Famous Personalities Born In August - 15
Saturday, 12 July 2025
1171 On August - 15 birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)
1195 On August - 15 birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)
1432 Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on August - 15.
1575 Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on August - 15.
1613 Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.
1619 Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on August - 15.
1688 Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on August - 15.
1702 On this day in history birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher
1717 On August - 15 birth of blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810)
1725 Ferdinando Bertoni, composer was born on August - 15.
1727 Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer was born on this day in history.
1736 On this day in history birth of johann Christoph Kellner, composer
1740 On August - 15 birth of m Claudius, writer
1740 On this day in history birth of matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)
1741 On August - 15 birth of thomas Norris, composer
1769 Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15) was born on this day in history.
1771 On this day in history birth of walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake)
1776 Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten) was born on August - 15.
1776 On this day in history birth of ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer
1782 On this day in history birth of henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs)
1785 Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater) was born on this day in history.
1787 Alexander Aliabiev, composer was born on August - 15.
1788 On this day in history birth of carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director
1794 On this day in history birth of elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum)
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 August - 15.
1822 Wilhelm Rust, composer was born on August - 15.
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 On August - 15 birth of hugh Archibald Clarke, composer
1845 On this day in history birth of walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast)
1851 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) was born on August - 15.
1856 On this day in history birth of j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament
1857 Albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918) was born on August - 15.