April 26: Today's Notable Birthdays

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?

Is April 26th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on April 26th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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April 26th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

April 26th Birthdays: Famous Artists

John James Audubon, American ornithologist andwildlife artist, was born on April 26, 1785. John James Audubon's published works include The Birds of America, Delineations of American Scenery and Character, Ornithological Biography and The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. The Audubon Society of naturalism was named for John James Audubon.

French Romantic painter Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix (The Death of Sardanapalus,Entrance of the Crusaders into Constantinople,Greece Expiring on the Ruins of Missolonghi, Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard,The Jewish Wedding,The Lion Hunt, Massacre at Chios Sultan of Morocco, Tiger Attacking a Horse,Turk Stroking His Horse, Women of Algiers and A Young Tiger Playing with Its Mother) was born on April 26, 1798.

Friedrich Flotow, German operatic composer (Martha), was born on April 26, 1812.

Ieoh Ming (I.M.) Pei, Chinese-American architect, was born on April 26, 1917. I.M. Pei designed The Louvre's glass pyramid, as well as Berlin's German Historical Museum, Boston's John Hancock Tower, Cleveland's Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame, Denver's Mile High Center, Kyoto's Miho Museum and many other famous structures.

German-American film director Klaus Detlef (Douglas Sirk) Sierck was born on April 26, 1900. Douglas Sirk directed First Legion, Imitation of Life, Magnificent Obsession, Tarnished Angels, A Time to Love and a Time to Die and Written on the Wind.

April 26th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Giovanni Nino Benvenuti, Italian boxer and Olympic gold medalist (1960), was born on April 26, 1938.