Famous Personalities Born In April - 20
Thursday, 12 June 2025
1442 Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) was born on April - 20.
1494 John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on April - 20.
1586 Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on April - 20.
1592 On April - 20 birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author
1594 On April - 20 birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer
1633 On April - 20 birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)
1646 Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) was born on April - 20.
1650 William Bedloe, English informer (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.
1668 On this day in history birth of yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (d. 1739)
1705 On April - 20 birth of balthasar Schmid, composer
1718 On April - 20 birth of david Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747)
1723 Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1781) was born on April - 20.
1725 On April - 20 birth of johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer
1726 Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer was born on this day in history.
1745 Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry was born on April - 20.
1748 On this day in history birth of georg Michael Telemann, composer
1748 On this day in history birth of guillaume Albert Teniers, composer
1761 On April - 20 birth of johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer
1808 On this day in history birth of louis-Napoleon (Napoleon III), emperor of France (1852-71)
1809 John Smith Preston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1881 was born on April - 20.
1818 Heinrich Göbel, German-born inventor (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.
1824 Alfred Holt Colquitt, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 was born on April - 20.
1826 On this day in history birth of dina M Craik, writer
1827 John Gibbon, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1896 was born on April - 20.
1839 On April - 20 birth of carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914)
1850 Daniel Chester, French/American sculptor (Minute Man) was born on April - 20.
1851 On this day in history birth of young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1875)
1857 Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/author (HW Knife Day) was born on April - 20.
1857 On this day in history birth of hermann Bang, writer
1858 On April - 20 birth of auguste Chapuis, composer
1860 Charles Gordon Curtis, US attorney/inventor (Curtis Turbine) was born on this day in history.
1860 Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch MP (SDAP) was born on April - 20.
1866 Victor Hollaender, composer was born on April - 20.
1870 Simeon Roncal, composer was born on April - 20.