Famous Personalities Born In April - 18
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1480 On April - 18 birth of lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)
1521 On April - 18 birth of francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)
1580 On this day in history birth of thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)
1590 Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17) was born on this day in history.
1590 Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.
1605 On April - 18 birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer
1729 Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer was born on this day in history.
1732 George Colman, "the Elder was born on April - 18.
1740 On this day in history birth of francis Baring, banker/merchant
1744 On April - 18 birth of pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot
1759 On this day in history birth of jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer
1764 On this day in history birth of bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer
1771 On this day in history birth of karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820)
1777 On this day in history birth of ignac Ruzitska, composer
1786 Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer was born on April - 18.
1797 On this day in history birth of louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France
1803 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61) was born on this day in history.
1806 On this day in history birth of ludwig Schuberth, composer
1813 On April - 18 birth of james McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (d. 1865)
1817 George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe) was born on April - 18.
1819 Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban Revolutionary (d. 1874) was born on April - 18.
1819 On this day in history birth of franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (d. 1895)
1838 On this day in history birth of paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French scientist (d. 1912)
1839 On April - 18 birth of frantz Jehin-Prume, composer
1839 Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) was born on this day in history.
1842 On this day in history birth of antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice)
1845 Wilhelm Gericke, composer was born on April - 18.
1852 On this day in history birth of george Clausen, painter
1855 On this day in history birth of abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen)
1855 On April - 18 birth of josef Gruber, composer
1857 Clarence S Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial was born on this day in history.
1859 On April - 18 birth of eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren)
1863 Felix Blumenfeld, composer was born on this day in history.
1864 Richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig) was born on April - 18.