Famous Personalities Born In May - 01
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
1218 John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on this day in history.
1218 Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on this day in history.
1238 On this day in history birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)
1285 Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.
1493 Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on May - 01.
1545 On this day in history birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist
1567 On May - 01 birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter
1577 On this day in history birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer
1582 On May - 01 birth of marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer
1592 Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer was born on May - 01.
1594 John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate was born on May - 01.
1672 Joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator) was born on May - 01.
1735 John H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp was born on this day in history.
1738 King Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.
1759 On May - 01 birth of jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor
1764 On May - 01 birth of benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol)
1764 Gottfried Rieger, composer was born on May - 01.
1769 Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30) was born on May - 01.
1771 George Guest, composer was born on May - 01.
1775 On this day in history birth of jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer
1800 On this day in history birth of ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874
1804 Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.
1807 On May - 01 birth of john Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army)
1818 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet was born on May - 01.
1819 On this day in history birth of william Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
1825 George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap) was born on this day in history.
1829 Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice was born on this day in history.
1830 On May - 01 birth of mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer
1831 On this day in history birth of emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903)
1835 On May - 01 birth of alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers)
1839 On May - 01 birth of chardonnet, inventor (rayon)
1850 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942) was born on this day in history.
1851 On May - 01 birth of laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891)
1852 On May - 01 birth of calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter