Famous Personalities Born In August - 15
Sunday, 15 February 2026
1171 king alfonso ix of leon: King alfonso ix of leon (d. 1230) 

1195 anthony of padua: Portuguese saint 

1432 Luigi pulci: Italy, poet (morgante) 

1575 bartol kašić: Croatian writer and linguist 

1613 Gilles ménage: French scholar 

1619 Hubertus quellinus: [quellien], flemish cartoonist/copper plate 

1688 Frederick-william i: King of prussia (1713-1740) 

1702 francesco zuccarelli: Italian rococo painter/etcher 

1717 blind jack: English roadbuilder 

1725 ferdinando bertoni: Composer 

1727 johann georg holzbogen: Composer 

1736 johann christoph kellner: Composer 

1740 M claudius: Writer 

1740 Matthias claudius: German poet 

1741 thomas norris: Composer 

1769 napoleon bonaparte: Resident of elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15) 

1771 Walter scott: Scotland, novelist/poet (lady of lake) 

1776 gottlieb schick: German painter (apollo under the hirten) 

1776 Ignaz xaver von seyfried: Composer 

1782 Henri mg earl the merode: Belgian revolutionary (souvenirs) 

1785 thomas de quincey: Eng, writer (confessions of english opium eater) 

1787 Alexander aliabiev: Composer 

1788 carel sw van hogendorp: Dutch colonial director 

1794 Elias m fries: Swedish botanist (system mycologicum) 

1803 James douglas: Father of british columbia 

1813 Jules grévy: 2nd president of the french third republic 

1822 Wilhelm rust: Composer 

1823 orris sanford ferry: Bvt major general (union volunteers) 

1829 eduard de hartog: Composer 

1839 Hugh archibald clarke: Composer 

1845 Walter crane: England, painter/illustrator (beauty & beast) 

1851 [georgette a] helena amelung: Dutch actress (scapegoat) 

1856 J keir hardie: 1st labour representative in british parliament 

1857 Albert ballin: German shipping tycoon 

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