On this day · Leo

July 26 birthdays

278 notable historical figures were born on July 26, and 177 died on this day. Everyone born on July 26 is a Leo.

17% of July 26 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (67) than any other country.

Born on July 26

• Helen Mirren (born 1945. English actor (born 1945))
• Stanley Kubrick (1928 to 1999. American filmmaker and photographer (1928–1999))
• Kevin Spacey (born 1959. American actor (born 1959))
• Sandra Bullock (born 1964. American actress and film producer (born 1964))
• Mick Jagger (born 1943. English musician (born 1943))
• Kate Beckinsale (born 1973. English actress (born 1973))
• Carl Jung (1875 to 1961. Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961))
• Liz Truss (born 1975. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2022)
• Asif Ali Zardari (born 1955. President of Pakistan (2008–2013; since 2024))
• Taylor Momsen (born 1993. American musician and actress (born 1993))
• Jacinda Ardern (born 1980. Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2017 to 2023)
• Jason Statham (born 1967. English actor (born 1967))
• George Bernard Shaw (1856 to 1950. Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950))
• Aldous Huxley (1894 to 1963. English writer and philosopher (1894–1963))
• Alberto Fujimori (1938 to 2024. President of Peru from 1990 to 2000)
• John Howard (born 1939. Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007)
• Blake Edwards (1922 to 2010. American filmmaker (1922–2010))
• Thaksin Shinawatra (born 1949. Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006)
• Joseph I (1678 to 1711. Holy Roman Emperor from 1705 to 1711)
• Joel Mokyr (born 1946. Economic historian (born 1946))
• Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791 to 1844. Son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791–1844))
• Stefan Dušan (1308 to 1355. 14th-century Serbian king and emperor)
• Alfred Marshall (1842 to 1924. British economist (1842–1924))
• Sergio Galeotti (1945 to 1985. Italian architect (1945–1985))
• James Lovelock (1919 to 2022. English scientist (1919–2022))
• Francesco Cossiga (1928 to 2010. President of Italy from 1985 to 1992)
• George Grosz (1893 to 1959. German artist (1893–1959))
• Marjorie Lord (1918 to 2015. American actress (1918–2015))
• Kalaivani Rajaratnam (1968 to 1991. Suicide bomber in Sri Lanka)
• John Field (composer) (1782 to 1837. Irish composer (1782–1837))
• Maria Fitzherbert (1756 to 1837. Royal mistress (1756–1837))
• Korey Wise (born 1972. American criminal justice activist)
• Saint Stanislaus (1030 to 1079. 11th-century Polish Catholic bishop)
• Albert Forster (1902 to 1952. Nazi Gauleiter of Danzig and war criminal (1902–1952))
• Peter Brown (historian) (born 1935. Irish historian (born 1935))
• Vladimír Mečiar (born 1942. Prime Minister of Slovakia (1990–1991; 1992–1994; 1994–1998))
• Serge Koussevitzky (1874 to 1951. Russian and American conductor (1874–1951))
• Sarah Jane Baker (born 1969. British transgender rights activist)
• Hamid Naderi Yeganeh (born 1990. Iranian artist)
• Mariano Arista (1802 to 1855. President of Mexico from 1851 to 1853)
• Lyudmila Zhivkova (1942 to 1981. Bulgarian politician (1942–1981))
• Eyal Weizman (born 1970. British Israeli architect)
• Nexhat Daci (1944 to 2026. Kosovar politician (1944–2026))
• Ruth Weiss (writer) (1924 to 2025. German-born South African writer (1924–2025))
• Mike McConnell (U.S. Naval officer) (born 1943. United States admiral (born 1943))
• Andrei Okounkov (born 1969. Russian mathematician (born 1969))
• Alexey Gorinov (born 1961. Russian lawyer and political prisoner)
• Pierre de Villiers (born 1956. French Army general (born 1956))
• Kit de Waal (born 1960. English novelist and short story writer (born 1960))
• Arthur Japin (born 1956. Dutch novelist (born 1956))
• William Rainey Harper (1856 to 1906. American semiticist, university administrator and Baptist minister (1856–1906))
• Ignacio Zuloaga (1870 to 1945. Spanish painter (1870–1945))
• Richard Grasso (born 1946. Former chairman and chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange)
• Ibn-e-Safi (1928 to 1980. Pakistani writer, poet and novelist (1928–1980))
• Auguste Beernaert (1829 to 1912. 14th Prime Minister of Belgium and human rights activist)
• Bernice Rubens (1923 to 2004. Welsh novelist (1923–2004))
• Hélio Oiticica (1937 to 1980. Brazilian visual artist (1937–1980))
• Daniel Quintero (born 1980. Colombian politician)
• E. R. Dodds (1893 to 1979. Irish classical scholar (1893–1979))
• Prince Talal bin Muhammad (born 1965. Jordanian prince (born 1965))

Died on July 26

• Eva Perón (1919 to 1952. First Lady of Argentina from 1946 to 1952)
• Reza Shah (1878 to 1944. Shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941)
• Olivia de Havilland (1916 to 2020. British actress (1916–2020))
• Robert Todd Lincoln (1843 to 1926. American lawyer and politician (1843–1926))
• Otto of Greece (1815 to 1867. King of Greece from 1832 to 1862)
• Ziad Rahbani (1955 to 2025. Lebanese composer (1956–2025))
• June Foray (1917 to 2017. American voice actress (1917–2017))
• George W. Romney (1907 to 1995. American businessman and politician (1907–1995))
• Matthew Ridgway (1895 to 1993. United States Army general (1895–1993))
• Paul II (1417 to 1471. Head of the Catholic Church from 1464 to 1471)
• Gottlob Frege (1848 to 1925. German philosopher, logician, and mathematician (1848–1925))
• James Lovelock (1919 to 2022. English scientist (1919–2022))
• Ann Rule (1931 to 2015. American true crime author (1931–2015))
• Nikephoros I (750 to 811. Byzantine emperor from 802 to 811)
• Merce Cunningham (1919 to 2009. American dancer and choreographer (1919–2009))
• Carlos Castillo Armas (1914 to 1957. President of Guatemala from 1954 to 1957)
• John Tukey (1915 to 2000. American mathematician (1915–2000))
• Henri Lebesgue (1875 to 1941. French mathematician (1875–1941))
• Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897 to 1941. American linguist (1897–1941))
• Bryan Magee (1930 to 2019. British philosopher and politician (1930–2019))
• Anne of Foix-Candale (1484 to 1506. Queen of Hungary (1484–1506))
• Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656 to 1693. Queen of Sweden from 1680 to 1693)
• Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646 to 1684. Venetian philosopher (1646–1684))
• Gizikis (1917 to 1999. Greek military officer (1917–1999))
• Kunihiko Kodaira (1915 to 1997. Japanese mathematician (1915–1997))
• Nikolaos Plastiras (1883 to 1953. Soldier and Prime Minister of Greece (1883–1953))
• Fazlur Rahman Malik (1919 to 1988. Pakistani modernist Islamic scholar and reformer)
• Ulises Heureaux (1845 to 1899. President of the Dominican Republic (1845–1899))
• Georg Wilhelm Richmann (1711 to 1753. Baltic German physicist (1711–1753))
• George Borrow (1803 to 1881. English writer of fiction and travel (1803–1881))

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