Famous Personalities Born In April - 15
Monday, 09 February 2026
1452 On April - 15 birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary 

1469 Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on this day in history. 

1489 Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on this day in history. 

1552 Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on this day in history. 

1588 On this day in history birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist 

1637 On this day in history birth of valentin Molitor, composer 

1641 On this day in history birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) 

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 this day in history. 

1682 On April - 15 birth of john van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit) 

1684 Catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27) was born on this day in history. 

1688 Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer was born on April - 15. 

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 On this day in history birth of william Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790) 

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 On April - 15 birth of friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic 

1772 Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844) was born on April - 15. 

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

1794 On this day in history birth of jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867) 

1800 On April - 15 birth of james Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic) 

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

1812 On April - 15 birth of pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter 

1814 On April - 15 birth of john Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep) 

1820 Evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 was born on this day in history. 

1821 On April - 15 birth of emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894 

1822 On this day in history birth of napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers) 

1827 On this day in history birth of julius Tausch, composer 

1829 On this day in history birth of mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon 

1832 Wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908) was born on April - 15. 

1837 On April - 15 birth of horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 

1841 Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919) was born on this day in history. 

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