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): Alexander I of Serbia • Braian Rodríguez • Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin • Fred Roberts • Jackée Harry • John Brodie • Lamorne Morris • Léolia Jeanjean • Mark Fidrych • Méric Casaubon • Nick Grimshaw • Paul Broadhurst • Richard von Krafft-Ebing

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