Famous Personalities Born In May - 26
Saturday, 26 April 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 this day in history.
1566 On May - 26 birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)
1566 Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on May - 26.
1591 On this day in history birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer
1602 Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.
1667 Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on this day in history.
1669 Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.
1689 Mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric was born on this day in history.
1700 Nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist was born on May - 26.
1759 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley was born on May - 26.
1764 On this day in history birth of edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836)
1771 Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author was born on May - 26.
1773 On May - 26 birth of hans Georg Nageli, composer
1782 On this day in history birth of joseph Drechsler, composer
1799 On May - 26 birth of alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)
1806 On May - 26 birth of henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880
1822 On this day in history birth of e de Goncourt, writer
1825 Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer was born on this day in history.
1835 On May - 26 birth of edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1846 Arthur Coquard, composer was born on May - 26.
1850 Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force) was born on May - 26.
1853 On May - 26 birth of monroe A Althouse, composer
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 Robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.
1865 On May - 26 birth of akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator
1865 On this day in history birth of robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933)
1866 John Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers) was born on May - 26.
1867 On May - 26 birth of mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland
1867 Mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953) was born on May - 26.
1871 Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47) was born on this day in history.
1873 On May - 26 birth of cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder (New Taalgids)
1873 Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist (d. 1958) was born on May - 26.