Franz Xaver Gruber

Franz Xaver Gruber was an Austrian primary school teacher, church organist and composer in the village of Arnsdorf, who is best known for composing the music to "Stille Nacht".

25 November 1787

Born on the same birth day (25 November): Albert Henry Krehbiel • Alexis Wright • Ana Bogdan • Barbara Bush (born 1981) • Debaki Bose • Deepa Marathe • Gaspard Ulliel • John Lynch (New Hampshire governor) • Kate Gleason • Peg Lynch • Peter Siddle • Piet Pieterszoon Hein • Pope John XXIII • Shelagh Fraser • Xabi Alonso

Born in the same month (November 1787): Carl Carl • Edmund Kean • Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse • Louis Daguerre • Rasmus Rask • Samuel Cunard