Famous Personalities Born In April - 15
Saturday, 21 June 2025
1452 Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on April - 15.
1469 On this day in history birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs
1489 Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.
1552 On this day in history birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)
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 On this day in history birth of pierre Poiret, French mystic (d. 1719)
1651 Domenico Gabrielli, composer was born on this day in history.
1682 John van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit) was born on April - 15.
1684 On April - 15 birth of catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27)
1688 Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer was born on April - 15.
1689 Ferdinand Zellbell, composer was born on this day in history.
1707 Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant) was born on April - 15.
1710 William Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790) was born on April - 15.
1741 On this day in history birth of charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington)
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 On April - 15 birth of friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers
1794 On April - 15 birth of jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867)
1800 On this day in history 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 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 On April - 15 birth of julius Tausch, composer
1829 On this day in history birth of mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon
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 On this day in history birth of joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919)