26 August Births

August 26 is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 127 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).

Births

1469 – Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)
1548 – Bernardino Poccetti, Italian painter (d. 1612)
1582 – Humilis of Bisignano, Italian Franciscan friar and saint (d. 1637)
1596 – Frederick V, Elector Palatine, Bohemian king (d. 1632)
1676 – Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1745)
1694 – Elisha Williams, English colonial minister, academic, and politician (d. 1755)
1695 – Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter (d. 1791)
1728 – Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1777)
1736 – Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist (d. 1790)
1740 – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon (d. 1810)
1743 – Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (d. 1794)
1751 – Manuel Abad y Queipo, Spanish-born Mexican bishop (d. 1825)
1775 – William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (d. 1851)
1792 – Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan soldier and politician, 4th President of Uruguay (d. 1857)
1797 – Saint Innocent of Alaska, Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (d. 1879)
1819 – Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1861)
1854 – Arnold Fothergill, English cricketer (d. 1932)
1856 – Clara Schønfeld, Danish actress (d. 1939)
1862 – Herbert Booth, Canadian songwriter and bandleader (d. 1926)
1865 – Arthur James Arnot, Scottish-Australian engineer, designed the Spencer Street Power Station (d. 1946)
1873 – Lee de Forest, American engineer and academic, invented the Audion tube (d. 1961)
1874 – Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1938)
1875 – John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada (d. 1940)
1880 – Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1918)
1882 – James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
1882 – Sam Hardy, English footballer (d. 1966)
1885 – Jules Romains, French author and poet (d. 1972)
1891 – Acharya Chatursen Shastri, Indian author and playwright (d. 1960)
1894 – Sparky Adams, American baseball player and farmer (d. 1989)
1896 – Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian soldier and politician (d. 1990)
1897 – Yun Posun, South Korean activist and politician, 2nd President of South Korea (d. 1990)
1898 – Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector and philanthropist (d. 1979)
1900 – Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman (d. 1980)
1901 – Eleanor Dark, Australian author and poet (d. 1985)
1901 – Hans Kammler, German SS officer and engineer (d. 1945)
1901 – Jimmy Rushing, American singer and bandleader (d. 1972)
1901 – Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Vietnam (d. 1987)
1901 – Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (d. 1972)
1903 – Caroline Pafford Miller, American author (d. 1992)
1904 – Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (d. 1986)
1904 – Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (d. 1991)
1906 – Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist, developed the polio vaccine (d. 1993)
1908 – Walter Bruno Henning, Prussian-American linguist and scholar (d. 1967)
1908 – Aubrey Schenck, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1999)
1909 – Eric Davies, South African cricketer and educator (d. 1976)
1909 – Jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981)
1909 – Gene Moore, American baseball player (d. 1978)
1910 – Mother Teresa, Macedonian-Indian nun and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1911 – Otto Binder, American author and screenwriter (d. 1974)
1914 – Julio Cortázar, Belgian-Argentinian author and translator (d. 1984)
1914 – Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish soldier and poet (d. 2008)
1915 – Humphrey Searle, English composer and conductor (d. 1982)
1918 – Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician
1919 – Gerard Campbell, American priest and academic (d. 2012)
1920 – Brant Parker, American illustrator (d. 2007)
1920 – Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand
1921 – Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar (d. 1994)
1921 – Benjamin C. Bradlee, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
1922 – Irving R. Levine, American journalist and author (d. 2009)
1923 – Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (d. 2013)
1924 – Alex Kellner, American baseball player (d. 1996)
1925 – Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic (d. 2005)
1925 – Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, Minister of Justice for France (d. 1999)
1925 – Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 2013)
1926 – Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian violinist and educator (d. 1999)
1926 – Robert Vickrey, American painter and author (d. 2011)
1928 – Om Prakash Munjal, Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles (d. 2015)
1929 – Reuben Kamanga, Zambian soldier and politician, 1st Vice President of Zambia (d. 1996)
1930 – Joe Solomon, Guyanese cricketer and coach
1931 – Kálmán Markovits, Hungarian water polo player (d. 2009)
1932 – Luis Salvadores Salvi, Chilean basketball player (d. 2014)
1934 – Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1934 – Kevin Ryan, Australian rugby player, coach, lawyer and politician
1935 – Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
1935 – Karen Spärck Jones, English computer scientist and academic (d. 2007)
1936 – Benedict Anderson, American political scientist and academic (d. 2015)
1937 – Don Bowman, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1938 – Jet Black, English drummer
1939 – Pinchas Goldstein, Israeli businessman and politician (d. 2007)
1939 – Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazilian banker and financier
1940 – Michael Cockerell, English journalist
1940 – Vic Dana, American dancer and singer
1940 – Don LaFontaine, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1940 – Nik Turner, English musician and songwriter (Hawkwind)
1941 – Chris Curtis, English drummer and singer (The Searchers) (d. 2005)
1941 – Jane Merrow, English actress, producer, and screenwriter
1941 – Barbet Schroeder, French-Swiss director and producer
1942 – Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston, English lawyer and politician
1943 – Dori Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944 – Alan Parker, English guitarist and songwriter
1944 – Judith Rees, English geographer and academic
1944 – Maureen Tucker, American singer-songwriter and drummer
1945 – Tom Ridge, American sergeant and politician, 1st Secretary of Homeland Security
1946 – Zhou Ji, Chinese engineer and politician, 14th Chinese Minister of Education
1946 – Valerie Simpson, American singer-songwriter
1946 – Alison Steadman, English actress
1947 – Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (d. 2007)
1949 – Allahshukur Pashazadeh, Azerbaijani cleric
1949 – Leon Redbone, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1951 – Gerd Bonk, German weightlifter (d. 2014)
1951 – Edward Witten, American physicist and academic
1952 – Bryon Baltimore, Canadian ice hockey player
1952 – Michael Jeter, American actor (d. 2003)
1952 – Will Shortz, American journalist and puzzle creator
1953 – Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer
1954 – Howard Clark, English golfer and sportscaster
1954 – Tracy Krohn, American race car driver and businessman
1954 – Hugh Pelham, British academic and educator
1955 – Ian Dejardin, English historian and curator
1955 – Giuseppe Resnati, Italian chemist and educator
1956 – Sally Beamish, English viola player and composer
1956 – Mark Mangino, American football player and coach
1957 – Nikky Finney, American poet and academic
1958 – Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist
1959 – Oliver Colvile, English lawyer and politician
1959 – Stan Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
1960 – Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
1961 – Daniel Lévi, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and pianist
1961 – Jeff Parrett, American baseball player
1962 – Roger Kingdom, American hurdler
1963 – David Byas, English cricketer and umpire
1963 – Stephen J. Dubner, American journalist and author
1963 – Patrice Oppliger, American author, critic, and academic
1964 – Allegra Huston, English-American author and screenwriter
1964 – Bobby Jurasin, American-Canadian football player and coach
1964 – Chad Kreuter, American baseball player and manager
1964 – Zadok Malka, Israeli footballer and manager
1964 – Torsten Schmitz, German boxer
1964 – Carsten Wolf, German cyclist
1965 – Marcus du Sautoy, English mathematician and academic
1966 – Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player and coach
1966 – Shirley Manson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
1966 – René Higuita, Colombian footballer
1967 – Michael Gove, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Education
1968 – Chris Boardman, English cyclist
1969 – Adrian Young, American drummer and songwriter (No Doubt)
1970 – Jason Little, Australian rugby player
1970 – Melissa McCarthy, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – Brett Schultz, South African cricketer
1971 – Thalía, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and actress
1973 – Richard Evatt, English boxer (d. 2012)
1974 – Kelvin Cato, American basketball player and coach
1975 – Morgan Ensberg, American baseball player and coach
1976 – Amaia Montero, Spanish singer-songwriter
1977 – Therese Alshammar, Swedish swimmer
1977 – Liam Botham, English rugby player and cricketer
1977 – Saeko Chiba, Japanese voice actress and singer
1977 – Simone Motta, Italian footballer
1979 – Jamal Lewis, American football player
1979 – Cristian Mora, Ecuadorian footballer
1979 – Rubén Arriaza Pazos, Spanish footballer
1980 – Macaulay Culkin, American actor
1980 – Brendan Harris, American baseball player
1980 – Manolis Papamakarios, Greek basketball player
1980 – Chris Pine, American actor
1981 – Tino Best, Barbadian cricketer
1981 – Sebastian Bönig, German footballer
1981 – Andreas Glyniadakis, Greek basketball player
1981 – Vangelis Moras, Greek footballer
1981 – Petey Williams, Canadian wrestler
1982 – Angelo Iorio, Italian footballer
1982 – John Mulaney, American comedian, actor, writer, and producer
1982 – Jayson Nix, American baseball player
1982 – Noah Welch, American ice hockey player
1983 – Mattia Cassani, Italian footballer
1983 – Félix Porteiro, Spanish race car driver
1985 – Oleksiy Kasyanov, Ukrainian decathlete
1985 – Brandon McDonald, American football player
1985 – David Price, American baseball player
1986 – Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer
1986 – Colin Kazim-Richards, Turkish footballer
1987 – Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1988 – Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player
1988 – Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 – Lars Stindl, German football player
1989 – James Harden, American basketball player
1991 – Dylan O'Brien, American actor
1990 – Mateo Musacchio, Argentinian footballer
1993 – Keke Palmer, American singer-songwriter, presenter and television personality

Source: wikipedia