People born on August 26 181
Ferdinand II of Naples
b. 1469 – d. 1496
Ferdinand II of Naples (b. 1469)
Bernardino Poccetti
b. 1548 – d. 1612
Bernardino Poccetti, Italian painter (d. 1612)
Humilis of Bisignano
b. 1582 – d. 1637
Humilis of Bisignano, Italian Franciscan friar and saint (d. 1637)
Frederick V, Elector Palatine
b. 1596 – d. 1632
Frederick V, Elector Palatine, Bohemian king (d. 1632)
Robert Walpole
b. 1676 – d. 1745
Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1745)
Elisha Williams
b. 1694 – d. 1755
Elisha Williams, English colonial minister, academic, and politician (d. 1755)
Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault
b. 1695 – d. 1791
Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter (d. 1791)
Johann Heinrich Lambert
b. 1728 – d. 1777
Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1728)
Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle
b. 1736 – d. 1790
Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist (d. 1790)
Montgolfier brothers
b. 1740 – d. 1810
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon (d. 1810)
Antoine Lavoisier
b. 1743 – d. 1794
Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (d. 1794)
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Manuel Abad y Queipo
b. 1751 – d. 1825
Manuel Abad y Queipo, Spanish-born Mexican bishop (d. 1825)
William Joseph Behr
b. 1775 – d. 1851
William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (d. 1851)
Manuel Oribe
b. 1792 – d. 1857
Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan soldier and politician, 4th President of Uruguay (d. 1857)
Saint Innocent of Alaska
b. 1797 – d. 1879
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)
Albert, Prince Consort
b. 1819 – d. 1861
Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1861)
Arnold Fothergill
b. 1854 – d. 1932
Arnold Fothergill, English cricketer (d. 1932)
Clara Schønfeld
b. 1856 – d. 1939
Clara Schønfeld, Danish actress (d. 1939)
Herbert Booth
b. 1862 – d. 1926
Herbert Booth, English songwriter and bandleader (b. 1862)
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Arthur James Arnot
b. 1865 – d. 1946
Arthur James Arnot, Scottish-Australian engineer, designed the Spencer Street Power Station (d. 1946)
Lee de Forest
b. 1873 – d. 1961
Lee de Forest, American engineer and academic, invented the Audion tube (d. 1961)
Zona Gale
b. 1874 – d. 1938
Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1938)
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
b. 1875 – d. 1940
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada (d. 1940)
Guillaume Apollinaire
b. 1880 – d. 1918
Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1918)
James Franck
b. 1882 – d. 1964
James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
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Sam Hardy
b. 1882 – d. 1966
Sam Hardy, English footballer (d. 1966)
Jules Romains
b. 1885 – d. 1972
Jules Romains, French author and poet (d. 1972)
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Acharya Chatursen Shastri
b. 1891 – d. 1960
Acharya Chatursen Shastri, Indian author and playwright (d. 1960)
Sparky Adams
b. 1894 – d. 1989
Sparky Adams, American baseball player and farmer (d. 1989)
Ivan Mihailov
b. 1896 – d. 1990
Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian politician (b. 1896)
Yun Posun
b. 1897 – d. 1990
Yun Posun, South Korean activist and politician, 2nd President of South Korea (d. 1990)
Peggy Guggenheim
b. 1898 – d. 1979
Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector and philanthropist (d. 1979)
Margaret Utinsky
b. 1900 – d. 1970
Margaret Utinsky, American nurse, recipient of the Medal of Freedom (d. 1970)
Hellmuth Walter
b. 1900 – d. 1980
Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman (d. 1980)
Eleanor Dark
b. 1901 – d. 1985
Eleanor Dark, Australian author (b. 1901)
Hans Kammler
b. 1901 – d. 1945
Hans Kammler, German SS officer and engineer (d. 1945)
Jimmy Rushing
b. 1901 – d. 1972
Jimmy Rushing, American singer and bandleader (d. 1972)
Maxwell D. Taylor
b. 1901 – d. 1987
Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Vietnam (d. 1987)
Chen Yi (marshal)
b. 1901 – d. 1972
Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (d. 1972)
Caroline Pafford Miller
b. 1903 – d. 1992
Caroline Pafford Miller, American author (d. 1992)
Christopher Isherwood
b. 1904 – d. 1986
Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (d. 1986)
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Joe Hulme
b. 1904 – d. 1991
Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1904)
Albert Sabin
b. 1906 – d. 1993
Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist, developed the polio vaccine (d. 1993)
Walter Bruno Henning
b. 1908 – d. 1967
Walter Bruno Henning, Prussian-American linguist and scholar (d. 1967)
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Aubrey Schenck
b. 1908 – d. 1999
Aubrey Schenck, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1999)
Eric Davies
b. 1909 – d. 1976
Eric Davies, South African cricketer and educator (d. 1976)
Jim Davis (actor)
b. 1909 – d. 1981
Jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981)
Gene Moore (outfielder)
b. 1909 – d. 1978
Gene Moore, American baseball player (d. 1978)
Mother Teresa
b. 1910 – d. 1997
Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
Otto Binder
b. 1911 – d. 1974
Otto Binder, American author and screenwriter (d. 1974)
Julio Cortázar
b. 1914 – d. 1984
Julio Cortázar, Belgian-Argentinian author and translator (d. 1984)
Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca
b. 1914 – d. 2008
Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish soldier and poet (d. 2008)
Humphrey Searle
b. 1915 – d. 1982
Humphrey Searle, English composer and conductor (d. 1982)
Katherine Johnson
b. 1918
Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician
Gerard Campbell
b. 1919 – d. 2012
Gerard Campbell, American priest and academic (d. 2012)
Brant Parker
b. 1920 – d. 2007
Brant Parker, American illustrator (d. 2007)
Prem Tinsulanonda
b. 1920
Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand
Shimshon Amitsur
b. 1921 – d. 1994
Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar (b. 1921)
Benjamin C. Bradlee
b. 1921 – d. 2014
Benjamin C. Bradlee, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
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Irving R. Levine
b. 1922 – d. 2009
Irving R. Levine, American journalist and author (d. 2009)
Wolfgang Sawallisch
b. 1923 – d. 2013
Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (d. 2013)
Alex Kellner
b. 1924 – d. 1996
Alex Kellner, American baseball player (d. 1996)
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Jack Hirshleifer
b. 1925 – d. 2005
Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic (d. 2005)
Alain Peyrefitte
b. 1925 – d. 1999
Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, Minister of Justice for France (d. 1999)
Pyotr Todorovsky
b. 1925 – d. 2013
Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 2013)
Anahit Tsitsikian
b. 1926 – d. 1999
Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian violinist and educator (d. 1999)
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Robert Vickrey
b. 1926 – d. 2011
Robert Vickrey, American painter and author (d. 2011)
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Om Prakash Munjal
b. 1928 – d. 2015
Om Prakash Munjal, Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles (d. 2015)
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Reuben Kamanga
b. 1929 – d. 1996
Reuben Kamanga, Zambian politician, 1st Vice-President of Zambia (b. 1929)
Joe Solomon
b. 1930
Joe Solomon, Guyanese cricketer and coach
Kálmán Markovits
b. 1931 – d. 2009
Kálmán Markovits, Hungarian water polo player (d. 2009)
Luis Salvadores Salvi
b. 1932 – d. 2014
Luis Salvadores Salvi, Chilean basketball player (d. 2014)
Tom Heinsohn
b. 1934
Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
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Kevin Ryan (rugby)
b. 1934
Kevin Ryan, Australian rugby player, coach, lawyer and politician
Geraldine Ferraro
b. 1935 – d. 2011
Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
Karen Spärck Jones
b. 1935 – d. 2007
Karen Spärck Jones, English computer scientist and academic (d. 2007)
Benedict Anderson
b. 1936 – d. 2015
Benedict Anderson, American political scientist and academic (d. 2015)
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Don Bowman (singer)
b. 1937 – d. 2013
Don Bowman, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
Jet Black
b. 1938
Jet Black, English drummer
Pinchas Goldstein
b. 1939 – d. 2007
Pinchas Goldstein, Israeli businessman and politician (d. 2007)
Jorge Paulo Lemann
b. 1939
Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazilian banker and financier
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Michael Cockerell
b. 1940
Michael Cockerell, English journalist
Vic Dana
b. 1940
Vic Dana, American dancer and singer
Don LaFontaine
b. 1940 – d. 2008
Don LaFontaine, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
Nik Turner
b. 1940
Nik Turner, English musician and songwriter (Hawkwind)
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Chris Curtis
b. 1941 – d. 2005
Chris Curtis, English drummer and singer (The Searchers) (d. 2005)
Jane Merrow
b. 1941
Jane Merrow, English actress, producer, and screenwriter
Barbet Schroeder
b. 1941
Barbet Schroeder, French-Swiss director and producer
Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston
b. 1942 – d. 2014
Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston, English lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
Dori Caymmi
b. 1943
Dori Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Alan Parker (musician)
b. 1944
Alan Parker, English guitarist and songwriter
Judith Rees
b. 1944
Judith Rees, English geographer and academic
Maureen Tucker
b. 1944
Maureen Tucker, American singer-songwriter and drummer
Tom Ridge
b. 1945
Tom Ridge, American sergeant and politician, 1st Secretary of Homeland Security
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Zhou Ji
b. 1946
Zhou Ji, Chinese engineer and politician, 14th Chinese Minister of Education
Valerie Simpson
b. 1946
Valerie Simpson, American singer-songwriter
Alison Steadman
b. 1946
Alison Steadman, English actress
Nicolae Dobrin
b. 1947 – d. 2007
Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (d. 2007)
Allahshukur Pashazadeh
b. 1949
Allahshukur Pashazadeh, Azerbaijani cleric
Leon Redbone
b. 1949
Leon Redbone, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Gerd Bonk
b. 1951 – d. 2014
Gerd Bonk, German weightlifter (d. 2014)
Edward Witten
b. 1951
Edward Witten, American physicist and academic
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Bryon Baltimore
b. 1952
Bryon Baltimore, Canadian ice hockey player
Michael Jeter
b. 1952 – d. 2003
Michael Jeter, American actor (d. 2003)
Will Shortz
b. 1952
Will Shortz, American journalist and puzzle creator
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Pat Sharkey
b. 1953
Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer
Howard Clark (golfer)
b. 1954
Howard Clark, English golfer and sportscaster
Tracy Krohn
b. 1954
Tracy Krohn, American race car driver and businessman
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Hugh Pelham
b. 1954
Hugh Pelham, British academic and educator
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Ian Dejardin
b. 1955
Ian Dejardin, English historian and curator
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Giuseppe Resnati
b. 1955
Giuseppe Resnati, Italian chemist and educator
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Sally Beamish
b. 1956
Sally Beamish, English viola player and composer
Mark Mangino
b. 1956
Mark Mangino, American football player and coach
Nikky Finney
b. 1957
Nikky Finney, American poet and academic
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Jan Nevens
b. 1958
Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist
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Oliver Colvile
b. 1959
Oliver Colvile, English lawyer and politician
Stan Van Gundy
b. 1959
Stan Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
Branford Marsalis
b. 1960
Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
Daniel Lévi
b. 1961
Daniel Lévi, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and pianist
Jeff Parrett
b. 1961
Jeff Parrett, American baseball player
Roger Kingdom
b. 1962
Roger Kingdom, American hurdler
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David Byas
b. 1963
David Byas, English cricketer and umpire
Stephen J. Dubner
b. 1963
Stephen J. Dubner, American journalist and author
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Patrice Oppliger
b. 1963
Patrice Oppliger, American author, critic, and academic
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Allegra Huston
b. 1964
Allegra Huston, English-American author and screenwriter
Bobby Jurasin
b. 1964
Bobby Jurasin, American-Canadian football player and coach
Chad Kreuter
b. 1964
Chad Kreuter, American baseball player and manager
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Zadok Malka
b. 1964
Zadok Malka, Israeli footballer and manager
Torsten Schmitz
b. 1964
Torsten Schmitz, German boxer
Carsten Wolf
b. 1964
Carsten Wolf, German cyclist
Mehriban Aliyeva
b. 1964
Mehriban Aliyeva, 1st Vice President of Azerbaijan, goodwill ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO.
Marcus du Sautoy
b. 1965
Marcus du Sautoy, English mathematician and academic
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Jacques Brinkman
b. 1966
Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player and coach
Shirley Manson
b. 1966
Shirley Manson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
René Higuita
b. 1966
René Higuita, Colombian footballer
Michael Gove
b. 1967
Michael Gove, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Education
Chris Boardman
b. 1968
Chris Boardman, English cyclist
Adrian Young
b. 1969
Adrian Young, American drummer and songwriter (No Doubt)
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Jason Little (rugby union)
b. 1970
Jason Little, Australian rugby player
Melissa McCarthy
b. 1970
Melissa McCarthy, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
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Brett Schultz
b. 1970
Brett Schultz, South African cricketer
Thalía
b. 1971
Thalía, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and actress
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Richard Evatt
b. 1973 – d. 2012
Richard Evatt, English boxer (d. 2012)
Kelvin Cato
b. 1974
Kelvin Cato, American basketball player and coach
Morgan Ensberg
b. 1975
Morgan Ensberg, American baseball player and coach
Amaia Montero
b. 1976
Amaia Montero, Spanish singer-songwriter
Therese Alshammar
b. 1977
Therese Alshammar, Swedish swimmer
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Liam Botham
b. 1977
Liam Botham, English rugby player and cricketer
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Saeko Chiba
b. 1977
Saeko Chiba, Japanese voice actress and singer
Simone Motta
b. 1977
Simone Motta, Italian footballer
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Jamal Lewis
b. 1979
Jamal Lewis, American football player
Cristian Mora
b. 1979
Cristian Mora, Ecuadorian footballer
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Rubén Arriaza Pazos
b. 1979
Rubén Arriaza Pazos, Spanish footballer
Macaulay Culkin
b. 1980
Macaulay Culkin, American actor
Brendan Harris
b. 1980
Brendan Harris, American baseball player
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Manolis Papamakarios
b. 1980
Manolis Papamakarios, Greek basketball player
Chris Pine
b. 1980
Chris Pine, American actor
Tino Best
b. 1981
Tino Best, Barbadian cricketer
Sebastian Bönig
b. 1981
Sebastian Bönig, German footballer
Andreas Glyniadakis
b. 1981
Andreas Glyniadakis, Greek basketball player
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Vangelis Moras
b. 1981
Vangelis Moras, Greek footballer
Petey Williams
b. 1981
Petey Williams, Canadian wrestler
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Angelo Iorio
b. 1982
Angelo Iorio, Italian footballer
John Mulaney
b. 1982
John Mulaney, American comedian, actor, writer, and producer
Jayson Nix
b. 1982
Jayson Nix, American baseball player
Noah Welch
b. 1982
Noah Welch, American ice hockey player
Mattia Cassani
b. 1983
Mattia Cassani, Italian footballer
Félix Porteiro
b. 1983
Félix Porteiro, Spanish race car driver
Oleksiy Kasyanov
b. 1985
Oleksiy Kasyanov, Ukrainian decathlete
Brandon McDonald (gridiron football)
b. 1985
Brandon McDonald, American football player
David Price (baseball)
b. 1985
David Price, American baseball player
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Vladislav Gussev
b. 1986
Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer
Colin Kazim-Richards
b. 1986
Colin Kazim-Richards, Turkish footballer
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Juan Joseph
b. 1987 – d. 2014
Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
Elvis Andrus
b. 1988
Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player
Wayne Simmonds
b. 1988
Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player
Lars Stindl
b. 1988
Lars Stindl, German football player
James Harden
b. 1989
James Harden, American basketball player
Mateo Musacchio
b. 1990
Mateo Musacchio, Argentinian footballer
Dylan O'Brien
b. 1991
Dylan O'Brien, American actor
Keke Palmer
b. 1993
Keke Palmer, American singer-songwriter, presenter and television personality