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August 26 birthdays

260 notable historical figures were born on August 26, and 176 died on this day. Everyone born on August 26 is a Virgo.

18% of August 26 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (76) than any other country.

Born on August 26

• Mother Teresa (1910 to 1997. Albanian-Indian Catholic saint (1910–1997))
• Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819 to 1861. Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861)
• Katherine Johnson (1918 to 2020. American mathematician (1918–2020))
• Michael Jeter (1952 to 2003. American actor (1952–2003))
• Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (born 1944. British prince (born 1944))
• Antoine Lavoisier (1743 to 1794. French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794))
• Robert Walpole (1676 to 1745. Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1721 to 1742)
• Michael Gove (born 1967. British politician and journalist (born 1967))
• Edward Witten (born 1951. American theoretical physicist)
• Julio Cortázar (1914 to 1984. Argentine writer (1914–1984))
• Francis de Sales (1567 to 1622. Bishop of Geneva and Catholic saint (1567–1622))
• Guillaume Apollinaire (1880 to 1918. French poet and writer (1880–1918))
• John Buchan (1875 to 1940. Scottish author and statesman (1875–1940))
• Maxwell D. Taylor (1901 to 1987. United States Army general (1901–1987))
• Frederick V (1596 to 1632. Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia (1596–1632))
• Prem Tinsulanonda (1920 to 2019. Prime Minister of Thailand from 1980 to 1988)
• Christopher Rufo (born 1984. American conservative activist (born 1984))
• Mohammad Mustafa (politician) (born 1954. Prime Minister of Palestine)
• Yun Po-sun (1897 to 1990. President of South Korea from 1960 to 1962)
• Lee de Forest (1873 to 1961. American inventor (1873–1961))
• James Franck (1882 to 1964. German–American physicist (1882–1964))
• Chris Pine (born 1980. American actor (born 1980))
• Kamil Idris (born 1954. Prime Minister of Sudan since 2025)
• Joe Engle (1932 to 2024. American astronaut (1932–2024))
• Hugo Duminil-Copin (born 1985. French mathematician)
• B. V. Doshi (1927 to 2023. Indian architect (1927–2023))
• Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728 to 1777. Swiss polymath (1728–1777))
• Ron Huldai (born 1944. Israeli politician (born 1944))
• Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco (born 1962. Daughter of King Hassan II)
• Michel Micombero (1940 to 1983. 1st President of Burundi (1966–76))
• Thalía (born 1971. Mexican singer and actress (born 1971))
• Charles Richet (1850 to 1935. French physiologist, Nobel laureate and spiritualist (1850–1935))
• Macaulay Culkin (born 1980. American actor and musician (born 1980))
• Dan Cruickshank (born 1949. British art historian and television presenter (born 1949))
• Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826 to 1875. German princess and writer)
• Dany Chamoun (1934 to 1990. Lebanese politician (1934–1990))
• Kwadwo Safo Kantanka (1948 to 2025. Ghanaian businessman (1948–2025))
• Alexei Kitaev (born 1963. Russian-American physicist (born 1963))
• Otto Binder (1911 to 1974. American writer (1911–1974))
• Nichi Vendola (born 1958. Italian writer and politician)
• Ted Rall (born 1963. American cartoonist, born 1963)
• Edward Lowassa (1953 to 2024. Tanzanian politician (1953–2024))
• David Begelman (1921 to 1995. American film producer)
• Magnus, Duke of Holstein (1540 to 1583. Danish prince, Prince-bishop of Ösel, King of Livonia)
• Karen Spärck Jones (1935 to 2007. British computer scientist (1935–2007))
• Melissa McCarthy (born 1970. American actress (born 1970))
• James Harden (born 1989. American basketball player (born 1989))
• Xuyun (1840 to 1959. Chinese Chan Buddhist master and teacher)
• Rukmini Sukarno (1942 to 2009. Daughter of Indonesian president Sukarno)
• Manuel Oribe (1792 to 1857. 2nd President of Uruguay (1835–38))
• Eva Baltasar (born 1978. Spanish poet and writer)
• Jan de Quay (1901 to 1985. Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1959 to 1963)
• Keke Palmer (born 1993. American actress, singer, and television host (born 1993))
• Valeri Bganba (born 1953. Abkhazian politician (born 1953))
• Humphrey Searle (1915 to 1982. English composer (1915–1982))
• Patrick Devedjian (1944 to 2020. French politician (1944–2020))
• Hale Woodruff (1900 to 1980. African American artist)
• Richard Lerner (1938 to 2021. American research chemist (1938–2021))
• Antoine Christophe Saliceti (1757 to 1809. French politician)
• Juan Federico Ponce Vaides (1889 to 1956. President of Guatemala from July 1944 until his popular overthrow in October 1944)

Died on August 26

• Charles Lindbergh (1902 to 1974. American aviator (1902–1974))
• Louis Philippe I (1773 to 1850. King of the French from 1830 to 1848)
• William James (1842 to 1910. American philosopher and psychologist (1842–1910))
• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632 to 1723. Dutch microbiologist (1632–1723))
• Sid Eudy (1960 to 2024. American actor and professional wrestler (1960–2024))
• Neil Simon (1927 to 2018. American playwright, writer, and academic (1927–2018))
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 to 1958. English composer (1872–1958))
• John of Bohemia (1296 to 1346. King of Bohemia from 1310 to 1346)
• Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233 to 1278. King of Bohemia from 1253 to 1278)
• Alessandro Cagliostro (1743 to 1795. Italian occultist (1743–1795))
• A. K. Hangal (1915 to 2012. Indian freedom fighter and actor (1914–2012))
• Anne Marie of Orléans (1669 to 1728. Queen of Sardinia and Duchess of Savoy)
• Franz Werfel (1890 to 1945. Czech writer (1890–1945))
• Ransom E. Olds (1864 to 1950. American businessman (1864–1950))
• Ellie Greenwich (1940 to 2009. American singer-songwriter (1940–2009))
• António, Prior of Crato (1531 to 1595. King of Portugal (disputed) in 1580)
• Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879 to 1962. Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962))
• Lynden Pindling (1930 to 2000. Bahamian politician (1930–2000))
• Friedrich Miescher (1844 to 1895. Swiss biochemist (1843–1895))
• George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716 to 1785. British Army officer and politician (1716–1785))
• Zara Yaqob (1399 to 1468. Emperor of Ethiopia from 1434 to 1468)
• Ernest I (1441 to 1486. Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486)
• Ismail al-Azhari (1901 to 1969. President of Sudan from 1965 to 1969)
• John XVI (1000 to 1001. Priest, chaplain, bishop and antipope (c.945-c.1001))
• Frederick Reines (1918 to 1998. American physicist (1918–1998))
• Gaston Thorn (1928 to 2007. Luxembourgish and international politician (1928–2007))
• Hamaguchi Osachi (1870 to 1931. Japanese politician)
• James III of Cyprus (1473 to 1474. King of Cyprus from 1473 to 1474)
• Petrus Ramus (1515 to 1572. French philosopher (1515–1572))
• Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan (1670 to 1739. Nawab of Bengal from 1727 to 1739)

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