26 October Births

Published : 26 Oct 2016, 18:31

Jagoroniya Desk

October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 66 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).

1416 – Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1490)
1427 – Sigismund, Archduke of Austria (d. 1496)
1474 – Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)
1491 – Zhengde Emperor of China (d. 1521)
1529 – Anna of Hesse (d. 1591)
1564 – Hans Leo Hassler German organist and composer (d. 1612)
1609 – William Sprague, English-American settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)
1673 – Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian geographer, historian, and philosopher (d. 1723)
1684 – Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (d. 1757)
1685 – Domenico Scarlatti, Italian harpsichord player and composer (d. 1757)
1694 – Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer and academic (d. 1758)
1747 – Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1804)
1757 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1823)
1759 – Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (d. 1794)
1768 – Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (d. 1844)
1794 – Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (d. 1881)
1795 – Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (d. 1872)
1797 – Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (d. 1865)
1799 – Margaret Agnes Bunn, Scottish actress (d. 1883)
1800 – Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (d. 1891)
1802 – Miguel I of Portugal (d. 1866)
1803 – Joseph Hansom, English architect and publisher, designed Birmingham Town Hall (d. 1882)
1842 – Vasily Vereshchagin, Russian soldier and painter (d. 1904)
1849 – Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (d. 1917)
1850 – Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (d. 1909)
1854 – C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (d. 1914)
1860 – Frank Eaton, American marshal and author (d. 1958)
1865 – Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912)
1869 – Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (d. 1957)
1871 – Guillermo Kahlo, German-Mexican photographer (d. 1941)
1873 – A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Pakistani Minister of Interior (d. 1962)
1873 – Thorvald Stauning, Danish union leader and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942)
1874 – Martin Lowry, English chemist and academic (d. 1936)
1874 – Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American philanthropist, founded the Museum of Modern Art (d. 1948)
1880 – Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1934)
1881 – Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (d. 1963)
1883 – Napoleon Hill, American philosopher and author (d. 1970)
1883 – Paul Pilgrim, American runner (d. 1958)
1884 – William Hogenson, American sprinter (d. 1965)
1890 – Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician (d. 1931)
1893 – Miloš Crnjanski, Serbian poet and author (d. 1977)
1899 – Judy Johnson, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
1902 – Beryl Markham, Kenyan horse trainer and author (d. 1986)
1902 – Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (d. 1994)
1902 – Henrietta Hill Swope, American astronomer and academic (d. 1980)
1903 – Mahn Ba Khaing, Burmese politician (d. 1947)
1905 – George Bernard Flahiff, Canadian cardinal (d. 1989)
1906 – Primo Carnera, Italian boxer and actor (d. 1967)
1909 – Ignace Lepp, French psychologist and author (d. 1966)
1909 – Dante Quinterno, Argentinian author and illustrator (d. 2003)
1910 – John Krol, American cardinal (d. 1996)
1911 – Sid Gillman, American football player and coach (d. 2003)
1911 – Mahalia Jackson, American singer and actress (d. 1972)
1911 – Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet and educator (d. 1996)
1912 – Don Siegel, American director and producer (d. 1991)
1913 – Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)
1914 – Jackie Coogan, American actor and director (d. 1984)
1915 – Ray Crawford, American racing driver, fighter ace, test pilot, and businessman (d. 1996)
1915 – Joe Fry, English racing driver (d. 1950)
1916 – François Mitterrand, French lawyer and politician, 21st President of France (d. 1996)
1916 – Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (d. 1942)
1918 – Diana Serra Cary, American actress and author
1919 – Princess Ashraf of Iran (d. 2016)
1919 – Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (d. 2010)
1919 – Edward Brooke, American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General (d. 2015)
1919 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (d. 1980)
1920 – Sarah Lee Lippincott, American astronomer and academic
1921 – Joe Fulks, American basketball player
1922 – Madelyn Dunham, American grandmother of Barack Obama (d. 2008)
1922 – Fred Wood, English actor
1923 – Robert Hinde, English zoologist and academic
1924 – Shaw Taylor, English actor and television host (d. 2015)
1925 – Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor, painter, and author (d. 2007)
1926 – Panos Gavalas, Greek singer (d. 1988)
1927 – Warne Marsh, American saxophonist (Supersax) (d. 1987)
1928 – Francisco Solano López, Argentinian illustrator (d. 2011)
1929 – Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (d. 2000)
1933 – Takis Kanellopoulos, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1933 – Andrew P. O'Rourke, American judge and politician (d. 2013)
1934 – Hot Rod Hundley, American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1934 – Hans-Joachim Roedelius, German keyboard player and producer
1935 – Mike Gray, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1935 – Gloria Conyers Hewitt, American mathematician and academic
1936 – Shelley Morrison, American actress
1936 – György Pauk, Hungarian violinist and educator
1936 – Etelka Kenéz Heka, Hungarian writer, poet and singer
1940 – Eddie Henderson, American trumpet player and educator
1940 – John Horgan, Irish academic and politician
1941 – Steven Kellogg, American author and illustrator
1941 – Charlie Landsborough, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Bob Hoskins, English actor, singer, and director (d. 2014)
1942 – Milton Nascimento, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Clube da Esquina)
1942 – Zdenko Runjić, Croatian songwriter and producer (d. 2004)
1942 – Jonathan Williams, English race car driver and pilot (d. 2014)
1944 – Jim McCann, Irish singer and guitarist (The Dubliners and The Ludlows) (d. 2015)
1945 – Pat Conroy, American author (d. 2016)
1945 – Demetris Th. Gotsis, Greek poet and author
1945 – Nancy Davis Griffeth, American computer scientist and academic
1945 – Jaclyn Smith, American actress and producer
1946 – Kevin Barron, English electrician and politician
1946 – Keith Hopwood, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1946 – Pat Sajak, American journalist, actor, and game show host
1946 – Holly Woodlawn, Puerto Rican-American actress (d. 2015)
1947 – Ricardo Asch, Argentinian gynecologist and endocrinologist
1947 – Ian Ashley, German-English race car driver
1947 – Hillary Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 67th United States Secretary of State & 44th First Lady of the United States
1947 – Reg Empey, Northern Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast
1947 – Trevor Joyce, Irish poet and scholar
1947 – Kenzo Kitakata, Japanese author
1948 – Toby Harrah, American baseball player and coach
1949 – Antonio Carpio, Filipino lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
1949 – Steve Rogers, American baseball player
1949 – Kevin Sullivan, American wrestler and booker
1951 – Bootsy Collins, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1951 – Tommy Mars, American keyboard player
1951 – Julian Schnabel, American painter, director, and screenwriter
1952 – Bobby Bandiera, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Edward Garnier, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales
1952 – Andrew Motion, English poet and author
1952 – David Was, American singer-songwriter and producer (Was (Not Was))
1953 – Tim Hely Hutchinson, English publisher
1953 – Joe Meriweather, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1953 – Keith Strickland, American guitarist and songwriter
1954 – Vasilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer
1954 – Adam Mars-Jones, English author and critic
1954 – D. W. Moffett, American actor and director
1956 – Stephen Gumley, Australian engineer and businessman
1956 – Rita Wilson, American actress and producer
1957 – Bob Golic, American football player and radio host
1958 – Shaun Woodward, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1959 – Brian Bovell, English actor
1959 – Paul Farmer, American anthropologist and physician
1959 – Evo Morales, Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th President of Bolivia
1960 – Patrick Breen, American actor and screenwriter
1961 – Gerald Malloy, American lawyer and politician
1961 – Dylan McDermott, American actor
1961 – Stacy Schiff, American author and critic
1961 – Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenyan President
1962 – Cary Elwes, English actor and producer
1963 – Ted Demme, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2002)
1963 – Natalie Merchant, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1964 – Tom Cavanagh, Canadian actor and producer
1965 – Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress and producer
1965 – Ken Rutherford, New Zealand cricketer
1966 – Sverre Gjørvad, Norwegian drummer and composer
1966 – Masaharu Iwata, Japanese keyboard player and composer
1965 – Judge Jules, English DJ, producer, and lawyer
1966 – Steve Valentine, Scottish actor and singer
1966 – Jeanne Zelasko, American journalist and sportscaster
1967 – Douglas Alexander, Scottish lawyer and politician, former Minister of State for Europe
1967 – Keith Urban, New Zealand-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Miyuki Imori, Japanese actress and singer
1970 – Dian Bachar, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1970 – Lisa Ryder, Canadian actress
1971 – Jim Butcher, American author
1971 – Audley Harrison, English boxer
1971 – Ronnie Irani, English cricketer
1971 – Anthony Rapp, American actor and singer
1972 – Matsuko Deluxe, Japanese journalist and author
1972 – Daniel Elena, Monegasque race car driver
1973 – Austin Healey, English rugby player and sportscaster
1973 – Seth MacFarlane, American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Taka Michinoku, Japanese wrestler and trainer
1975 – Ivo Posti, Estonian tenor and educator
1976 – Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish ice hockey player
1976 – Shinji Takao, Japanese Go player
1977 – Jon Heder, American actor and producer
1978 – Sari Abacha, Nigerian footballer (d. 2013)
1978 – Jimmy Aggrey, English footballer and actor
1978 – Eva Kaili, Greek journalist and politician
1978 – CM Punk, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
1978 – Dave Zastudil, American football player
1979 – Movsar Barayev, Chechen militia leader (d. 2002)
1979 – Josh Portman, American guitarist
1980 – Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer
1980 – Claire Cooper, English actress
1980 – Koichi Watanabe, Japanese kick-boxer
1981 – Sam Brown, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1981 – Martina Schild, Swiss skier
1981 – Guy Sebastian, Malaysian-Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1981 – Chou Ssu-Chi, Taiwanese baseball player
1982 – Nicola Adams, English boxer
1982 – Adam Carroll, Irish race car driver
1982 – Niña Dolino, Filipino actress
1983 – Francisco Liriano, Dominican baseball player
1983 – Dmitri Sychev, Russian footballer
1983 – Luke Watson, South African rugby player
1984 – Sasha Cohen, American figure skater
1984 – Adriano Correia, Brazilian footballer
1984 – Mathieu Crépel, French snowboarder
1984 – Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
1984 – Amanda Overmyer, American singer-songwriter
1985 – Asin, Indian model and actress
1985 – Soko, French singer-songwriter and actress
1985 – Andrea Bargnani, Italian basketball player
1985 – Kafoumba Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer
1985 – Monta Ellis, American basketball player
1985 – Kieran Read, New Zealand rugby player
1986 – Ibor Bakar, French footballer
1986 – Emilia Clarke, English actress
1986 – Jakub Rzeźniczak, Polish footballer
1986 – Marco Ruben, Argentinian footballer
1986 – Schoolboy Q, German-American rapper
1987 – Abudramae Bamba, Ivorian footballer
1987 – Shawn Lauvao, American football player
1988 – Greg Zuerlein, American figure skater
1989 – Emil Sayfutdinov, Russian motorcycle racer
1990 – Mark Swanepoel, South African rugby player
1991 – Riho Iida, Japanese model and actress
1994 – Waqa Blake, Fijian rugby league player
1994 – Allie DeBerry, American model and actress
1996 – Rebecca Tunney, English gymnast

Source: Wikipedia

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