Famous Personalities Born In May - 21
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
1471 Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on May - 21.
1527 On this day in history birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)
1633 Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on May - 21.
1653 Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on May - 21.
1671 Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on May - 21.
1680 Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on this day in history.
1688 Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on May - 21.
1720 Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on May - 21.
1722 Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer was born on May - 21.
1755 Alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810) was born on May - 21.
1763 On this day in history birth of joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)
1775 On this day in history birth of lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano
1780 On May - 21 birth of elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse
1792 On May - 21 birth of gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843)
1796 On this day in history birth of reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876
1821 John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director was born on this day in history.
1822 On May - 21 birth of dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900
1822 Mosby Monroe Parsons, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1865 was born on this day in history.
1825 On this day in history birth of george Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1826 On this day in history birth of danillo II, ruler of Montenegro
1827 On May - 21 birth of william P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)
1832 Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917) was born on May - 21.
1834 Charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902) was born on this day in history.
1835 Newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
1835 On this day in history birth of františek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)
1841 Joseph Parry, composer was born on May - 21.
1843 Louis Renault, French lawyer was born on this day in history.
1843 On this day in history birth of charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)
1850 On May - 21 birth of giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914)
1851 Leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920) was born on this day in history.
1853 On May - 21 birth of jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)
1855 On May - 21 birth of emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)
1858 Jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician was born on May - 21.
1860 On May - 21 birth of willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph)