Alexander of Battenberg

Alexander Joseph, known as Alexander of Battenberg, was the first prince (knyaz) of the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria from 1878 until his abdication in 1886.

5 April 1857

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Arild Monsen • Austin Berry (footballer) • Cesare Natali • Darija Jurak Schreiber • Dejan Kelhar • Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz • Edem Rjaïbi • Irina Timofeyeva • Juan Gisbert Sr. • Lawrence Dale Bell • Pierre Lhomme • Rafael Cavalcante • Richard Sánchez (footballer, born 1994) • Stanley Dziedzic • Timo Hildebrand • Tomislav Piplica • Toshiko Fujita • Willy Chirino

Born in the same month (April 1857): Arthur Wesley Dow • Clarence Darrow • Eugen Bleuler • Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom • Ruggero Leoncavallo • Theodor Kittelsen • Walter Simon (philanthropist)