Franz Eckert

Franz Eckert was a German composer and musician who composed the harmony for Japan's national anthem, "Kimigayo" and the national anthem of the Korean Empire, "Aegukga".

5 April 1852

Born on the same birth date (5 April 1852): Walter W. Winans • Émile Billard

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Andrea Arnold • Daniel Schneidermann • Dante Wesley • David Chocarro • Friedrich Sigmund Merkel • Günther Weidlinger • Harry Freedman • Kim Soo-nyung • Mal Colston • Matt Bonner • Nedim Gürsel • Shammond Williams • Viatcheslav Djavanian

Born in the same month (April 1852): Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton • Cap Anson • Edwin Austin Abbey • Ferdinand von Lindemann • Frank Winfield Woolworth • Talbot Baines Reed • Walter W. Winans • Will Crooks • William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg • Émile Billard