Famous Personalities Born In August - 21
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
1165 Philip ii augustus: 1st great capetian king of france (1179-1223) 

1535 Shimazu yoshihiro: Japanese samurai and warlord 

1567 francois de sales: French bishop of geneva/writer/saint 

1597 roger twysden: English antiquarian and royalist 

1642 johann friedrich treiber: Composer 

1643 afonso vi: King of portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) 

1660 Hubert gautier: Engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building 

1665 giacomo f. maraldi: French-italian astronomer 

1670 James fitzjames: 1st duke of berwick, french military leader 

1689 jose pradas gallen: Composer 

1721 lucretia w van winter-van merken: Dutch poet 

1725 jean-baptiste greuze: French painter 

1751 johann georg witthauer: Composer 

1754 William murdoch: Scottish inventor 

1754 Banastre tarleton: British soldier and politician 

1765 william iv: King of england (1830-37) 

1765 William iv of the united kingdom: William iv of the united kingdom (d. 1837) 

1780 Jernej kopitar: Slovenian censor (slovenian grammar) 

1789 Augustin-louis: Baron cauchy, french mathematician 

1798 jules michelet: French historian (history of france, l'amour) 

1800 hiram walden: American politician 

1801 guillaume groen van prinsterer: Ww ii dutch statesman/historian 

1806 Johannes frederick frohlich: Composer 

1809 Francesco schira: Composer 

1810 thomas jefferson mckean: Bvt major general (union volunteers) 

1813 jean stas: Belgian chemist 

1816 charles frédéric gerhardt: French chemist 

1821 William barksdale: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1863 

1824 John sanford mason: Brig general (union volunteers), died in 1897 

1825 kate fanny loder: Composer 

1826 Karl gegenbaur: German anatomist 

1829 Otto goldschmidt: Composer 

1847 arthur t verhaegen: Belgian worker's union leader 

1852 benedetto junck: Composer 

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