Famous Births on 26 Mar

Famous Births on 26 Mar

1516 - Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)
1554 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)
1698 - Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)
1749 - William Blount, American Statesman (d. 1800)
1753 - Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (d. 1814)
1773 - Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigation expert (d. 1838)
1794 - Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)
1859 - Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (d. 1936)
1859 - Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919)
1868 - King Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
1871 - Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana‘ole of the Kingdom of Hawaii (d. 1922)
1874 - Robert Frost, American poet (d. 1963)
1875 - Max Abraham, German physicist (d. 1922)
1875 - Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea (d. 1965)
1876 - Prince William of Wied (d. 1945)
1879 - Othmar Ammann, Swiss bridge engineer (d. 1965)
1882 - Hermann Obrecht, Swiss jurist (d. 1940)
1884 - Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (d. 1969)
1886 - Hugh Mulzac, America military officer (d. 1971)
1888 - Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse (d. 1948)
1893 - Palmiro Togliatti, Italian communist leader (d. 1964)
1894 - Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (d. 1985)
1896 - Rudolf Dassler, Founder of PUMA AG (d. 1974)
1898 - Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
1904 - Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director (d. 1986)
1904 - Joseph Campbell, American author (d. 1987)
1904 - Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
603 - Pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque