Birth Date Cake O'Clock Birth Date Clock

Pierre Méchain

Pierre Méchain
Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor (d. 1804)

Pierre François André Méchain was a French astronomer and surveyor who, with Charles Messier, was a major contributor to the early study of deep-sky objects and comets.

16 August 1744

Random

Born on the same birth day (16 August): Armand J. Piron • Cameron Monaghan • Eddie Kirkland • Emily Strayer • Greyson Chance • Hongxi Emperor • Jonatan Johansson (footballer) • List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (E) • Lois Nettleton • Manisha Koirala • Nikos Zisis • Russell Brookes • Stuart Roosa • Wang Hao (racewalker)

Born in the same month (August 1744): Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles • Jean-Baptiste Lamarck • Johann Gottfried Herder