Famous Personalities Born In August - 15
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
1171 On August - 15 birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)
1195 On this day in history birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)
1432 Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on this day in history.
1575 Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on August - 15.
1613 Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on August - 15.
1619 On August - 15 birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate
1688 On August - 15 birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)
1702 Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on August - 15.
1717 On August - 15 birth of blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810)
1725 On August - 15 birth of ferdinando Bertoni, composer
1727 Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer was born on August - 15.
1736 On this day in history birth of johann Christoph Kellner, composer
1740 M Claudius, writer was born on this day in history.
1740 Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815) was born on this day in history.
1741 On this day in history birth of thomas Norris, composer
1769 Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15) was born on August - 15.
1771 Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake) was born on this day in history.
1776 Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten) was born on August - 15.
1776 On August - 15 birth of ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer
1782 Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs) was born on August - 15.
1785 Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater) was born on August - 15.
1787 On August - 15 birth of alexander Aliabiev, composer
1788 On this day in history birth of carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director
1794 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum) was born on this day in history.
1803 On August - 15 birth of james Douglas, father of British Columbia
1813 Jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.
1822 On August - 15 birth of wilhelm Rust, composer
1823 On this day in history birth of orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1829 Eduard de Hartog, composer was born on this day in history.
1839 Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer was born on this day in history.
1845 Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast) was born on August - 15.
1851 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) was born on this day in history.
1856 On August - 15 birth of j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament
1857 Albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918) was born on August - 15.