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December 26 birthdays

254 notable historical figures were born on December 26, and 209 died on this day. Everyone born on December 26 is a Capricorn.

20% of December 26 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (51) than any other country.

Born on December 26

• Jared Leto (born 1971. American actor and musician (born 1971))
• Mao Zedong (1893 to 1976. Leader of China from 1949 to 1976)
• Charles Babbage (1791 to 1871. English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871))
• Frederick II (1194 to 1250. Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 to 1250)
• Henry Miller (1891 to 1980. American novelist (1891–1980))
• Anne Heath Widmark (1914 to 2008. American actor and producer (1914–2008))
• Udham Singh (1899 to 1940. Indian revolutionary (1899–1940))
• José Ramos-Horta (born 1949. President of East Timor (2007–2012; since 2022))
• Byron Howard (born 1968. American filmmaker (born 1968))
• John Horton Conway (1937 to 2020. English mathematician (1937–2020))
• Mary Somerville (1780 to 1872. Scottish scientist (1780–1872))
• Gnassingbé Eyadéma (1935 to 2005. President of Togo from 1967 to 2005)
• Leonel Fernández (born 1953. President of the Dominican Republic (1996–2000; 2004–2012))
• Jason Hickel (born 1982. Economic anthropologist (born 1982))
• Toomas Hendrik Ilves (born 1953. President of Estonia from 2006 to 2016)
• Baba Amte (1914 to 2008. Indian social worker, reformer and activist (1914–2008))
• Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse (1777 to 1848. Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1830 to 1848)
• José Horacio Gómez (born 1951. Archbishop of Los Angeles (born 1951))
• Kit Harington (born 1986. British actor (born 1986))
• Richard Swinburne (born 1934. English philosopher and Christian apologist (born 1934))
• Hugo Lloris (born 1986. French footballer (born 1986))
• Aaron Ramsey (born 1990. Welsh former footballer (born 1990))
• William Boyd Dawkins (1837 to 1929. Welsh geologist, paleontologist and archaeologist (1838–1929))
• Julie Clary (1771 to 1845. Queen of Naples (1806–08) and Spain (1808–13))
• Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618 to 1680. Princess-Abbess of Herford Abbey from 1667 to 1680)
• Natalia Revuelta Clews (1925 to 2015. Cuban socialite (1925-2015))
• Bahram Beyzai (1938 to 2025. Iranian playwright, theatre director and screenwriter (1938–2025))
• Bob Flanagan (performance artist) (1952 to 1996. American writer, poet, musician, performance artist, and comic)
• Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy (1914 to 2001. Former Italian princess)
• Jaswant Singh of Marwar (1626 to 1678. Maharaja of Marwar from 1638 to 1678)
• Gyula Gömbös (1886 to 1936. Prime Minister of Hungary from 1932 to 1936)
• ʻAisake Eke (born 1960. Prime Minister of Tonga in 2025)
• Volker Kutscher (born 1962. German novelist)
• Frank Broyles (1924 to 2017. American college football coach, college athletic director (1924–2017))
• Edward C. Prescott (1940 to 2022. American economist and Nobel Laureate (1940–2022))
• Madelung, Wilferd (1930 to 2023. German-American scholar of Islamic history (1930–2023))
• Tom Howe (musician) (born 1977. British musician (born 1977))
• Raja Pervez Ashraf (born 1950. Pakistani politician (born 1950))
• Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803 to 1882. Estonian writer, author of the national epic Kalevipoeg)
• Stacia (born 1952. Irish dancer with the band Hawkwind)
• Shah Nimatullah Wali (1330 to 1429. Persian Sufi master and poet)
• Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756 to 1825. French naturalist (1756–1825))
• Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723 to 1807. German journalist, art critic, and diplomat (1723–1807))
• Álvaro López Miera (born 1943. Cuban politician)
• Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhail (born 1956. Pakistani politician)
• Phil Spector (1939 to 2021. American record producer and murderer (1939–2021))
• Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry (1446 to 1472. Duke of Berry, Normandy, and Aquitaine)
• Roald Sagdeev (born 1932. Russian physicist (born 1932))
• Antonio Molina (composer) (1894 to 1980. Filipino musician (1894–1980))
• Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (1249 to 1300. Earl of Cornwall)
• Clement Mary Hofbauer (1751 to 1820. Austrian Redemptorist and saint)
• Alexander Ankvab (born 1952. Abkhaz politician)
• Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg (1737 to 1815. 18th-century Austrian nobleman and military commander)
• Sen Katayama (1859 to 1933. Japanese journalist)
• Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans (1646 to 1696. Duchess of Guise)
• Kan Kikuchi (1888 to 1948. Japanese writer (1888–1948))
• Olivier Deriviere (born 1978. French video game composer (born 1978))
• Avi Rosenfeld (born 1974. Israeli Brigadier General)
• Tevfik Fikret (1867 to 1915. Ottoman educator and poet (1867–1915))
• Ali Javan (1926 to 2016. Iranian American physicist (1926–2016))

Died on December 26

• Harry S. Truman (1884 to 1972. President of the United States from 1945 to 1953)
• Michael Gerald Ford (1913 to 2006. President of the United States from 1974 to 1977)
• Babur (1483 to 1530. Mughal emperor from 1526 to 1530)
• Manmohan Singh (1932 to 2024. Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014)
• Desmond Tutu (1931 to 2021. South African bishop and anti-apartheid activist (1931–2021))
• Dian Fossey (1932 to 1985. American primatologist (1932–1985))
• Geta (emperor) (189 to 211. Roman emperor from 209 to 211)
• Luise Therese Sophie Schliemann (1822 to 1890. German businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890))
• Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918 to 1999. President of India from 1992 to 1997)
• E. O. Wilson (1929 to 2021. American biologist, naturalist, and writer (1929–2021))
• Joseph Fouché (1759 to 1820. French statesman, revolutionary and police chief (1763–1820))
• Dietrich Eckart (1868 to 1923. 19/20th-century German poet, playwright, journalist, and far-right political activist)
• Dionysius (200 to 268. Head of the Catholic Church from 259 to 268)
• Melvil Dewey (1851 to 1931. Inventor of the Dewey Decimal system)
• William Haines (1900 to 1973. American actor and interior designer (1900–1973))
• Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745 to 1812. Hasidic rabbi and first rebbe of Chabad)
• Parveen Shakir (1952 to 1994. Pakistani poet (1952–1994))
• Cornelius Castoriadis (1922 to 1997. Greek-French philosopher (1922–1997))
• Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444 to 1476. Fifth Duke of Milan (1444–1476))
• James Lees-Milne (1908 to 1997. English architectural historian (1908–1997))
• Jerry Herman (1931 to 2019. American composer and lyricist (1931–2019))
• Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809 to 1831. Indian educator and poet (1809–1831))
• Farid al-Atrash (1917 to 1974. Syrian-Egyptian singer, composer and musician (1910–1974))
• Harold B. Lee (1899 to 1973. 11th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
• Bahram Beyzai (1938 to 2025. Iranian playwright, theatre director and screenwriter (1938–2025))
• Roy J. Glauber (1925 to 2018. American theoretical physicist (1925–2018))
• Papoulias (1929 to 2021. President of Greece from 2005 to 2015)
• Poom Jensen (1983 to 2004. Thai prince (1983–2004))
• Liane de Pougy (1869 to 1950. French courtesan, dancer and novelist (1869–1950))
• Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715 to 1771. French philosopher (1715–1771))

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