Famous Personalities Born In September - 21
Sunday, 02 November 2025
1328 Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398) was born on September - 21. 

1372 On September - 21 birth of frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40) 

1411 On September - 21 birth of richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460) 

1415 On this day in history birth of frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493) 

1428 On this day in history birth of jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457) 

1452 Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98) was born on this day in history. 

1527 On this day in history birth of matthaus Ludecus, composer 

1629 Philip Cardinal Howard, English Catholic cardinal (d. 1694) was born on this day in history. 

1645 On this day in history birth of louis Joliet, Canadian explorer (d. 1700) 

1706 On this day in history birth of jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer 

1706 On this day in history birth of polyxena Christina of Hesse-Rotenburg, queen of Sardinia (d. 1735) 

1728 Louis Emmanuel Eadin, composer was born on September - 21. 

1737 On this day in history birth of francis Hopkinson, US, writer/lawyer (helped design Stars & Stripes) 

1752 On September - 21 birth of louise MC, countess of Albany 

1756 John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt) was born on September - 21. 

1758 On this day in history birth of christopher Gore, 8th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1827) 

1760 Gaetano Valeri, composer was born on this day in history. 

1760 Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman (d. 1837) was born on September - 21. 

1788 On this day in history birth of margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady (1849-50) 

1817 Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history. 

1817 On September - 21 birth of charles Balmer, composer 

1819 On September - 21 birth of princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France (d. 1864) 

1820 On this day in history birth of williams Carter Wickham, Brig General (Confederate Army) 

1824 On this day in history birth of joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, Brig General (Union volunteers) 

1827 On this day in history birth of michael Corcoran, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 

1832 On this day in history birth of friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer 

1832 Samuel Sprigg Carroll, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893 was born on September - 21. 

1833 Josef Richard Rozkosny, composer was born on September - 21. 

1840 Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876) was born on September - 21. 

1842 On this day in history birth of abd-ul-Hamid II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918) 

1843 David Emlyn Evans, composer was born on this day in history. 

1849 Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son) was born on September - 21. 

1849 Maurice Barrymore, Indian-born patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905) was born on September - 21. 

1853 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel 1913) was born on this day in history. 

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