Famous Personalities Born In September - 21
Wednesday, 17 December 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 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 September - 21. 

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

1452 On September - 21 birth of girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98) 

1527 Matthaus Ludecus, composer was born on September - 21. 

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 Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer was born on September - 21. 

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

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

1737 Francis Hopkinson, US, writer/lawyer (helped design Stars & Stripes) was born on this day in history. 

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

1756 John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt) was born on this day in history. 

1758 On September - 21 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 On this day in history birth of carter Littlepage Stevenson, Major General (Confederate Army) 

1817 On this day in history birth of charles Balmer, composer 

1819 Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France (d. 1864) was born on September - 21. 

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

1824 On September - 21 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 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 Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876) was born on September - 21. 

1842 Abd-ul-Hamid II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918) was born on September - 21. 

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 September - 21 birth of heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel 1913) 

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