History Births on April 26

Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian (d. 1862)
#Ludwig_Uhland

Frank Hahn, British economist (d. 2013)
#Frank_Hahn
Peter Madsen, Danish footballer
#Peter_Madsen_(footballer)

Roger Moens, Belgian runner and sportscaster
#Roger_Moens

Al-Hadi, Iranian caliph (d. 786)
#Al-Hadi

John Isner, American tennis player
#John_Isner

Peter Handscomb, Australian Cricketer
#Peter_Handscomb

Granny Hamner, American baseball player (d. 1993)
#Granny_Hamner

Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player
#Kosuke_Fukudome

José María López, Argentinian race car driver
#José_María_López

Ambrose Dudley Mann, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1889)
#Ambrose_Dudley_Mann

Paul Almond, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
#Paul_Almond

Joey Jordison, American musician, songwriter, record producer
#Joey_Jordison

Maurice Williams, American doo-wop/R&B singer-songwriter (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs)
#Maurice_Williams_and_the_Zodiacs

King John II of France (d. 1364)
#John_II_of_France

Novlene Williams-Mills, Jamaican sprinter
#Novlene_Williams-Mills

Jay DeMarcus, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
#Jay_DeMarcus

Joan Chen, Chinese-American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
#Joan_Chen

Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
#Jean-Pierre_Beltoise

Roxana Saberi, American journalist and author
#Roxana_Saberi

Steve Lombardozzi, American baseball player and coach
#Steve_Lombardozzi

Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
#Harry_Gallatin

Channing Tatum, American actor and producer
#Channing_Tatum

Alan Hinkes, English mountaineer and explorer
#Alan_Hinkes

Giorgio Moroder, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
#Giorgio_Moroder

Melania Trump, Slovene-American model; First Lady of the United States; wife of United States President Donald Trump
#Melania_Trump

Geoff Blum, American baseball player and sportscaster
#Geoff_Blum

Lior Refaelov, Israeli footballer
#Lior_Refaelov

Marlon King, English footballer
#Marlon_King

Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher and academic (d. 1796)
#Thomas_Reid

Stana Katic, Canadian actress
#Stana_Katic

Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (d. 1866)
#Maria_Amalia_of_Naples_and_Sicily

Jessica Lynch, American soldier and POW
#Jessica_Lynch

Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930)
#Joseph_Ward

Eddie Eagan, American boxer and bobsledder (d. 1967)
#Eddie_Eagan

James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (d. 1950)
#James_Dooley_(politician)

Charles Goodyear, American banker, lawyer, and politician (d. 1876)
#Charles_Goodyear_(politician)

Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect and academic, designed the Therme Vals
#Peter_Zumthor
Wojciech Pszczolarski, Polish bicycle racer
#Wojciech_Pszczolarski

Kevin James, American actor and comedian
#Kevin_James

John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, Scottish race car driver
#John_Crichton-Stuart,_7th_Marquess_of_Bute

Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (d. 1863)
#Eugène_Delacroix

Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, African-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
#Tionne_Watkins

Georgios Kostikos, Greek footballer, coach, and manager
#Georgios_Kostikos

Hisham I of Córdoba (d. 796)
#Hisham_I_of_Córdoba

Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (d. 180)
#Marcus_Aurelius

Eric Campbell, British actor (d. 1917)
#Eric_Campbell_(actor)

?abdulla Tuqay, Russian poet and publicist (d. 1913)
#?abdulla_Tuqay

Hack Wilson, American baseball player (d. 1948)
#Hack_Wilson

Jet Li, Chinese-Singaporean martial artist, actor, and producer
#Jet_Li

I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art and Bank of China Tower (d. 2019)
#I._M._Pei

Dick Johnson, Australian race car driver
#Dick_Johnson_(racing_driver)

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, English actress and singer-songwriter
#Marianne_Jean-Baptiste

Joe Crede, American baseball player
#Joe_Crede

Ms. Dynamite, English rapper and producer
#Ms._Dynamite

Samantha Cristoforetti, Italian astronaut
#Samantha_Cristoforetti

Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (d. 1985)
#Charles_Francis_Richter

Caro Emerald, Dutch pop and jazz singer
#Caro_Emerald

Marie de' Medici, queen of Henry IV of France (d. 1642)
#Marie_de'_Medici

Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and designer, co-designed Central Park (d. 1903)
#Frederick_Law_Olmsted

Gareth Evans, English footballer
#Gareth_Evans_(footballer,_born_1988)
Melvin Ingram, American football player
#Melvin_Ingram

Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist (d. 1853)
#Christian_Leopold_von_Buch

Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter and academic (d. 1600)
#Gian_Paolo_Lomazzo

Rahul Verma, Indian social worker & activist
#Rahul_Verma

Daniil Kvyat, Russian race car driver
#Daniil_Kvyat
Bobby Rydell, American singer and actor
#Bobby_Rydell

Peter II of Portugal (d. 1706)
#Peter_II_of_Portugal

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (d. 1951)
#Ludwig_Wittgenstein

Jean Vigo, French director and screenwriter (d. 1934)
#Jean_Vigo
Frank D'Rone, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
#Frank_D'Rone
Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)
#Owen_Willans_Richardson

Marilyn Nelson, African-American poet and author
#Marilyn_Nelson
Duane Eddy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
#Duane_Eddy

Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
#Vicente_Aleixandre

Charles Farrar Browne, American author (d. 1867)
#Charles_Farrar_Browne

Mitch Rein, Australian rugby league player
#Mitch_Rein

Gerard Cafesjian, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
#Gerard_Cafesjian

Roger Taylor, English drummer
#Roger_Taylor_(Duran_Duran_drummer)

Toomas Tõniste, Estonian sailor and politician
#Toomas_Tõniste

Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch sprinter and long jumper (d. 2004)
#Fanny_Blankers-Koen

Paul Verner, German soldier and politician (d. 1986)
#Paul_Verner

Ken Wallis, English commander, engineer, and pilot (d. 2013)
#Ken_Wallis

Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (d. 1992)
#Sal_Maglie

Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
#Virgil_Trucks

Anita Loos, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
#Anita_Loos

Bernard Malamud, Jewish American novelist and short story writer (d. 1986)
#Bernard_Malamud

Kurt Bodewig, German politician
#Kurt_Bodewig

Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Governor General of Canada (d. 1993)
#Jeanne_Sauvé

Bill Wennington, Canadian basketball player
#Bill_Wennington

Carol Burnett, American actress, singer, and producer
#Carol_Burnett

Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican bishop and saint (d. 1938)
#Rafael_Guízar_y_Valencia

Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and educator (d. 1938)
#Edmund_C._Tarbell

Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican-American general (d. 2005)
#Filiberto_Ojeda_Ríos

John Corabi, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#John_Corabi

Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (d. 2014)
#Svyatoslav_Belza

Jordana Brewster, Panamanian-American actress
#Jordana_Brewster

John Battle, English politician
#John_Battle_(politician)

Aaron Judge, American baseball player
#Aaron_Judge

Giancarlo Esposito, American actor, director, and producer
#Giancarlo_Esposito

John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (d. 1972)
#John_Grierson

Yuliya Zaripova, Russian runner
#Yuliya_Zaripova

Dean Austin, English footballer and manager
#Dean_Austin

Adam Falckenhagen, German lute player and composer (d. 1754)
#Adam_Falckenhagen

Rudolf Hess, Egyptian-German politician (d. 1987)
#Rudolf_Hess

Emily Wickersham, American actress
#Emily_Wickersham

Jadwiga Staniszkis, Polish sociologist, political scientist, and academic
#Jadwiga_Staniszkis

Alberto Quintano, Chilean footballer
#Alberto_Quintano

Cornelia Ullrich, German hurdler
#Cornelia_Ullrich

Tom Welling, American actor
#Tom_Welling

Ernst Udet, German colonel and pilot (d. 1941)
#Ernst_Udet

Anna Mucha, Polish actress and journalist
#Anna_Mucha

Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer and manager
#Carlos_Bianchi

Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian
#Debra_Wilson

Avi Nimni, Israeli footballer and manager
#Avi_Nimni

Gary Wright, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
#Gary_Wright

Esek Hopkins, American commander (d. 1802)
#Esek_Hopkins

John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter (d. 1851)
#John_James_Audubon

Isaac Liu, New Zealand rugby league player
#Isaac_Liu

Douglas Sirk, German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
#Douglas_Sirk

Arno Allan Penzias, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
#Arno_Allan_Penzias

Ruut Tarmo, Estonian actor and director (d. 1967)
#Ruut_Tarmo

Glenn Thomas Jacobs, American professional wrestler, actor, businessman and politician
#Kane_(wrestler)

Ma Rainey, American singer (d. 1939)
#Ma_Rainey