Christian Leopold von Buch

Christian Leopold von Buch, usually cited as Leopold von Buch, was a German geologist and paleontologist born in Stolpe an der Oder and is remembered as one of the most important contributors to geology in the first half of the nineteenth century. His scientific interest was devoted to a broad spectrum of geological topics: volcanism, petrology, fossils, stratigraphy and mountain formation. His most remembered accomplishment is the scientific definition of the Jurassic system.

26 April 1774

Born on the same birth day (26 April): AD 121 • Anita Loos • Anne McLaren • Caro Emerald • Charles Farrar Browne • Colin Scotts • Eva Aschoff • Giancarlo Esposito • John II of France • John Isner • Kosuke Fukudome • Ludwig Wittgenstein • Ma Rainey • Mitch Rein • Nevin Spence • Owen Willans Richardson • Richard Mitchell • Roxana Saberi • Rudolf Hess • Ruut Tarmo • Sandra Schmitt • Tatjana Fomina • Vicente Aleixandre • Yuliya Zaripova

Born in the same month (April 1774): Jean-Baptiste Biot