Hans Christian Ørsted

Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found between electricity and magnetism. Oersted's law and the oersted unit (Oe) are named after him.

14 August 1777

Born on the same birth day (14 August): Buddy Greco • Catherine Bell (actress) • Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle • Clay Buchholz • Cosimo III de' Medici • Cupid Childs • David Crosby • Earl Barron • Frederic Raphael • Frederick William I of Prussia • Greg Rawlinson • Jackée Harry • Jason Dunstall • Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji • Kieren Perkins • Maddy Prior • Peter Malinauskas • Russell Baker

Born in the same month (August 1777): Francis I of the Two Sicilies • Hyacinth (Bichurin)