Famous Personalities Born In December - 21
Tuesday, 14 January 2025
1117 Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury was born on December - 21.
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 December - 21 birth of johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)
1596 On this day in history birth of petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)
1603 Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684) was born on this day in history.
1616 Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on December - 21.
1628 On December - 21 birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer
1639 On this day in history birth of jean Racin, writer
1714 On this day in history birth of john Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774)
1728 Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer was born on this day in history.
1756 Thomas Anton Kunz, composer was born on this day in history.
1778 Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.
1795 Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886) was born on December - 21.
1800 On December - 21 birth of barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876
1804 On December - 21 birth of benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80)
1805 On December - 21 birth of thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869)
1805 On December - 21 birth of thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869)
1810 On December - 21 birth of ludwig Schuncke, composer
1815 On this day in history birth of thomas Couture, French painter/author
1818 On December - 21 birth of amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece
1818 On December - 21 birth of lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity)
1823 Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders) was born on this day in history.
1826 On this day in history birth of ernst Pauer, composer
1832 John Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 was born on this day in history.
1840 Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) was born on December - 21.
1843 On December - 21 birth of thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898)
1848 Edward Everett Rice, composer was born on this day in history.
1849 James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal) was born on this day in history.
1850 On this day in history birth of zdenek Fibich, composer
1851 On December - 21 birth of thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929)
1853 On this day in history birth of isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)
1859 Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre) was born on this day in history.
1860 On December - 21 birth of henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)