| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
|---|
| 1676 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Robert Walpole |
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1745) |
| 1694 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Elisha Williams |
American rector of Yale College (d. 1755) |
| 1728 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Johann Heinrich Lambert |
German scientist (d. 1777) |
| 1736 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Jean-Baptiste L. Rome de l'Isle |
French chemist (d. 1790) |
| 1740 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Joseph Montgolfier |
French inventor (d. 1810) |
| 1743 |
August 26 |
Monday |
Antoine Lavoisier |
French chemist (d. 1794) |
| 1775 |
August 26 |
Saturday |
William Joseph Behr |
German writer (d. 1851) |
| 1789 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Abbas Mirza |
Prince of Persia (d. 1833) |
| 1792 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Manuel Oribe |
Uruguayan political figure (d. 1857) |
| 1819 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1861) |
| 1845 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Mary Ann Nichols |
English victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888) |
| 1850 |
August 26 |
Monday |
Charles Richet |
French physiologist‚ Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935) |
| 1854 |
August 26 |
Saturday |
Arnold Fothergill |
England cricketer (d. 1932) |
| 1862 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Herbert Booth |
American son of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1926) |
| 1864 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Anna Ulyanova |
older sister of Vladimir Lenin (d. 1935) |
| 1865 |
August 26 |
Saturday |
Arthur James Arnot |
Scottish inventor (d. 1946) |
| 1873 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Lee DeForest |
American inventor (d. 1961) |
| 1874 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Zona Gale |
American novelist (d. 1938) |
| 1875 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
John Buchan |
Scottish novelist‚ Governor General of Canada (d. 1940) |
| 1880 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Guillaume Apollinaire |
French poet and art critic (d. 1918) |
| 1882 |
August 26 |
Saturday |
James Franck |
German-born physicist‚ Nobel laureate (d. 1964) |
| 1885 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Jules Romains |
French author (d. 1972) |
| 1890 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Tommy Andrews |
Australian cricketer (d. 1970) |
| 1894 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Sparky Adams |
Baseball player (d. 1989) |
| 1896 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Ivan Mihailov |
Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1990) |
| 1897 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Yoon Boseon |
President of South Korea (d. 1990) |
| 1898 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Peggy Guggenheim |
American art collector (d. 1979) |
| 1899 |
August 26 |
Saturday |
Rufino Tamayo |
Mexican painter (d. 1991) |
| 1900 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Hellmuth Walter |
German engineer and inventor (d. 1980) |
| 1901 |
August 26 |
Monday |
Hans Kammler |
German engineer and SS officer (disappeared in 1945) |
| 1901 |
August 26 |
Monday |
Maxwell Taylor |
American general (d. 1987) |
| 1901 |
August 26 |
Monday |
Chen Yi |
Chinese communist military commander and politician (d. 1972) |
| 1904 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Christopher Isherwood |
English-born writer (d. 1986) |
| 1906 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Albert Sabin |
American polio researcher (d. 1993) |
| 1908 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
W. B. Henning |
Prussian-born Iranist (d. 1967) |
| 1908 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Aubrey Schenck |
film producer (d. 1999) |
| 1908 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Bill Hunt |
Australian cricketer (d. 1983) |
| 1909 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Jim Davis |
American actor (d. 1981) |
| 1909 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Gene Moore |
baseball player (d. 1978) |
| 1909 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Eric Davies |
South African cricketer (d. 1976) |
| 1910 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Mother Teresa |
Nobel Peace Prize winning Christian missionary (d. 1997) |
| 1914 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Julio Cortazar |
Argentine writer (d. 1984) |
| 1920 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Brant Parker |
American cartoonist (d. 2007) |
| 1920 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Prem Tinsulanonda |
Thai soldier and politician |
| 1921 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Shimshon Amitsur |
Israeli mathematician and Israel Prize recipient (d. 1994) |
| 1921 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Benjamin Bradlee |
American journalist |
| 1922 |
August 26 |
Saturday |
Irving R. Levine |
American journalist (d. 2009) |
| 1923 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Wolfgang Sawallisch |
German conductor and pianist |
| 1924 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Alex Kellner |
baseball player (d. 1996) |
| 1925 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Jack Hirshleifer |
American economist (d. 2005) |
| 1925 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Alain Peyrefitte |
French politician and writer (d. 1999) |
| 1925 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Sangharakshita |
Buddhist Philosopher‚ Founder of the Western Buddhist Order |
| 1927 |
August 26 |
Friday |
B. V. Doshi |
Indian architect |
| 1928 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Peter Appleyard |
Canadian jazz vibraphonist |
| 1928 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Na?m Kattan |
Canadian novelist and essayist |
| 1930 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Joe Solomon |
West Indian cricketer |
| 1932 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Luis Salvadores |
Chilean basketball player. |
| 1934 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Tom Heinsohn |
American basketball player and commentator |
| 1935 |
August 26 |
Monday |
Geraldine Ferraro |
American politician |
| 1936 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Yvette Vickers |
American actress |
| 1938 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Jet Black |
English Drummer‚ one of the founder members of The Stranglers |
| 1939 |
August 26 |
Saturday |
Pinchas Goldstein |
Israeli politician (d. 2007) |
| 1940 |
August 26 |
Monday |
Don LaFontaine |
American voice actor (d. 2008) |
| 1941 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Barbet Schroeder |
Swiss film director |
| 1941 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Chris Curtis |
English singer and drummer (The Searchers) (d. 2005) |
| 1941 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Jane Merrow |
British actress |
| 1941 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Akiko Wakabayashi |
Japanese actress |
| 1942 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Vic Dana |
American singer |
| 1942 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Dennis Turner |
British politician |
| 1944 |
August 26 |
Saturday |
Prince Richard |
British prince |
| 1944 |
August 26 |
Saturday |
Stephen Greif |
English actor |
| 1944 |
August 26 |
Saturday |
Maureen Tucker |
American musician (The Velvet Underground) |
| 1945 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Jo Freeman |
American feminist scholar |
| 1945 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Tom Ridge |
first United States Secretary of Homeland Security |
| 1946 |
August 26 |
Monday |
Valerie Simpson |
American singer |
| 1946 |
August 26 |
Monday |
Mark Snow |
American composer |
| 1946 |
August 26 |
Monday |
Zhou Ji |
Education Minister of the People's Republic of China |
| 1946 |
August 26 |
Monday |
Chantal Renaud |
Quebec singer and actress |
| 1947 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Emiliano Diez |
Cuban actor |
| 1947 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Nicolae Dobrin |
Romanian footballer (d. 2007) |
| 1950 |
August 26 |
Saturday |
Benjamin Hendrickson |
American actor (d. 2006) |
| 1952 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Bryon Baltimore |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1952 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Michael Jeter |
American actor (d. 2003) |
| 1952 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Will Shortz |
American crossword editor |
| 1953 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Pat Sharkey |
Irish footballer |
| 1954 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Efren Reyes |
Filipino pool player |
| 1954 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Steve Wright |
BBC Radio 2 DJ |
| 1956 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Mark Mangino |
American football coach |
| 1956 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Brett Cullen |
American actor |
| 1957 |
August 26 |
Monday |
Dr. Alban |
Nigerian-Swedish singer |
| 1957 |
August 26 |
Monday |
Rick Hansen |
Canadian paraplegic athlete |
| 1958 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Jan Nevens |
Belgian cyclist |
| 1959 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Stan Van Gundy |
American basketball coach |
| 1960 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Branford Marsalis |
American saxophonist and bandleader |
| 1960 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Nancy Martinez |
Canadian-born singer |
| 1960 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Wanda De Jesus |
American actress |
| 1961 |
August 26 |
Saturday |
Daniel Levi |
French singer-songwriter‚ composer and pianist |
| 1961 |
August 26 |
Saturday |
Jeff Parrett |
American baseball player |
| 1962 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Bob Mionske |
American cyclist and attorney |
| 1963 |
August 26 |
Monday |
David Byas |
English cricketer |
| 1965 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Carolina Arregui |
Chilean actress |
| 1965 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Chris Burke |
American actor |
| 1965 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Bobby Duncum‚ Jr. |
wrestler (d. 2000) |
| 1965 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Jon Hensley |
American actor |
| 1966 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Jacques Brinkman |
Dutch field hockey player |
| 1966 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Shirley Manson |
Scottish singer |
| 1966 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Avner Ben-Gal |
Israeli artist and painter |
| 1967 |
August 26 |
Saturday |
Michael Gove |
British politician |
| 1968 |
August 26 |
Monday |
Byron Lawson |
Canadian actor |
| 1970 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Olimpiada Ivanova |
Russian athlete |
| 1970 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Brett Schultz |
South African cricketer |
| 1971 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Thalia |
Mexican singer |
| 1974 |
August 26 |
Monday |
Kelvin Cato |
American basketball player |
| 1975 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Morgan Ensberg |
American baseball player |
| 1975 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Tyler Connolly |
Canadian Singer |
| 1976 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Amaia Montero |
Spanish singer (La Oreja de Van Gogh) |
| 1976 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Zemfira |
Russian singer |
| 1977 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Saeko Chiba |
Japanese seiy? |
| 1977 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Morris Peterson |
American basketball player |
| 1977 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Liam Botham |
Hampshire cricketer and rugby league player |
| 1978 |
August 26 |
Saturday |
Raja Kashif |
Pakistani singer |
| 1979 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Jamal Lewis |
American football player |
| 1979 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Cristian Mora |
Ecuadorian footballer |
| 1979 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Ruben Pazos |
Spanish footballer |
| 1979 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Allison Robertson |
American musician (The Donnas) |
| 1979 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Ya?mur Sar?gl |
Turkish Musician (maNga) |
| 1980 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Macaulay Culkin |
American actor |
| 1980 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Brendan Harris |
American baseball player |
| 1980 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Manolis Papamakarios |
Greek basketball player |
| 1980 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Chris Pine |
American actor |
| 1981 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Tino Best |
West Indian cricketer |
| 1981 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Andreas Glyniadakis |
Greek basketball player |
| 1981 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Demetria McKinney |
American actress |
| 1981 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Vangelis Moras |
Greek footballer |
| 1981 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Jesse Martin |
Australian yachtsman |
| 1981 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Petey Williams |
Canadian professional wrestler |
| 1982 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
David Long |
New Zealand musician |
| 1982 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Noah Welch |
American ice hockey player |
| 1983 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Felix Porteiro |
Spanish racing driver |
| 1985 |
August 26 |
Monday |
Brandon McDonald |
American football player |
| 1986 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Cassie |
American singer |
| 1986 |
August 26 |
Tuesday |
Colin Kazim-Richards |
Turkish footballer |
| 1988 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Elvis Andrus |
Venezuelan baseball player |
| 1988 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Princess Maria Laura of Belgium |
Archduchess of Austria-Este |
| 1988 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Evan Ross |
American actor |
| 1988 |
August 26 |
Friday |
Danielle Savre |
American actress |
| 1990 |
August 26 |
Sunday |
Lil' Chris |
English singer-songwriter and TV personality |
| 1992 |
August 26 |
Wednesday |
Yang Yilin |
Chinese gymnast |
| 1993 |
August 26 |
Thursday |
Keke Palmer |
American actress |
