Ğabdulla Tuqay

Ğabdulla Möxəmmətğarif ulı Tuqay was a Volga Tatar poet, critic, publisher, and towering figure of Tatar literature. Tuqay is often referred to as the founder of modern Tatar literature and the modern Tatar literary language, which replaced Old Tatar.

26 April 1886

Born on the same birth date (26 April 1886): Ma Rainey

Born on the same birth day (26 April): Anita Loos • April 26 • Arno Allan Penzias • Carol Burnett • Giancarlo Esposito • Howard Davies (director) • John Isner • Kane (wrestler) • Ken Wallis • Marianne Hoppe • Rafael Guízar y Valencia • Susannah Harker • Sylvain Simard • Vicente Aleixandre

Born in the same month (April 1886): Arthur Shaw (hurdler) • Athenagoras I of Constantinople • Erich Salomon • Ernst Thälmann • Frank Luther Mott • Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell • Gotthelf Bergsträsser • Izidor Cankar • Johnny Hayes • Michalis Dorizas • Mir Osman Ali Khan • Walter Dandy • Árpád Tóth