Famous Personalities Born In February - 24
Sunday, 01 February 2026
1103 On this day in history birth of emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156) 

1304 Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa) was born on this day in history. 

1304 Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ? was born on this day in history. 

1463 On February - 24 birth of giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist 

1500 Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor was born on February - 24. 

1501 On February - 24 birth of sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna) 

1536 On February - 24 birth of clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605) 

1545 Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578) was born on this day in history. 

1547 Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland was born on this day in history. 

1557 On February - 24 birth of matthias, Vienna, Holy Roman emperor (1612-19) 

1595 Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet was born on this day in history. 

1597 Vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648) was born on February - 24. 

1619 On February - 24 birth of charles Le Brun, French artist (d. 1690) 

1622 Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665) was born on this day in history. 

1679 Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer was born on February - 24. 

1684 On this day in history birth of catherine I, Empress of Russia 1725-27, Dorpat, Estonia 

1684 On this day in history birth of matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738) 

1693 James Quin, English actor (d. 1766) was born on this day in history. 

1697 Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist was born on February - 24. 

1704 Hubert Renotte, composer was born on this day in history. 

1709 On this day in history birth of jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (d. 1782) 

1717 On this day in history birth of bernhard Hupfeld, composer 

1723 John Burgoyne, British general (d. 1792) was born on February - 24. 

1766 On this day in history birth of samuel Wesley, Bristol England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo) 

1771 Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher was born on February - 24. 

1774 Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) was born on this day in history. 

1786 On February - 24 birth of wilhelm Karl Grimm, Hanau Germany, story teller (Grimm's Fairy Tales) 

1786 Martin W. Bates. U.S. Senator from Delaware (d. 1869) was born on this day in history. 

1797 On February - 24 birth of samuel Lover, composer 

1809 On February - 24 birth of edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, governor/viceroy (Elzas-Lutherian) 

1811 On this day in history birth of daniel A Payne, Bishop/reformer/educator of AME Church 

1811 On February - 24 birth of edward Dickinson Baker, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1861 

1824 John Crawford Vaughn, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 was born on this day in history. 

1827 On this day in history birth of charles Davis Jameson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 

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