Famous Birthdays for March 26th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1516 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss botanist and zoologist (d. 1565)
• 1554 – Charles of Lorraine, duke of Mayenne (d. 1611)
• 1584 – John II, duke of Zweibrücken (d. 1635)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1633 – Mary Beale, British artist (d. 1699)
• 1634 – Domenico Freschi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1710)
• 1656 – Nicolaas Hartsoeker, Dutch mathematician and physicist (d. 1725)
• 1687 – Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort of Prussia (d. 1757)
• 1698 – Prokop Diviš, Czech priest, scientist and inventor (d. 1765)
• 1749 – William Blount, American politician (d. 1800)
• 1753 – Benjamin Thompson, American-French physicist and politician, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1814)
• 1773 – Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838)
• 1794 – Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)
• 1804 – David Humphreys Storer, American physician and academic (d. 1891)
• 1824 – Julie-Victoire Daubié, French journalist (d. 1874)^[9]
• 1829 – Théodore Aubanel, French poet (d. 1886)
• 1830 – Dewitt Clinton Senter, American politician, 18th Governor of Tennessee (d. 1898)^[10]
• 1842 – Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre, French occultist (d. 1909)
• 1850 – Edward Bellamy, American author, socialist, and utopian visionary (d. 1898)
• 1852 – Élémir Bourges, French author (d. 1925)
• 1854 – Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter (d. 1925)
• 1856 – William Massey, Irish-New Zealand farmer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1925)
• 1857 – Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (d. 1929)
• 1859 – A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (d. 1936)
• 1859 – Adolf Hurwitz, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (d. 1919)
• 1860 – André Prévost, French tennis player (d. 1919)
• 1866 – Fred Karno, English producer and manager (d. 1941)
• 1868 – King Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
• 1873 – Dorothea Bleek, South African-German anthropologist and philologist (d. 1948)
• 1874 – Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (d. 1963)
• 1875 – Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1922)
• 1875 – Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (d. 1965)
• 1876 – William of Wied, prince of Albania (d. 1945)
• 1876 – Kate Richards O'Hare, American Socialist Party activist and editor (d. 1948)
• 1879 – Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (d. 1965)
• 1879 – Waldemar Tietgens, German rower (d. 1917)
• 1881 – Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci (d. 1953)
• 1882 – Hermann Obrecht, Swiss politician (d. 1940)
• 1884 – Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (d. 1969)
• 1884 – Georges Imbert, French chemical engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
• 1886 – Hugh Mulzac, Vincentian-American soldier and politician (d. 1971)
• 1888 – Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse and philanthropist (d. 1948)
• 1893 – James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (d. 1978)
• 1893 – Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (d. 1964)
• 1894 – Viorica Ursuleac, Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress (d. 1985)
• 1895 – Vilho Tuulos, Finnish triple jumper (d. 1967)
• 1898 – Rudolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Puma SE (d. 1974)
• 1898 – Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
• 1900 – Angela Maria Autsch, German nun, murdered in Auschwitz helping Jewish prisoners (d. 1941)^[11]

1901–present[edit]

• 1904 – Joseph Campbell, American mythologist and author (d. 1987)
• 1904 – Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986)
• 1904 – Attilio Ferraris, Italian footballer (d. 1947)
• 1904 – Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
• 1905 – Monty Berman, English cinematographer and producer (d. 2006)
• 1905 – André Cluytens, Belgian-French conductor and director (d. 1967)
• 1905 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
• 1906 – Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (d. 1981)
• 1906 – H. Radclyffe Roberts, American entomologist and museum administrator (d. 1982)^[12]
• 1907 – Azellus Denis, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (d. 1991)
• 1907 – Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and activist (d. 1987)
• 1908 – Franz Stangl, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 1971)
• 1909 – Chips Rafferty, Australian actor (d. 1971)
• 1910 – K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (d. 2002)
• 1911 – Lennart Atterwall, Swedish javelin thrower (d. 2001)
• 1911 – J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (d. 1960)
• 1911 – Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet (d. 1983)
• 1913 – Jacqueline de Romilly, Franco-Greek philologist, author, and scholar (d. 2010)
• 1913 – Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
• 1914 – Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematician and academic (d. 1995)
• 1914 – William Westmoreland, American general (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Lennart Strandberg, Swedish sprinter (d. 1989)
• 1915 – Hwang Sun-won, North Korean author and poet (d. 2000)
• 1916 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 1916 – Bill Edrich, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1986)
• 1916 – Sterling Hayden, American actor and author (d. 1986)
• 1917 – Rufus Thomas, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
• 1919 – Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)
• 1919 – Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1965)
• 1920 – Sergio Livingstone, Chilean footballer and journalist (d. 2012)
• 1922 – William Milliken, American politician, 44th Governor of Michigan (d. 2019)
• 1922 – Oscar Sala, Italian-Brazilian physicist and academic (d. 2010)
• 1922 – Guido Stampacchia, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1978)
• 1923 – Gert Bastian, German general and politician (d. 1992)
• 1923 – Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
• 1925 – Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1999)
• 1925 – Pierre Boulez, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016)
• 1925 – Vesta Roy, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2002)
• 1925 – Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton, English soldier and politician (d. 2020)
• 1925 – Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (d. 2010)
• 1925 – James Moody, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010)
• 1927 – Harold Chapman, English photographer
• 1929 – Edward Sorel, American illustrator and caricaturist
• 1929 – Edwin Turney, American businessman, co-founded Advanced Micro Devices (d. 2008)
• 1930 – Sandra Day O'Connor, American lawyer and jurist
• 1930 – Gregory Corso, American poet (d. 2001)
• 1931 – Leonard Nimoy, American actor (d. 2015)
• 1932 – Leroy Griffith, American businessman
• 1932 – James Andrew Harris, American chemist and academic (d. 2000)
• 1933 – Tinto Brass, Italian director and screenwriter
• 1934 – Alan Arkin, American actor
• 1934 – Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa, Brazilian footballer (d. 2002)
• 1937 – Wayne Embry, American basketball player and manager
• 1937 – Barbara Jones, American sprinter
• 1937 – James Lee, Canadian businessman and politician, 26th Premier of Prince Edward Island
• 1938 – Norman Ackroyd, English painter and illustrator
• 1938 – Anthony James Leggett, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – James Caan, American actor and singer (d. 2022)^[13][14]
• 1940 – Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1941 – Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic^[15]
• 1941 – Lella Lombardi, Italian racing driver (d. 1992)
• 1942 – Erica Jong, American novelist and poet
• 1943 – Mustafa Kalemli, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of the Interior
• 1943 – Bob Woodward, American journalist and author
• 1944 – Diana Ross, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1945 – Paul Bérenger, Mauritian politician, Prime Minister of Mauritius
• 1945 – Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2004)
• 1946 – Johnny Crawford, American actor and singer (d. 2021)
• 1946 – Alain Madelin, French politician, French Minister of Finance^[16]
• 1947 – Subhash Kak, Indian-American professor and author
• 1947 – John Rowles, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1948 – Kyung-wha Chung, South Korean violinist and educator
• 1948 – Richard Tandy, English pianist and keyboard player
• 1948 – Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1949 – Jon English, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2016)
• 1949 – Rudi Koertzen, South African cricketer and umpire (d. 2022)
• 1949 – Vicki Lawrence, American actress, comedian, talk show host, and singer
• 1949 – Fran Sheehan, American bass player
• 1949 – Patrick Süskind, German author and screenwriter
• 1949 – Ernest Lee Thomas, American actor
• 1950 – Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
• 1950 – Graham Barlow, English cricketer
• 1950 – Martin Short, Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, and producer
• 1950 – Alan Silvestri, American composer and conductor
• 1951 – Željko Pavličević, Croatian professional basketball coach and former professional player
• 1951 – Carl Wieman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1952 – Didier Pironi, French racing driver (d. 1987)^[17]
• 1953 – Lincoln Chafee, American academic and politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island
• 1953 – Elaine Chao, Taiwanese-American banker and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Labor
• 1953 – Tatyana Providokhina, Russian runner
• 1954 – Clive Palmer, Australian businessman and politician
• 1954 – Curtis Sliwa, American talk show host and activist, founded Guardian Angels
• 1954 – Dorothy Porter, Australian poet and playwright (d. 2008)
• 1956 – Charly McClain, American country music singer
• 1956 – Park Won-soon, South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th Mayor of Seoul (d. 2020)
• 1957 – Fiona Bruce, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1957 – Leeza Gibbons, American talk show host and television personality
• 1957 – Paul Morley, English journalist, producer, and author
• 1957 – Shirin Neshat, Iranian visual artist
• 1958 – Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (d. 1986)
• 1960 – Marcus Allen, American football player and sportscaster
• 1960 – Jennifer Grey, American actress and dancer^[18]
• 1960 – Graeme Rutjes, Australian-Dutch footballer
• 1961 – William Hague, English historian and politician, First Secretary of State
• 1962 – Richard Coles, English pianist, saxophonist, and priest
• 1962 – Kevin Seitzer, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 – Yuri Gidzenko, Russian pilot and cosmonaut
• 1962 – John Stockton, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 – Eric Allan Kramer, American-Canadian actor
• 1963 – Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese author
• 1964 – Martin Bella, Australian rugby league player
• 1964 – Martin Donnelly, Irish racing driver
• 1964 – Maria Miller, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• 1964 – Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 – Trey Azagthoth, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1965 – Violeta Szekely, Romanian runner
• 1966 – Michael Imperioli, American actor and screenwriter
• 1967 – Jason Chaffetz, American politician
• 1968 – Laurent Brochard, French cyclist
• 1968 – Kenny Chesney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – James Iha, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1969 – Alessandro Moscardi, Italian rugby player
• 1970 – Paul Bosvelt, Dutch footballer
• 1970 – Jelle Goes, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1970 – Thomas Kyparissis, Greek footballer
• 1970 – Martin McDonagh, English-born Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director
• 1971 – Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist
• 1971 – Martyn Day, Scottish politician
• 1971 – Erick Morillo, Colombian-American disc jockey, record label owner, and music producer (d. 2020)^[19][20]
• 1971 – Rennae Stubbs, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
• 1971 – Paul Williams, English footballer and manager
• 1972 – Leslie Mann, American actress
• 1972 – Jason Maxwell, American baseball player
• 1973 – Larry Page, American computer scientist and businessman, co-founder of Google
• 1973 – T. R. Knight, American actor
• 1974 – Irina Spîrlea, Romanian tennis player
• 1974 – Vadimas Petrenko, Lithuanian footballer
• 1974 – Michael Peca, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1976 – Amy Smart, American actress and former model
• 1976 – Alex Varas, Chilean footballer
• 1976 – Eirik Verås Larsen, Norwegian sprint kayaker^[21]
• 1977 – Kevin Davies, English footballer
• 1977 – Bianca Kajlich, American actress
• 1977 – Sylvain Grenier, Canadian wrestler
• 1978 – Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
• 1979 – Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer
• 1979 – Ben Blair, New Zealand rugby union footballer
• 1979 – Hiromi Uehara, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1979 – Pierre Womé, Cameroonian footballer
• 1979 – Juliana Paes, Brazilian actress
• 1980 – Margaret Brennan, American journalist
• 1980 – Son Ho-young, South Korean singer
• 1980 – Richie Wellens, English footballer
• 1981 – Sébastien Centomo, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – Baruch Dego, Ethiopian-Israeli footballer
• 1981 – Massimo Donati, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Josh Wilson, American baseball player
• 1982 – Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Brendan Ryan, American baseball player
• 1982 – Nate Kaeding, American football player
• 1983 – Andreas Hinkel, German footballer
• 1983 – Floriana Lima, American actress
• 1983 – Roman Bednář, Czech footballer
• 1983 – Mike Mondo, American wrestler
• 1984 – Jimmy Howard, American ice hockey player
• 1984 – Drew Mitchell, Australian rugby player
• 1984 – Felix Neureuther, German skier
• 1984 – Marco Stier, German footballer
• 1984 – Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1984 – Sara Jean Underwood, American model, television host, and actress
• 1985 – Keira Knightley, English actress
• 1985 – Matt Grevers, American swimmer
• 1985 – Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
• 1985 – Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1986 – Maxime Biset, Belgian footballer
• 1986 – Rob Kearney, Irish rugby player
• 1986 – Emma Laine, Finnish tennis player
• 1987 – Kim Dong-suk, South Korean footballer
• 1987 – Jermichael Finley, American football player
• 1987 – Steven Fletcher, Scottish footballer
• 1989 – Simon Kjær, Danish footballer
• 1990 – Choi Woo-shik, South Korean actor
• 1990 – Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino actor, model, singer and former kart racer^[22]
• 1990 – Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2016)
• 1990 – Yuya Takaki, Japanese idol, singer, dancer, model and actor
• 1990 – Xiumin, South Korean singer and actor
• 1991 – Matt Davidson, American baseball player
• 1992 – Nina Agdal, Danish model
• 1992 – Stoffel Vandoorne, Belgian racing driver
• 1994 – Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgian tennis player^[23]
• 1994 – Jed Wallace, English footballer
• 1994 – Marcela Zacarías, Mexican tennis player^[24]
• 1996 – Zane Musgrove, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 – Kathryn Bernardo, Filipino actress^[25]
• 1998 – Satoko Miyahara, Japanese figure skater
• 2003 – Bhad Bhabie, American rapper and social media personality^[26]
• 2004 – Awra Briguela, Filipino actor and comedian^[27]