Who Was Born Today – April 15 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on April 15 | ||
1452 | Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, scientist and visionary | |
1684 | Catherine I, empress of Russia | |
1741 | Charles Wilson Peale, portrait painter and inventor | |
1800 | Sir James Clark Ross, Scottish explorer who located the Magnetic North Pole. | |
1832 | Wilhelm Busch, German painter and poet, created the precursor to the comic strip. | |
1843 | Henry James, writer and critic. | |
1874 | George Harrison Shull, American botanist, developer of hybrid corn. | |
1874 | Johannes Stark, Novel Prize-winning German physicist. | |
1880 | Max Wertheimer, Czech-born psychologist. | |
1889 | Thomas Hart Benton, painter, muralist. | |
1889 | Asa Phillip Randolph, American labor leader and Civil Rights advocate. | |
1898 | Bessie Smith, American blues singer. | |
1904 | Arshile Gorky, abstract painter. | |
1922 | Harold Washington, first black mayor of Chicago | |
1922 | Neville Mariner, conductor. | |
1932 | Eva Figes, British novelist. | |
1940 | Jeffrey Archer, English novelist and politician (Kane and Abel, Honor Among Thieves). |