Famous Personalities Born In April - 04
Sunday, 06 July 2025
1492 Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.
1527 On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer
1572 William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.
1593 Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on April - 04.
1646 Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on April - 04.
1648 On April - 04 birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver
1688 On this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)
1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter was born on April - 04.
1716 John Evangelist Schreiber, composer was born on April - 04.
1718 Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783) was born on this day in history.
1731 Francisco Morera, composer was born on this day in history.
1740 Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer was born on April - 04.
1752 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) was born on April - 04.
1755 On this day in history birth of vincenc Masek, composer
1758 On April - 04 birth of john Hoppner, portrait painter
1762 Stephen Storace, composer was born on April - 04.
1772 Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810) was born on April - 04.
1785 Bettina Brentano, composer was born on April - 04.
1785 On April - 04 birth of bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King)
1786 On this day in history birth of john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)
1792 On April - 04 birth of thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)
1802 Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887) was born on April - 04.
1804 On April - 04 birth of joseph Fischhof, composer
1809 On April - 04 birth of benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer
1814 On April - 04 birth of john Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872
1817 On this day in history birth of john Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893
1818 On April - 04 birth of thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883)
1819 On this day in history birth of queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
1820 On April - 04 birth of charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1821 On April - 04 birth of linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)
1823 On April - 04 birth of karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)
1823 Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 04.
1826 Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901) was born on this day in history.
1828 Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) was born on April - 04.