History Births on August 26

Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player

#Wayne_Simmonds

Jamal Lewis, American football player

#Jamal_Lewis

Jules Romains, French author and poet (d. 1972)

#Jules_Romains

Oleksiy Kasyanov, Ukrainian decathlete

#Oleksiy_Kasyanov

Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazilian banker and financier

#Jorge_Paulo_Lemann

Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player

#Elvis_Andrus

Torsten Schmitz, German boxer

#Torsten_Schmitz

Jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981)

#Jim_Davis_(actor)

John Mulaney, American comedian, actor, writer, and producer

#John_Mulaney

Tino Best, Barbadian cricketer

#Tino_Best

Humphrey Searle, English composer and conductor (d. 1982)

#Humphrey_Searle

Allahshukur Pashazadeh, Azerbaijani cleric

#Allahshukur_Pashazadeh

Oliver Colvile, English lawyer and politician

#Oliver_Colvile

Pinchas Goldstein, Israeli businessman and politician (d. 2007)

#Pinchas_Goldstein

Faz?l Hüsnü Da?larca, Turkish soldier and poet (d. 2008)

#Faz?l_Hüsnü_Da?larca

Dylan O'Brien, American actor

#Dylan_O'Brien

Chris Burke, actor

#Chris_Burke_(actor)

David Price, American baseball player

#David_Price_(baseball)

Walter Bruno Henning, Prussian-American linguist and scholar (d. 1967)

#Walter_Bruno_Henning

Hans Kammler, German SS officer and engineer (d. 1945)

#Hans_Kammler

Daniel Lévi, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and pianist

#Daniel_Lévi

Etelka Keser?, Hungarian economist and politician (d. 2018)

#Etelka_Keser?

Michael Gove, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Education

#Michael_Gove

Amaia Montero, Spanish singer-songwriter

#Amaia_Montero

Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2019)

#Prem_Tinsulanonda

Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1777)

#Johann_Heinrich_Lambert

Howard Clark, English golfer and sportscaster

#Howard_Clark_(golfer)

Otto Binder, American author and screenwriter (d. 1974)

#Otto_Binder

Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Vietnam (d. 1987)

#Maxwell_D._Taylor

Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1918)

#Guillaume_Apollinaire

Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1938)

#Zona_Gale

Bunny Austin, English tennis player (d. 2000)

#Bunny_Austin

Margaret Utinsky, American nurse, recipient of the Medal of Freedom (d. 1970)

#Margaret_Utinsky

Yun Posun, South Korean activist and politician, 2nd President of South Korea (d. 1990)

#Yun_Posun

Julio Cortázar, Belgian-Argentinian author and translator (d. 1984)

#Julio_Cortázar

Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)

#Geraldine_Ferraro

Jimmy Rushing, American singer and bandleader (d. 1972)

#Jimmy_Rushing

Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (d. 2007)

#Nicolae_Dobrin

Mateo Musacchio, Argentinian footballer

#Mateo_Musacchio

Noah Welch, American ice hockey player

#Noah_Welch

Nik Turner, English musician and songwriter

#Nik_Turner

Marcus du Sautoy, English mathematician and academic

#Marcus_du_Sautoy

Herbert Booth, Canadian songwriter and bandleader (d. 1926)

#Herbert_Booth

Meredith Eaton, American actress

#Meredith_Eaton

Félix Porteiro, Spanish race car driver

#Félix_Porteiro

Morgan Ensberg, American baseball player and coach

#Morgan_Ensberg

Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (d. 1794)

#Antoine_Lavoisier

Sebastian Bönig, German footballer

#Sebastian_Bönig

Lee de Forest, American engineer and academic, invented the Audion tube (d. 1961)

#Lee_de_Forest

Cassie Ventura, American singer, dancer, actress and model

#Cassie_Ventura

Petey Williams, Canadian wrestler

#Petey_Williams

Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 2013)

#Pyotr_Todorovsky

Colin Kazim-Richards, Turkish footballer

#Colin_Kazim-Richards

Brandon McDonald, American football player

#Brandon_McDonald_(gridiron_football)

Bernardino Poccetti, Italian painter (d. 1612)

#Bernardino_Poccetti

Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

#Tom_Heinsohn

Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian violinist and educator (d. 1999)

#Anahit_Tsitsikian

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon (d. 1810)

#Montgolfier_brothers

Evan Ross, American actor

#Evan_Ross

Gene Moore, American baseball player (d. 1978)

#Gene_Moore_(outfielder)

Jet Black, English drummer

#Jet_Black

Adrian Young, American drummer and songwriter

#Adrian_Young

Macaulay Culkin, American actor

#Macaulay_Culkin

Jayson Nix, American baseball player

#Jayson_Nix

Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist (d. 1790)

#Jean-Baptiste_L._Romé_de_l'Isle

Brendan Harris, American baseball player

#Brendan_Harris

Sparky Adams, American baseball player and farmer (d. 1989)

#Sparky_Adams

Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1745)

#Robert_Walpole

William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (d. 1851)

#William_Joseph_Behr

Leon Redbone, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2019)

#Leon_Redbone

Brett Cullen, American actor

#Brett_Cullen

Will Shortz, American journalist and puzzle creator

#Will_Shortz

Stan Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach

#Stan_Van_Gundy

Alex Kellner, American baseball player (d. 1996)

#Alex_Kellner

Sarah Klang, Swedish singer

#Sarah_Klang

Michael Jeter, American actor (d. 2003)

#Michael_Jeter

Bobby Jurasin, American-Canadian football player and coach

#Bobby_Jurasin

Cristian Mora, Ecuadorian footballer

#Cristian_Mora

Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (d. 2013)

#Wolfgang_Sawallisch

Nikky Finney, American poet and academic

#Nikky_Finney

Kelvin Cato, American basketball player and coach

#Kelvin_Cato

Keke Palmer, American singer-songwriter, presenter and television personality

#Keke_Palmer

Tom Ridge, American sergeant and politician, 1st Secretary of Homeland Security

#Tom_Ridge

Alison Steadman, English actress

#Alison_Steadman

Therese Alshammar, Swedish swimmer

#Therese_Alshammar

Mother Teresa, Macedonian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)

#Mother_Teresa

Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar (d. 1994)

#Shimshon_Amitsur

Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician

#Katherine_Johnson

Mark Mangino, American football player and coach

#Mark_Mangino

Lars Stindl, German football player

#Lars_Stindl

Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1861)

#Albert,_Prince_Consort

Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader

#Branford_Marsalis

Thalía, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and actress

#Thalía

Chris Boardman, English cyclist

#Chris_Boardman

Andreas Glyniadakis, Greek basketball player

#Andreas_Glyniadakis

Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)

#Ferdinand_II_of_Naples

Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan soldier and politician, 4th President of Uruguay (d. 1857)

#Manuel_Oribe

Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist, developed the polio vaccine (d. 1993)

#Albert_Sabin

Edward Witten, American physicist and academic

#Edward_Witten

Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, Minister of Justice for France (d. 1999)

#Alain_Peyrefitte

Chris Pine, American actor

#Chris_Pine

Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (d. 1972)

#Chen_Yi_(marshal)

Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian soldier and politician (d. 1990)

#Ivan_Mihailov

Carsten Wolf, German cyclist

#Carsten_Wolf

James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)

#James_Franck

Karen Spärck Jones, English computer scientist and academic (d. 2007)

#Karen_Spärck_Jones

Jeff Parrett, American baseball player

#Jeff_Parrett

Mehriban Aliyeva, 1st Vice President of Azerbaijan, goodwill ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO.

#Mehriban_Aliyeva

Judith Rees, English geographer and academic

#Judith_Rees

Tracy Krohn, American race car driver and businessman

#Tracy_Krohn

Eleanor Dark, Australian author and poet (d. 1985)

#Eleanor_Dark

Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (d. 1986)

#Christopher_Isherwood

Vic Dana, American dancer and singer

#Vic_Dana

Shirley Manson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress

#Shirley_Manson

Elisha Williams, English colonial minister, academic, and politician (d. 1755)

#Elisha_Williams

Melissa McCarthy, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter

#Melissa_McCarthy

Mike Colter, American actor

#Mike_Colter

David Hurley, Australian general and politician, 27th Governor General of Australia

#David_Hurley

Barbet Schroeder, French-Swiss director and producer

#Barbet_Schroeder

Stephen J. Dubner, American journalist and author

#Stephen_J._Dubner

James Harden, American basketball player

#James_Harden

Simone Motta, Italian footballer

#Simone_Motta

Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (d. 1974)

#Gustavo_R._Vincenti

Roger Kingdom, American hurdler

#Roger_Kingdom

Gerd Bonk, German weightlifter (d. 2014)

#Gerd_Bonk

Jessica Diggins, American cross-country skier

Danielle Savre, American actress

Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (d. 2014)

Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer

Mattia Cassani, Italian footballer

Angelo Iorio, Italian footballer

Vangelis Moras, Greek footballer

Manolis Papamakarios, Greek basketball player

Rubén Arriaza Pazos, Spanish footballer

Saeko Chiba, Japanese voice actress and singer

Liam Botham, English rugby player and cricketer

Richard Evatt, English boxer (d. 2012)

Brett Schultz, South African cricketer

Jason Little, Australian rugby player

Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player and coach

Zadok Malka, Israeli footballer and manager

Chad Kreuter, American baseball player and manager

Allegra Huston, English-American author and screenwriter

Patrice Oppliger, American author, critic, and academic

David Byas, English cricketer and umpire

Ola Ray, American model and actress

Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist

Sally Beamish, English viola player and composer

Giuseppe Resnati, Italian chemist and educator

Ian Dejardin, English historian and curator

Hugh Pelham, British academic and educator

Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer

Bryon Baltimore, Canadian ice hockey player

Bill Whitaker, American journalist

Valerie Simpson, American singer-songwriter

Zhou Ji, Chinese engineer and politician, 14th Chinese Minister of Education

Maureen Tucker, American singer-songwriter and drummer

Alan Parker, English guitarist and songwriter

Dori Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Chow Kwai Lam, Malaysian football coach and player (d. 2018)

Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston, English lawyer and politician (d. 2014)

Jane Merrow, English actress, producer, and screenwriter

Chris Curtis, English drummer and singer (d. 2005)

Don LaFontaine, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)

Michael Cockerell, English journalist

Don Bowman, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

Benedict Anderson, American political scientist and academic (d. 2015)

Kevin Ryan, Australian rugby player, coach, lawyer and politician

Luis Salvadores Salvi, Chilean basketball player (d. 2014)

Kálmán Markovits, Hungarian water polo player (d. 2009)

Joe Solomon, Guyanese cricketer and coach

Reuben Kamanga, Zambian soldier and politician, 1st Vice President of Zambia (d. 1996)

Om Prakash Munjal, Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles (d. 2015)

Robert Vickrey, American painter and author (d. 2011)

Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean composer (d. 2010)

Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic (d. 2005)

Irving R. Levine, American journalist and author (d. 2009)

Benjamin C. Bradlee, American journalist and author (d. 2014)

Brant Parker, American illustrator (d. 2007)

Gerard Campbell, American priest and academic (d. 2012)

Eric Davies, South African cricketer and educator (d. 1976)

Aubrey Schenck, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1999)

Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (d. 1991)

Caroline Pafford Miller, American author (d. 1992)

Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman (d. 1980)

Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector and philanthropist (d. 1979)

Acharya Chatursen Shastri, Indian author and playwright (d. 1960)

Sam Hardy, English footballer (d. 1966)

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada (d. 1940)

Arthur James Arnot, Scottish-Australian engineer, designed the Spencer Street Power Station (d. 1946)

Clara Schønfeld, Danish actress (d. 1939)

Arnold Fothergill, English cricketer (d. 1932)

Saint Innocent of Alaska, Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (d. 1879)

Manuel Abad y Queipo, Spanish-born Mexican bishop (d. 1825)

Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter (d. 1791)

Frederick V, Elector Palatine, Bohemian king (d. 1632)

Humilis of Bisignano, Italian Franciscan friar and saint (d. 1637)