26 August Births

Published : 26 Aug 2019, 11:00

Jagoroniya Desk

August 26 is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Births

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 scholar and 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)
1736 – Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist (d. 1790)
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)
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)
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)[1]
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)
1901 – Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (d. 1972)
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)[2]
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, Macedonian-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
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
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
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 (Hawkwind)
1941 – Chris Curtis, English drummer and singer (The Searchers) (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
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, 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 (No Doubt)
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
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 – Mateo Musacchio, Argentinian footballer
1991 – Jessica Diggins, American cross-country skier
1991 – Dylan O'Brien, American actor
1993 – Keke Palmer, American singer-songwriter, presenter and television personality

Source: wikipedia

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