Famous Personalities Born In April - 15
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
1452 Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on this day in history.
1469 Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on April - 15.
1489 On this day in history birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)
1552 On this day in history birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)
1588 Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on April - 15.
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 On April - 15 birth of pierre Poiret, French mystic (d. 1719)
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 this day in history birth of ferdinand Zellbell, composer
1707 Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant) was born on this day in history.
1710 On April - 15 birth of william Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790)
1741 Charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington) was born on April - 15.
1757 George Knowil Jackson, composer was born on April - 15.
1766 Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic was born on this day in history.
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 April - 15.
1794 On April - 15 birth of jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867)
1800 On April - 15 birth of james Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic)
1809 Hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician was born on April - 15.
1812 Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter was born on April - 15.
1814 John Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep) was born on this day in history.
1820 Evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 was born on April - 15.
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 this day in history.
1827 Julius Tausch, composer was born on April - 15.
1829 Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon was born on April - 15.
1832 On this day in history 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 On April - 15 birth of joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919)