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): Benjamin Barber • Berimbau • Bertalan Farkas • Billy Cannon • Donnie Munro • Gael Bussa • Istifan al-Duwayhi • Leopold Gmelin • Max Weber (Swiss politician) • Philippe II, Duke of Orléans • Prafulla Chandra Ray • Saskia van Uylenburgh • Simone Manuel

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