26 September Births

September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Births

932 – Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, Arab caliph (d. 975)
1329 – Anne of Bavaria, German queen consort (d. 1353)
1406 – Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)
1462 – Engelbert, Count of Nevers, younger son of John I (d. 1506)
1526 – Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (d. 1569)
1637 – Sébastien Leclerc, French painter (d. 1714)
1641 – Nehemiah Grew, English plant anatomist and physiologist (d. 1712)
1651 – Francis Daniel Pastorius, founder of Germantown (d. 1720)
1660 – George William, Duke of Liegnitz (d. 1675)
1698 – William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (d. 1755)
1711 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1779)
1750 – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (d. 1810)
1758 – Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician (d. 1820)
1767 – Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1835)
1774 – Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and environmentalist (d. 1845)
1783 – Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, English politician and literary figure (d. 1858)
1791 – Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (d. 1824)
1792 – William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (d. 1842)
1820 – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Indian philosopher, painter, and academic (d. 1891)
1840 – Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (d. 1923)
1843 – Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (d. 1912)
1848 – Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1931)
1849 – Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1865 – Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 1937)
1867 – Winsor McCay, American illustrator and animator (d. 1934)
1869 – Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (d. 1935)
1870 – Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)
1872 – Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (d. 1945)
1873 – Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator (d. 1940)
1874 – Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist (d. 1940)
1875 – Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor and singer (d. 1959)
1876 – Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author (d. 1957)
1876 – Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (d. 1952)
1877 – Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (d. 1963)
1877 – Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1962)
1877 – Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (d. 1958)
1878 – Walter Steinbeck, German actor (d. 1942)
1881 – Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (d. 1966)
1884 – Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1951)
1886 – Archibald Hill, English physiologist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977)
1887 – Edwin Keppel Bennett, English author and poet (d. 1958)
1887 – Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (d. 1967)
1887 – Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (d. 1979)
1888 – J. Frank Dobie, American journalist and author (d. 1964)
1888 – T. S. Eliot, English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
1889 – Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (d. 1946)
1889 – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (d. 1976)
1890 – Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (d. 1959)
1891 – William McKell, Australian politician, 12th Governor General of Australia (d. 1985)
1891 – Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor (d. 1968)
1891 – Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1953)
1892 – Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (d. 1970)
1894 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (d. 1929)
1895 – Jürgen Stroop, German general (d. 1952)
1897 – Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)
1897 – Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917)
1898 – George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (d. 1937)
1900 – Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer (d. 1983)
1901 – George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1980)
1901 – Ted Weems, American bandleader and musician (d. 1963)
1905 – Millito Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2011)
1905 – Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach (d. 1996)
1907 – Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (d. 1983)
1907 – Shug Fisher, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and comedian (d. 1984)
1907 – Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (d. 1992)
1909 – Bill France, Sr., American race car driver, founded NASCAR (d. 1992)
1909 – A. P. Hamann, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1977)
1911 – Al Helfer, American sportscaster (d. 1975)
1913 – Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1913 – Dorothy Sloop, American pianist and educator (d. 1998)
1914 – Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer (d. 2009)
1914 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (d. 2011)
1917 – Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976)
1917 – Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (d. 1993)
1918 – Eric Morley, English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World (d. 2000)
1918 – John Rankine, Welsh author (d. 2013)
1919 – Barbara Britton, American actress (d. 1980)
1919 – Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (d. 2012)
1922 – Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (d. 1985)
1922 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (d. 2014)
1923 – Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1923 – Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, English cricketer, lawyer, and judge (d. 2015)
1923 – James Hennessy, English businessman and diplomat
1924 – Jean Hoerni, Swiss physicist, inventor and businessman (d. 1997)
1925 – Norm Dussault, American-Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2012)
1925 – Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (d. 1982)
1926 – Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000)
1926 – Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic (d. 2011)
1927 – Robert Cade, American physician and educator, co-invented Gatorade (d. 2007)
1927 – Patrick O'Neal, American actor (d. 1994)
1927 – Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2010)
1928 – Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor
1928 – Wilford White, American football player (d. 2013)
1930 – Philip Bosco, American actor
1930 – Joe Brown, English mountaineer and author
1931 – Vijay Manjrekar, Indian cricketer (d. 1983)
1931 – Kenneth Parnell, American sex offender (d. 2008)
1932 – Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of India
1932 – Donna Douglas, American actress (d. 2015)
1932 – Joyce Jameson, American actress (d. 1987)
1932 – Vladimir Voinovich, Russian author and poet
1934 – Neil Coles, English golfer and architect
1935 – Bob Barber, English cricketer
1935 – Lou Myers, American actor (d. 2013)
1935 – Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (d. 2007)
1936 – Leroy Drumm, American sailor and songwriter (d. 2010)
1936 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African academic and politician, 8th First Lady of South Africa (d. 2018)
1937 – Valentin Pavlov, Russian banker and politician, 11th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2003)
1937 – Jerry Weintraub, American film producer and agent (d. 2015)
1938 – Lucette Aldous, New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator
1938 – Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (d. 2010)
1939 – Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and screenwriter
1941 – Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor
1941 – Martine Beswick, Jamaican-English model and actress
1941 – David Frizzell, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Kent McCord, American actor
1942 – Gloria E. Anzaldúa, American scholar of Chicana cultural theory (d. 2004)
1943 – Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1943 – Tim Schenken, Australian race car driver
1944 – Jan Brewer, American politician, 22nd Governor of Arizona
1944 – Keith O'Nions, English geologist and academic
1944 – Anne Robinson, English journalist and game show host
1945 – Louise Beaudoin, Canadian academic and politician
1945 – Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter
1946 – Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author (d. 2005)
1946 – John MacLachlan Gray, Canadian actor, playwright, and composer
1946 – Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician
1946 – Louise Simonson, American author
1946 – Claudette Werleigh, Haitian Prime Minister[1]
1946 – Christine Todd Whitman, American politician, 50th Governor of New Jersey
1947 – Lynn Anderson, American singer and actress (d. 2015)
1947 – Philippe Lavil, French singer and actor
1947 – Dick Roth, American swimmer
1948 – John Foxx, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player
1948 – Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1949 – Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer and manager
1949 – Wendy Saddington, Australian singer and journalist (d. 2013)
1949 – Jane Smiley, American novelist
1949 – Minette Walters, English journalist and author
1950 – Andy Haden, New Zealand rugby player
1951 – Tommy Taylor, English footballer and manager
1951 – Stuart Tosh, Scottish singer-songwriter and drummer
1953 – Dolores Keane, Irish singer and actress
1953 – Douglas A. Melton, American biologist and academic
1953 – Paul Stephenson, English police officer
1954 – Craig Chaquico, American guitarist
1954 – Kevin Kennedy, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1954 – Cesar Rosas, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 – Carlene Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Steve Butler, American race car driver and engineer
1956 – Linda Hamilton, American actress
1956 – Mick Imlah, Scottish poet and critic (d. 2009)
1957 – Bob Staake, American author and illustrator
1957 – Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager
1957 – Michael Dweck, American photographer and director
1958 – Rudi Cerne, German figure skater and journalist
1958 – Darby Crash, American singer-songwriter (d. 1980)
1958 – Robert Kagan, Greek-American historian and author
1958 – Kenny Sansom, English footballer
1958 – Richard B. Weldon, Jr., American sailor and politician
1959 – Andrew Bolt, Australian journalist
1959 – Trevor Dodds, Namibian golfer
1959 – Rich Gedman, American baseball player and coach
1959 – Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (d. 2007)
1960 – Uwe Bein, German footballer and manager
1960 – Jouke de Vries, Dutch academic and politician
1960 – Doug Supernaw, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 – Cindy Herron, American singer-songwriter and actress
1961 – Marianne Mikko, Estonian journalist and politician
1961 – Will Self, English novelist and journalist
1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson, American-Canadian actress
1962 – Peter Foster, Australian criminal
1962 – Mark Haddon, English author and poet
1962 – Chunky Pandey, Indian actor
1962 – Steve Moneghetti, Australian runner
1962 – Al Pitrelli, American guitarist and songwriter
1962 – Tracey Thorn, English singer-songwriter and writer
1962 – Jacky Wu, Taiwanese singer, actor, and television host
1963 – Lysette Anthony, English actress and producer
1963 – Joe Nemechek, American race car driver
1964 – Nicki French, English singer and actress
1964 – Dave Martinez, American baseball player and coach
1964 – John Tempesta, American drummer
1965 – Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian businessman and politician, 5th President of Ukraine
1966 – Dean Butterworth, English-American drummer
1966 – Christos Dantis, Greek singer-songwriter and producer
1966 – Shane Dye, New Zealand jockey
1966 – Craig Heyward, American football player (d. 2006)
1966 – Jillian Reynolds, Canadian actress and sportscaster
1967 – Bruno Akrapović, Bosnian footballer and manager
1967 – Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
1967 – Craig Janney, American ice hockey player
1968 – Jim Caviezel, American actor
1969 – Andy Petterson, Australian footballer and coach
1969 – David Slade, English director and producer
1969 – Holger Stanislawski, German footballer and manager
1969 – Paul Warhurst, English footballer and manager
1970 – Daryl Beattie, Australian motorcycle rider
1970 – Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress and fashion designer
1970 – David Parland, Swedish guitarist (d. 2013)
1972 – Ras Kass, American rapper and producer
1972 – Shawn Stockman, American singer
1972 – Beto O'Rourke, Texas State Congressman
1973 – Marty Casey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Julienne Davis, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Chris Small, Scottish snooker player and coach
1973 – Olga Vasdeki, Greek triple jumper
1974 – Boris Cepeda, German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat
1974 – Gary Hall, Jr., American swimmer
1974 – Martin Müürsepp, Estonian basketball player and coach
1975 – Emma Härdelin, Swedish singer and violinist
1975 – Jake Paltrow, American director and screenwriter
1975 – Chiara Schoras, German actress
1976 – Michael Ballack, German footballer
1976 – Sami Vänskä, Finnish bass player
1977 – Kerem Özyeğen, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 – Aka Plu, Japanese comedian and actor
1978 – Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner
1979 – Jon Harley, English footballer
1979 – Simon Kirch, German sprinter
1979 – Naomichi Marufuji, Japanese wrestler
1979 – Fuifui Moimoi, Tongan-New Zealand rugby league player
1979 – Cameron Mooney, Australian footballer
1979 – Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast
1979 – Taavi Rõivas, Estonian politician, 16th Prime Minister of Estonia
1979 – Jacob Tierney, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1980 – Patrick Friesacher, Austrian race car driver
1980 – Brooks Orpik, American ice hockey player
1980 – Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
1980 – Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
1981 – Yao Beina, Chinese singer (d. 2015)
1981 – Christina Milian, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1981 – Ayumi Tsunematsu, Japanese voice actress
1981 – Serena Williams, American tennis player
1981 – Kanako Urai, Japanese professional wrestler
1982 – Rob Burrow, English rugby player
1982 – Simon Picone, Italian rugby player
1982 – John Scott, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Miguel Alfredo Portillo, Argentinian footballer
1982 – Jon Richardson, English comedian and radio host
1983 – D'Qwell Jackson, American football player
1983 – Archimede Morleo, Italian footballer
1983 – Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer
1984 – Nev Schulman, American photographer, television host, and producer
1986 – Sean Doolittle, American baseball player
1987 – Rosanna Munter, Swedish singer-songwriter
1987 – Vladimir Niculescu, Romanian professional football player
1987 – Cyril Gautier, French road bicycle racer
1988 – Lilly Singh, YouTube personality, vlogger, comedian, writer and actress
1988 – James Blake, English singer-songwriter and producer
1988 – Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater
1988 – Mark Simpson, English clarinet player and composer
1989 – Chinami Suzuki, Japanese model, television host, and actress
1989 – Jonny Bairstow, English and Yorkshire Wicketkeeper/Batsman
1990 – Pavel Avdeyev, Russian footballer
1991 – Dan Preston, English footballer
1991 – Alma Jodorowsky, French actress, fashion model and singer
1991 – Réka Demeter, Hungarian football defender
1992 – Yoo Ara, South Korean singer and actress
1993 – Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, American basketball player
1994 – Lucas Gafarot, Spanish footballer
1994 – Jack Conger, American swimmer
1995 – Miloš Veljković, Serbian footballer
2000 – Princess Salma bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess

Source: wikipedia