Famous Personalities Born In January - 15
Friday, 17 January 2025
1432 Afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481) was born on this day in history.
1481 Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511) was born on January - 15.
1507 Johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran) was born on January - 15.
1538 Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599) was born on January - 15.
1567 On January - 15 birth of black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)
1622 On January - 15 birth of molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
1671 Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.
1674 On this day in history birth of prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)
1715 On January - 15 birth of georg C Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist
1716 On January - 15 birth of philip Livingston, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)
1730 On January - 15 birth of john Malchair, composer
1733 On this day in history birth of joseph Lederer, composer
1742 On this day in history birth of eugene Godecharle, composer
1747 John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822) was born on this day in history.
1754 Richard Martin, Irish animal rights activist (d. 1834) was born on January - 15.
1779 On January - 15 birth of jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer
1791 On January - 15 birth of franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece)
1795 On January - 15 birth of willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/man of letters
1795 On January - 15 birth of alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829)
1798 Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller (Fairy legends) was born on January - 15.
1803 On January - 15 birth of marjory Fleming, Scottish writer and poet (d. 1811)
1809 Cornelia Connelly, Phila, founder (Society of the Holy Child Jesus) was born on this day in history.
1809 Pierre Joseph Proudhon, France, politician (libertarian socialist) was born on this day in history.
1812 On January - 15 birth of peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer
1813 On January - 15 birth of james Marion Sims, SC, surgeon/gynecologist (vesicovaginal operation)
1815 On January - 15 birth of henry Morris Naglee, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1816 Marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852) was born on this day in history.
1817 Lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871 was born on January - 15.
1821 On January - 15 birth of lafayette McLaws, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
1824 On this day in history birth of marie Duplessis, French courtesan (d. 1847)
1826 Mikhail Saltykov, Spas-Ugol Russia, satirist (Family of Noblemen) was born on January - 15.
1841 On this day in history birth of lord Frederick Stanley, presenter of hockey's Stanley Cup
1842 Blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909) was born on January - 15.
1842 Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925) was born on January - 15.