Famous Personalities Born In September - 26
Monday, 23 June 2025
1181 Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order (d. 1226) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1688 Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist was born on this day in history.
1711 On this day in history birth of richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779)
1729 Moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator was born on this day in history.
1750 On September - 26 birth of cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810)
1758 Cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires was born on September - 26.
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 September - 26 birth of john Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman
1791 Théodore Géricault, French painter (d. 1824) was born on this day in history.
1820 On September - 26 birth of isvar Chandra Vidyasagar, father of Bengali prose (Exile of Sita)
1821 On this day in history birth of alvin Peterson Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1823 Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist (Denj, Moskvitsh) was born on September - 26.
1832 On this day in history birth of pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer
1840 Louis-Olivier Taillon, French Canadian politician (d. 1923) was born on September - 26.
1841 Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer was born on September - 26.
1865 On this day in history birth of mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, English pilot and ornithologist (d. 1937)
1867 On this day in history birth of maggie L Walker, black business & civic leader
1868 On this day in history birth of henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer
1869 On September - 26 birth of komitas, Armenian composer (d. 1935)
1870 On September - 26 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 this day in history.
1873 Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect (d. 1949) was born on this day in history.
1875 On this day in history birth of edmund Gwenn, Wales, actor (Miracle on 34th Street)
1876 On September - 26 birth of c B "Buck" Llewellyn, cricketer (S Afr lefty all-rounder 1896-1912)
1876 Edith Abbott, dean (U of Chic Social Sciences) was born on September - 26.
1877 On September - 26 birth of alfred Cortot, French pianist
1877 Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (d. 1963) was born on September - 26.
1879 Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria, writer (Fairy, Samodiva Fee) was born on September - 26.
1881 On September - 26 birth of hiram Wesley Evans, American member of the Ku Klux Klan (d. 1966)