Notable Birthdays for April 26
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- Scottish philosopher David Hume in 1711
- naturalist John James Audubon in 1785
- German industrialist Alfred Krupp in 1812
- landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted in 1822
- author Anita Loos in 1893
- Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler's deputy, in 1894
- inventor Charles Richter, responsible for the Richter scale of earthquake measurement, in 1900
- baseball Hall of Fame member Hack Wilson in 1900
- writer A.E. van Vogt in 1912
- writer Bernard Malamud in 1914
- architect I.M. Pei in 1917 (age 98)
- actor/comedian Carol Burnett in 1933 (age 82)
- guitarist Duane Eddy in 1938 (age 77)
- pop singer Bobby Rydell in 1942 (age 73)
- actor Giancarlo Esposito in 1958 (age 57)
- actor Joan Chen in 1961 (age 54)
- actor Kevin James in 1965 (age 50).
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