Famous Personalities Born In April - 24
Saturday, 12 July 2025
1533 On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)
1538 On April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer
1581 Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.
1594 Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on this day in history.
1620 John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.
1660 On this day in history birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver
1670 Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on this day in history.
1706 Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.
1718 On April - 24 birth of nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784)
1721 On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised
1742 Roman Hoffstetter, composer was born on this day in history.
1743 On April - 24 birth of edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom)
1750 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician was born on this day in history.
1766 Robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac) was born on April - 24.
1769 On this day in history birth of arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington
1773 On April - 24 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 April - 24.
1791 On this day in history 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 April - 24.
1807 On April - 24 birth of charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1814 Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire was born on April - 24.
1814 Vincente F Lopez, Argentina historian (La Novia del Hereje) was born on this day in history.
1815 On April - 24 birth of anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)
1815 On April - 24 birth of james Edward Harrison, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875
1822 Erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 24.
1824 On April - 24 birth of fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger
1828 On this day in history birth of robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
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 On this day in history birth of carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)
1849 Joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris) was born on this day in history.
1851 Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) was born on April - 24.