Famous Personalities Born In October - 09
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1201 Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris was born on October - 09.
1221 Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler was born on this day in history.
1261 Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) was born on this day in history.
1328 On this day in history birth of king Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369)
1581 On October - 09 birth of claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist
1586 Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn was born on this day in history.
1586 Archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.
1626 On October - 09 birth of john Ferrabosco, composer
1663 Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia) was born on this day in history.
1704 On October - 09 birth of ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777)
1727 On this day in history birth of johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer
1757 Charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed was born on October - 09.
1760 Pierre Gaveaux, composer was born on October - 09.
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 Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English Egyptologist (d. 1878) was born on October - 09.
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 October - 09.
1823 On October - 09 birth of mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers
1830 On October - 09 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 October - 09.
1847 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin) was born on this day in history.
1847 Stephanus J du Toit, South Africa theologist/journalist (Afr Bond) was born on this day in history.
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 Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair) was born on this day in history.
1863 On this day in history birth of alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91)
1869 On this day in history birth of harry Lawrence Freeman, composer
1871 On October - 09 birth of gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-)
1871 On this day in history birth of george Gauthier, Bishop of Montreal and rector of the Université de Montréal (d. 1940)
1871 On October - 09 birth of didak Buntić, Croatian monk and scholar.