Famous Personalities Born In February - 28
Thursday, 26 March 2026
1155 Henry the young king: Son of henry ii of england 

1261 Margaret of scotland: Queen of norway 

1409 Elisabeth ii of bohemia: Elisabeth ii of bohemia (d. 1442) 

1533 Michel de montaigne: France, essayist/philosopher 

1552 Jobst borgi: [justus byrgius], swiss/german mathematician 

1552 Joost bürgi: Swiss clockmaker 

1573 Elias hill: German architect/city builder (augsburg) 

1612 John pearson: English theologian 

1616 Kaspar forster: Composer 

1632 Jean-baptiste lully: Florence italy, composer 

1663 Thomas newcomen: English co-inventor (steam engine) 

1670 Benjamin wadsworth: American president of harvard university 

1675 Guillaume delisle: French cartographer 

1683 René antoine ferchault de réaumur: French scientist 

1690 Aleksei p romanov: Russia, son of peter the great 

1704 Louis godin: French astronomer 

1712 Louis-joseph de montcalm: French military commander 

1724 George townshend: 1st marquess townshend, british field marshal 

1747 Justin morgan: Composer 

1750 Ignacy potocki: Polish foreign minister 

1764 Robert haldane: Scottish theologist/philanthropist 

1771 French jozef kinsoen: Flemish portrait painter 

1786 D francois j arago: French astronomer/physicist/politician 

1792 Karl earnest ritter von baer: Estonian/german embryologist 

1797 Mary lyon: Us, educator (mt holyoke) (hall of fame) 

1797 W frederik k: Prince of netherlands/general/admiral (10 day campaign) 

1810 Reinier c bakhuizen van de brink: Dutch historian 

1817 James craig: Brig general (union volunteers), died in 1888 

1820 John tenniel: England, cartoonist/illustrator (alice in wonderland) 

1822 Matthew duncan ector: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1879 

1823 Ernest renan: French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion 

1824 Charles blondin: France, acrobat/aerialist 

1824 John creed moore: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1910 

1825 Quincy adams gillmore: Major general (union volunteers), died in 1888 

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