Famous Personalities Born In August - 22
Thursday, 28 August 2025
1530 On this day in history birth of bartolomeo Spontone, composer
1601 On August - 22 birth of georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)
1615 Christopher Gibbons, composer was born on this day in history.
1624 Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701) was born on August - 22.
1647 Denis Papin, French physicist (Papiniaanse pot, steam machine) was born on this day in history.
1679 On August - 22 birth of pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)
1681 On this day in history birth of pierre Danican Philidor, composer
1753 On August - 22 birth of christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer
1760 Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italy, Pope (1823-29) was born on August - 22.
1764 On August - 22 birth of charles Percier, French architect (d. 1838)
1766 On this day in history birth of joseph-Denis Doche, composer
1771 On this day in history birth of jan Joseph Rosler, composer
1771 Henry Maudslay, English inventor (d. 1831) was born on August - 22.
1773 Aimé Bonpland, French explorer (d. 1858) was born on August - 22.
1779 James Kirke Paulding, American author (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.
1788 Thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter was born on August - 22.
1795 On August - 22 birth of abraham Capadose, physician/missionary
1800 William S. Harney, U.S. general (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.
1800 Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.
1811 On August - 22 birth of william Kelly, American inventor (d. 1888)
1822 On August - 22 birth of george Stoneman, US Union general-major/(Gov-Calif, 1883-87)
1822 Virginia Clemm Poe, wife of Edgar Allan Poe (d. 1847) was born on this day in history.
1827 Edouard Silas, composer was born on this day in history.
1827 On this day in history birth of josef Strauss, Austria, composer (Dorfschwalben aus Austria)
1827 Joseph Anthony Mower, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1870 was born on August - 22.
1827 Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman, industrialist and politician (d. 1906) was born on this day in history.
1834 On this day in history birth of nathaniel Harrison Harris, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1834 Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer (d. 1906) was born on this day in history.
1836 Archibald M Willard, US, artist (Spirit of '76) was born on August - 22.
1845 On August - 22 birth of william Lewis Douglas, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1924)
1846 On August - 22 birth of b Amalie Skram-Alver, Norway, writer (Hellemyrsfolket)
1847 On August - 22 birth of alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer
1848 On this day in history birth of melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (d. 1929)
1852 Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (Political Struggle in Italy) was born on this day in history.