Famous Personalities Born In March - 26
Sunday, 06 July 2025
1479 On March - 26 birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III
1516 Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on March - 26.
1554 On March - 26 birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)
1577 Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on this day in history.
1659 On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher
1671 Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on March - 26.
1684 On this day in history birth of johann Graf, composer
1698 Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on March - 26.
1717 On March - 26 birth of manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer
1749 William Blount, American Statesman (d. 1800) was born on this day in history.
1753 Benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA) was born on this day in history.
1758 On this day in history birth of johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer
1773 On March - 26 birth of nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician/astronomer/author (Marine Sextant)
1783 On this day in history birth of johann Baptist Weigl, composer
1794 Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872) was born on March - 26.
1806 On March - 26 birth of josef Slavik, composer
1813 Thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879 was born on March - 26.
1817 On this day in history birth of herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1819 Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer was born on March - 26.
1819 Louise Otto, Germany, author/feminist was born on this day in history.
1821 On this day in history birth of earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel)
1827 On this day in history birth of emanuel Kania, composer
1830 On March - 26 birth of eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer
1830 On this day in history birth of john Rogers Thomas, composer
1833 On this day in history birth of betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist
1840 Carli Zoeller, composer was born on March - 26.
1840 On March - 26 birth of george Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script))
1850 On this day in history birth of edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward)
1854 Braulio Dueno Colon, composer was born on March - 26.
1856 On March - 26 birth of david Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda
1859 A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad) was born on this day in history.
1859 Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer was born on this day in history.
1859 Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.
1862 George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer was born on this day in history.