Famous Personalities Born In May - 09
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
1147 Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199) was born on May - 09.
1265 Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia) was born on May - 09.
1596 On May - 09 birth of abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter
1738 John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet was born on this day in history.
1740 On May - 09 birth of giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)
1783 Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader was born on this day in history.
1785 On May - 09 birth of james Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)
1793 Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist was born on this day in history.
1796 August Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia) was born on May - 09.
1800 On this day in history birth of john Brown, abolitionist; led attack on Harpers Ferry
1801 On May - 09 birth of samuel Cousins, mezzotint engraver
1810 Louis Gallait, historical painter was born on this day in history.
1810 WFLC Marianne, princess of Orange-Nassau/daughter of king Willem I was born on May - 09.
1814 On this day in history birth of adolph von Henselt, composer
1824 On May - 09 birth of william Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1829 On May - 09 birth of ciro Pinsuti, pianist/composer
1833 Boleslaw Dembinski, composer was born on this day in history.
1837 On this day in history birth of adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars)
1843 Belle Boyd, spy (Confederate)/actress/lecturer was born on this day in history.
1844 On this day in history birth of [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Bad Herders)
1846 On this day in history birth of nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer
1855 Julius Rontgen, composer was born on May - 09.
1860 On May - 09 birth of james Matthew Barrie, Scotland, novelist (Margaret Ogilvy, Peter Pan)
1860 J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (d. 1937) was born on this day in history.
1865 August de Boeck, composer was born on May - 09.
1866 On May - 09 birth of gopal Krishna Gokhale, Leader of Indian Independence Movement (d. 1915)
1873 Howard Carter, British archaeologist (found King Tutankhamen's tomb) was born on this day in history.
1873 On May - 09 birth of lilian Mary Baylis, manager (Old Vic & Sadler's Wells Theater)
1873 Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933) was born on May - 09.
1882 Henry J Kaiser, builder (Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam) was born on May - 09.
1882 George Barker, American painter (d. 1965) was born on this day in history.
1886 Francis Biddle, United States Attorney General (d. 1968) was born on May - 09.
1887 On May - 09 birth of jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer
1887 Sir Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan Philanthropist (d. 1957) was born on May - 09.