Famous Personalities Born In October - 09
Friday, 17 October 2025
1201 On October - 09 birth of robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris
1221 On October - 09 birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler
1261 Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) was born on this day in history.
1328 King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on October - 09.
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 On October - 09 birth of archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)
1626 On October - 09 birth of john Ferrabosco, composer
1663 On October - 09 birth of gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia)
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 On October - 09 birth of charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed
1760 On this day in history birth of pierre Gaveaux, composer
1766 On this day in history birth of bedrich Divis Weber, composer
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 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 October - 09.
1819 Samuel McGowan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 was born on October - 09.
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 this day in history.
1830 Harriet Hosmer, sculptor was born on this day in history.
1835 On October - 09 birth of camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (d. 1921)
1840 On October - 09 birth of simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905)
1847 On this day in history 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 On October - 09 birth of hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
1858 Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips) was born on October - 09.
1859 Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair) was born on October - 09.
1863 Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91) was born on October - 09.
1869 Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer was born on October - 09.
1871 On October - 09 birth of gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-)
1871 On October - 09 birth of george Gauthier, Bishop of Montreal and rector of the Université de Montréal (d. 1940)
1871 On this day in history birth of didak Buntić, Croatian monk and scholar.