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): Anne McLaren • Carlos Bianchi • Charles Farrar Browne • Eric Campbell (actor) • Harry Gallatin • Israr Ahmed • Jordan Pefok • Ludwig Wittgenstein • Marilyn Nelson • Michael Smith (chemist) • Paul Verner • Rafael Guízar y Valencia • Thiago Almada • Tom Welling

Born in the same month (April 1886): Arthur Shaw (hurdler) • Ed Lafitte • Frank Luther Mott • Margaret Ayer Barnes • Michalis Dorizas • Mir Osman Ali Khan • Walter Dandy