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): Bill Whitty • Hugo Winterhalter • Jim Lange • John Childs (cricketer) • Leslie Comrie • Scott Altman • Stavros Tziortziopoulos • Stix Hooper • Tomasz Suwary
Born in the same month (August 1740): Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux • Montgolfier brothers • Samuel Arnold (composer)