Famous Personalities Born In April - 15
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
1452 On April - 15 birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary
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 Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on April - 15.
1588 Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on April - 15.
1637 Valentin Molitor, composer was born on this day in history.
1641 On April - 15 birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)
1646 On April - 15 birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)
1646 On April - 15 birth of pierre Poiret, French mystic (d. 1719)
1651 On this day in history birth of domenico Gabrielli, composer
1682 On this day in history birth of john van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit)
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 On April - 15 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 April - 15.
1757 On this day in history birth of george Knowil Jackson, composer
1766 Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic was born on April - 15.
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 Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867) was born on this day in history.
1800 James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic) was born on April - 15.
1809 Hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician was born on this day in history.
1812 Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter was born on April - 15.
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 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 this day in history.
1829 On this day in history birth of mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon
1832 On April - 15 birth of wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908)
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 April - 15.