Famous Personalities Born In April - 15
Friday, 17 October 2025
1452 Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on April - 15.
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 Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on this day in history.
1637 On this day in history birth of valentin Molitor, composer
1641 Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on April - 15.
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 John van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit) was born on this day in history.
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 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 April - 15 birth of william Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790)
1741 On April - 15 birth of charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington)
1757 On this day in history birth of george Knowil Jackson, composer
1766 On this day in history birth of friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic
1772 Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844) was born on April - 15.
1793 On this day in history birth of friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers
1794 Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867) was born on April - 15.
1800 James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic) was born on this day in history.
1809 On this day in history birth of hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician
1812 On this day in history 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 Julius Tausch, composer was born on this day in history.
1829 Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon was born on this day in history.
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)