Johann Kies

Johann Kies was a German astronomer and mathematician. Born in Tübingen, Kies worked in Berlin in 1751 alongside Jérôme Lalande in order to make observations on the lunar parallax in concert with those of Nicolas Louis de Lacaille at the Cape of Good Hope.

14 September 1713

Born on the same birth day (14 September): Arash Borhani • Beth Nielsen Chapman • Hamlin Garland • Jeremiah Dummer (silversmith) • John Olof Dahlgren • Linvoy Primus • Maria of Castile • Martin Tyler • Miriam Zetter • Morten Harket • Petr Průcha • Sunday Oliseh • Thomas Baker (antiquarian) • William Jackson (Scottish composer)

Born in the same month (September 1713): Ferdinand VI