Famous Birthdays for May 26th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1264 – Koreyasu, Japanese prince and shōgun (d. 1326)
• 1478 – Clement VII, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1534)^[20]
• 1562 – James III, margrave of Baden-Hachberg (d. 1590)
• 1566 – Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1603)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1602 – Philippe de Champaigne, Dutch-French painter (d. 1674)
• 1623 – William Petty, English economist and philosopher (d. 1687)^[21]
• 1650 – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (d. 1722)
• 1667 – Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1754)
• 1669 – Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (d. 1722)
• 1700 – Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (d. 1760)
• 1750 – William Morgan, British actuary (d. 1833)^[22]
• 1799 – August Kopisch, German poet and painter (d. 1853)
• 1822 – Edmond de Goncourt, French author and critic, founded the Académie Goncourt (d. 1896)
• 1863 – Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer (d. 1917)
• 1865 – Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator (d. 1933)
• 1867 – Mary of Teck, English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)^[23]
• 1873 – Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1958)
• 1876 – Percy Perrin, English cricketer (d. 1945)^[24]
• 1880 – W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (d. 1967)
• 1881 – Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (d. 1955)^[25]
• 1883 – Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (d. 1946)
• 1886 – Al Jolson, American singer and actor (d. 1950)^[26]
• 1887 – Ba U, 2nd President of Burma (d. 1963)
• 1893 – Eugene Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer (d. 1962)
• 1895 – Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (d. 1965)
• 1895 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer (d. 1971)
• 1898 – Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
• 1898 – Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (d. 1965)
• 1899 – Antonio Barrette, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (d. 1968)
• 1899 – Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (d. 1997)
• 1900 – Karin Juel, Swedish singer, actress, and writer (d. 1976)

1901–present[edit]

• 1904 – George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1961)
• 1904 – Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1983)
• 1904 – Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (d. 2002)
• 1907 – Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist (d. 2006)
• 1907 – John Wayne, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1979)
• 1908 – Robert Morley, English actor (d. 1992)
• 1908 – Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Vietnamese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1976)
• 1909 – Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1994)
• 1909 – Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (d. 1969)
• 1910 – Imi Lichtenfeld, Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast (d. 1998)
• 1911 – Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (d. 2005)
• 1911 – Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1992)
• 1912 – János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1989)
• 1912 – Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (d. 1980)
• 1913 – Peter Cushing, English actor (d. 1994)
• 1913 – Pierre Daninos, French author (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Karin Ekelund, Swedish actress (d. 1976)
• 1913 – Josef Manger, German weightlifter (d. 1991)
• 1914 – Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
• 1915 – Vernon Alley, American bassist (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Antonia Forest, English author (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1972)
• 1919 – Rubén González, Cuban pianist (d. 2003)
• 1920 – Jack Cheetham, South African cricketer (d. 1980)
• 1920 – Peggy Lee, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2002)
• 1921 – Inge Borkh, German soprano (d. 2018)^[27]
• 1923 – James Arness, American actor (d. 2011)
• 1923 – Roy Dotrice, English actor (d. 2017)
• 1925 – Carmen Montejo, Cuban-Mexican actress (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Alec McCowen, English actor^[28] (d. 2017)^[29]
• 1926 – Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)^[30]
• 1927 – Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and assisted suicide activist (d. 2011)
• 1929 – J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Ernie Carroll, Australian television personality and producer
• 1929 – Hans Freeman, Australian bioinorganic chemist and protein crystallographer (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Catherine Sauvage, French singer and actress (d. 1998)
• 1930 – Karim Emami, Indian-Iranian lexicographer and critic (d. 2005)
• 1935 – Eero Loone, Estonian philosopher and academic
• 1936 – Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian-Polish poet and activist (d. 2013)^[31]
• 1937 – Manorama, Indian actress and singer (d. 2015)
• 1937 – Paul E. Patton, American politician, 59th Governor of Kentucky
• 1938 – William Bolcom, American pianist and composer
• 1938 – Andrew Clennel Palmer, British engineer (d. 2019)^[32]
• 1938 – Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian author and playwright
• 1938 – K. Bikram Singh, Indian director and producer (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano and actress^[33]
• 1940 – Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, Canadian academic and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
• 1940 – Levon Helm, American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (d. 2012)
• 1941 – Aldrich Ames, American CIA officer and criminal
• 1941 – Jim Dobbin, Scottish microbiologist and politician (d. 2014)
• 1941 – Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player and sportscaster
• 1941 – Imants Kalniņš, Latvian composer
• 1943 – Erica Terpstra, Dutch swimmer, journalist, and politician
• 1944 – Phil Edmonston, American-Canadian journalist and politician
• 1944 – Jan Kinder, Norwegian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
• 1944 – Sam Posey, American race car driver and journalist
• 1945 – Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2012)
• 1945 – Alistair MacDuff, English lawyer and judge
• 1945 – Garry Peterson, Canadian-American drummer
• 1946 – Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian gymnast and coach
• 1946 – Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1993)
• 1947 – Carol O'Connell, American author and painter
• 1947 – Glenn Turner, New Zealand cricketer^[34]
• 1948 – Stevie Nicks, American singer-songwriter
• 1949 – Jeremy Corbyn, British journalist and politician
• 1949 – Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer, developed the first wiki
• 1949 – Pam Grier, American actress
• 1949 – Anne McGuire, Scottish educator and politician
• 1949 – Philip Michael Thomas, American actor^[35]
• 1949 – Hank Williams Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist^[36]
• 1951 – Ramón Calderón, Spanish lawyer and businessman
• 1951 – Lou van den Dries, Dutch mathematician
• 1951 – Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut, founded Sally Ride Science (d. 2012)^[37]
• 1951 – Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish educator and politician
• 1953 – Kay Hagan, American lawyer and politician (d. 2019)
• 1953 – Don McAllister, English footballer and manager^[38]
• 1953 – Michael Portillo, English journalist, politician and TV presenter^[39]
• 1954 – Michael Devine, Irish Republican hunger strike participant (died 1981)^[40]
• 1954 – Alan Hollinghurst, English novelist, poet, short story writer, and translator
• 1954 – Denis Lebel, Canadian businessman and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Transport
• 1955 – Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese-American chef
• 1955 – Paul Stoddart, Australian businessman
• 1956 – Fiona Shackleton, English lawyer^[41]
• 1956 – Jyoti Gogte, Indian academician^[42]
• 1957 – Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 1957 – François Legault, Canadian businessman and politician
• 1957 – Roberto Ravaglia, Italian racing driver
• 1958 – Ronnie Black, American golfer
• 1958 – Arto Bryggare, Finnish hurdler and politician
• 1958 – Margaret Colin, American actress
• 1959 – Ole Bornedal, Danish actor, director, and producer
• 1960 – Doug Hutchison, American actor
• 1960 – Dean Lukin, Australian weightlifter
• 1960 – Masahiro Matsunaga, Japanese racing driver
• 1960 – Rob Murphy, American baseball player
• 1960 – Romas Ubartas, Lithuanian discus thrower
• 1961 – Steve Pate, American golfer
• 1961 – Tarsem Singh, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Black, English singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
• 1962 – Genie Francis, Canadian-American actress
• 1962 – Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Simon Armitage, English poet, playwright and novelist^[43]
• 1963 – Claude Legault, Canadian actor and screenwriter
• 1963 – Mary Nightingale, English journalist
• 1963 – Jamie Spence, English golfer
• 1964 – Caitlín R. Kiernan, Irish-American paleontologist and author
• 1964 – Lenny Kravitz, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor
• 1964 – Argiris Pedoulakis, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1966 – Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
• 1966 – Zola Budd, South African runner
• 1967 – Philip Treacy, Irish milliner, hat designer
• 1967 – Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (d. 2012)
• 1968 – Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
• 1968 – Steve Sedgley, English footballer and manager
• 1969 – John Baird, Canadian politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1969 – Siri Lindley, American triathlete and coach^[44]
• 1970 – Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese illustrator
• 1971 – Zaher Andary, Lebanese footballer
• 1971 – Matt Stone, American actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, and composer
• 1973 – Naomi Harris, Canadian-American photographer
• 1974 – Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
• 1975 – Lauryn Hill, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1976 – Paul Collingwood, English cricketer and coach
• 1976 – Stephen Curry, Australian comedian and actor
• 1976 – Kenny Florian, American mixed martial artist and sportscaster
• 1976 – Justin Pierre, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1977 – Nikos Chatzivrettas, Greek basketball player
• 1977 – Raina Telgemeier, American author and cartoonist
• 1977 – Luca Toni, Italian footballer
• 1977 – Misaki Ito, Japanese actress and model
• 1978 – Phil Elvrum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 – Fabio Firmani, Italian footballer
• 1978 – Dan Parks, Australian-Scottish rugby player
• 1979 – Amanda Bauer, American astronomer and academic
• 1979 – Natalya Nazarova, Russian sprinter
• 1979 – Elisabeth Harnois, American actress
• 1979 – Mehmet Okur, Turkish basketball player
• 1980 – Louis-Jean Cormier, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1981 – Anthony Ervin, American swimmer^[45]
• 1981 – Jason Manford, English actor, screenwriter, and television host
• 1981 – Ben Zobrist, American baseball player^[46]
• 1982 – Hasan Kabze, Turkish footballer
• 1983 – Demy de Zeeuw, Dutch footballer
• 1983 – Nathan Merritt, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 – Monika Christodoulou, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1985 – Ashley Vincent, English footballer
• 1986 – Michel Tornéus, Swedish long jumper
• 1987 – Olcay Şahan, Turkish footballer
• 1988 – Andrea Catellani, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Dani Samuels, Australian discus thrower^[47]
• 1988 – Damian Williams, American football player
• 1989 – Paula Findlay, Canadian triathlete
• 1991 – Ah Young, South Korean singer and actress
• 1993 – Jason Adesanya, Belgian footballer
• 1993 – Jimmy Vesey, American ice hockey player
• 1996 – Lara Goodall, South African cricketer
• 1999 – Georgia Wareham, Australian cricketer^[48]