Famous Personalities Born In May - 15
Friday, 04 July 2025
1565 Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on this day in history.
1567 On this day in history birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)
1608 On May - 15 birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)
1720 Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on May - 15.
1749 On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)
1754 On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer
1759 On this day in history birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer
1764 On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer
1773 On this day in history birth of clemens L Metternich, Austrian prince
1786 General Dimitris Plapoutas, a Revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence (d. 1864) was born on May - 15.
1791 Baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance was born on this day in history.
1795 On this day in history birth of adolf B Marx, German music theorist
1802 On this day in history birth of isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1888
1807 On May - 15 birth of luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer
1808 Gottfried Herrmann, composer was born on May - 15.
1808 Michael William Balfe, composer was born on May - 15.
1810 On May - 15 birth of jacob Thompson, (Confederacy), died in 1885
1813 Stephen Heller, composer was born on this day in history.
1817 Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905) was born on May - 15.
1819 Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
1830 Laurence Simmons Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907 was born on this day in history.
1830 Martinus W van der Aa, author/Dutch head-editor (The Time) was born on May - 15.
1841 Giovanni Bolzoni, composer was born on this day in history.
1845 Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908) was born on May - 15.
1848 On May - 15 birth of viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926)
1855 On this day in history birth of eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)
1855 On this day in history birth of graf Keyserling, writer
1856 Lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz) was born on this day in history.
1857 On this day in history birth of williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (d. 1911)
1859 On May - 15 birth of pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903)
1860 On this day in history birth of ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson
1862 On May - 15 birth of arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde)
1865 Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion) was born on this day in history.
1873 On May - 15 birth of nikolay N Tcherepnin, St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs [NS]