Famous Personalities Born In April - 24
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1533 William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on April - 24.
1538 Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.
1581 On this day in history birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)
1594 Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on this day in history.
1620 John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on April - 24.
1660 Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on April - 24.
1670 On April - 24 birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer
1706 On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer
1718 Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784) was born on April - 24.
1721 On April - 24 birth of johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised
1742 Roman Hoffstetter, composer was born on April - 24.
1743 On April - 24 birth of edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom)
1750 On April - 24 birth of simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician
1766 Robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac) was born on April - 24.
1769 Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington was born on this day in history.
1773 On this day in history birth of harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director
1784 Peter Vivian Daniel, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.
1791 On April - 24 birth of nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)
1796 On this day in history birth of k L Immermann, writer
1804 Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy) was born on this day in history.
1807 Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 was born on April - 24.
1814 Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire was born on April - 24.
1814 On April - 24 birth of vincente F Lopez, Argentina historian (La Novia del Hereje)
1815 Anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers) was born on April - 24.
1815 On April - 24 birth of james Edward Harrison, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875
1822 On April - 24 birth of erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1824 On April - 24 birth of fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger
1828 Robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 was born on April - 24.
1829 George Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 was born on this day in history.
1836 On this day in history birth of jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist
1837 On April - 24 birth of friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)
1845 On April - 24 birth of carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)
1849 Joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris) was born on April - 24.
1851 Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) was born on April - 24.