Famous Personalities Born In December - 21
Saturday, 05 July 2025
1117 Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.
1401 On this day in history birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)
1518 On this day in history birth of mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician
1537 On this day in history birth of johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)
1596 Petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646) was born on December - 21.
1603 On this day in history birth of roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)
1616 Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on this day in history.
1628 Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer was born on December - 21.
1639 Jean Racin, writer was born on this day in history.
1714 John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774) was born on December - 21.
1728 On this day in history birth of hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer
1756 Thomas Anton Kunz, composer was born on this day in history.
1778 On this day in history birth of anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860)
1795 On December - 21 birth of leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886)
1800 Barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876 was born on this day in history.
1804 Benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80) was born on December - 21.
1805 Thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869) was born on this day in history.
1805 On December - 21 birth of thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869)
1810 On this day in history birth of ludwig Schuncke, composer
1815 On December - 21 birth of thomas Couture, French painter/author
1818 Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece was born on this day in history.
1818 Lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity) was born on this day in history.
1823 Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders) was born on this day in history.
1826 On December - 21 birth of ernst Pauer, composer
1832 John Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 was born on December - 21.
1840 Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) was born on this day in history.
1843 Thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898) was born on this day in history.
1848 On December - 21 birth of edward Everett Rice, composer
1849 James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) was born on December - 21.
1850 Zdenek Fibich, composer was born on December - 21.
1851 Thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.
1853 On December - 21 birth of isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)
1859 Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre) was born on December - 21.
1860 Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah) was born on this day in history.