Famous Personalities Born In May - 24
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
1522 On May - 24 birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)
1544 On this day in history birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)
1605 On May - 24 birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church
1610 On May - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer
1616 On May - 24 birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)
1619 Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on this day in history.
1650 On May - 24 birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist
1671 On May - 24 birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)
1677 Alexandre de Villenueve, composer was born on May - 24.
1689 Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (d. 1769) was born on this day in history.
1736 Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer was born on this day in history.
1738 On this day in history birth of george III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820)
1743 On May - 24 birth of jean-Paul Marat, France, revolutionist
1751 Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardina (1796-1802) was born on May - 24.
1753 On May - 24 birth of oliver Cromwell, Burlington NJ, black who served with Washington
1754 On May - 24 birth of giacomo Conti, composer
1767 On May - 24 birth of joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer
1781 Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer/horn player was born on May - 24.
1794 On May - 24 birth of william Whewell, British philosopher (History of Inductive Science)
1803 On this day in history birth of charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino/Musignano
1803 On May - 24 birth of alexander von Nordmann, Finnish zoologist (d. 1866)
1807 On this day in history birth of cornelis E van Koetsveld, vicar/literature
1807 On this day in history birth of thomas Duncan, painter
1810 On this day in history birth of abraham Geiger, theologian/author/leader of Reform Judaism
1811 Charles Clark, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 was born on this day in history.
1816 On this day in history birth of emanuel Leutze, US, painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware)
1816 On this day in history birth of robert Seaman Granger, (Union Army Bvt Major general, died in 1894)
1819 On May - 24 birth of victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain (1837-1901)
1830 Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (d. 1897) was born on this day in history.
1831 Richard Hoffman, composer was born on this day in history.
1836 On May - 24 birth of joseph Rowntree, British social reformer (d. 1925)
1838 On this day in history birth of paul Laband, German lawyer
1840 On May - 24 birth of frederick Walker, painter
1841 On this day in history birth of charles Napier Henry, painter