Famous Personalities Born In April - 09
Monday, 20 October 2025
1336 On April - 09 birth of tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405)
1498 On April - 09 birth of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550)
1597 On this day in history birth of john Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670)
1611 On April - 09 birth of giacomo Maria Predieri, composer
1627 Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer was born on April - 09.
1634 Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau was born on this day in history.
1648 On this day in history birth of henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)
1649 James Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II was born on April - 09.
1680 Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist (d. 1754) was born on April - 09.
1686 James Craggs the Younger, British politician (d. 1721) was born on April - 09.
1691 Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (d. 1761) was born on this day in history.
1716 Johann Georg Zechner, composer was born on April - 09.
1717 Georg Matthias Monn, composer was born on this day in history.
1751 On April - 09 birth of emanuel Schikaneder, [Johann Schickeneder], German playwright [or 9/1]
1754 On this day in history birth of antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer
1754 On this day in history birth of pieter Paulus, Dutch lawyer/CEO (National Convention)
1757 On this day in history birth of wojciech Boguslawski, composer
1770 On April - 09 birth of thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist (d. 1831)
1773 On this day in history birth of Étienne Aignan, French writer (d. 1824
1785 On April - 09 birth of sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch physician/chemist (electric car 1835)
1794 On April - 09 birth of theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (d. 1881)
1798 On April - 09 birth of giuditta Pasta, [Negri], soprano
1806 On this day in history birth of isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of 1st transatlantic steamer
1812 Randolph Barnes Marcy, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887 was born on this day in history.
1821 On this day in history birth of charles-Pierre Baudelaire, France, symbolist poet (Flowers of Evil)
1826 On April - 09 birth of thomas Hewson Neill, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
1830 Eadweard Muybridge, England, pioneered study of motion, photography was born on April - 09.
1835 Leopold II, King of Belgians (1865-1909) was born on this day in history.
1847 On this day in history birth of francesco Paolo Tosti, composer
1847 Francis William Davenport, composer was born on April - 09.
1848 On April - 09 birth of f A MacKinnon, cricketer (later the 35th Mackinnon of Mackinnon)
1848 Helena Lange, German feminist was born on April - 09.
1850 Herman Zumpe, composer was born on this day in history.
1851 On this day in history birth of c E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (Neth Indies)