Famous Birthdays for April 26th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 121 – Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (d. 180)^[18]
• 757 – Hisham I of Córdoba (d. 796)
• 764 – Al-Hadi, Iranian caliph (d. 786)
• 1284 – Alice de Toeni, Countess of Warwick (d. 1324)
• 1319 – King John II of France (d. 1364)^[19]
• 1538 – Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter and academic (d. 1600)
• 1575 – Marie de' Medici, queen of Henry IV of France (d. 1642)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1647 – William Ashhurst, English banker, Sheriff of London, Lord Mayor of London and politician (d. 1720)
• 1648 – Peter II of Portugal (d. 1706)^[20]
• 1697 – Adam Falckenhagen, German lute player and composer (d. 1754)
• 1710 – Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher and academic (d. 1796)
• 1718 – Esek Hopkins, American commander (d. 1802)
• 1774 – Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist (d. 1853)
• 1782 – Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Queen of France (d. 1866)^[21]
• 1785 – John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter (d. 1851)^[22]
• 1787 – Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian (d. 1862)
• 1798 – Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (d. 1863)^[23]
• 1801 – Ambrose Dudley Mann, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1889)
• 1804 – Charles Goodyear, American banker, lawyer, and politician (d. 1876)
• 1822 – Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and designer, co-designed Central Park (d. 1903)
• 1834 – Charles Farrar Browne, American author (d. 1867)
• 1856 – Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930)
• 1862 – Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and educator (d. 1938)
• 1865 – Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finnish artist (d. 1931)^[24]
• 1876 – Ernst Felle, German rower (d. 1959)
• 1877 – James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (d. 1950)
• 1878 – Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican bishop and saint (d. 1938)
• 1879 – Eric Campbell, British actor (d. 1917)
• 1879 – Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)
• 1886 – Ma Rainey, American singer-songwriter (d. 1939)
• 1886 – Ğabdulla Tuqay, Russian poet and publicist (d. 1913)
• 1889 – Anita Loos, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
• 1889 – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (d. 1951)
• 1894 – Rudolf Hess, Egyptian-German politician (d. 1987)
• 1896 – Ruut Tarmo, Estonian actor and director (d. 1967)
• 1896 – Ernst Udet, German colonel and pilot (d. 1941)
• 1897 – Eddie Eagan, American boxer and bobsledder (d. 1967)
• 1897 – Douglas Sirk, German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
• 1898 – Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
• 1898 – John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (d. 1972)
• 1899 – Oscar Rabin, Latvian-English saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1958)
• 1900 – Eva Aschoff, German bookbinder and calligrapher (d. 1969)^[25]
• 1900 – Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (d. 1985)
• 1900 – Hack Wilson, American baseball player (d. 1948)

1901–present[edit]

• 1904 – Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian cardinal (d. 1991)
• 1904 – Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
• 1905 – Jean Vigo, French director and screenwriter (d. 1934)
• 1907 – Ilias Tsirimokos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1968)
• 1909 – Marianne Hoppe, German actress (d. 2002)
• 1910 – Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)
• 1911 – Paul Verner, German soldier and politician (d. 1986)
• 1912 – A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (d. 2000)
• 1914 – Bernard Malamud, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1986)
• 1914 – James Rouse, American real estate developer (d. 1996)
• 1916 – Eyvind Earle, American artist, author, and illustrator (d. 2000)
• 1916 – Ken Wallis, English commander, engineer, and pilot (d. 2013)
• 1916 – Morris West, Australian author and playwright (d. 1999)
• 1917 – Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (d. 1992)
• 1917 – I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art and Bank of China Tower (d. 2019)
• 1917 – Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch sprinter and long jumper (d. 2004)
• 1921 – Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 2008)
• 1922 – J. C. Holt, English historian and academic (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, Governor General of Canada (d. 1993)^[26]
• 1922 – Margaret Scott, South African-Australian ballerina and choreographer (d. 2019)
• 1924 – Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (d. 1998)
• 1925 – Vladimir Boltyansky, Russian mathematician, educator and author (d. 2019)
• 1925 – Gerard Cafesjian, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Michele Ferrero, Italian entrepreneur (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Frank Hahn, British economist (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Michael Mathias Prechtl, German soldier and illustrator (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Jack Douglas, English actor (d. 2008)
• 1927 – Anne McLaren, British scientist (d. 2007)^[27]
• 1927 – Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Granny Hamner, American baseball player (d. 1993)
• 1929 – Richard Mitchell, American author and educator (d. 2002)
• 1930 – Roger Moens, Belgian runner and sportscaster
• 1931 – Paul Almond, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent and producer (d. 2008)
• 1931 – John Cain Jr., Australian politician, 41st Premier of Victoria (d. 2019)
• 1932 – Israr Ahmed, Indian-Pakistani theologian, philosopher, and scholar (d. 2010)
• 1932 – Shirley Cawley, English long jumper
• 1932 – Frank D'Rone, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Francis Lai, French accordion player and composer (d. 2018)
• 1932 – Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
• 1933 – Carol Burnett, American actress, singer, and producer^[28]
• 1933 – Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican-American general (d. 2005)
• 1933 – Arno Allan Penzias, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 – Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French racing driver and motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Duane Eddy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor^[29]
• 1938 – Maurice Williams, American doo-wop/R&B singer-songwriter
• 1940 – Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Indian cleric and politician (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Giorgio Moroder, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1940 – Cliff Watson, English rugby league player (d. 2018)
• 1941 – Claudine Auger, French model and actress (d. 2019)
• 1942 – Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (d. 2014)
• 1942 – Sharon Carstairs, Canadian lawyer and politician, Leader of the Government in the Senate
• 1942 – Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States
• 1942 – Bobby Rydell, American singer and actor^[30] (d. 2022)
• 1942 – Jadwiga Staniszkis, Polish sociologist, political scientist, and academic
• 1943 – Gary Wright, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1943 – Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect and academic, designed the Therme Vals
• 1944 – Richard Bradshaw, English conductor (d. 2007)
• 1945 – Howard Davies, English director and producer (d. 2016)
• 1945 – Dick Johnson, Australian racing driver
• 1945 – Sylvain Simard, Canadian academic and politician
• 1946 – Ralph Coates, English international footballer (d. 2010)^[31]
• 1946 – Marilyn Nelson, American poet and author
• 1946 – Alberto Quintano, Chilean footballer
• 1949 – Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1949 – Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler (d. 1995)
• 1951 – John Battle, English politician
• 1954 – Tatyana Fomina, Estonian chess player
• 1954 – Alan Hinkes, English mountaineer and explorer
• 1955 – Kurt Bodewig, German politician
• 1956 – Koo Stark, American actress and photographer
• 1958 – John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, Scottish racing driver (d. 2021)
• 1958 – Giancarlo Esposito, American actor, director, and producer^[29]
• 1958 – Georgios Kostikos, Greek footballer, coach, and manager
• 1959 – John Corabi, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 – Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rican politician^[32]
• 1960 – Steve Lombardozzi, American baseball player and coach
• 1960 – Roger Taylor, English drummer
• 1961 – Joan Chen, Chinese-American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter^[29]
• 1961 – Chris Mars, American artist
• 1962 – Colin Anderson, English footballer
• 1962 – Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian
• 1963 – Jet Li, Chinese-Singaporean martial artist, actor, and producer^[29]
• 1963 – Colin Scotts, Australian-American football player
• 1963 – Cornelia Ullrich, German hurdler
• 1963 – Bill Wennington, Canadian basketball player
• 1965 – Susannah Harker, English actress
• 1965 – Kevin James, American actor and comedian
• 1967 – Glenn Thomas Jacobs, American professional wrestler, actor, businessman and politician
• 1967 – Marianne Jean-Baptiste, English actress and singer-songwriter
• 1967 – Toomas Tõniste, Estonian sailor and politician
• 1970 – Dean Austin, English footballer and manager^[33]
• 1970 – Melania Trump, Slovene-American model; 47th First Lady of the United States^[29]
• 1970 – Kristen R. Ghodsee, American ethnographer and academic
• 1970 – Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1971 – Naoki Tanaka, Japanese comedian and actor
• 1971 – Jay DeMarcus, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1972 – Jason Bargwanna, Australian racing driver
• 1972 – Kiko, Spanish footballer
• 1972 – Natrone Means, American football player and coach
• 1972 – Avi Nimni, Israeli footballer and manager
• 1973 – Geoff Blum, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1973 – Jules Naudet, French-American director and producer
• 1973 – Chris Perry, English footballer^[34]
• 1973 – Óscar, Spanish footballer and coach
• 1975 – Joey Jordison, American musician and songwriter (d. 2021)^[35]
• 1975 – Rahul Verma, Indian social worker and activist
• 1976 – Luigi Panarelli, Italian footballer
• 1976 – Václav Varaďa, Czech ice hockey player
• 1977 – Samantha Cristoforetti, Italian astronaut
• 1977 – Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player^[29]
• 1977 – Roxana Saberi, American journalist and author
• 1977 – Tom Welling, American actor^[36]
• 1978 – Stana Katic, Canadian actress
• 1978 – Peter Madsen, Danish footballer
• 1980 – Jordana Brewster, Panamanian-American actress
• 1980 – Marlon King, English footballer
• 1980 – Anna Mucha, Polish actress and journalist
• 1980 – Channing Tatum, American actor and producer
• 1981 – Caro Emerald, Dutch pop and jazz singer
• 1981 – Ms. Dynamite, English rapper and producer
• 1981 – Sandra Schmitt, German skier (d. 2000)
• 1982 – Novlene Williams-Mills, Jamaican sprinter
• 1983 – José María López, Argentinian racing driver
• 1983 – Jessica Lynch, American soldier
• 1985 – John Isner, American tennis player
• 1985 – Andrea Koch Benvenuto, Chilean tennis player
• 1986 – Lior Refaelov, Israeli footballer
• 1986 – Yuliya Zaripova, Russian runner
• 1987 – Jorge Andújar Moreno, Spanish footballer
• 1988 – Ben Spina, Australian rugby league player
• 1988 – Manuel Viniegra, Mexican footballer
• 1988 – Gareth Evans, English footballer
• 1989 – Melvin Ingram, American football player
• 1989 – Kang Daesung, South Korean singer^[37]
• 1990 – Mitch Rein, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 – Nevin Spence, Northern Irish rugby player (d. 2012)
• 1991 – Lazaros Fotias, Greek footballer
• 1991 – Peter Handscomb, Australian cricketer
• 1991 – Isaac Liu, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1991 – Ignacio Lores Varela, Uruguayan footballer
• 1991 – Srdjan Pejicic, Canadian/Bosnian basketball player
• 1991 – Wojciech Pszczolarski, Polish bicycle racer
• 1992 – Aaron Judge, American baseball player
• 1992 – Delon Wright, American basketball player^[38]
• 1994 – Daniil Kvyat, Russian racing driver^[39]
• 1996 – Jordan Pefok, American footballer^[40]
• 2001 – Thiago Almada, Argentine footballer^[41]
• 2002 – Meagan Best, Barbadian squash player^[42]