Famous Personalities Born In April - 26
Friday, 14 February 2025
1319 Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64) was born on April - 26.
1538 On April - 26 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 April - 26 birth of nicolas Forme, composer
1573 Marie de'Medici, Queen of France was born on April - 26.
1603 Francesco Nigetti, composer was born on this day in history.
1637 Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized was born on this day in history.
1648 Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706) was born on this day in history.
1662 Maria Luisa of Orleans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1689) was born on April - 26.
1710 Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796) was born on April - 26.
1711 On April - 26 birth of david Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature)
1718 Esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy) was born on this day in history.
1726 Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter was born on April - 26.
1774 On April - 26 birth of christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853)
1776 Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book) was born on April - 26.
1782 Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria was born on April - 26.
1785 On this day in history birth of john James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist
1787 Ludwig Uhland, writer was born on April - 26.
1796 Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer was born on this day in history.
1798 On April - 26 birth of ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal)
1798 On this day in history birth of james Beckwourth, American explorer (d. 1867)
1801 Ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.
1804 Charles Goodyear, American politician (d. 1876) was born on April - 26.
1806 On April - 26 birth of ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer
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 On April - 26 birth of alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel)
1822 Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park) was born on this day in history.
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 April - 26.
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 April - 26.
1834 On April - 26 birth of artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist
1834 On April - 26 birth of horatio Richmond Palmer, composer