Famous Personalities Born In May - 15
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
1565 On this day in history birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam
1567 On May - 15 birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)
1608 René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.
1720 On May - 15 birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)
1749 On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)
1754 On this day in history birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer
1759 On May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer
1764 On May - 15 birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer
1773 On this day in history birth of clemens L Metternich, Austrian prince
1786 On May - 15 birth of general Dimitris Plapoutas, a Revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence (d. 1864)
1791 On May - 15 birth of baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance
1795 On this day in history birth of adolf B Marx, German music theorist
1802 Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1888 was born on this day in history.
1807 Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer was born on May - 15.
1808 Gottfried Herrmann, composer was born on this day in history.
1808 On this day in history birth of michael William Balfe, composer
1810 On this day in history birth of jacob Thompson, (Confederacy), died in 1885
1813 On May - 15 birth of stephen Heller, composer
1817 On May - 15 birth of debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905)
1819 On May - 15 birth of thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General (Union volunteers)
1830 Laurence Simmons Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907 was born on this day in history.
1830 On May - 15 birth of martinus W van der Aa, author/Dutch head-editor (The Time)
1841 Giovanni Bolzoni, composer was born on this day in history.
1845 On May - 15 birth of ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908)
1848 Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.
1855 On this day in history birth of eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)
1855 On May - 15 birth of graf Keyserling, writer
1856 On May - 15 birth of lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz)
1857 Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (d. 1911) was born on May - 15.
1859 Pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903) was born on this day in history.
1860 Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson was born on May - 15.
1862 On this day in history birth of arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde)
1865 On this day in history birth of albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion)
1873 Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs [NS] was born on May - 15.