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): Alexander Resch • Anzor Boltukaev • Erland Johnsen • Frederick Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern • Habib Elghanian • Ian Redford (footballer) • Imany • Jaime Castrillón • Kirsan Ilyumzhinov • Liemarvin Bonevacia • Makar Honcharenko • Marcos Vales • Nicolas Grunitzky • Pascal Couchepin • Roger Corman • Tom Riley (actor) • Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1945)

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