Famous People Born Today, Today's Famous Birthdays
Here is a list who born on date 26 December today. Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day. Today's famous birthdays list for December 26
Who Born Today, Famous Birthdays on December 26
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1194 | Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250) |
| 1446 | Charles de Valois, Duke de Berry, French noble (d. 1472) |
| 1526 | Rose Lok, businesswoman and Protestant exile (d.1613) |
| 1532 | Wilhelm Xylander, German scholar and academic (d. 1576) |
| 1536 | Yi I, Korean philosopher and scholar (d. 1584) |
| 1537 | Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1593) |
| 1581 | Philip III, Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach (d. 1643) |
| 1618 | Elisabeth of the Palatinate, German princess, philosopher, and Calvinist (d. 1680) |
| 1628 | John Page, English Colonial |
| 1646 | Robert Bolling, English/English Colonial |
| 1687 | Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer (d. 1755) |
| 1716 | Thomas Gray, English poet and scholar (d. 1771) |
| 1716 | Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier and philosopher (d. 1803) |
| 1723 | Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright (d. 1807) |
| 1737 | Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1815) |
| 1751 | Lord George Gordon, English lieutenant and politician (d. 1793) |
| 1751 | Clemens Maria Hofbauer, Austrian priest, missionary, and saint (d. 1820) |
| 1769 | Ernst Moritz Arndt, German writer and poet (d. 1860) |
| 1780 | Mary Somerville, Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and author (d. 1872) |
| 1785 | Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Belgian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1871) |
| 1782 | Philaret Drozdov, Russian metropolitan and saint (d. 1867) |
| 1791 | Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the Difference engine (d. 1871) |
| 1803 | Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (d. 1882) |
| 1819 | E. D. E. N. Southworth, American author and educator (d. 1899) |
| 1820 | Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (d. 1890) |
| 1837 | Morgan Bulkeley, American soldier and politician, 54th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1922) |
| 1837 | George Dewey, American admiral (d. 1917) |
| 1852 | Johannes François Snelleman, Dutch zoologist, orientalist, and ethnographer (d. 1938) |
| 1853 | René Bazin, French author and academic (d. 1932) |
| 1854 | José Yves Limantour, Mexican financier and politician, Mexican Secretary of Finance (d. 1935) |
| 1859 | William Stephens, American lawyer and politician, 24th Governor of California (d. 1944) |
| 1863 | Charles Pathé, French record producer, co-founded Pathé Records (d. 1957) |
| 1864 | Yun Chi-ho, Korean activist and politician (d. 1945) |
| 1867 | Phan Bội Châu, Vietnamese activist (d. 1940) |
| 1869 | Mathieu Cordang, Dutch cyclist (d. 1942) |
| 1872 | Norman Angell, English journalist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967) |
| 1873 | Thomas Wass, English cricketer (d. 1953) |
| 1874 | Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and academic (d. 1965) |
| 1883 | Maurice Utrillo, French painter (d. 1955) |
| 1885 | Bazoline Estelle Usher, African-American educator (d. 1992) |
| 1887 | Arthur Percival, English general (d. 1966) |
| 1888 | Marius Canard, French orientalist and historian (d. 1982) |
| 1890 | Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1973) |
| 1890 | Percy Hodge, English runner (d. 1967) |
| 1891 | Henry Miller, American author and painter (d. 1980) |
| 1892 | Don Barclay, American actor and illustrator (d. 1975) |
| 1893 | Mao Zedong, Chinese politician, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1976) |
| 1894 | Jean Toomer, American author and poet (d. 1967) |
| 1900 | Evelyn Bark, leading member of the British Red Cross, first female recipient of the CMG (d. 1993) |
| 1901 | Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (d. 1941) |
| 1902 | Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1980) |
| 1903 | Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (d. 1995) |
| 1904 | Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (d. 1980) |
| 1905 | William Loeb III, American publisher (d. 1981) |
| 1907 | Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1998) |
| 1908 | Ralph Hill, American runner (d. 1994) |
| 1909 | Matt Gordy, American pole vaulter (d. 1989) |
| 1910 | Imperio Argentina, Argentine-Spanish actress and singer (d. 2003) |
| 1910 | Marguerite Churchill, American actress (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (d. 1962) |
| 1913 | Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (d. 1958) |
| 1914 | Richard Widmark, American actor (d. 2008) |
| 1915 | Rolf Botvid, Swedish actor and screenwriter (d. 1998) |
| 1918 | Olga Lopes-Seale, Guyanese-Barbadian singer and radio host (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2006) |
| 1921 | Steve Allen, American actor, singer, talk show host, and screenwriter (d. 2000) |
| 1921 | John Severin, American illustrator (d. 2012) |
| 1922 | Richard Mayes, English actor (d. 2006) |
| 1923 | Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Frank Broyles, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Earle Brown, American composer (d. 2002) |
| 1927 | Denis Gifford, English journalist and historian (d. 2000) |
| 1927 | Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004) |
| 1927 | Stu Miller, American baseball player (d. 2015) |
| 1927 | Denis Quilley, English actor (d. 2003) |
| 1929 | Kathleen Crowley, American actress (d. 2017) |
| 1929 | Régine Zylberberg, Belgian-French singer and actress (d. 2022) |
| 1930 | Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2010) |
| 1930 | Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | Donald Moffat, English-American actor (d. 2018) |
| 1933 | Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer and voice actor (d. 2019) |
| 1935 | Abdul "Duke" Fakir, American singer |
| 1935 | Rohan Kanhai, Guyanese cricketer |
| 1935 | Norm Ullman, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1936 | Peep Jänes, Estonian architect |
| 1936 | Trevor Taylor, English race car driver (d. 2010) |
| 1938 | Bahram Beyzai, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1938 | Robert Hamerton-Kelly, South African-American pastor, scholar, and author (d. 2013) |
| 1938 | Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989) |
| 1938 | Mirko Kovač, Yugoslav-Croatian author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1939 | Fred Schepisi, Australian director and screenwriter |
| 1939 | Phil Spector, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2021) |
| 1940 | Edward C. Prescott, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2022) |
| 1940 | Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (d. 2014) |
| 1941 | Daniel Schmid, Swiss actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006) |
| 1942 | Vinicio Cerezo, Guatemalan politician, 28th President of Guatemala |
| 1942 | Catherine Coulter, American author |
| 1942 | Gray Davis, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of California |
| 1944 | William Ayers, American academic and activist |
| 1946 | Alan Frumin, American lawyer and politician |
| 1946 | Tiit Rosenberg, Estonian historian and academic |
| 1947 | James T. Conway, American general |
| 1947 | Jean Echenoz, French author |
| 1947 | Carlton Fisk, American baseball player |
| 1947 | Josef Janíček, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player |
| 1947 | Liz Lochhead, Scottish poet and playwright |
| 1947 | Richard Levis McCormick, American historian and academic |
| 1948 | Candy Crowley, American journalist |
| 1949 | José Ramos-Horta, East Timorese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1950 | Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Pakistani businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| 1950 | Mario Mendoza, Mexican baseball player and manager |
| 1953 | Leonel Fernández, Dominican lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Dominican Republic |
| 1953 | Makis Katsavakis, Greek footballer and manager |
| 1953 | Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Swedish-Estonian journalist and politician, 4th President of Estonia |
| 1953 | Henning Schmitz, German drummer |
| 1954 | Peter Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist |
| 1954 | Ozzie Smith, American baseball player and sportscaster |
| 1955 | Evan Bayh, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Indiana |
| 1956 | David Sedaris, American comedian, author, and radio host |
| 1957 | Dermot Murnaghan, English-Northern Irish journalist and game show host |
| 1958 | Adrian Newey, English aerodynamicist and engineer |
| 1959 | Kōji Morimoto, Japanese animator and director |
| 1959 | Hans Nielsen, Danish motorcycle racer |
| 1959 | Wang Lijun, Chinese police officer and politician |
| 1960 | Keith Martin Ball, American mathematician and academic |
| 1960 | Ruud Kaiser, Dutch footballer and manager |
| 1960 | Jim Toomey, American cartoonist |
| 1960 | Cem Uzan, Turkish businessman and politician |
| 1961 | Andrew Lock, Australian mountaineer |
| 1961 | John Lynch, Northern Irish actor |
| 1962 | Mark Starr, English wrestler (d. 2013) |
| 1963 | Craig Teitzel, Australian rugby league player |
| 1963 | Lars Ulrich, Danish-American drummer, songwriter, and producer |
| 1964 | Elizabeth Kostova, American author |
| 1966 | Jay Farrar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1966 | Tim Legler, American basketball player and sportscaster |
| 1966 | Jay Yuenger, American guitarist and producer |
| 1968 | Matt Zoller Seitz, American film critic and author |
| 1969 | Isaac Viciosa, Spanish runner |
| 1970 | James Mercer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1971 | Jared Leto, American actor and musician |
| 1971 | Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer |
| 1971 | Tatiana Sorokko, Russian-American model and journalist |
| 1972 | Esteban Fuertes, Argentinian footballer |
| 1972 | Robert Muchamore, English author |
| 1973 | Paulo Frederico Benevenute, Brazilian footballer |
| 1973 | Gianluca Faliva, Italian rugby player |
| 1973 | Nobuhiko Matsunaka, Japanese baseball player |
| 1973 | Steve Prescott, English rugby player (d. 2013) |
| 1974 | Joshua John Miller, American actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 1975 | Chris Calaguio, Filipino basketball player |
| 1975 | Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player |
| 1975 | María Vasco, Spanish race walker |
| 1976 | Simon Goodwin, Australian footballer and coach |
| 1977 | Fatih Akyel, Turkish footballer and manager |
| 1977 | Adrienn Hegedűs, Hungarian tennis player |
| 1978 | Karel Rüütli, Estonian lawyer and politician |
| 1978 | Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player |
| 1979 | Fabián Carini, Uruguayan footballer |
| 1979 | Chris Daughtry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1979 | Dimitry Vassiliev, Russian ski jumper |
| 1979 | Craig Wing, Australian rugby player |
| 1980 | Todd Dunivant, American soccer player |
| 1980 | Ceylan Ertem, Turkish singer |
| 1981 | Pablo Canavosio, Argentinian-Italian rugby player |
| 1981 | Nikolai Nikolaeff, Australian actor |
| 1982 | Kenneth Darby, American football player |
| 1982 | Noel Hunt, Irish footballer |
| 1982 | Aksel Lund Svindal, Norwegian skier |
| 1983 | Yu Takahashi, Japanese singer-songwriter |
| 1983 | Alexander Wang, American fashion designer |
| 1984 | Ahmed Barusso, Ghanaian footballer |
| 1984 | Leonardo Ghiraldini, Italian rugby player |
| 1984 | Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker |
| 1985 | Beth Behrs, American actress |
| 1986 | Joe Alexander, American-Israeli basketball player |
| 1986 | Kit Harington, English actor |
| 1986 | Hugo Lloris, French footballer |
| 1986 | Selen Soyder, Turkish actress and beauty queen |
| 1989 | Yohan Blake, Jamaican sprinter |
| 1990 | Jon Bellion, American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer |
| 1990 | Andy Biersack, American singer-songwriter |
| 1990 | Denis Cheryshev, Russian footballer |
| 1990 | Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer |
| 1991 | Eden Sher, American actress |
| 1992 | Cecilia Costa Melgar, Chilean tennis player |
| 1992 | Jade Thirlwall, English singer |
| 1994 | Souleymane Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer |
| 1997 | Tamara Zidanšek, Slovenian tennis player |
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