On This Day — April 26
4042 noted people were born and 1877 died on April 26 in our archive, including Ferdinand-Jean Darier, Alexandre Lamfalussy and Arnaud de Puyfontaine.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on April 26
Ferdinand-Jean Darier
1856 – 1938
Alexandre Lamfalussy
1929 – 2015
Arnaud de Puyfontaine
b. 1964
Arno Allan Penzias
1933 – 2024
Charles Francis Richter
1900 – 1985
Charles M. Manly
1876 – 1927
Creu Casas Sicart
1913 – 2007
David Gries
b. 1939
David Reddaway
b. 1953
Dmitry Kiselyov
b. 1954
Dominic Jermey
b. 1967
Endre Kukorelly
b. 1951
Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner
1942 – 2017
Hans Kopfermann
1895 – 1963
Helen Nissenbaum
b. 1954
Hugo Schiff
1834 – 1915
I. M. Pei
1917 – 2019
James Wordie
1889 – 1962
John Peden
1871 – 1946
Jonathan W. Daniels
1902 – 1981
Józef Bilczewski
1860 – 1923
Leonid Plyushch
1938 – 2015
Lodewijk Woltjer
1930 – 2019
Ludwig Uhland
1787 – 1862
Manuel Blum
b. 1938
Mark T. Esper
b. 1964
Menahem E. Yaari
b. 1935
Michael Smith
1932 – 2000
Miriam Ben-Porat
1918 – 2012
Niels Thorkild Rovsing
1862 – 1927
Owen Willans Richardson
1879 – 1959
Peter Serracino Inglott
1936 – 2012
Piotr Wilczek
b. 1962
Samantha Cristoforetti
b. 1977
Svante Lindqvist
b. 1948
Sylvain Tesson
b. 1972
Theodor Billroth
1829 – 1894
Władysław Daniłowski
1902 – 2000
Émile Molinier
1857 – 1906
Abdüllatif Şener
b. 1954
Aflatun Amashov
b. 1957
Agnes Naa Momo Lartey
b. 1976
Aleksandr Kamensky
b. 1954
Aleksandr Nikitin
b. 1976
Aleksey Vasilyev
b. 1939
Alex Sobel
b. 1975
Alfred Krauss
1862 – 1938
Anders Adlercreutz
b. 1970
Andreas Maercker
b. 1960
Asako Omi
b. 1961
Auguste Panseron
1795 – 1859
Barbara Goldberg
b. 1943
Bernard Malamud
1914 – 1986
Bill Gosper
b. 1943
Boris Nadezhdin
b. 1963
Božo Biškupić
b. 1938
Carl Marci
b. 1969
Carlos Mijares Bracho
1930 – 2015
Cezary Grabarczyk
b. 1960
Charles Edward Hovey
1827 – 1897
Charles King-Harman
1851 – 1939
Chen Daoming
b. 1955
Christian Leopold von Buch
1774 – 1853
Chuck Blazer
1945 – 2017
David M. Dennison
1900 – 1976
David O'Brien Martin
1944 – 2012
Dietmar Hopp
b. 1940
Dominik Duka
1943 – 2025
Edward Pleydell-Bouverie
1818 – 1889
Edward Vermilye Huntington
1874 – 1952
Edwina Hart
b. 1957
Erland von Koch
1910 – 2009
Fanny Gates
1872 – 1931
Francisco Coello
1822 – 1898
Frank Hahn
1925 – 2013
Frank Joseph Gerard Dorsey
1891 – 1949
George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry
1821 – 1884
Gert Wingårdh
b. 1951
Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert
1780 – 1860
Grigory Siyatvinda
b. 1970
Gustave Lhopiteau
1860 – 1941
Ha Tae-keung
b. 1968
Harald Uhlig
b. 1961
Henri Madelin
1936 – 2020
Henry Charlton Bastian
1837 – 1915
Henryk Fryderyk Hoyer
1834 – 1907
Herbert Landau
b. 1948
Hermann Maurer
b. 1941
Hidaka Sōnojō
1848 – 1932
Hideki Kuriyama
b. 1961
Igor Melikhov
b. 1944
Iryna Akimova
b. 1960
Jacob Tsimerman
b. 1988
Jadwiga Staniszkis
1942 – 2024
Jan Pietrzak
b. 1937
Jane Nishida
b. 1955
Janice Koh
b. 1969
Jean Hennessy
1874 – 1944
Jean-Marc Daniel
b. 1954
Jean-Marc Janaillac
b. 1953
Jean-Yves Le Naour
b. 1972
Jeanne Sauvé
1922 – 1993
Jeannot Krecké
b. 1950
Jeremy Gardiner
b. 1957
Jerzy Turonek
1929 – 2019
Johann Weber
1927 – 2020
John Battle
b. 1951
John D. Joannopoulos
1947 – 2025
John Grierson
1898 – 1972
Jorge Montt
1845 – 1922
Jorge Serrano Elías
b. 1945
Justin Bibb
b. 1987
Jörg-Peter Ewert
b. 1938
Konstantin Chevkin
1802 – 1875
Kristen R. Ghodsee
b. 1970
Krushna Chandra Gajapati
1892 – 1974
Lucien Saint
1867 – 1938
Luděk Navara
b. 1964
Luigi Chiarini
1789 – 1832
Luiz Fux
b. 1953
Maarit Feldt-Ranta
1968 – 2019
Margaret Blackwood
1909 – 1986
Margaret Gowing
1921 – 1998
Marilyn Nelson
b. 1946
Matthias Numsen Blytt
1789 – 1862
Meša Selimović
1910 – 1982
Natasha Trethewey
b. 1966
Neela Padmanabhan
b. 1938
Nikolai Chelnokov
1906 – 1974
Nikolai Kann
1873 – 1948
Nikolai Lugansky
b. 1972
Nishimura Shigeki
1828 – 1902
Noeleen Heyzer
b. 1948
Odete Santos
1941 – 2023
Orlando S. Mercado
b. 1946
Paola Velardi
b. 1955
Paschal Robinson
1870 – 1948
Paul G. Hoffman
1891 – 1974
Pedro Pierluisi
b. 1959
Per Aage Brandt
1944 – 2021
Peter Zumthor
b. 1943
Philip Poole-Wilson
1943 – 2009
Piotr Szulkin
1950 – 2018
R. Douglas Stuart, Jr.
1916 – 2014
Ray Henault
b. 1949
Raúl Leoni
1905 – 1972
Regine Hildebrandt
1941 – 2001
Richard Armitage
1945 – 2025
Richard S. Fuld
b. 1946
Robert Tucker
1832 – 1905
Ronaldo Miranda
b. 1948
Rudolf Hess
1894 – 1987
Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten
1861 – 1921
Rutger Bregman
b. 1988
Souren Papikyan
b. 1986
Stanisław Car
1882 – 1938
Susana Higuchi
1950 – 2021
Svetlana Geier
1923 – 2010
Svyatoslav Belza
1942 – 2014
Sławomir Nitras
b. 1973
Tanja Jadnanansing
b. 1967
Thomas Carell
b. 1966
Thomas Reid
1710 – 1796
Thomas Vernor Smith
1890 – 1964
Toomas Tõniste
b. 1967
Toussaint-Dieudonné Sauveur
1766 – 1838
Valentina Rudchenko
b. 1955
Vasily Ikonnikov
b. 1961
Vicente Aleixandre
1898 – 1984
Viktor Golyshev
b. 1937
Vyacheslav Fomichyov
b. 1965
Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo
b. 1954
Walter Scribner Schuyler
1850 – 1932
William H. Pryor, Jr.
b. 1962
Wilma Lipp
1925 – 2019
Wolfgang Börnsen
1942 – 2024
Yamamoto Kenkichi
1907 – 1988
Yann Le Bohec
b. 1943
Zvi Yavetz
1925 – 2013
Édouard de Villiers du Terrage
1780 – 1855
Aaron Judge
b. 1992
Adam Gregg
b. 1983
Adil Ray
b. 1974
Adrian Dix
b. 1964
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
1865 – 1931
Alan Haworth, Baron Haworth
1948 – 2023
Aleksandr Smirnov
1958 – 2021
Alex Attwood
b. 1959
Alex Möller
1903 – 1985
Alexis Caswell Angell
1857 – 1932
Alfred Scott-Gatty
1847 – 1918
Ali Muhammad Mujawar
b. 1953
Alice Saunier-Seité
1925 – 2003
Alison H. Clarkson
b. 1955
Allan Maraynes
b. 1950
Alliott Verdon Roe
1877 – 1958
Amien Rais
b. 1944
Amos W. Barber
1861 – 1915
Andreas Nick
b. 1967
Andrzej Szczepkowski
1923 – 1997
… and 3,842 more
Died on April 26
Adolf Seilacher
1925 – 2014
Carl Bosch
1874 – 1940
Eduard Suess
1831 – 1914
Lazarus Fuchs
1833 – 1902
Arnold Sommerfeld
1868 – 1951
Axel Holst
1860 – 1931
Corliss Lamont
1902 – 1995
Francisco Rico Manrique
1942 – 2024
Gerald Guralnik
1936 – 2014
Hans Wußing
1927 – 2011
Henri Weber
1944 – 2020
Irene Ward, Baroness Ward
1895 – 1980
Jack Valenti
1921 – 2007
Karl Möbius
1825 – 1908
Napoleon Cybulski
1854 – 1919
Peter Gülke
1934 – 2026
Sergej Chernyshov
1881 – 1963
Sir John Smyth, 1st Baronet
1893 – 1983
Srinivasa Ramanujan
1887 – 1920
Theoklitos Farmakidis
1784 – 1860
Vladimir Grachev
1942 – 2026
Wander Johannes de Haas
1878 – 1960
Yuval Ne'eman
1925 – 2006
Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen
1924 – 2010
Albert Maltz
1908 – 1985
Albert Schnez
1911 – 2007
Alberto Beneduce
1877 – 1944
Andrei Grechko
1903 – 1976
Arturs Alberings
1877 – 1934
Benno Landsberger
1890 – 1968
Bernard Mills
1920 – 2011
Bernhard Korte
1938 – 2025
Charles Athanase Walckenaer
1771 – 1852
Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart
1824 – 1899
David Sinton Ingalls
1899 – 1985
Derek Keppel
1863 – 1944
Dimitrije Nešić
1836 – 1904
Donald Ross, Lord Ross
1927 – 2025
Edward Clarke
1841 – 1931
Elina Bystritskaya
1928 – 2019
Erik Bergman
1886 – 1970
Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset
1882 – 1954
Faustino Malaguti
1802 – 1878
Florence Piron
1966 – 2021
Francisco Letamendia
1944 – 2026
François, Vicomte de Curel
1854 – 1928
Fred Halliday
1946 – 2010
Frederick D. Patterson
1901 – 1988
Gaston J. Sigur Jr.
1924 – 1995
George Herbert Mead
1863 – 1931
Gheorghe Flondor
1892 – 1976
Grunya Sukhareva
1891 – 1981
Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre
1802 – 1886
Gustav Adolph Hagemann
1842 – 1916
Hari Singh I of Kashmir
1895 – 1961
Harry Warner Frantz
1891 – 1982
Harry Wu
1937 – 2016
Henri Lémery
1874 – 1972
Henry Dutton
1796 – 1869
Henry Lipson
1910 – 1991
Howard Ensign Simmons, Jr.
1929 – 1997
Inna Sergeevna Sjtsjerbina-Samoylova
1922 – 2003
Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer
1790 – 1861
Jan van der Hoeve
1878 – 1952
Jean Alexandre Barré
1880 – 1967
Jean-Claude Pertuzé
1949 – 2020
Johan Georg Lillienberg
1713 – 1798
John G. Palfrey
1796 – 1881
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers
1651 – 1716
John Thornton Kirkland
1770 – 1840
Julius Szymanowski
1829 – 1868
Kaarlo Linkola
1888 – 1942
Konstantin Possiet
1819 – 1899
Luigi Gui
1914 – 2010
Lyman Duff
1865 – 1955
Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie
1622 – 1686
Marie Melchior Joseph Théodose de Lagrené
1800 – 1862
Marie-Thérèse d'Alverny
1903 – 1991
Mas Oyama
1923 – 1994
Michail Ptashuk
1943 – 2002
Nick Kotz
1932 – 2020
Paul Béchard
1899 – 1982
Pavlo Skoropadsky
1873 – 1945
Perreault Casgrain
1898 – 1981
Peter Morris
1932 – 2026
R. A. Stewart Macalister
1870 – 1950
R. Ernest Dupuy
1887 – 1975
Robert Hotung
1862 – 1956
Rostam Bastuni
1923 – 1994
Shin Hyun-hwak
1920 – 2007
T. V. Soong
1891 – 1971
Valentine Mott
1785 – 1865
Vincenzo Caianiello
1932 – 2002
Vladimir Rvachev
1926 – 2005
Väinö Tanner
1881 – 1948
Wilbur Norman Christiansen
1913 – 2007
William Blaauw
1793 – 1870
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
1857 – 1943
William S. Sadler
1875 – 1969
Yasujirō Tsutsumi
1889 – 1964
Yoshiaki Hatta
1879 – 1964
Abbas-Ali Soleimani
1947 – 2023
Abd El Latif Arabiyat
1933 – 2019
Alan Bristow
1923 – 2009
Alfred Boiffin
1856 – 1896
Alfrēds Čepānis
1943 – 2024
Alpheus Morton
1840 – 1923
Antero Svensson
1892 – 1946
António José Severim de Noronha, 1st Duke of Terceira
1792 – 1860
Archie M. Gubbrud
1910 – 1987
Armstrong Sperry
1897 – 1976
Arthur H. Greenwood
1880 – 1963
Arthur Ungnad
1879 – 1947
Arturo Prat Carvajal
1878 – 1942
Attilio Teruzzi
1882 – 1950
Augusto Roa Bastos
1917 – 2005
Augustus Charles Newman
1904 – 1972
Balfour Oliphant Hutchison
1889 – 1967
Basil Lewis
1928 – 2020
Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow
1816 – 1891
Bennett M. Stewart
1912 – 1988
Bernard A. Maguire
1818 – 1886
Bessie Love
1898 – 1986
Beverley Baxter
1891 – 1964
Bijay Mishra
1936 – 2020
Bill Valentine
1932 – 2015
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
1832 – 1910
Blas Roca Calderio
1908 – 1987
Broderick Crawford
1911 – 1986
Carsten Niebuhr
1733 – 1815
Charles A. Peabody Jr.
1849 – 1931
Charles Doughty-Wylie
1868 – 1915
Charles Edward St. John
1857 – 1935
Charles Richard Patterson
1833 – 1910
Charles Scott
1838 – 1924
Daniel Dolan
1951 – 2022
Daniel F. Merriam
1927 – 2017
Daniel of Erie
1930 – 2010
David Trotman
1951 – 2025
Dechko Uzunov
1899 – 1986
Derrick Carden
1921 – 2006
Desmond Crawley
1917 – 1993
Dorothy Warburton
1935 – 2016
E. Irving Couse
1866 – 1936
E. J. Pratt
1882 – 1964
Ed H. Campbell
1882 – 1969
Eduard Pleske
1852 – 1904
Eduardo Toda y Güell
1855 – 1941
Edward Arnold
1890 – 1956
Edward Max Nicholson
1904 – 2003
Edward T. Lewis
1834 – 1927
Egon Franke
1913 – 1995
Eino Rahja
1885 – 1936
Elisha Noyes Sill
1801 – 1888
Elsie Knocker
1884 – 1978
Elvira Orphée
1922 – 2018
Emil Seckel
1864 – 1924
Eric Kent
1919 – 2019
Ernst Meumann
1862 – 1915
Evalyn Walsh McLean
1886 – 1947
Fernando Cancino
1910 – 2011
Francis Murphy
1795 – 1858
Francisco Cunha Leal
1888 – 1970
Francisco Prestes Maia
1896 – 1965
František Kordač
1852 – 1934
Franz Anton Basch
1901 – 1946
Frederick N. Howser
1905 – 1987
Friedrich Philippi
1853 – 1930
Fríðrikur Petersen
1853 – 1917
Félix Kir
1876 – 1968
Garth Neville Walford
1882 – 1915
George Edwin Smith
1849 – 1919
George Frederick Baer
1842 – 1914
George Grey, 6th Earl of Stamford
1765 – 1845
George Haggarty
1902 – 1971
George Murray Hulbert
1881 – 1950
George Troup
1780 – 1856
Georgy Adelson-Velsky
1922 – 2014
Gerda Müller
1894 – 1951
Gerry Conway
1952 – 2026
Giorgio Guazzaloca
1944 – 2017
Giuliano Toraldo di Francia
1916 – 2011
Giulietto Chiesa
1940 – 2020
Gordon Chalk
1913 – 1991
Guglielmo Andreoli
1862 – 1932
Guillermo Chifflet
1926 – 2020
Gustave Zédé
1825 – 1891
Guy Millard
1917 – 2013
Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson
1864 – 1901
Hanna Ożogowska
1904 – 1995
Hans Sommer
1837 – 1922
Heinrich Braun
1862 – 1934
Henry Kater
1777 – 1835
Henry McCardie
1869 – 1933
Hideo Fujimoto
1918 – 1997
Hisao Tani
1882 – 1947
Huang Yongsheng
1910 – 1983
Ignacy Schwarzbart
1888 – 1961
Ijūin Hikokichi
1864 – 1924
Ishiguro Tadanori
1845 – 1941
… and 1,677 more