History Births on May 26
Olcay ?ahan, Turkish footballer
#Olcay_?ahan
Caitlín R. Kiernan, Irish-American paleontologist and author
#Caitlín_R._Kiernan
Elisabeth Harnois, American actress
#Elisabeth_Harnois
Philippe de Champaigne, Dutch-French painter (d. 1674)
#Philippe_de_Champaigne
Arto Bryggare, Finnish hurdler and politician
#Arto_Bryggare
Roy Dotrice, English actor (d. 2017)
#Roy_Dotrice
Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (d. 1955)
#Adolfo_de_la_Huerta
François Legault, Canadian businessman and politician
#François_Legault
Andrea Catellani, Italian footballer
#Andrea_Catellani
Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1603)
#Mehmed_III
Dan Sarginson, Australian-English rugby league player
#Dan_Sarginson
Josh Thomas, Australian comedian and actor
#Josh_Thomas_(comedian)
David Meece, American singer-songwriter and pianist
#David_Meece
Peggy Lee, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2002)
#Peggy_Lee
Imants Kalni?š, Latvian composer
#Imants_Kalni?š
Will Chambers, Australian rugby league player
#Will_Chambers
Justin Pierre, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
#Justin_Pierre
Katerine Savard, Canadian swimmer
#Katerine_Savard
Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player and sportscaster
#Cliff_Drysdale
Isaac Slade, American singer-songwriter and pianist
#Isaac_Slade
Zola Budd, South African runner
#Zola_Budd
Raina Telgemeier, American author and cartoonist
#Raina_Telgemeier
Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
#Fernando_León_de_Aranoa
Lenny Kravitz, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor
#Lenny_Kravitz
Michel Tornéus, Swedish long jumper
#Michel_Tornéus
Roberto Ravaglia, Italian race car driver
#Roberto_Ravaglia
Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (d. 1760)
#Nicolaus_Zinzendorf
Ashley Vincent, English footballer
#Ashley_Vincent
Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (d. 1980)
#Jay_Silverheels
Mary of Teck, English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)
#Mary_of_Teck
Levon Helm, American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (d. 2012)
#Levon_Helm
Fiona Shackleton, English lawyer
#Fiona_Shackleton
William Petty, English economist and philosopher (d. 1687)
#William_Petty
Peter Cushing, English actor (d. 1994)
#Peter_Cushing
Luca Toni, Italian footballer
#Luca_Toni
Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
#Diomedes_Díaz
Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1994)
#Matt_Busby
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
#Frederik,_Crown_Prince_of_Denmark
Ben Zobrist, American baseball player
#Ben_Zobrist
Jimmy Vesey, American ice hockey player
#Jimmy_Vesey
Hasan Kabze, Turkish footballer
#Hasan_Kabze
Percy Perrin, English cricketer (d. 1945)
#Percy_Perrin
Antonio Barrette, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (d. 1968)
#Antonio_Barrette
Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1754)
#Abraham_de_Moivre
Eero Loone, Estonian philosopher and academic
#Eero_Loone
Pam Grier, American actress
#Pam_Grier
Romas Ubartas, Lithuanian discus thrower
#Romas_Ubartas
Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (d. 1722)
#Sébastien_Vaillant
James Arness, American actor (d. 2011)
#James_Arness
Sam Posey, American race car driver and journalist
#Sam_Posey
Robert Copeland, Australian footballer
#Robert_Copeland
Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian gymnast and coach
#Neshka_Robeva
Imi Lichtenfeld, Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast (d. 1998)
#Imi_Lichtenfeld
Claude Legault, Canadian actor and screenwriter
#Claude_Legault
Monika Christodoulou, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Monika_Christodoulou
August Kopisch, German poet and painter (d. 1853)
#August_Kopisch
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (d. 1722)
#John_Churchill,_1st_Duke_of_Marlborough
Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese-American chef
#Masaharu_Morimoto
János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1989)
#János_Kádár
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (d. 1762)
#Lady_Mary_Wortley_Montagu
Damian Williams, American football player
#Damian_Williams_(wide_receiver)
Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)
#Miles_Davis
Stephen Curry, Australian comedian and actor
#Stephen_Curry_(comedian)
Paul E. Patton, American politician, 59th Governor of Kentucky
#Paul_E._Patton
Henry Holland, English fashion designer
#Henry_Holland_(fashion_designer)
Denis Lebel, Canadian businessman and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Transport
#Denis_Lebel
Joel Selwood, Australian footballer
#Joel_Selwood
Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator (d. 1933)
#Robert_W._Chambers
Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (d. 1969)
#Adolfo_López_Mateos
Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, Canadian academic and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
#Monique_Gagnon-Tremblay
Robert Morley, English actor (d. 1992)
#Robert_Morley
Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and assisted suicide activist (d. 2011)
#Jack_Kevorkian
Aldrich Ames, American CIA officer and criminal
#Aldrich_Ames
Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian author and playwright
#Lyudmila_Petrushevskaya
Paul Collingwood, English cricketer and coach
#Paul_Collingwood
Mehmet Okur, Turkish basketball player
#Mehmet_Okur
Demy de Zeeuw, Dutch footballer
#Demy_de_Zeeuw
Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1993)
#Mick_Ronson
Margaret Colin, American actress
#Margaret_Colin
Brent Musburger, American sportscaster
#Brent_Musburger
Alan Hollinghurst, English novelist, poet, short story writer, and translator
#Alan_Hollinghurst
Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (d. 1965)
#Dorothea_Lange
David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate, English politician
#David_Stevens,_Baron_Stevens_of_Ludgate
Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer, developed the first wiki
#Ward_Cunningham
Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
#Lars_Frölander
Karin Juel, Swedish singer, actor, and writer (d. 1976)
#Karin_Juel
Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2012)
#Vilasrao_Deshmukh
Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (d. 1965)
#Christfried_Burmeister
Jason Manford, English actor, screenwriter, and television host
#Jason_Manford
Nathan Merritt, Australian rugby league player
#Nathan_Merritt
Neil Parish, English politician
#Neil_Parish
Lauryn Hill, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
#Lauryn_Hill
Michael Portillo, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
#Michael_Portillo
Manorama, Indian actress and singer (d. 2015)
#Manorama_(Tamil_actress)
John Baird, Canadian politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
#John_Baird_(Canadian_politician)
Paula Findlay, Canadian triathlete
#Paula_Findlay
Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (d. 2005)
#Maurice_Baquet
John Wayne, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1979)
#John_Wayne
Natalya Nazarova, Russian sprinter
#Natalya_Nazarova
Ba U, 2nd President of Burma (d. 1963)
#Ba_U
Jeremy Corbyn, British journalist and politician
#Jeremy_Corbyn
Genie Francis, Canadian-American actress
#Genie_Francis
Catherine Sauvage, French singer and actress (d. 1998)
#Catherine_Sauvage
Mary Nightingale, English journalist
#Mary_Nightingale
Inge Borkh, German soprano (d. 2018)
#Inge_Borkh
Amanda Bauer, American astronomer and academic
#Amanda_Bauer
Louis-Jean Cormier, Canadian singer and songwriter
#Louis-Jean_Cormier
Erica Terpstra, Dutch swimmer, journalist, and politician
#Erica_Terpstra
Josef Manger, German weightlifter (d. 1991)
#Josef_Manger
Carmen Montejo, Cuban-Mexican actress (d. 2013)
#Carmen_Montejo
Curtis Rona, New Zealand rugby league player
#Curtis_Rona
Nikos Chatzivrettas, Greek basketball player
#Nikos_Chatzivrettas
Jack Cheetham, South African cricketer (d. 1980)
#Jack_Cheetham
Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
#Frankie_Manning
Edmond de Goncourt, French author and critic, founded the Académie Goncourt (d. 1896)
#Edmond_de_Goncourt
Simon Armitage, English poet, playwright and novelist
#Simon_Armitage
Necip Faz?l K?sakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1983)
#Necip_Faz?l_K?sakürek
Tarsem Singh, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
#Tarsem_Singh
Black, English singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
#Black_(singer)
James III, margrave of Baden-Hachberg (d. 1590)
#James_III,_Margrave_of_Baden-Hachberg
Karin Ekelund, Swedish actress (d. 1976)
#Karin_Ekelund
Hank Williams Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Hank_Williams_Jr.
Al Jolson, American singer and actor (d. 1950)
#Al_Jolson
Fabio Firmani, Italian footballer
#Fabio_Firmani
Anne McGuire, Scottish educator and politician
#Anne_McGuire
Matt Stone, American actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, and composer
#Matt_Stone
Kay Hagan, American lawyer and politician
#Kay_Hagan
Kenny Florian, American mixed martial artist and sportscaster
#Kenny_Florian
Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer (d. 1971)
#Paul_Lukas
Dan Parks, Australian-Scottish rugby player
#Dan_Parks
Stevie Nicks, American singer-songwriter
#Stevie_Nicks
Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (d. 1946)
#Mamie_Smith
Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer (d. 1917)
#Bob_Fitzsimmons
Clement VII, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1534)
#Pope_Clement_VII
Ramón Calderón, Spanish lawyer and businessman
#Ramón_Calderón
Paul Stoddart, Australian businessman
#Paul_Stoddart
Ah Young, South Korean singer and actress
#Ah_Young
Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut, founded Sally Ride Science (d. 2012)
#Sally_Ride
George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1961)
#George_Formby
Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (d. 2014)
#Jacques_Bergerac
Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
#Helena_Bonham_Carter
Garry Peterson, Canadian-American drummer
#Garry_Peterson
Wesley Walker, American football player and educator
#Wesley_Walker
Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor, director, and screenwriter
#Bobcat_Goldthwait
Herb Trimpe, American author and illustrator (d. 2015)
#Herb_Trimpe