Thomas Couture

Thomas Couture was a French history painter and teacher. He taught such later luminaries of the art world as Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, John La Farge, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, John Ward Dunsmore, Karel Javůrek, William Morris Hunt, and Joseph-Noël Sylvestre.

21 December 1815

Born on the same birth day (21 December): Achille Vianelli • Benedict Arnold (governor) • Benjamin Schmolck • Buddy Carlyle • Cristian Zaccardo • Hanif Mohammad • Itubwa Amram • Jane Fonda • Joaquín Andújar • Joe Kocur • Joseph Carruthers • Kunihiko Ikuhara • Paloma Herrera • Steve Montador

Born in the same month (December 1815): Ada Lovelace • Adolph Menzel • George Meade