Famous Personalities Born In August - 24
Monday, 16 June 2025
1113 Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.
1113 Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.
1198 King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on this day in history.
1210 Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on August - 24.
1358 On this day in history birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)
1393 Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on August - 24.
1420 Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on August - 24.
1531 On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer
1552 Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614) was born on this day in history.
1579 On August - 24 birth of john Amner, composer
1580 On this day in history birth of john Taylor, English poet (d. 1654)
1591 On this day in history birth of robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)
1635 Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699) was born on August - 24.
1669 Alessandro Marcello, composer was born on August - 24.
1683 On August - 24 birth of meinrad Spiess, composer
1694 On August - 24 birth of theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25]
1707 Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791) was born on August - 24.
1712 On this day in history birth of cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer
1725 Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer was born on this day in history.
1733 On August - 24 birth of david Traugott Nicolai, composer
1750 Letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836) was born on August - 24.
1758 On August - 24 birth of sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794)
1759 William Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade was born on August - 24.
1772 Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40) was born on this day in history.
1772 King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840) was born on August - 24.
1787 On August - 24 birth of james Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)
1808 On August - 24 birth of benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1808 On this day in history birth of thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1816 On August - 24 birth of daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables
1817 On this day in history birth of aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]
1817 On this day in history birth of aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)
1820 On this day in history birth of jacopo Tomadini, composer
1821 On this day in history birth of emmanuele Muzio, composer
1827 On August - 24 birth of walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867