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April 26 birthdays

286 notable historical figures were born on April 26, and 176 died on this day. Everyone born on April 26 is a Taurus.

18% of April 26 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (66) than any other country.

Born on April 26

• Marcus Aurelius (121 to 180. Roman emperor from 161 to 180)
• Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 to 1951. Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951))
• Jet Li (born 1963. Chinese-born martial artist and actor (born 1963))
• David Hume (1711 to 1776. Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist (1711–1776))
• I. M. Pei (1917 to 2019. Chinese-American architect (1917–2019))
• Marie de' Medici (1575 to 1642. Queen of France from 1600 to 1610)
• Eugène Delacroix (1798 to 1863. French painter (1798–1863))
• Rudolf Hess (1894 to 1987. German Nazi politician (1894–1987))
• John II of France (1319 to 1364. King of France from 1350 to 1364)
• Mark T. Esper (born 1964. American politician and manufacturing executive (born 1964))
• John James Audubon (1785 to 1851. French-American ornithologist (1785–1851))
• Ma Rainey (1886 to 1939. American blues singer (1886–1939))
• Rutger Bregman (born 1988. Dutch journalist, writer, and historian (born 1988))
• Israr Ahmed (1932 to 2010. Pakistani Islamic scholar (1932–2010))
• Gwanghaegun of Joseon (1575 to 1641. King of Joseon from 1608 to 1623)
• Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1782 to 1866. Queen of the French from 1830 to 1848)
• Bernard Malamud (1914 to 1986. American writer (1914–1986))
• Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark (born 1986. Member of the former Greek royal family (born 1986))
• Nezahualcoyotl (tlatoani) (1402 to 1472. Tlatoani of Texcoco)
• Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865 to 1931. Finnish painter (1865–1931))
• Arno Allan Penzias (1933 to 2024. American physicist (1933–2024))
• Peter Zumthor (born 1943. Swiss architect (born 1943))
• Thomas Reid (1710 to 1796. Scottish philosopher (1710–1796))
• Manuel Blum (born 1938. Venezuelan computer scientist)
• Boris Nadezhdin (born 1963. Russian politician (born 1963))
• Jean Vigo (1905 to 1934. French film director (1905–1934))
• Meša Selimović (1910 to 1982. Yugoslav writer (1910–1982))
• Raúl Leoni (1905 to 1972. President of Venezuela from 1964 to 1969)
• Chen Daoming (born 1955. Chinese actor)
• Heather Heying (born 1969. American evolutionary biologist)
• Michael Smith (chemist) (1932 to 2000. Canadian biochemist, businessman and Nobel Prize laureate (1932–2000))
• Jacqueline Laurita (born 1970. American television personality (born 1970))
• Vicente Aleixandre (1898 to 1984. Spanish poet (1898–1984))
• Hisham I (757 to 796. Emir of Córdoba from 788 to 796)
• Esek Hopkins (1718 to 1802. Continental Navy officer and privateer (1718-1802))
• Muhammad Qutb (1919 to 2014. Egyptian Islamist writer and scholar)
• Conrad Shawcross (born 1977. British artist (born 1977))
• Anders Adlercreutz (born 1970. Finnish architect and politician)
• Jacob Tsimerman (born 1988. Canadian mathematician)
• Bill Gosper (born 1943. American mathematician and programmer (born 1943))
• Anne Jean Marie René Savary (1774 to 1833. French soldier and diplomat (1774–1833))
• Bruce Jay Friedman (1930 to 2020. American novelist, screenwriter, and playwright (1930–2020))
• Koji Asano (born 1974. Japanese musician and composer)
• Paul Almond (1931 to 2015. Canadian director (1931–2015))
• Owen Richardson (1879 to 1959. British physicist (1879–1959))
• Jesse Russell (born 1948. American inventor (born 1948))
• Fahad Mirza (born 1979. Pakistani actor, model and plastic surgeon)
• Daniil Kvyat (born 1994. Russian racing driver (born 1994))
• Tunku Ali Redhauddin (born 1977. Tunku Besar of Seri Menanti)
• Kane (born 1967. American professional wrestler and politician (born 1967))
• Anne McLaren (1927 to 2007. British scientist)
• Birgitta Stenberg (1932 to 2014. Swedish author, translator and illustrator (1932–2014))
• Carol Burnett (born 1933. American comedian and actress (born 1933))
• Gheorghe Bibescu (1804 to 1873. Romanian prince (1804–1873))
• Adrienne Monnier (1892 to 1955. French bookseller, writer and publisher)
• Narayan Sanyal (1924 to 2005. Indian writer (1923–2005))
• Channing Tatum (born 1980. American actor (born 1980))
• Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha (1888 to 1948. Prime Minister of Egypt (1945–1946, 1946–1948))
• Nathaniel Kleitman (1895 to 1999. American physiologist and sleep researcher (1895–1999))
• George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry (1821 to 1884. British aristocrat, businessman, diplomat and Conservative politician)

Died on April 26

• Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887 to 1920. Indian mathematician (1887–1920))
• Helena Blavatsky (1831 to 1891. Russian-American mystic and writer (1831–1891))
• Gypsy Rose Lee (1911 to 1970. American burlesque performer, actress and writer (1911–1970))
• Muhammad Shah (1702 to 1748. Mughal emperor from 1719 to 1748)
• Sid James (1913 to 1976. South African-British actor (1913–1976))
• Hari Singh (1895 to 1961. Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir from 1925 to 1952)
• Lucille Ball (1911 to 1989. American actress (1911–1989))
• Mary of Modena (1658 to 1718. Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1685 to 1688)
• Pope Stephen II (714 to 757. Head of the Catholic Church from 752 to 757)
• Arnold Sommerfeld (1868 to 1951. German theoretical physicist (1868–1951))
• Tansen (1493 to 1589. Hindustani composer (c. 1493–1589))
• Carl Bosch (1874 to 1940. German chemist and engineer (1874–1940))
• Edward Arnold (actor) (1890 to 1956. American actor (1890–1956))
• Boniface VI (Head of the Catholic Church in 896)
• Attar of Nishapur (1145 to 1221. Sufi poet (c. 1145 – c. 1221))
• Jack Dunphy (1914 to 1992. American novelist and playwright (1914-1992))
• George Herbert Mead (1863 to 1931. American philosopher (1863–1931))
• Tom Ketchum (1863 to 1901. American outlaw (1863–1901))
• Anne Desclos (1907 to 1998. French journalist and novelist (1907–1998))
• Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127 to 1192. Emperor of Japan from 1155 to 1158)
• Pedro Paterno (1857 to 1911. Prime Minister of the Philippines in 1899)
• Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873 to 1945. Ukrainian and Russian Cossack military and political official; Hetman of Ukraine (1918))
• Peng Zhen (1902 to 1997. Chinese politician (1902–1997))
• Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria (1825 to 1864. Princess Luitpold of Bavaria)
• John Wilkes Booth (1838 to 1865. American stage actor and assassin (1838–1865))
• Margaret Bonds (1913 to 1972. American composer and pianist (1913–1972))
• Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer (1790 to 1861. German traveller, journalist and historian (1790–1861))
• Lynn Hauldren (1922 to 2011. American copywriter (1922–2011))
• Augusto Roa Bastos (1917 to 2005. Paraguayan writer (1917–2005))
• Elisabeth Domitien (1925 to 2005. Central African politician)

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