Famous Personalities Born In April - 15
Sunday, 01 February 2026
1452 On this day in history birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary 

1469 Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on April - 15. 

1489 On April - 15 birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) 

1552 Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on April - 15. 

1588 Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on this day in history. 

1637 On April - 15 birth of valentin Molitor, composer 

1641 Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on April - 15. 

1646 King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on April - 15. 

1646 Pierre Poiret, French mystic (d. 1719) was born on this day in history. 

1651 Domenico Gabrielli, composer was born on April - 15. 

1682 On this day in history birth of john van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit) 

1684 Catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27) was born on April - 15. 

1688 On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Fasch, composer 

1689 On April - 15 birth of ferdinand Zellbell, composer 

1707 On this day in history birth of leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant) 

1710 William Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790) was born on April - 15. 

1741 Charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington) was born on this day in history. 

1757 On April - 15 birth of george Knowil Jackson, composer 

1766 Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic was born on this day in history. 

1772 On this day in history birth of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844) 

1793 Friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers was born on this day in history. 

1794 On April - 15 birth of jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867) 

1800 James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic) was born on this day in history. 

1809 On April - 15 birth of hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician 

1812 On this day in history birth of pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter 

1814 John Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep) was born on April - 15. 

1820 Evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 was born on April - 15. 

1821 On this day in history birth of emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894 

1822 On April - 15 birth of napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers) 

1827 Julius Tausch, composer was born on April - 15. 

1829 Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon was born on this day in history. 

1832 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908) 

1837 On this day in history birth of horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 

1841 Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919) was born on April - 15. 

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