Famous Birthdays In March - 26

1868  Fuad I, king of Egypt (1922-36) was born on this day in history.   

1871  Prince Jonah KÅ«hiō Kalaniana‘ole of the Kingdom of Hawaii (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.   

1873  On March - 26 birth of [Louise] Sophie de Vries, actress (On Hope of Blessing)   

1874  On March - 26 birth of gerald du Maurier, London Engld, actor (Power, Escape, Masks & Faces)   

1874  Oskar Nedbal, composer was born on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history birth of robert Frost, SF, poet (Mending Wall, Road Not Taken)   

1875  On March - 26 birth of syngman Rhee, pres of South Korea (1948-60) [or Apr 26]   

1876  Prince William of Wied (d. 1945) was born on this day in history.   

1879  Othmar Ammann, Swiss bridge engineer (d. 1965) was born on this day in history.   

1880  Duncan Hines, US, restaurant guide writer (Out of Kentucky Kitchens) was born on this day in history.   

1882  Hermann Obrecht, Swiss jurist (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.   

1884  Wilhelm Backhaus, Leipzig Germany, pianist (Rubinstein 1905) was born on March - 26.   

1885  Julius Harrison, composer was born on this day in history.   

1885  On March - 26 birth of robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer   

1886  Hugh Mulzac, America military officer (d. 1971) was born on March - 26.   

1888  On this day in history birth of elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse (d. 1948)   

1889  On March - 26 birth of vaclav Kapral, composer   

1890  Jozef Arras, Flemish writer was born on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history birth of palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Party of Italy)   

1894  On this day in history birth of will Wright, SF CA, actor (Living Christ Story)   

1894  Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (d. 1985) was born on March - 26.   

1896  On this day in history birth of richard Flury, composer   

1896  On this day in history birth of rudolf Dassler, Founder of PUMA AG (d. 1974)   

1898  Renzo Massarani, composer was born on March - 26.   

1898  Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979) was born on March - 26.   

1899  On this day in history birth of james B Connant, chemist/college president (Yale)   

1899  On this day in history birth of william Baines, composer   

1900  On March - 26 birth of isadore Freed, composer   

1902  Leslie Melville, economist was born on March - 26.   

1904  Emilio Fernandez, El Seco Mexico, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre) was born on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history birth of hermann Schroeder, composer   

1904  On March - 26 birth of joseph Campbell, mythologist (Mythic Image)   

1904  Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004) was born on March - 26.   

1905  Pablo Garrido, composer was born on March - 26.   

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0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on March - 26.   

0752  On this day in history stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies   

0809  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on this day in history.   

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on this day in history.   

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on March - 26.   

1517  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on March - 26.