John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg

John II was Elector of Brandenburg from 1486 until his death, the fourth of the House of Hohenzollern. After his death he received the cognomen Cicero, after the Roman orator of the same name, but the elector's eloquence and interest in the arts is debatable.

2 August 1455

Born on the same birth day (2 August): Alain Giresse • Burgess Owens • Fernando Couto • James Howe • John Gale (theatre producer) • Lily Gladstone • Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł • Peter O'Toole • Viktor Zhirmunsky

Born in the same month (August 1455): George, Duke of Bavaria