History Births on June 26

Toyonoshima Daiki, Japanese sumo wrestler

#Toyonoshima_Daiki

Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (d. 1973)

#Salvador_Allende

Don Valentine, American venture capitalist

#Don_Valentine

Chuck Robb, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th Governor of Virginia

#Chuck_Robb

Patty Smyth, American singer-songwriter and musician

#Patty_Smyth

Jerome Kersey, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)

#Jerome_Kersey

Chris O'Donnell, American actor

#Chris_O'Donnell

Zuzana Ku?ová, Slovak tennis player

#Zuzana_Ku?ová

Catherine Samba-Panza, interim president of the Central African Republic

#Catherine_Samba-Panza

Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer

#Max_Biaggi

Kirk McLean, Canadian ice hockey player

#Kirk_McLean

Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

#Ariana_Grande

Chad Pennington, American football player and sportscaster

#Chad_Pennington

Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader, 17th Karmapa Lama

#Ogyen_Trinley_Dorje

Paul Thomas Anderson, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Paul_Thomas_Anderson

Gennady Zyuganov, Russian colonel and politician

#Gennady_Zyuganov

San Pedro Claver, Spanish Jesuit saint (d. 1654)

#Peter_Claver

Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (d. 2015)

#Jean-Claude_Turcotte

Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author (d. 1988)

#Virginia_Satir

Bill Sheffield, American politician; 5th Governor of Alaska

#Bill_Sheffield

Jan Pawe? ?uszczewski, Polish politician (d. 1812)

#Jan_Pawe?_?uszczewski

Gene Green, American baseball player (d. 1981)

#Gene_Green_(baseball)

Dave Rubin, American political commentator

#Dave_Rubin

Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart, Scottish politician

#Robert_Maclennan,_Baron_Maclennan_of_Rogart

Michael Vick, American football player

#Michael_Vick

Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic (d. 1769)

#Edward_Holyoke

Mitchell Lewis, American actor (d. 1956)

#Mitchell_Lewis

Antonio Rosati, Italian footballer

#Antonio_Rosati

Fred Bruemmer, Latvian-Canadian photographer and author (d. 2013)

#Fred_Bruemmer

Colin Greenwood, English bass player and songwriter

#Colin_Greenwood

Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American golfer and basketball player (d. 1956)

#Babe_Didrikson_Zaharias

Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer

#Paolo_Maldini

Gretchen Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Gretchen_Wilson

Jason Schwartzman, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor

#Jason_Schwartzman

Mike Myers, American baseball player

#Mike_Myers_(baseball)

Mark McKinney, Canadian actor and screenwriter

#Mark_McKinney

Indila, French singer

#Indila

Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (d. 1612)

#Anne_Catherine_of_Brandenburg

Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, Icelandic lecturer and politician, 6th President of Iceland

#Guðni_Th._Jóhannesson

Wolfgang Unzicker, German chess player (d. 2006)

#Wolfgang_Unzicker

Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor and educator (d. 2010)

#Hugues_Cuénod

Samir Nasri, French footballer

#Samir_Nasri

Reggie Workman, American bassist and composer

#Reggie_Workman

Luis Arconada, Spanish footballer

#Luis_Arconada

Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (d. 1708)

#Hedvig_Sophia_of_Sweden

Chesty Puller, US general (d. 1971)

#Chesty_Puller

Leonard Carow, German actor

#Leonard_Carow

Dany Boon, French actor, director, and screenwriter

#Dany_Boon

Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, French businesswoman (d. 1777)

#Marie_Thérèse_Rodet_Geoffrin

Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian race car driver

#Carlos_Iaconelli

Warren Farrell, American author and educator

#Warren_Farrell

Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (d. 1817)

#Charles_Messier

Shannon Sharpe, American football player and sportscaster

#Shannon_Sharpe

Violette Szabo, French secret agent (d. 1945)

#Violette_Szabo

Bernard Berenson, Lithuanian-American historian and author (d. 1959)

#Bernard_Berenson

Raymond Felton, American basketball player

#Raymond_Felton

Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian soldier, journalist, and politician, 6th President of Argentina (d. 1906)

#Bartolomé_Mitre

J. B. Fuqua, American entrepreneur and philanthropist (d. 2006)

#J._B._Fuqua

Gedde Watanabe, American actor

#Gedde_Watanabe

Debs Garms, American baseball player (d. 1984)

#Debs_Garms

Rudy Gobert, French basketball player

#Rudy_Gobert

Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)

#Pearl_S._Buck

Jürgen Reil, American drummer

#Jürgen_Reil

Paul Castellano, American gangster (d. 1985)

#Paul_Castellano

Inha Babakova, Ukrainian high jumper

#Inha_Babakova

Peter Lorre, Slovak-American actor and singer (d. 1964)

#Peter_Lorre

Chris Isaak, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#Chris_Isaak

Ed Bearss, American veteran of World War II

#Ed_Bearss

Ryan Tedder, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

#Ryan_Tedder

Hollie Arnold, English javelin thrower

#Hollie_Arnold

Terry Skiverton, English footballer and manager

#Terry_Skiverton

Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet (d. 1848)

#Branwell_Brontë

Wolfgang Schwanitz, East German secret police

#Wolfgang_Schwanitz

Baek Ye-rin, South Korean singer

#Baek_Ye-rin

J.J. Dillon, American wrestler and manager

#J.J._Dillon

Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and businessman (d. 1978)

#Willy_Messerschmitt

Elijah Dukes, American baseball player

#Elijah_Dukes

Ed Jovanovski, Canadian ice hockey player

#Ed_Jovanovski

Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer (d. 1974)

#Alberto_Rabagliati

Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, European royalty (d. 2001)

#Princess_Sophie_of_Greece_and_Denmark

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian-Swiss businessman and philanthropist

#Mikhail_Khodorkovsky

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and banker (d. 1923)

#George_Herbert,_5th_Earl_of_Carnarvon

Derek Jeter, American baseball player

#Derek_Jeter

Greg LeMond, American cyclist

#Greg_LeMond

Wolfgang Menzel, German poet and critic (d. 1873)

#Wolfgang_Menzel

Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and politician, Brazilian Minister of Culture

#Gilberto_Gil

Philip Doddridge, English hymn-writer and educator (d. 1751)

#Philip_Doddridge

Dustin Martin, Australian rules footballer

#Dustin_Martin

Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (d. 2014)

#Benjamin_Adekunle

Chris Shelton, American baseball player

#Chris_Shelton

Bronis?aw ?urakowski, Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2009)

#Bronis?aw_?urakowski

Diego Falcinelli, Italian footballer

#Diego_Falcinelli

Edith Pearlman, American short story writer

#Edith_Pearlman

Dave Grusin, American pianist and composer

#Dave_Grusin

Abner Doubleday, American general (d. 1893)

#Abner_Doubleday

Belaynesh Oljira, Ethiopian runner

#Belaynesh_Oljira

Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor

#Yoshiro_Nakamatsu

Olivier Dahan, French director and screenwriter

#Olivier_Dahan

John, Count of Angoulême (d. 1467)

#John,_Count_of_Angoulême

Walter Herrmann, Argentinian basketball player

#Walter_Herrmann

Nick Compton, South African-English cricketer

#Nick_Compton

Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-American talent manager (d. 1997)

#Colonel_Tom_Parker

Priscah Jeptoo, Kenyan runner

#Priscah_Jeptoo

Terri Nunn, American singer-songwriter and actress

#Terri_Nunn

Viktor Schreckengost, American sculptor and educator (d. 2008)

#Viktor_Schreckengost

Dame Marguerite Pindling, Bahamian politician; Governor-General of the Bahamas

#Marguerite_Pindling

Paolo Cannavaro, Italian footballer

#Paolo_Cannavaro

Jan Pawe? Lelewel, Polish painter and engineer (d. 1847)

#Jan_Pawe?_Lelewel

Irv Gotti, American record producer, co-founded Murder Inc Records

#Irv_Gotti

Mark Durkan, Irish politician

#Mark_Durkan

Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)

#Robert_Coleman_Richardson

George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (d. 1950)

#George_Hainsworth

Jackie Fargo, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2013)

#Jackie_Fargo

Mark McClellan, American economist and politician

#Mark_McClellan

Milton Glaser, American illustrator and graphic designer

#Milton_Glaser

Maurice Wilkes, English computer scientist and physicist (d. 2010)

#Maurice_Wilkes

Deron Williams, American basketball player

#Deron_Williams

Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Spanish-born bishop and viceroy of New Spain (d. 1659)

#Juan_de_Palafox_y_Mendoza

Philippe Couillard, Canadian surgeon and politician, 31st Premier of Quebec

#Philippe_Couillard

Neil Abercrombie, American sociologist and politician, 7th Governor of Hawaii

#Neil_Abercrombie

Dorothy Fuldheim, American journalist and author (d. 1989)

#Dorothy_Fuldheim

Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish journalist and author (d. 1954)

#Martin_Andersen_Nexø

Jean-Pierre Roy, Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2014)

#Jean-Pierre_Roy

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (d. 1907)

#William_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Kelvin

Hal Greer, American basketball player (d. 2018)

#Hal_Greer

Yves Beauchemin, Canadian author and academic

#Yves_Beauchemin

Sandro Riminucci, Italian basketball player

#Sandro_Riminucci

Robert Colbert, American actor

#Robert_Colbert

Preslava, Bulgarian singer

#Preslava

Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (d. 2014)

#Claudio_Abbado

Eleanor Parker, American actress (d. 2013)

#Eleanor_Parker

Georgie Fame, English singer, pianist, and keyboard player

#Georgie_Fame

Colin Wilson, English philosopher and author (d. 2013)

#Colin_Wilson

Quincy Lewis, American basketball player

#Quincy_Lewis

Carlo Facetti, Italian race car driver

#Carlo_Facetti

June Bronhill, Australian soprano and actress (d. 2005)

#June_Bronhill

Yankuba Ceesay, Gambian footballer

#Yankuba_Ceesay

Joel Campbell, Costa Rican footballer

#Joel_Campbell

Daoud Corm, Lebanese painter (d. 1930)

#Daoud_Corm

Billy Davis Jr., American pop-soul singer

#Billy_Davis_Jr.

Kenny Baker, American fiddler (d.2011)

#Kenny_Baker_(fiddler)

Jason Kendall, American baseball player

#Jason_Kendall

Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and academic (d. 2003)

#Richard_Neustadt

Felipe Melo, Brazilian footballer

#Felipe_Melo

Takashi Toritani, Japanese baseball player

#Takashi_Toritani

Duvier Riascos, Colombian footballer

#Duvier_Riascos

Nick Offerman, American actor

#Nick_Offerman

Idriz Ajeti, Albanian albanologist (d. 2019)

#Idriz_Ajeti

James W. McCord Jr., CIA officer (d. 2017)

#James_W._McCord_Jr.

Agrippa Postumus, Roman son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder (d. 14)

#Agrippa_Postumus

Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (d. 1796)

#Victor_Amadeus_III_of_Sardinia

Tommi Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver

#Tommi_Mäkinen

Aimé Césaire, French poet, author, and politician (d. 2008)

#Aimé_Césaire

Stuart Symington, American lieutenant and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Air Force (d. 1988)

#Stuart_Symington

Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (d. 1896)

#Thomas_W._Knox

Natalya Antyukh, Russian sprinter and hurdler

#Natalya_Antyukh

Yesha Camile, Filipino child actress

Callum Taylor, English cricketer

Houssem Chemali, French footballer

Igor Subbotin, Estonian footballer

Oliver Stang, German footballer

J?lija Tepliha, Latvian figure skater

José Juan Barea, Puerto Rican-American basketball player

Vinícius Rodrigues Almeida, Brazilian footballer

Kanako Kond?, Japanese voice actress and singer

Michael Jackson, English footballer

Hamílton Hênio Ferreira Calheiros, Togolese footballer

Ry? Fukuda, Japanese race car driver

Pommie Mbangwa, Zimbabwean cricketer and sportscaster

Chris Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player

Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper and police officer

Adam Ndlovu, Zimbabwean footballer

Sean Hayes, American actor

Paul Bitok, Kenyan runner

Geir Moen, Norwegian sprinter

Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer

Harriet Wheeler, English singer-songwriter

Al Hunter Ashton, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2007)

Patrick Mercer, English colonel and politician

Mick Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Gordon McQueen, Scottish footballer and manager

Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer and manager (d. 2014)

Mary Styles Harris, American biologist and geneticist

Adrian Gurvitz, English singer-songwriter and producer

Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (d. 2015)

Candace Pert, American neuroscientist and pharmacologist (d. 2013)

Zainuddin Maidin, Malaysian politician

Gerald North, American climatologist and academic

Nancy Willard, American author and poet (d. 2017)

Dwight York, American singer

Toru Goto, Japanese swimmer

David Winnick, English politician

Samuel Belzberg, Canadian businessman and philanthropist

Jacob Druckman, American composer and academic (d. 1996)

Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (d. 2011)

Dinu Zamfirescu, Romanian politician

Fernando Mönckeberg Barros, Chilean surgeon

Mahendra Bhatnagar, Indian poet

Jean Frydman, French resistant and businessman

Pavel Belyayev, Russian soldier, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1970)

Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher and author (d. 2010)

Franz-Paul Decker, German conductor (d. 2014)

Enzo Apicella, English artist, cartoonist, designer, and restaurateur (d. 2018)

Walter Farley, American author (d. 1989)

Robert Everett, American computer scientist (d. 2018)

Donald M. Ashton, English art director (d. 2004)

George Athan Billias, American historian (d. 2018)

Jimmy Newberry, American pitcher (d. 1983)

Raleigh Rhodes, American combat fighter pilot (d. 2007)

Leo Rosner, Polish-born Austrian Jewish musician (d. 2008)

Giuseppe Taddei, Italian actor and singer (d. 2010)

Charlotte Zolotow, American author and poet (d. 2013)

George Haigh, English professional footballer (d. 2019)

Laurie Lee, English author and poet (d. 1997)

Wolfgang Reitherman, German-American animator, director, and producer (d. 1985)

Lynd Ward, American author and illustrator (d. 1985)

Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (d. 1951)

Big Bill Broonzy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1958)

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)

Ya'akov Cohen, Israeli linguist, poet, and playwright (d. 1960)

Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (d. 1957)

Robert Laird Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1937)

Sam Watkins, American soldier and author (d. 1901)

Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (d. 1767)

Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)