Famous Birthdays Sep 20 Gottfried Scheidt, German composer and organist, born in Halle, Archbishopric of Magdeburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1661) Sep 25 Matthew Merian the Elder, Swiss engraver and bookseller, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1650) Born in 1593 Aug 1593 History by Year Oct 1593 Famous People by Country American British Canadian French German Russian