Famous People Born In 1826
Discover the most famous people born in 1826. The list includes people like George B. McClellan, Stephen Foster, Bernhard Riemann, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Carlo Collodi and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include military leaders, political leaders, journalists and emperors & kings born in 1826. This list includes people from United States, England, Italy & Germany and many more countries.
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Birthdate: 4th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 13, 1864
Birthdate: 17th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Breselenz
Died: July 20, 1866
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Julia Grant
(U.S. First Lady)
Birthdate: 26th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: St. Louis
Died: December 14, 1902
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Carlo Collodi
(Italian Author and Journalist Known for His Fairy Tale Novel 'The Adventures of Pinocchio')
Birthdate: 24th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: October 26, 1890
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Walter Bagehot
(Journalist, businessman, and essayist, who wrote extensively about government, economics, literature and race.)
Birthdate: 3rd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Langport, Somerset, England
Died: March 24, 1877
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Gustave Moreau
(French Symbolist Painter Known for His Erotic Paintings of Mythological and Religious Subjects)
Birthdate: 6th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 18, 1898
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Eshowe, Zulu Kingdom
Died: February 8, 1884
Birthdate: 24th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cicero
Died: March 18, 1898
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Léon Minkus
(Former composer of ballet music, a violin virtuoso and teacher)
Birthdate: 23rd March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: December 7, 1917
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Eugénie de Montijo
(Empress Consort of the French)
Birthdate: 5th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Granada, Spain
Died: July 11, 1920
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Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
(Novelist)
Birthdate: 27th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Spas-Ugol, Russia
Died: May 10, 1889
Birthdate: 20th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 4, 1873
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Richard Christopher Carrington
(Astronomer)
Birthdate: 26th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
Died: November 27, 1875
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Potter Palmer
(Businessman)
Birthdate: 20th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Albany County, New York, United States
Died: May 4, 1902
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Christopher Columbus Langdell
(Educator)
Birthdate: 22nd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New Boston, New Hampshire, United States
Died: July 6, 1906
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George Johnstone Stoney
(Physicist)
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: County Offaly
Died: July 5, 1911
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Stanislao Cannizzaro
(Chemist)
Birthdate: 13th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Palermo, Italy
Died: May 10, 1910
Birthdate: 25th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brighton, England
Died: November 8, 1865
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Ebenezer Butterick
(Manufacturer)
Birthdate: 29th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Sterling, Massachusetts, United States
Died: March 31, 1903
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Frederic Edwin Church
(Painter)
Birthdate: 4th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hartford
Died: April 7, 1900
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Zénobe Gramme
(Belgian Electrical Engineer Who Invented the Gramme Machine)
Birthdate: 4th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Amay, Belgium
Died: January 20, 1901
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Adolf Bastian
(German Polymath Best Known for His Contributions to the Progression of Ethnography)
Birthdate: 26th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bremen, Germany
Died: February 2, 1905
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Anthony Joseph Drexel
(Banker)
Birthdate: 13th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died: June 30, 1893
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William S. Clark
(Professor)
Birthdate: 31st July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ashfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: March 9, 1886
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
(Was a priest and educator, first princiFormer Paymaster General of the United Kingdompal and founder of CMS Grammar School, Lagos)
Birthdate: 17th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kissy, Sierra Leone
Died: January 17, 1878
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Henri Mouhot
(French Naturalist Who Explored Angkor and Informed the Western World about It)
Birthdate: 15th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Montbéliard, Doubs, France
Died: November 10, 1861
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William Mahone
(Former United States Senator from Virginia (1881 - 1887))
Birthdate: 1st December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Southampton County, Virginia, United States
Died: October 8, 1895
Birthdate: 3rd December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: October 29, 1885
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Juan José Cañas
(Salvadoran Poet Best Known For Writing The Salvadoran National Anthem)
Birthdate: 19th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: San Miguel, El Salvador
Died: January 10, 1918
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Hormuzd Rassam
(Archaeologist)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Mosul, Iraq
Died: September 16, 1910
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Friedrich Chrysander
(Publisher)
Birthdate: 8th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lübtheen, Germany
Died: September 3, 1901
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Frances Fuller Victor
(Historian)
Birthdate: 23rd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rome, New York, United States
Died: November 14, 1902
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Giuseppe Zanardelli
(Political ,Prime Minister)
Birthdate: 29th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brescia, Italy
Died: December 26, 1903
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Lafayette C. Baker
(American Detective and Spy Who Served the Union Army during the 'American Civil War')
Birthdate: 13th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stafford, New York, United States
Died: July 3, 1868
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George Frisbie Hoar
(Politician)
Birthdate: 29th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Died: September 30, 1904
36
William Deering
(Businessman)
Birthdate: 25th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: South Paris, Paris, Maine, United States
Died: December 9, 1913
37
Emily Blackwell
(Physician)
Birthdate: 8th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bristol, England
Died: September 7, 1910
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Alfred Ely Beach
(Inventor)
Birthdate: 1st September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 1, 1896
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Giovanni Battista Donati
(Italian Astronomer Who Was First To Observe the Spectrum of a Comet)
Birthdate: 16th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Pisa, Italy
Died: September 20, 1873
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John Thomas
(Composer, Harpist)
Birthdate: 1st March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bridgend, England
Died: March 19, 1913
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Charles Loring Brace
(American Philanthropist Who Contributed to the Field of Social Reform)
Birthdate: 19th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Died: August 11, 1890
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Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
(Sovereign)
Birthdate: 9th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Karlsruhe, Germany
Died: September 28, 1907
Birthdate: 4th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: March 13, 1871
Birthdate: 1st October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: July 21, 1886
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John William De Forest
(Soldier)
Birthdate: 31st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Seymour, Connecticut, United States
Died: July 17, 1906
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İbrahim Şinasi
(Turkish Author and Playwright Who Was a Pioneer of the Ottoman Play)
Birthdate: 5th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Constantinople, Turkey
Died: September 13, 1871
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Fitz-James O'Brien
(Soldier)
Birthdate: 25th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
Died: April 6, 1862
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John Wisden
(English Cricketer)
Birthdate: 5th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brighton, Sussex, England
Died: April 5, 1884
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Joseph Victor von Scheffel
(Poet)
Birthdate: 16th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Karlsruhe, Germany
Died: April 9, 1886
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Thomas Alexander Browne
(Australian Novelist Best Known for His 1882 Bushranging Novel 'Robbery Under Arms')
Birthdate: 6th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: March 11, 1915