Matthias Jakob Schleiden

Matthias Jakob Schleiden was a German botanist and co-founder of cell theory, along with Theodor Schwann and Rudolf Virchow. He published some poems and non-scientific work under the pseudonym Ernst.

5 April 1804

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Alexandre Prémat • Christian Gourcuff • Isabella of Hainault • Juan Lezcano • Les Binks • Marcos Vales • Mariqueen Maandig • Richard Eberhart • Song Jiaoren • Stanley Dziedzic • Sven Andersson (politician) • Vilhelm Carlberg

Born in the same month (April 1804): Charles Goodyear (politician)