Famous Personalities Born In May - 26
Monday, 16 March 2026
1264 Prince koreyasu: Japanese shogun 

1478 Clement vii: [giulio de' medici], italy, pope (1523-34) 

1566 Mohammed iii: Sultan of turkey (1595-1603) 

1566 Mehmed iii: Ottoman emperor 

1591 Dirck janszoon sweelinck: Composer 

1602 Philippe de champaigne: French painter 

1667 Abraham de moivre: French mathematician (de moivre's theorem) 

1669 Sébastien vaillant: French botanist 

1689 Mary wortley montagu: English essayist, feminist, eccentric 

1700 Nikolaus l earl von zinzendorf und pottendorf: German evangelist 

1759 Mary wollstonecraft godwin: Writer/mother of mary shelley 

1764 Edward livingston: American jurist and statesman 

1771 Rahel varnhagen von ense-levin: German saloon owner/author 

1773 Hans georg nageli: Composer 

1782 Joseph drechsler: Composer 

1799 Alexander s pushkin: Russia, writer (eugene onegin) 

1806 Henry knox thatcher: Comm (union navy), died in 1880 

1822 E de goncourt: Writer 

1825 Felipe gutierrez y espinoza: Composer 

1835 Edward porter alexander: Brig general (confederate army) 

1846 Arthur coquard: Composer 

1850 Christine [elizabeth c] poolman: Dutch actress (stupid force) 

1853 Monroe a althouse: Composer 

1856 George templeton strong: Composer 

1859 Alfred edward housman: Bromsgrove england, poet (a buried life) 

1863 Robert fitzsimmons: Boxing champion 

1865 Akseli v gallen-kallela: Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator 

1865 Robert w. chambers: American artist 

1866 John eigenhuis: Writer (tough workers) 

1867 Mary: Queen of great britain/north ireland 

1867 Mary of teck: Wife of george v of the united kingdom 

1871 Camille huysmans: Belgian premier (1946-47) 

1873 Cornelis g n de vooys: Translator/founder (new taalgids) 

1873 Olaf gulbransson: Norwegian artist 

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