Famous People Born Today, Today's Famous Birthdays
Here is a list who born on date 26 August today. Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day. Today's famous birthdays list for August 26
Who Born Today, Famous Birthdays on August 26
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1469 | Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496) |
| 1548 | Bernardino Poccetti, Italian painter (d. 1612) |
| 1582 | Humilis of Bisignano, Italian Franciscan friar and saint (d. 1637) |
| 1596 | Frederick V, Elector Palatine, Bohemian king (d. 1632) |
| 1676 | Robert Walpole, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1745) |
| 1694 | Elisha Williams, English colonial minister, academic, and politician (d. 1755) |
| 1695 | Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter (d. 1791) |
| 1728 | Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1777) |
| 1740 | Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon (d. 1810) |
| 1743 | Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (d. 1794) |
| 1751 | Manuel Abad y Queipo, Spanish-born Mexican bishop (d. 1825) |
| 1775 | William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (d. 1851) |
| 1783 | Federigo Zuccari, astronomer, director of the Astronomical Observatory of Naples (d. 1817) |
| 1792 | Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan soldier and politician, 4th President of Uruguay (d. 1857) |
| 1797 | Saint Innocent of Alaska, Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (d. 1879) |
| 1819 | Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1861) |
| 1824 | Martha Darley Mutrie, British painter (d. 1885) |
| 1854 | Arnold Fothergill, English cricketer (d. 1932) |
| 1856 | Clara Schønfeld, Danish actress (d. 1939) |
| 1862 | Herbert Booth, Canadian songwriter and bandleader (d. 1926) |
| 1865 | Arthur James Arnot, Scottish-Australian engineer, designed the Spencer Street Power Station (d. 1946) |
| 1873 | Lee de Forest, American engineer and academic, invented the Audion tube (d. 1961) |
| 1874 | Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1938) |
| 1875 | John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada (d. 1940) |
| 1880 | Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1918) |
| 1882 | James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964) |
| 1882 | Sam Hardy, English footballer (d. 1966) |
| 1885 | Jules Romains, French author and poet (d. 1972) |
| 1888 | Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (d. 1974) |
| 1891 | Acharya Chatursen Shastri, Indian author and playwright (d. 1960) |
| 1894 | Sparky Adams, American baseball player and farmer (d. 1989) |
| 1896 | Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian soldier and politician (d. 1990) |
| 1897 | Yun Posun, South Korean activist and politician, 2nd President of South Korea (d. 1990) |
| 1898 | Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector and philanthropist (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Margaret Utinsky, American nurse, recipient of the Medal of Freedom (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman (d. 1980) |
| 1901 | Eleanor Dark, Australian author and poet (d. 1985) |
| 1901 | Hans Kammler, German SS officer and engineer (d. 1945) |
| 1901 | Jimmy Rushing, American singer and bandleader (d. 1972) |
| 1901 | Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Vietnam (d. 1987) |
| 1903 | Caroline Pafford Miller, American author (d. 1992) |
| 1904 | Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (d. 1986) |
| 1904 | Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (d. 1991) |
| 1906 | Bunny Austin, English tennis player (d. 2000) |
| 1906 | Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist, developed the polio vaccine (d. 1993) |
| 1908 | Walter Bruno Henning, Prussian-American linguist and scholar (d. 1967) |
| 1908 | Aubrey Schenck, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1999) |
| 1909 | Eric Davies, South African cricketer and educator (d. 1976) |
| 1909 | Jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981) |
| 1909 | Gene Moore, American baseball player (d. 1978) |
| 1910 | Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| 1911 | Otto Binder, American author and screenwriter (d. 1974) |
| 1914 | Julio Cortázar, Belgian-Argentinian author and translator (d. 1984) |
| 1914 | Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish soldier and poet (d. 2008) |
| 1915 | Humphrey Searle, English composer and conductor (d. 1982) |
| 1918 | Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (d. 2020) |
| 1919 | Gerard Campbell, American priest and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1920 | Brant Parker, American illustrator (d. 2007) |
| 1920 | Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2019) |
| 1921 | Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar (d. 1994) |
| 1921 | Benjamin C. Bradlee, American journalist and author (d. 2014) |
| 1922 | Irving R. Levine, American journalist and author (d. 2009) |
| 1923 | Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Alex Kellner, American baseball player (d. 1996) |
| 1925 | Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic (d. 2005) |
| 1925 | Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, Minister of Justice for France (d. 1999) |
| 1925 | Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 2013) |
| 1925 | Etelka Keserű, Hungarian economist and politician (d. 2018) |
| 1925 | Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean composer (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian violinist and educator (d. 1999) |
| 1926 | Robert Vickrey, American painter and author (d. 2011) |
| 1928 | Om Prakash Munjal, Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles (d. 2015) |
| 1929 | Reuben Kamanga, Zambian soldier and politician, 1st Vice President of Zambia (d. 1996) |
| 1930 | Joe Solomon, Guyanese cricketer and coach |
| 1931 | Kálmán Markovits, Hungarian water polo player (d. 2009) |
| 1932 | Luis Salvadores Salvi, Chilean basketball player (d. 2014) |
| 1934 | Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2020) |
| 1934 | Kevin Ryan, Australian rugby player, coach, lawyer and politician |
| 1935 | Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011) |
| 1935 | Karen Spärck Jones, English computer scientist and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1936 | Benedict Anderson, American political scientist and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1937 | Don Bowman, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1938 | Jet Black, English drummer (d. 2022) |
| 1939 | Pinchas Goldstein, Israeli businessman and politician (d. 2007) |
| 1939 | Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazilian banker and financier |
| 1940 | Michael Cockerell, English journalist |
| 1940 | Vic Dana, American dancer and singer |
| 1940 | Don LaFontaine, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008) |
| 1940 | Nik Turner, English musician and songwriter |
| 1941 | Chris Curtis, English drummer and singer (d. 2005) |
| 1941 | Jane Merrow, English actress, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1941 | Barbet Schroeder, French-Swiss director and producer |
| 1942 | Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston, English lawyer and politician (d. 2014) |
| 1942 | Chow Kwai Lam, Malaysian football coach and player (d. 2018) |
| 1943 | Dori Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1944 | Alan Parker, English guitarist and songwriter |
| 1944 | Judith Rees, English geographer and academic |
| 1944 | Maureen Tucker, American singer-songwriter and drummer |
| 1945 | Tom Ridge, American sergeant and politician, 1st Secretary of Homeland Security |
| 1946 | Zhou Ji, Chinese engineer and politician, 14th Chinese Minister of Education |
| 1946 | Valerie Simpson, American singer-songwriter |
| 1946 | Alison Steadman, English actress |
| 1947 | Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (d. 2007) |
| 1949 | Allahshukur Pashazadeh, Azerbaijani cleric |
| 1949 | Leon Redbone, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2019) |
| 1951 | Gerd Bonk, German weightlifter (d. 2014) |
| 1951 | Bill Whitaker, American journalist |
| 1951 | Edward Witten, American physicist and academic |
| 1952 | Bryon Baltimore, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1952 | Michael Jeter, American actor (d. 2003) |
| 1952 | Will Shortz, American journalist and puzzle creator |
| 1953 | David Hurley, Australian general and politician, 27th Governor General of Australia |
| 1953 | Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer |
| 1954 | Howard Clark, English golfer and sportscaster |
| 1954 | Tracy Krohn, American race car driver and businessman |
| 1954 | Hugh Pelham, British academic and educator |
| 1955 | Ian Dejardin, English historian and curator |
| 1955 | Giuseppe Resnati, Italian chemist and educator |
| 1956 | Sally Beamish, English viola player and composer |
| 1956 | Brett Cullen, American actor |
| 1956 | Mark Mangino, American football player and coach |
| 1957 | Nikky Finney, American poet and academic |
| 1958 | Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist |
| 1959 | Oliver Colvile, English lawyer and politician |
| 1959 | Stan Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach |
| 1960 | Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader |
| 1960 | Ola Ray, American model and actress |
| 1961 | Daniel Lévi, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2022) |
| 1961 | Jeff Parrett, American baseball player |
| 1962 | Roger Kingdom, American hurdler |
| 1963 | David Byas, English cricketer and umpire |
| 1963 | Stephen J. Dubner, American journalist and author |
| 1963 | Patrice Oppliger, American author, critic, and academic |
| 1964 | Allegra Huston, English-American author and screenwriter |
| 1964 | Bobby Jurasin, American-Canadian football player and coach |
| 1964 | Chad Kreuter, American baseball player and manager |
| 1964 | Zadok Malka, Israeli footballer and manager |
| 1964 | Torsten Schmitz, German boxer |
| 1964 | Carsten Wolf, German cyclist |
| 1964 | Mehriban Aliyeva, 1st Vice President of Azerbaijan, goodwill ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO. |
| 1965 | Marcus du Sautoy, English mathematician and academic |
| 1965 | Chris Burke, American actor |
| 1966 | Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player and coach |
| 1966 | Shirley Manson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress |
| 1967 | Michael Gove, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Education |
| 1968 | Chris Boardman, English cyclist |
| 1969 | Adrian Young, American drummer and songwriter |
| 1970 | Jason Little, Australian rugby player |
| 1970 | Melissa McCarthy, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1970 | Brett Schultz, South African cricketer |
| 1971 | Thalía, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and actress |
| 1973 | Richard Evatt, English boxer (d. 2012) |
| 1974 | Kelvin Cato, American basketball player and coach |
| 1974 | Meredith Eaton, American actress |
| 1975 | Morgan Ensberg, American baseball player and coach |
| 1976 | Mike Colter, American actor |
| 1976 | Amaia Montero, Spanish singer-songwriter |
| 1977 | Therese Alshammar, Swedish swimmer |
| 1977 | Liam Botham, English rugby player and cricketer |
| 1977 | Saeko Chiba, Japanese voice actress and singer |
| 1977 | Simone Motta, Italian footballer |
| 1979 | Jamal Lewis, American football player |
| 1979 | Cristian Mora, Ecuadorian footballer |
| 1979 | Rubén Arriaza Pazos, Spanish footballer |
| 1980 | Macaulay Culkin, American actor |
| 1980 | Brendan Harris, American baseball player |
| 1980 | Manolis Papamakarios, Greek basketball player |
| 1980 | Chris Pine, American actor |
| 1981 | Tino Best, Barbadian cricketer |
| 1981 | Sebastian Bönig, German footballer |
| 1981 | Andreas Glyniadakis, Greek basketball player |
| 1981 | Vangelis Moras, Greek footballer |
| 1981 | Petey Williams, Canadian wrestler |
| 1982 | Angelo Iorio, Italian footballer |
| 1982 | John Mulaney, American comedian, actor, writer, and producer |
| 1982 | Jayson Nix, American baseball player |
| 1982 | Noah Welch, American ice hockey player |
| 1983 | Mattia Cassani, Italian footballer |
| 1983 | Félix Porteiro, Spanish race car driver |
| 1983 | Nicol David, Malaysian squash player |
| 1985 | Oleksiy Kasyanov, Ukrainian decathlete |
| 1985 | Brandon McDonald, American football player |
| 1985 | David Price, American baseball player |
| 1986 | Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer |
| 1986 | Colin Kazim-Richards, Turkish footballer |
| 1986 | Cassie Ventura, American singer, dancer, actress and model |
| 1987 | Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 1988 | Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player |
| 1988 | Evan Ross, American actor |
| 1988 | Danielle Savre, American actress |
| 1988 | Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1988 | Lars Stindl, German football player |
| 1989 | James Harden, American basketball player |
| 1990 | Irina-Camelia Begu, Romanian tennis player |
| 1990 | Mateo Musacchio, Argentinian footballer |
| 1991 | Jessie Diggins, American cross-country skier |
| 1999 | Kotoshoho Yoshinari, Japanese sumo wrestler |
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