August Ahlqvist

Karl August Engelbrekt Ahlqvist, who wrote as A. Oksanen, was a Finnish professor, poet, scholar of the Finno-Ugric languages, author, and literary critic. He is best remembered as the sharpest critic of writer Aleksis Kivi, who later rose to the position of the national author of Finland.

7 August 1826

Born on the same birth day (7 August): Ann Harding • Birgit Zotz • Don Wilson (cricketer) • Elizabeth Báthory • Francesca Eastwood • Gerard Denton • Gerry Peñalosa • Gordon Zahn • Jalen Hurts • Juan Martín Hernández • Justin Brooker • Marcus Roberts • Mark Pettini • Rachel York • Ray Hill (American football) • Rouven Sattelmaier • Shane Lechler • Tooba Siddiqui • Valter Birsa

Born in the same month (August 1826): Carl Gegenbaur • Thomas Alexander Browne