Famous Personalities Born In April - 15
Saturday, 17 May 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 On April - 15 birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)
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 April - 15 birth of valentin Molitor, composer
1641 On April - 15 birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)
1646 On this day in history birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)
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 this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Fasch, composer
1689 Ferdinand Zellbell, composer was born on April - 15.
1707 On April - 15 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 this day in history birth of george Knowil Jackson, composer
1766 On April - 15 birth of friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic
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 April - 15.
1794 Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867) was born on this day in history.
1800 James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic) was born on this day in history.
1809 Hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician was born on this day in history.
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 Evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 was born on this day in history.
1821 Emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894 was born on this day in history.
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 April - 15 birth of mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon
1832 On April - 15 birth of wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908)
1837 Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 was born on this day in history.
1841 Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.