Famous Personalities Born In October - 09
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
1201 Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris was born on October - 09.
1221 Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler was born on October - 09.
1261 Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) was born on October - 09.
1328 King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on this day in history.
1581 Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist was born on this day in history.
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 John Ferrabosco, composer was born on this day in history.
1663 Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia) was born on October - 09.
1704 On this day in history birth of ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777)
1727 Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer was born on October - 09.
1757 On October - 09 birth of charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed
1760 Pierre Gaveaux, composer was born on this day in history.
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 October - 09.
1796 Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English Egyptologist (d. 1878) was born on October - 09.
1813 On October - 09 birth of john Jones Pettus, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63)
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 Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers was born on this day in history.
1830 Harriet Hosmer, sculptor was born on this day in history.
1835 Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (d. 1921) was born on October - 09.
1840 Simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905) was born on October - 09.
1847 On October - 09 birth of andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin)
1847 Stephanus J du Toit, South Africa theologist/journalist (Afr Bond) was born on October - 09.
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 October - 09 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 this day in history 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 Didak Buntić, Croatian monk and scholar was born on this day in history.