Hyacinth (Bichurin)

Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, better known under his archimandrite monastic name Hyacinth, sometimes Joacinth or Iakinf, was one of the founding fathers of Russian Sinology. He translated many works from Chinese into Russian, which were then translated into other European languages.

29 August 1777

Born on the same birth day (29 August): Andrew Fisher • Angela Huth • Charalampos Xanthopoulos • Chris Hadfield • David B. Hill • Demetris Christofias • Frank Henenlotter • Hugo Brandt Corstius • James Florio • James Hunt • Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres • John Locke • Marquis James • Ramón Díaz • Vincent Enyeama

Born in the same month (August 1777): Francis I of the Two Sicilies • Hans Christian Ørsted