Sébastien Érard

Sébastien Érard was a French instrument maker of German origin who specialised in the production of pianos and harps, developing the capacities of both instruments and pioneering the modern piano.

5 April 1752

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Akira Toriyama • Allan Clarke (singer) • Austin Berry (footballer) • Frederick Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern • Jagjivan Ram • John Beecher (ice hockey) • Kirsan Ilyumzhinov • Luis de Agustini • Matheus Vivian • Natascha Ragosina • Nigel Hawthorne • Pharrell Williams • Timo Hildebrand • Élodie Bouchez

Born in the same month (April 1752): Humphry Repton • Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli • Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait