Famous Personalities Born In November - 18
Sunday, 17 August 2025
1522 Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on this day in history.
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 November - 18.
1680 On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer
1727 Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773) was born on November - 18.
1736 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on this day in history.
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 Wilhelmine of Prussia, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837) was born on this day in history.
1781 On this day in history birth of felice Blangini, composer
1785 On November - 18 birth of david Wilkie, British artist (d. 1841)
1786 Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor was born on this day in history.
1787 On this day in history 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 November - 18.
1804 On this day in history birth of alfonso Ferrero la Marmora, Italian general and statesman (d. 1878)
1808 Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, composer was born on November - 18.
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 November - 18.
1812 Jesse Johnson Finley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904 was born on November - 18.
1824 Franz Sigel, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902 was born on this day in history.
1824 Isham Nicholas Hayne, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 was born on this day in history.
1832 On this day in history birth of adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Swedish explorer (d. 1901)
1835 On this day in history birth of americus Vespucius Rice, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904
1835 Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist/criminologist was born on November - 18.
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 November - 18 birth of nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (d. 1929)
1860 On this day in history birth of ignacy Jan Paderewski, composer/1st premier of Poland (1919-20)
1861 On this day in history birth of dorothy Dix, pseudonym of US journalist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (d. 1951)
1863 On November - 18 birth of richard Dehmel, writer
1869 James E Sullivan, founder (Amateur Athletic Union) was born on this day in history.