Famous Personalities Born In April - 15
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
1452 Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on this day in history. 

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 On April - 15 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 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 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 On April - 15 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 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 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 On April - 15 birth of jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867) 

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 this day in history. 

1814 On April - 15 birth of john Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep) 

1820 On April - 15 birth of evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 

1821 On April - 15 birth of emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894 

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 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 Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919) was born on this day in history. 

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