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): Allan Clarke (singer) • Andrea Arnold • Anouska van der Zee • Arthur Berriedale Keith • Doggie Julian • Herbert von Karajan • John Willem Gran • Kurtis Patterson • Makar Honcharenko • Mike O'Dowd • Nelson Parraguez • Tom Riley (actor) • Valeria Straneo • Washington Atlee Burpee

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