Famous Personalities Born In May - 26
Thursday, 03 April 2025
1264 On May - 26 birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)
1478 On this day in history birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)
1566 On this day in history birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)
1566 Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on May - 26.
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 On this day in history birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)
1669 On May - 26 birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)
1689 On this day in history birth of mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric
1700 On May - 26 birth of nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist
1759 On May - 26 birth of mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley
1764 Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836) was born on May - 26.
1771 Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author was born on May - 26.
1773 On this day in history birth of hans Georg Nageli, composer
1782 On May - 26 birth of joseph Drechsler, composer
1799 On May - 26 birth of alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)
1806 Henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880 was born on May - 26.
1822 E de Goncourt, writer was born on May - 26.
1825 On May - 26 birth of felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer
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 this day in history birth of christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force)
1853 On this day in history birth of monroe A Althouse, composer
1856 George Templeton Strong, composer was born on May - 26.
1859 On this day in history birth of alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life)
1863 Robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917) was born on May - 26.
1865 Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator was born on this day in history.
1865 On this day in history birth of robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933)
1866 John Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers) was born on this day in history.
1867 On this day in history birth of mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland
1867 On May - 26 birth of mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)
1871 On this day in history birth of camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47)
1873 Cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder (New Taalgids) was born on May - 26.
1873 Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist (d. 1958) was born on May - 26.