Famous Personalities Born In April - 24
Friday, 09 January 2026
1533 On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584) 

1538 On this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer 

1581 Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on April - 24. 

1594 On this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer 

1620 On this day in history birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography 

1660 On April - 24 birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver 

1670 Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on this day in history. 

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 On this day in history birth of roman Hoffstetter, composer 

1743 On this day in history birth of edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom) 

1750 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician was born on this day in history. 

1766 On this day in history birth of robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac) 

1769 On April - 24 birth of arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington 

1773 On this day in history birth of harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director 

1784 On April - 24 birth of peter Vivian Daniel, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860) 

1791 Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland) was born on April - 24. 

1796 On April - 24 birth of k L Immermann, writer 

1804 On this day in history birth of thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy) 

1807 Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 was born on this day in history. 

1814 Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire was born on this day in history. 

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 James Edward Harrison, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 was born on April - 24. 

1822 Erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 24. 

1824 Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger was born on this day in history. 

1828 Robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 was born on April - 24. 

1829 On April - 24 birth of george Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 

1836 On April - 24 birth of jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist 

1837 On April - 24 birth of friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) 

1845 Carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919) was born on April - 24. 

1849 On this day in history birth of joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris) 

1851 On this day in history birth of eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) 

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