Famous Personalities Born In November - 18
Sunday, 14 December 2025
1522 On this day in history birth of lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) 

1527 On November - 18 birth of luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor 

1630 Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686) was born on this day in history. 

1680 Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer was born on November - 18. 

1727 Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773) was born on November - 18. 

1736 On November - 18 birth of carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer 

1742 Felix Maximo Lopez, composer was born on this day in history. 

1772 Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer was born on November - 18. 

1774 On this day in history birth of wilhelmine of Prussia, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837) 

1781 Felice Blangini, composer was born on November - 18. 

1785 David Wilkie, British artist (d. 1841) was born on this day in history. 

1786 Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor was born on this day in history. 

1787 On November - 18 birth of sojourner Truth, abolitionist/feminist 

1787 Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (d. 1851) was born on November - 18. 

1803 Cornelius Broere, Dutch priest/poet was born on this day in history. 

1804 Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora, Italian general and statesman (d. 1878) was born on November - 18. 

1808 Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, composer was born on this day in history. 

1810 Asa Gray, Sauquoit NY, botanist (Flora of North America) was born on November - 18. 

1810 Benjamin Stone Roberts, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1875 was born on this day in history. 

1812 On November - 18 birth of jesse Johnson Finley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904 

1824 On November - 18 birth of franz Sigel, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902 

1824 Isham Nicholas Hayne, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 was born on this day in history. 

1832 On November - 18 birth of adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Swedish explorer (d. 1901) 

1835 Americus Vespucius Rice, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904 was born on November - 18. 

1835 On November - 18 birth of cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist/criminologist 

1836 On November - 18 birth of william Schwenck Gilbert, London, composer (Gilbert & Sullivan) 

1839 August A Kundt, German physicist (sound vibration, test of Kundt) was born on November - 18. 

1845 On November - 18 birth of john F Mellaerts, Flemish social worker (1st Belgian farm gilde) 

1846 On November - 18 birth of aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician 

1856 On this day in history birth of nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (d. 1929) 

1860 Ignacy Jan Paderewski, composer/1st premier of Poland (1919-20) was born on November - 18. 

1861 On this day in history birth of dorothy Dix, pseudonym of US journalist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (d. 1951) 

1863 Richard Dehmel, writer was born on this day in history. 

1869 James E Sullivan, founder (Amateur Athletic Union) was born on this day in history. 

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