Famous Personalities Born In October - 09
Thursday, 18 December 2025
1201 On this day in history 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 October - 09. 

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 On October - 09 birth of jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn 

1586 On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632) 

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

1663 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer 

1757 On this day in history birth of charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed 

1760 Pierre Gaveaux, composer was born on October - 09. 

1766 On this day in history birth of bedrich Divis Weber, composer 

1771 Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15) was born on this day in history. 

1782 On October - 09 birth of lewis Cass, (Gov-Mich) 

1796 Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English Egyptologist (d. 1878) was born on this day in history. 

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

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 October - 09. 

1823 On this day in history birth of mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers 

1830 Harriet Hosmer, sculptor was born on October - 09. 

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

1840 On October - 09 birth of simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905) 

1847 On October - 09 birth of andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin) 

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

1871 Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-) was born on October - 09. 

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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