Matthias Claudius

Matthias Claudius was a German poet and journalist, otherwise known by the pen name of “Asmus”.

15 August 1740

Born on the same birth day (15 August): Bertrand Berry • Brendan Hansen • Ernest C. Brace • Francesco Zuccarelli • Germán Caffa • Hugo Winterhalter • Jordan Rapana • Louis de Broglie • Michael Graham (singer) • Pyotr Novikov • Ramaprasad Chanda • Setyana Mapasa • Valentin Varlamov • Wolfgang Hohlbein

Born in the same month (August 1740): Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux • Montgolfier brothers • Samuel Arnold (composer)