Famous Personalities Born In May - 26
Monday, 16 June 2025
1264 On this day in history birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)
1478 Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on May - 26.
1566 On May - 26 birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)
1566 On this day in history birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)
1591 On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)
1689 On May - 26 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 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley was born on May - 26.
1764 On May - 26 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 Hans Georg Nageli, composer was born on this day in history.
1782 Joseph Drechsler, composer was born on May - 26.
1799 Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) was born on May - 26.
1806 Henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880 was born on this day in history.
1822 E de Goncourt, writer was born on May - 26.
1825 On May - 26 birth of felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer
1835 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1853 Monroe A Althouse, composer was born on May - 26.
1856 On May - 26 birth of george Templeton Strong, composer
1859 Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life) was born on May - 26.
1863 Robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917) was born on May - 26.
1865 On this day in history birth of akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator
1865 Robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.
1866 On this day in history birth of john Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers)
1867 Mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland was born on May - 26.
1867 On May - 26 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.