Famous Personalities Born In September - 26
Friday, 24 October 2025
1181 Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order (d. 1226) was born on September - 26. 

1329 Anna of Bavaria, Queen of the Romans (d. 1353) was born on September - 26. 

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

1688 On this day in history birth of willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist 

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 September - 26. 

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

1759 On September - 26 birth of hans D L earl Yorck von Wartenburg, Prussian fieldmarshal/gov-gen 

1767 On this day in history birth of wenzel Muller, composer 

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

1791 On this day in history birth of théodore Géricault, French painter (d. 1824) 

1820 Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar, father of Bengali prose (Exile of Sita) was born on this day in history. 

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

1823 On this day in history birth of ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist (Denj, Moskvitsh) 

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 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 September - 26 birth of henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer 

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

1870 On September - 26 birth of christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47) 

1871 On September - 26 birth of winsor McCay, American cartoonist (d. 1934) 

1872 Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian Foreign min (1916-18) was born on September - 26. 

1873 Amilcare Zanella, composer was born on this day in history. 

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 On September - 26 birth of c B "Buck" Llewellyn, cricketer (S Afr lefty all-rounder 1896-1912) 

1876 On September - 26 birth of edith Abbott, dean (U of Chic Social Sciences) 

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

1877 Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (d. 1963) was born on this day in history. 

1879 Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria, writer (Fairy, Samodiva Fee) was born on September - 26. 

1881 On this day in history birth of hiram Wesley Evans, American member of the Ku Klux Klan (d. 1966) 

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