History Births on December 26

Noel Hunt, Irish footballer

#Noel_Hunt

Thomas Gray, English poet and scholar (d. 1771)

#Thomas_Gray

Evan Bayh, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Indiana

#Evan_Bayh

Elizabeth Kostova, American author

#Elizabeth_Kostova

Ralph Hill, American runner (d. 1994)

#Ralph_Hill

Jon Bellion, American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer

#Jon_Bellion

Bazoline Estelle Usher, African-American educator (d. 1992)

#Bazoline_Estelle_Usher

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Pakistani businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan

#Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf

Peter Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist

#Peter_Hillary

David Sedaris, American comedian, author, and radio host

#David_Sedaris

Leonel Fernández, Dominican lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Dominican Republic

#Leonel_Fernández

Ceylan Ertem, Turkish singer

#Ceylan_Ertem

Peep Jänes, Estonian architect

#Peep_Jänes

Elisabeth of the Palatinate, German princess, philosopher, and Calvinist (d. 1680)

#Elisabeth_of_the_Palatinate

Phil Spector, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Phil_Spector

Esteban Fuertes, Argentinian footballer

#Esteban_Fuertes

Philaret Drozdov, Russian metropolitan and saint (d. 1867)

#Philaret_Drozdov

Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the Difference engine (d. 1871)

#Charles_Babbage

Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (d. 1882)

#Friedrich_Reinhold_Kreutzwald

Simon Goodwin, Australian footballer and coach

#Simon_Goodwin

Norman Angell, English journalist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)

#Norman_Angell

Earle Brown, American composer (d. 2002)

#Earle_Brown

Rohan Kanhai, Guyanese cricketer

#Rohan_Kanhai

Aksel Lund Svindal, Norwegian skier

#Aksel_Lund_Svindal

George Dewey, American admiral (d. 1917)

#George_Dewey

Steve Allen, American actor, singer, talk show host, and screenwriter (d. 2000)

#Steve_Allen

Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier and philosopher (d. 1803)

#Jean_François_de_Saint-Lambert

Jay Farrar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jay_Farrar

Yi I, Korean philosopher and scholar (d. 1584)

#Yi_I

Vinicio Cerezo, Guatemalan politician, 28th President of Guatemala

#Vinicio_Cerezo

Mario Mendoza, Mexican baseball player and manager

#Mario_Mendoza

Robert Muchamore, English author

#Robert_Muchamore

Leonardo Ghiraldini, Italian rugby player

#Leonardo_Ghiraldini

Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player

#Marcelo_Ríos

Norm Ullman, Canadian ice hockey player

#Norm_Ullman

Phan B?i Châu, Vietnamese activist (d. 1940)

#Phan_B?i_Châu

Wilhelm Xylander, German scholar and academic (d. 1576)

#Wilhelm_Xylander

Ernst Moritz Arndt, German writer and poet (d. 1860)

#Ernst_Moritz_Arndt

Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker

#Alex_Schwazer

Eden Sher, American actress

#Eden_Sher

Richard Levis McCormick, American historian and academic

#Richard_Levis_McCormick

Ahmed Barusso, Ghanaian footballer

#Ahmed_Barusso

Nobuhiko Matsunaka, Japanese baseball player

#Nobuhiko_Matsunaka

Morgan Bulkeley, American soldier and politician, 54th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1922)

#Morgan_Bulkeley

Arthur Percival, English general (d. 1966)

#Arthur_Percival

Andy Biersack, American singer-songwriter

#Andy_Biersack

René Bazin, French author and academic (d. 1932)

#René_Bazin

Gianluca Faliva, Italian rugby player

#Gianluca_Faliva

Tiit Rosenberg, Estonian historian and academic

#Tiit_Rosenberg

Todd Dunivant, American soccer player

#Todd_Dunivant

Marguerite Churchill, American actress (d. 2000)

#Marguerite_Churchill

Frank Broyles, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2017)

#Frank_Broyles

Tatiana Sorokko, Russian-American model and journalist

#Tatiana_Sorokko

Keith Martin Ball, American mathematician and academic

#Keith_Martin_Ball

Jim Toomey, American cartoonist

#Jim_Toomey

Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1973)

#Konstantinos_Georgakopoulos

Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (d. 2014)

#Ray_Sadecki

José Yves Limantour, Mexican financier and politician, Mexican Secretary of Finance (d. 1935)

#José_Yves_Limantour

Hans Nielsen, Danish motorcycle racer

#Hans_Nielsen_(speedway_rider)

Carlton Fisk, American baseball player

#Carlton_Fisk

Alan Frumin, American lawyer and politician

#Alan_Frumin

Gray Davis, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of California

#Gray_Davis

Karel Rüütli, Estonian lawyer and politician

#Karel_Rüütli

Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Belgian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1871)

#Étienne_Constantin_de_Gerlache

Hugo Lloris, French footballer

#Hugo_Lloris

José Ramos-Horta, East Timorese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate

#José_Ramos-Horta

Fabián Carini, Uruguayan footballer

#Fabián_Carini

Yohan Blake, Jamaican sprinter

#Yohan_Blake

Cem Uzan, Turkish businessman and politician

#Cem_Uzan

Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer

#Aaron_Ramsey

Stu Miller, American baseball player (d. 2015)

#Stu_Miller

Adrian Newey, English aerodynamicist and engineer

#Adrian_Newey

Charles Pathé, French record producer, co-founded Pathé Records (d. 1957)

#Charles_Pathé

Kathleen Crowley, American actress (d. 2017)

#Kathleen_Crowley

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250)

#Frederick_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Mary Somerville, Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and author (d. 1872)

#Mary_Somerville

Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and academic (d. 1965)

#Khan_Bahadur_Ahsanullah

Lars Ulrich, Danish-American drummer, songwriter, and producer

#Lars_Ulrich

James T. Conway, American general

#James_T._Conway

Jade Thirlwall, English singer of girl group Little Mix

#Jade_Thirlwall

Robert Hamerton-Kelly, South African-American pastor, scholar, and author (d. 2013)

#Robert_Hamerton-Kelly

John Horton Conway, English mathematician, known for Conway's Game of Life

#John_Horton_Conway

Kenneth Darby, American football player

#Kenneth_Darby

Lord George Gordon, English lieutenant and politician (d. 1793)

#Lord_George_Gordon

Bahram Beyzai, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter

#Bahram_Beyzai

Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Swedish-Estonian journalist and politician, 4th President of Estonia

#Toomas_Hendrik_Ilves

Chris Daughtry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Chris_Daughtry

Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (d. 1890)

#Dion_Boucicault

Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2006)

#Georgios_Rallis

Candy Crowley, American journalist

#Candy_Crowley

Ruud Kaiser, Dutch footballer and manager

#Ruud_Kaiser

Henry Miller, American author and painter (d. 1980)

#Henry_Miller

Régine Zylberberg, Belgian-French singer and actress

#Régine_Zylberberg

Beth Behrs, American actress

#Beth_Behrs

Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2010)

#Jean_Ferrat

Mathieu Cordang, Dutch cyclist (d. 1942)

#Mathieu_Cordang

Robert Bolling, English-American merchant and planter (d. 1709)

#Robert_Bolling

Johannes François Snelleman, Dutch zoologist, orientalist, and ethnographer (d. 1938)

#Johannes_François_Snelleman

Denis Cheryshev, Russian footballer

#Denis_Cheryshev

E. D. E. N. Southworth, American author and educator (d. 1899)

#E._D._E._N._Southworth

Jared Leto, American actor and musician

#Jared_Leto

Thomas Wass, English cricketer (d. 1953)

#Thomas_Wass

Fred Schepisi, Australian director and screenwriter

#Fred_Schepisi

Edward C. Prescott, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Edward_C._Prescott

Don Barclay, American actor and illustrator (d. 1975)

#Don_Barclay_(actor)

Mao Zedong, Chinese politician, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (d. 1976)

#Mao_Zedong

Kit Harington, English actor

#Kit_Harington

John Walsh, American television host, producer, and activist, created America's Most Wanted

#John_Walsh_(television_host)

Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer and voice actor

#Caroll_Spinney

Ozzie Smith, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Ozzie_Smith

Percy Hodge, English runner (d. 1967)

#Percy_Hodge

Steve Prescott, English rugby player (d. 2013)

#Steve_Prescott

Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer (d. 1755)

#Johann_Georg_Pisendel

John Page, American politician (d. 1692)

#John_Page_(Middle_Plantation)

Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)

#Harry_Gamble

Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright (d. 1807)

#Friedrich_Melchior,_Baron_von_Grimm

Richard Widmark, American actor (d. 2008)

#Richard_Widmark

Josef Janí?ek, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player

#Josef_Janí?ek

James Mercer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#James_Mercer_(musician)

María Vasco, Spanish race walker

#María_Vasco

Selen Soyder, Turkish actress and beauty queen

#Selen_Soyder

Imperio Argentina, Argentine-Spanish actress and singer (d. 2003)

#Imperio_Argentina

Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1815)

#Prince_Josias_of_Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Fatih Akyel, Turkish footballer and manager

#Fatih_Akyel

Alexander Wang, American fashion designer

#Alexander_Wang_(designer)

Souleymane Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer

Cecilia Costa Melgar, Chilean tennis player

Yu Takahashi, Japanese singer-songwriter

Nikolai Nikolaeff, Australian actor

Pablo Canavosio, Argentinian-Italian rugby player

Craig Wing, Australian rugby player

Dimitry Vassiliev, Russian ski jumper

Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player

Adrienn Heged?s, Hungarian tennis player

Chris Calaguio, Filipino basketball player

Joshua John Miller, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Paulo Frederico Benevenute, Brazilian footballer

Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer

Isaac Viciosa, Spanish runner

Matt Zoller Seitz, American film critic and author

Jay Yuenger, American guitarist and producer

Tim Legler, American basketball player and sportscaster

Craig Teitzel, Australian rugby league player

Mark Starr, English wrestler (d. 2013)

John Lynch, Northern Irish actor

Andrew Lock, Australian mountaineer

Wang Lijun, Chinese police officer and politician

K?ji Morimoto, Japanese animator and director

Dermot Murnaghan, English-Northern Irish journalist and game show host

Henning Schmitz, German drummer

Makis Katsavakis, Greek footballer and manager

Jean Echenoz, French author

William Ayers, American academic and activist

Catherine Coulter, American author

Daniel Schmid, Swiss actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)

Mirko Kova?, Yugoslav-Croatian author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2013)

Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)

Trevor Taylor, English race car driver (d. 2010)

Abdul "Duke" Fakir, American singer (The Four Tops)

Donald Moffat, English-American actor (d. 2018)

Denis Quilley, English actor (d. 2003)

Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)

Denis Gifford, English journalist and historian (d. 2000)

Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 2013)

Richard Mayes, English actor (d. 2006)

John Severin, American illustrator (d. 2012)

Olga Lopes-Seale, Guyanese-Barbadian singer and radio host (d. 2011)

Rolf Botvid, Swedish actor and screenwriter (d. 1998)

Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (d. 1958)

Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (d. 1962)

Matt Gordy, American pole vaulter (d. 1989)

Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1998)

William Loeb III, American publisher (d. 1981)

Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (d. 1980)

Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (d. 1995)

Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1980)

Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (d. 1941)

Evelyn Bark, leading member of the British Red Cross, first female recipient of the CMG (d. 1993)

Jean Toomer, American author and poet (d. 1967)

Marius Canard, French orientalist and historian (d. 1982)

Maurice Utrillo, French painter (d. 1955)

Yun Chi-ho, Korean activist and politician (d. 1945)

William Stephens, American lawyer and politician, 24th Governor of California (d. 1944)

Clemens Maria Hofbauer, Austrian priest, missionary, and saint (d. 1820)

Philip III, Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach (d. 1643)

Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1593)

Rose Lok, businesswoman and Protestant exile (d.1613)

Charles de Valois, Duke de Berry, French noble (d. 1472)