Famous Personalities Born In September - 26
Tuesday, 09 December 2025
1181 Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order (d. 1226) was born on September - 26. 

1329 On this day in history birth of anna of Bavaria, Queen of the Romans (d. 1353) 

1406 Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430) was born on September - 26. 

1688 Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist was born on September - 26. 

1711 Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779) was born on September - 26. 

1729 On this day in history birth of moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator 

1750 Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810) was born on this day in history. 

1758 Cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires was born on this day in history. 

1759 Hans D L earl Yorck von Wartenburg, Prussian fieldmarshal/gov-gen was born on September - 26. 

1767 Wenzel Muller, composer was born on this day in history. 

1774 On this day in history birth of john Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman 

1791 Théodore Géricault, French painter (d. 1824) was born on September - 26. 

1820 Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar, father of Bengali prose (Exile of Sita) was born on September - 26. 

1821 On September - 26 birth of alvin Peterson Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 

1823 On September - 26 birth of ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist (Denj, Moskvitsh) 

1832 Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer was born on September - 26. 

1840 Louis-Olivier Taillon, French Canadian politician (d. 1923) was born on September - 26. 

1841 Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer was born on this day in history. 

1865 Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, English pilot and ornithologist (d. 1937) was born on this day in history. 

1867 Maggie L Walker, black business & civic leader was born on September - 26. 

1868 On this day in history birth of henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer 

1869 On this day in history birth of komitas, Armenian composer (d. 1935) 

1870 On this day in history birth of christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47) 

1871 Winsor McCay, American cartoonist (d. 1934) was born on this day in history. 

1872 On September - 26 birth of ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian Foreign min (1916-18) 

1873 Amilcare Zanella, composer was born on September - 26. 

1873 On this day in history birth of aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect (d. 1949) 

1875 Edmund Gwenn, Wales, actor (Miracle on 34th Street) was born on September - 26. 

1876 C B "Buck" Llewellyn, cricketer (S Afr lefty all-rounder 1896-1912) was born on this day in history. 

1876 Edith Abbott, dean (U of Chic Social Sciences) was born on this day in history. 

1877 Alfred Cortot, French pianist was born on this day in history. 

1877 On September - 26 birth of ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (d. 1963) 

1879 On this day in history birth of petko J Todorov, Bulgaria, writer (Fairy, Samodiva Fee) 

1881 On September - 26 birth of hiram Wesley Evans, American member of the Ku Klux Klan (d. 1966) 

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