Famous Personalities Born In April - 15
Saturday, 23 August 2025
1452 On this day in history birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary
1469 On April - 15 birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs
1489 Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on April - 15.
1552 Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on April - 15.
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 April - 15 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 April - 15.
1651 Domenico Gabrielli, composer was born on April - 15.
1682 On April - 15 birth of john van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit)
1684 On this day in history birth of catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27)
1688 Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer was born on April - 15.
1689 On this day in history birth of ferdinand Zellbell, composer
1707 Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant) was born on April - 15.
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 April - 15.
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 this day in history.
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 April - 15.
1809 Hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician was born on April - 15.
1812 On April - 15 birth of pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter
1814 John Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep) was born on April - 15.
1820 On this day in history birth of evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1821 On this day in history birth of emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894
1822 Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 15.
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 this day in history birth of horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921
1841 On this day in history birth of joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919)