Famous Personalities Born In April - 20
Tuesday, 13 January 2026
1442 On April - 20 birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) 

1494 On April - 20 birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister 

1586 On April - 20 birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) 

1592 John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on April - 20. 

1594 Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born on April - 20. 

1633 On April - 20 birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) 

1646 On this day in history birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) 

1650 William Bedloe, English informer (d. 1680) was born on April - 20. 

1668 Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (d. 1739) was born on this day in history. 

1705 On April - 20 birth of balthasar Schmid, composer 

1718 On this day in history 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 Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer was born on April - 20. 

1726 On this day in history birth of jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer 

1745 Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry was born on April - 20. 

1748 Georg Michael Telemann, composer was born on this day in history. 

1748 On this day in history birth of guillaume Albert Teniers, composer 

1761 On this day in history birth of johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer 

1808 Louis-Napoleon (Napoleon III), emperor of France (1852-71) was born on this day in history. 

1809 On April - 20 birth of john Smith Preston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1881 

1818 Heinrich Göbel, German-born inventor (d. 1893) was born on this day in history. 

1824 On April - 20 birth of alfred Holt Colquitt, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 

1826 On April - 20 birth of dina M Craik, writer 

1827 On this day in history birth of john Gibbon, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1896 

1839 On this day in history birth of carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914) 

1850 On April - 20 birth of daniel Chester, French/American sculptor (Minute Man) 

1851 Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1875) was born on this day in history. 

1857 On April - 20 birth of charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/author (HW Knife Day) 

1857 Hermann Bang, writer was born on April - 20. 

1858 On this day in history birth of auguste Chapuis, composer 

1860 On April - 20 birth of charles Gordon Curtis, US attorney/inventor (Curtis Turbine) 

1860 Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch MP (SDAP) was born on this day in history. 

1866 On this day in history birth of victor Hollaender, composer 

1870 On April - 20 birth of simeon Roncal, composer 

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