Famous Personalities Born In August - 13
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
0582 Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640) was born on this day in history.
1311 On this day in history birth of king Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)
1422 William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy) was born on August - 13.
1584 On this day in history birth of theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)
1617 Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist was born on August - 13.
1625 On this day in history birth of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)
1655 Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet) was born on this day in history.
1662 Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748) was born on this day in history.
1666 On this day in history birth of william Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727)
1692 Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer was born on August - 13.
1700 On this day in history birth of heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763)
1704 Lorenzo Fago, composer was born on August - 13.
1717 On August - 13 birth of christoph Nichelsmann, German composer
1717 Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.
1721 On August - 13 birth of francis Ireland, composer
1747 On August - 13 birth of adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer
1748 On August - 13 birth of pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot
1752 On this day in history birth of marie Caroline of Austria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1814)
1764 On August - 13 birth of louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)
1790 On this day in history birth of william Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)
1792 On August - 13 birth of adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849)
1802 On this day in history birth of nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser)
1803 Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869) was born on this day in history.
1814 On August - 13 birth of anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874)
1817 Karoly Thern, composer was born on August - 13.
1818 On August - 13 birth of lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn)
1819 George Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (spectroscope) was born on this day in history.
1820 On this day in history birth of george Grove, London, England, biblical scholar/misicographer
1820 On August - 13 birth of joseph Alberdingk Thijm, [Pauwels Foreestier], poet (Dietsche Warande)
1823 Goldwin Smith, English-born historian and journalist (d. 1910) was born on August - 13.
1826 On this day in history birth of william Thomas Best, composer
1831 Salomon Jaoassohn, composer was born on this day in history.
1840 Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros) was born on this day in history.
1841 On this day in history birth of unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh)