Famous Personalities Born In September - 21
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1328 Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398) was born on this day in history.
1372 Frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40) was born on this day in history.
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 Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457) was born on this day in history.
1452 Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98) was born on September - 21.
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 Louis Joliet, Canadian explorer (d. 1700) was born on September - 21.
1706 Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer was born on September - 21.
1706 Polyxena Christina of Hesse-Rotenburg, queen of Sardinia (d. 1735) was born on September - 21.
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 September - 21.
1758 Christopher Gore, 8th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1827) was born on this day in history.
1760 On this day in history 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 Charles Balmer, composer was born on September - 21.
1819 On this day in history birth of princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France (d. 1864)
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 this day in history.
1827 On this day in history birth of michael Corcoran, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
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 this day in history.
1833 Josef Richard Rozkosny, composer was born on this day in history.
1840 On this day in history birth of murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876)
1842 On September - 21 birth of abd-ul-Hamid II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918)
1843 On this day in history birth of david Emlyn Evans, composer
1849 On September - 21 birth of edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son)
1849 Maurice Barrymore, Indian-born patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.
1853 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel 1913) was born on September - 21.