Famous Personalities Born In September - 21
Thursday, 18 September 2025
1328 On September - 21 birth of hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)
1372 On September - 21 birth of frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40)
1411 Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460) was born on September - 21.
1415 Frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1527 Matthaus Ludecus, composer was born on this day in history.
1629 On September - 21 birth of philip Cardinal Howard, English Catholic cardinal (d. 1694)
1645 Louis Joliet, Canadian explorer (d. 1700) was born on this day in history.
1706 Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer was born on this day in history.
1706 Polyxena Christina of Hesse-Rotenburg, queen of Sardinia (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.
1728 Louis Emmanuel Eadin, composer was born on September - 21.
1737 Francis Hopkinson, US, writer/lawyer (helped design Stars & Stripes) was born on this day in history.
1752 Louise MC, countess of Albany was born on September - 21.
1756 John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt) was born on this day in history.
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 Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman (d. 1837) was born on this day in history.
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 September - 21.
1817 Charles Balmer, composer was born on September - 21.
1819 On September - 21 birth of princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France (d. 1864)
1820 On September - 21 birth of williams Carter Wickham, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1824 Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on September - 21.
1827 Michael Corcoran, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on September - 21.
1832 Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer was born on this day in history.
1832 On this day in history birth of samuel Sprigg Carroll, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893
1833 On September - 21 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 On September - 21 birth of david Emlyn Evans, composer
1849 Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son) was born on September - 21.
1849 On September - 21 birth of maurice Barrymore, Indian-born patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905)
1853 On this day in history birth of heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel 1913)