Famous Personalities Born In October - 09
Monday, 02 February 2026
1201 On this day in history birth of robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris 

1221 Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler was born on October - 09. 

1261 On this day in history birth of dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) 

1328 King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on October - 09. 

1581 On this day in history birth of claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist 

1586 Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn was born on October - 09. 

1586 Archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632) was born on this day in history. 

1626 John Ferrabosco, composer was born on October - 09. 

1663 Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia) was born on October - 09. 

1704 Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777) was born on October - 09. 

1727 Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer was born on October - 09. 

1757 Charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed was born on this day in history. 

1760 On this day in history birth of pierre Gaveaux, composer 

1766 Bedrich Divis Weber, composer was born on October - 09. 

1771 On this day in history birth of frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15) 

1782 Lewis Cass, (Gov-Mich) was born on this day in history. 

1796 On October - 09 birth of joseph Bonomi the Younger, English Egyptologist (d. 1878) 

1813 John Jones Pettus, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63) was born on this day in history. 

1819 On October - 09 birth of samuel McGowan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 

1822 George Sykes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 was born on this day in history. 

1823 Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers was born on October - 09. 

1830 On this day in history birth of harriet Hosmer, sculptor 

1835 On this day in history birth of camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (d. 1921) 

1840 Simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905) was born on this day in history. 

1847 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin) was born on October - 09. 

1847 On October - 09 birth of stephanus J du Toit, South Africa theologist/journalist (Afr Bond) 

1852 Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919) was born on this day in history. 

1858 On this day in history birth of gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips) 

1859 On this day in history birth of alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair) 

1863 On this day in history birth of alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91) 

1869 Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer was born on October - 09. 

1871 Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-) was born on this day in history. 

1871 George Gauthier, Bishop of Montreal and rector of the Université de Montréal (d. 1940) was born on this day in history. 

1871 On this day in history birth of didak Buntić, Croatian monk and scholar. 

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