Pietro Gnocchi

Pietro Gnocchi was an Italian composer, choir director, historian, and geographer of the late Baroque era, active mainly in Brescia, where he was choir director of Brescia Cathedral. In addition to composing an abundance of eccentrically titled sacred music, all of which remains in manuscript, he wrote a 25-volume history of ancient Greek colonies. ^{Pietro Gnocchi, Italian composer, director, historian, and geographer (d. 1775)}

27 February 1689

Born on the same birth day (27 February): Adam Morgan (baseball) • Aira Samulin • Akseli Kokkonen • Albert V d'Este • Alexandru Vaida-Voevod • Derren Brown • Florence Kiplagat • Franchot Tone • Francis II, Duke of Lorraine • John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp • Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł • Sergej Milinković-Savić

Born in the same month (February 1689): Blas de Lezo