Famous Personalities Born In April - 21
Thursday, 10 July 2025
1488 Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot was born on this day in history.
1546 Arcangelo Crivelli, composer was born on April - 21.
1555 Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born on April - 21.
1619 On this day in history birth of john A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)
1651 On April - 21 birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)
1652 On April - 21 birth of michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)
1671 On April - 21 birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)
1672 Johann Philipp Kafer, composer was born on this day in history.
1673 On April - 21 birth of wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1742)
1713 Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France was born on this day in history.
1729 On this day in history birth of catharina II, the Great, writer/emperess of Russia (1762-96)
1730 Antonin Kammel, composer was born on April - 21.
1749 On this day in history birth of johann Michael Malzat, composer
1774 On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist)
1775 Alexander Anderson, US, engraver/illustrator (Shakespeare) was born on this day in history.
1779 William Knyvett, composer was born on April - 21.
1795 Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint was born on this day in history.
1803 Levin Minn Powell, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1885 was born on April - 21.
1806 On this day in history birth of peter van Schendel, Dutch painter
1809 On this day in history birth of robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secy State (Confederacy)
1810 On this day in history birth of john Putnam Chapin, American politician (d. 1864)
1811 On April - 21 birth of alson Sherman, American politician (d. 1903)
1814 Beni Egressy, composer was born on April - 21.
1816 Charlotte Bronte, Tornton England, novelist (Jane Eyre) was born on April - 21.
1816 On this day in history birth of louis Trezevant Wigfall, Confederate Army, died in 1874
1824 Anselmo Clave, composer was born on April - 21.
1828 On this day in history birth of hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian (Voyage in Italy)
1834 On this day in history birth of william Rufus Terrill, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1837 Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908) was born on April - 21.
1838 On this day in history birth of john Muir, US, naturalist/discoverer (glaciers in High Seirras)
1838 Nat Thompson, cricketer (1st batsman dismissed in a Test match) was born on this day in history.
1840 On April - 21 birth of franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis)
1849 On this day in history birth of oskar Hertwig, Germany, embryologist, discovered fertilization
1851 Charles Barrois, French geologist (d. 1939) was born on April - 21.