Famous people born on 26 April

• Ludwig WittgensteinAustrian philosopher and logician · 1889–1951
  62 yrs
• Eugène DelacroixFrench painter · 1798–1863
  65 yrs
• I. M. PeiChinese-American architect · 1917–2019
  102 yrs
• OthoSeventh Roman Emperor (69) · AD 32–69
  36 yrs
• Rudolf HessGerman Nazi leader and Reich Minister without Portfolio · 1894–1987
  93 yrs
• Vicente AleixandreSpanish poet · 1898–1984
  86 yrs
• Arno Allan PenziasGerman-born American physicist · 1933–2024
  90 yrs
• Owen Willans RichardsonBritish physicist · 1879–1959
  79 yrs
• John James AudubonFrench-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter · 1785–1851
  65 yrs
• Marie de' MediciQueen of France (1575-1642); second wife of King Henry IV of France · 1575–1642
  67 yrs
• Charles Francis Richter ↗American seismologist · 1900–1985
  85 yrs
• Ludwig Uhland ↗German poet and politician · 1787–1862
  75 yrs
• Michael Smith ↗Canadian Nobel laureate in chemistry · 1932–2000
  68 yrs
• Akseli Gallen-Kallela ↗Finnish painter · 1865–1931
  65 yrs
• Peter II of Portugal ↗King of Portugal · 1648–1706
  58 yrs
• Ğabdulla Tuqay ↗Tatar poet · 1886–1913
  26 yrs
• Pedro de Valdivia ↗Spanish conquistador, first royal governor of Chile · 1497–1554
  56 yrs
• Bernard Malamud ↗American author · 1914–1986
  71 yrs
• Fanny Blankers-Koen ↗Dutch track and field athlete · 1918–2004
  85 yrs
• Thomas Reid ↗Scottish philosopher · 1710–1796
  86 yrs
• Anita Loos ↗American actress and writer · 1888–1981
  93 yrs
• Jean Vigo ↗French film director · 1905–1934
  29 yrs
• Joey Jordison ↗American musician · 1975–2021
  46 yrs
• Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily ↗Queen consort of the French from 1830 to 1848 · 1782–1866
  83 yrs
• Frederick Law Olmsted ↗American landscape designer, journalist, social critic, and public administrator · 1822–1903
  81 yrs
• Ernst Udet ↗German flying ace · 1896–1941
  45 yrs
• Meša Selimović ↗Yugoslavian writer · 1910–1982
  72 yrs
• Theodor Billroth ↗German surgeon · 1829–1894
  64 yrs
• A. E. van Vogt ↗Canadian-American science fiction writer · 1912–2000
  87 yrs
• Claudine Auger ↗French actress · 1941–2019
  78 yrs
• Douglas Sirk ↗German film director · 1897–1987
  89 yrs
• Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont ↗French author · 1711–1776
  65 yrs
• Emma, Lady Hamilton ↗Mistress of Lord Nelson · 1765–1815
  49 yrs
• Matteo Messina Denaro ↗Italian mob boss · 1962–2023
  61 yrs
• Ma Rainey ↗American blues singer · 1886–1939
  53 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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