Famous Personalities Born In September - 21
Thursday, 01 January 2026
1328 On this day in history birth of hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398) 

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 September - 21 birth of frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493) 

1428 On September - 21 birth of jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457) 

1452 Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98) was born on September - 21. 

1527 Matthaus Ludecus, composer was born on this day in history. 

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

1645 Louis Joliet, Canadian explorer (d. 1700) was born on this day in history. 

1706 On September - 21 birth of jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer 

1706 Polyxena Christina of Hesse-Rotenburg, queen of Sardinia (d. 1735) was born on this day in history. 

1728 On September - 21 birth of louis Emmanuel Eadin, composer 

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

1752 Louise MC, countess of Albany was born on September - 21. 

1756 On this day in history birth of john Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt) 

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

1760 On September - 21 birth of gaetano Valeri, composer 

1760 On this day in history birth of ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman (d. 1837) 

1788 Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady (1849-50) was born on this day in history. 

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

1817 Charles Balmer, composer was born on September - 21. 

1819 Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France (d. 1864) was born on this day in history. 

1820 Williams Carter Wickham, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on September - 21. 

1824 Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on September - 21. 

1827 On September - 21 birth of michael Corcoran, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 

1832 Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer was born on September - 21. 

1832 On September - 21 birth of samuel Sprigg Carroll, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893 

1833 On this day in history birth of josef Richard Rozkosny, composer 

1840 On September - 21 birth of murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876) 

1842 On September - 21 birth of abd-ul-Hamid II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918) 

1843 David Emlyn Evans, composer was born on September - 21. 

1849 On this day in history birth of edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son) 

1849 On September - 21 birth of maurice Barrymore, Indian-born patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905) 

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

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