day in history.
1823 Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders) was born on this day in history.
1826 Ernst Pauer, composer was born on December - 21.
1832 On this day in history birth of john Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1840 On December - 21 birth of mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)
1843 Thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898) was born on December - 21.
1848 On December - 21 birth of edward Everett Rice, composer
1849 On December - 21 birth of james Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)
1850 On December - 21 birth of zdenek Fibich, composer
1851 Thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.
1853 Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter) was born on this day in history.
1859 On this day in history birth of gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre)
1860 On December - 21 birth of henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)