Famous Personalities Born In May - 21
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
1471 Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on this day in history.
1527 On May - 21 birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)
1633 On this day in history birth of joseph de La Barre, composer
1653 Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.
1671 Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on this day in history.
1680 Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on this day in history.
1688 Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on this day in history.
1720 Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on this day in history.
1722 Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer was born on this day in history.
1755 Alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810) was born on May - 21.
1763 Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.
1775 Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano was born on this day in history.
1780 On May - 21 birth of elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse
1792 Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843) was born on this day in history.
1796 Reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876 was born on May - 21.
1821 John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director was born on this day in history.
1822 Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 was born on May - 21.
1822 Mosby Monroe Parsons, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1865 was born on May - 21.
1825 On May - 21 birth of george Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1826 Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro was born on May - 21.
1827 On May - 21 birth of william P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)
1832 On May - 21 birth of elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917)
1834 Charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902) was born on May - 21.
1835 On May - 21 birth of newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1835 František Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884) was born on May - 21.
1841 On May - 21 birth of joseph Parry, composer
1843 Louis Renault, French lawyer was born on May - 21.
1843 On this day in history birth of charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)
1850 Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914) was born on May - 21.
1851 On this day in history birth of leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920)
1853 On this day in history birth of jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)
1855 Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes) was born on this day in history.
1858 Jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician was born on this day in history.
1860 Willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph) was born on this day in history.