Famous Personalities Born In May - 26
Tuesday, 28 January 2025
1264 Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on May - 26.
1478 Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on May - 26.
1566 Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on this day in history.
1566 On May - 26 birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)
1591 On May - 26 birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer
1602 On this day in history birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)
1667 Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on this day in history.
1669 On this day in history birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)
1689 Mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric was born on May - 26.
1700 On this day in history birth of nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist
1759 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley was born on May - 26.
1764 Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.
1771 On this day in history birth of rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author
1773 Hans Georg Nageli, composer was born on this day in history.
1782 On this day in history birth of joseph Drechsler, composer
1799 Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) was born on this day in history.
1806 Henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880 was born on May - 26.
1822 On May - 26 birth of e de Goncourt, writer
1825 Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer was born on this day in history.
1835 Edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on May - 26.
1846 Arthur Coquard, composer was born on this day in history.
1850 On May - 26 birth of christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force)
1853 Monroe A Althouse, composer was born on this day in history.
1856 George Templeton Strong, composer was born on May - 26.
1859 Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life) was born on this day in history.
1863 On May - 26 birth of robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917)
1865 Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator was born on May - 26.
1865 On May - 26 birth of robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933)
1866 John Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers) was born on this day in history.
1867 On May - 26 birth of mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland
1867 On this day in history birth of mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)
1871 On May - 26 birth of camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47)
1873 Cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder (New Taalgids) was born on this day in history.
1873 Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist (d. 1958) was born on May - 26.