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Jean-Paul-Égide Martini

Jean-Paul-Égide Martini
Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, French composer and educator (d. 1816)

Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, also known as Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini was a French composer of German birth during the classical period. He is best known today for the vocal romance "Plaisir d'amour," on which the 1961 Elvis Presley pop standard "Can't Help Falling in Love" is based. He is often confused with the Italian composer Giovanni Battista Martini, so is sometimes known as Martini Il Tedesco.

31 August 1741

Born on the same birth day (31 August): Albert FaceyArie van LentAthena (wrestler)Craig CummingCédric SoaresDebbie GibsonDeniz AydoğduGino LucettiHarald ErtlItzhak PerlmanKirstie AllsoppLowell GanzReb BeachRichard GereSerge BlancoShar JacksonValter Biiber

Born in the same month (August 1741): Jean-François de Galaup, comte de LapérouseKarl Friedrich Bahrdt