Alexander II of Russia

Alexander II was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881. Alexander's most significant reform as emperor was the emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861, for which he is known as Alexander the Liberator.

29 April 1818

Born on the same birth day (29 April): Carl Millöcker • Chris Johnson (basketball, born 1990) • Constantine P. Cavafy • Edward Blishen • Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa • Fred Zinnemann • Georg Carl von Döbeln • Heinz Wolff • Jack Williamson • Javier Colon • Jay Cutler • John Compton • Kevin Moore (footballer, born 1958) • Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović • Michel Bussi • Nora Dunn • Otis Rush • Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie • Steven Bach • Taoufik Makhloufi • Tommy James

Born in the same month (April 1818): August Wilhelm von Hofmann • Christian IX of Denmark • Heinrich Göbel • James Anthony Froude • Thomas Mayne Reid