Famous Personalities Born In February - 17

1444  Rudolf agricola: [roelof huysman], dutch humanist/organist   

1490  Charles de bourbon: Officer/governor (lombardy)   

1519  Francis: Duke of guise, french soldier and politician   

1581  Fausto poli: Italian catholic priest   

1583  J henry alting: Dutch theologist   

1646  Pierre le pesant: Sieur de boisguilbert, french economist   

1653  Arcangelo corelli: Fusignano italy, violinist/comp (concerto grossi)   

1667  Georg bronner: Composer   

1675  Johann melchior conradi: Composer   

1696  Baron ernst gottlieb: Composer   

1697  Louis-maurice de la pierre: Composer   

1699  Hans georg wenzeslaus von knobelsdorff: German architect (sanssouci)   

1718  Matthew tilghman: American continental congressman   

1723  Tobias mayer: "method of lunars" for longitude determination   

1740  Horace b de saussure: Swiss physicist/geologist   

1747  Narciso casanovas: Composer   

1752  Friedrich m klinger: German playwright (wirrwarr)   

1754  Jan jachym kopriva: Composer   

1754  Nicolas baudin: French explorer   

1758  John pinkerton: Scottish historian   

1774  Raphaelle peale: Us, painter (after the rain-1823)   

1781  René-theophile-hyacinthe lannec: France, inventor (stethoscope)   

1796  Giovanni pacini: Composer   

1796  Philipp franz von siebold: German physician   

1804  Samuel read anderson: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1883   

1816  Friedrich wilhelm markull: Composer   

1816  Haller nutt: Southern plantation owner   

1820  Henri vieuxtemps: Verviers belgium, composer/teacher (brussels cons)   

1820  Elzéar-alexandre taschereau: Catholic cardinal   

1821  Lola montez: Irish dancer   

1824  William farrar "baldy" smith: Mjr gen (union volunteers), died in 1903   

1831  Francisco salvador daniel: Composer   

1836  Gustavo adolfo bécquer: Spanish poet   

1837  Francis jay herron: Major general (union volunteers), died in 1902   

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0364  Flavius jovianus: Christian emperor of rome (363-64),   

0440  Mesrop mashtots: Mesrop mashtots   

0956  Hugo the great: Earl of paris/duke of francia,   

1339  Otto: Duke of austria (b. 1301)   

1371  Ivan alexander of bulgaria: Ivan alexander of bulgaria   

1596  Friedrich sylburg: German classical scholar (b. 1536)   

1600  Giordano bruno: Advocate of copernican theory, burned at stake   

1609  Ferdinando i de' medici: Grand duke of tuscany (b. 1549)