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): Albert Ball • Antonio Fargas • August 14 • B. A. Santamaria • Benito Carbone • Bennie Muller • Buddy Greco • Elena Baltacha • Ernest Thayer • Frank Burge • Frederick William I of Prussia • Juan Pierre • Mstislav Dobuzhinsky • Paul Burgess (athlete) • Peter Costello • Peter Malinauskas • Richard R. Ernst • Robert Comtesse

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