Famous Personalities Born In August - 21
Saturday, 21 June 2025
1165 Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on August - 21.
1535 Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on August - 21.
1567 On this day in history birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint
1597 On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)
1642 Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.
1643 Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on August - 21.
1660 On August - 21 birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building
1665 Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.
1670 James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734) was born on August - 21.
1689 On August - 21 birth of jose Pradas Gallen, composer
1721 Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet was born on this day in history.
1725 On August - 21 birth of jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter
1751 On August - 21 birth of johann Georg Witthauer, composer
1754 On August - 21 birth of william Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839)
1754 On this day in history birth of banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833)
1765 William IV, king of England (1830-37) was born on August - 21.
1765 William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837) was born on this day in history.
1780 On this day in history birth of jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar)
1789 Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician was born on this day in history.
1798 On this day in history birth of jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour)
1800 On August - 21 birth of hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880)
1801 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian was born on August - 21.
1806 Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer was born on this day in history.
1809 Francesco Schira, composer was born on August - 21.
1810 On August - 21 birth of thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1813 On this day in history birth of jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891)
1816 On August - 21 birth of charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856)
1821 On August - 21 birth of william Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1824 On this day in history birth of john Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1825 On August - 21 birth of kate Fanny Loder, composer
1826 Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903) was born on August - 21.
1829 On this day in history birth of otto Goldschmidt, composer
1847 On this day in history birth of arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader
1852 On August - 21 birth of benedetto Junck, composer