Famous Personalities Born In September - 21
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
1328 On this day in history birth of hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)
1372 On this day in history 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 On September - 21 birth of frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493)
1428 Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457) was born on September - 21.
1452 Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98) was born on September - 21.
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 On this day in history birth of louis Joliet, Canadian explorer (d. 1700)
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 Louis Emmanuel Eadin, composer was born on September - 21.
1737 Francis Hopkinson, US, writer/lawyer (helped design Stars & Stripes) was born on September - 21.
1752 Louise MC, countess of Albany was born on September - 21.
1756 On September - 21 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 Gaetano Valeri, composer was born on this day in history.
1760 On September - 21 birth of ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman (d. 1837)
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 Charles Balmer, composer was born on September - 21.
1819 On September - 21 birth of princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France (d. 1864)
1820 Williams Carter Wickham, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.
1824 On September - 21 birth of joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1827 Michael Corcoran, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on September - 21.
1832 Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer was born on September - 21.
1832 Samuel Sprigg Carroll, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893 was born on September - 21.
1833 On this day in history birth of josef Richard Rozkosny, composer
1840 On this day in history birth of murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876)
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 On this day in history birth of edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son)
1849 On this day in history 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 September - 21.