Famous Personalities Born In April - 26
Thursday, 03 April 2025
1319 On April - 26 birth of jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)
1538 On this day in history birth of giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)
1564 On April - 26 birth of william Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)
1567 On this day in history birth of nicolas Forme, composer
1573 On this day in history birth of marie de'Medici, Queen of France
1603 On this day in history birth of francesco Nigetti, composer
1637 On April - 26 birth of philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized
1648 On this day in history birth of pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)
1662 On this day in history birth of maria Luisa of Orleans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1689)
1710 Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.
1711 On this day in history birth of david Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature)
1718 Esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy) was born on April - 26.
1726 Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter was born on April - 26.
1774 Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853) was born on April - 26.
1776 On April - 26 birth of joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book)
1782 Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria was born on April - 26.
1785 On April - 26 birth of john James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist
1787 On this day in history birth of ludwig Uhland, writer
1796 Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer was born on April - 26.
1798 Ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal) was born on April - 26.
1798 On April - 26 birth of james Beckwourth, American explorer (d. 1867)
1801 On this day in history birth of ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat (d. 1889)
1804 Charles Goodyear, American politician (d. 1876) was born on this day in history.
1806 Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer was born on April - 26.
1808 Martha Finley, children's book author was born on April - 26.
1812 On this day in history birth of alfred Krupp, German arms merchant
1820 Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel) was born on this day in history.
1822 Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park) was born on April - 26.
1822 On this day in history birth of jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist
1826 George Hull Ward, American general (d. 1863) was born on this day in history.
1826 On this day in history birth of ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General (d. 1872
1827 Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
1834 Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist was born on April - 26.
1834 Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer was born on April - 26.