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June 26 birthdays

288 notable historical figures were born on June 26, and 184 died on this day. Everyone born on June 26 is a Cancer.

18% of June 26 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (84) than any other country.

Born on June 26

• Ariana Grande (born 1993. American singer and actress (born 1993))
• Salvador Allende (1908 to 1973. President of Chile from 1970 to 1973)
• Mikhail Khodorkovsky (born 1963. Russian businessman (born 1963))
• Lord Kelvin (1824 to 1907. British physicist, engineer and mathematician (1824–1907))
• Jovenel Moïse (1968 to 2021. President of Haiti from 2017 to 2021)
• Mohammad Mokhber (born 1955. Iranian politician (born 1955))
• Paolo Maldini (born 1968. Italian association football player (born 1968))
• Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838 to 1894. Indian Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838–1894))
• Princess Alexia of the Netherlands (born 2005. Dutch princess (born 2005))
• Harley Quinn Smith (born 1999. American actress and musician (born 1999))
• Dwight York (born 1945. American criminal and new religious movement leader (born 1945))
• Aimé Césaire (1913 to 2008. Martinican writer, poet and politician (1913–2008))
• Robert Borden (1854 to 1937. Prime Minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920)
• Richard Garfield (born 1963. American game designer (born 1963))
• Jesse James Keitel (born 1990. American actress, writer, and artist)
• Yang Guifei (719 to 756. Tang dynasty imperial consort (719–756))
• David A. Sinclair (born 1969. Australian geneticist (born 1969))
• Ahmad Sirhindi (1564 to 1624. Indian Naqshbandi Sufi (1564–1624))
• Peter Sloterdijk (born 1947. German philosopher (born 1947))
• Bernard Berenson (1865 to 1959. American art critic (1865–1959))
• Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (born 1968. President of Iceland from 2016 to 2024)
• Lev Grossman (born 1969. American novelist and journalist (born 1969))
• Colin Wilson (1931 to 2013. English writer (1931–2013))
• Hö'elün (1142 to 1210. Mother of Temüjin (Genghis Khan) (fl. 1162–1210))
• Charles Messier (1730 to 1817. 18th- and 19th-century French astronomer)
• Pyotr Kapitsa (1894 to 1984. Soviet physicist and Nobel Laureate (1894–1984))
• Milton Glaser (1929 to 2020. American graphic designer (1929–2020))
• Bartolomé Mitre (1821 to 1906. President of Argentina)
• Jeanne Eagels (1890 to 1929. American actress (1890-1929))
• Mr Hudson (born 1979. English musician from Birmingham)
• Makgatho Mandela (1950 to 2005. Son of Nelson Mandela (1950–2005))
• Victor Amadeus III (1726 to 1796. King of Sardinia from 1773 to 1796)
• Ferdinand II of Naples (1467 to 1496. King of Naples from 1495 to 1496)
• Catherine Samba-Panza (born 1954. Central African lawyer and politician (born 1954))
• Yanagiwara Naruko (1859 to 1943. Concubine of Emperor Meiji, mother of Emperor Taishō (1859-1943))
• Maurice Wilkes (1913 to 2010. British computer scientist (1913–2010))
• Yoshiro Nakamatsu (born 1928. Japanese inventor (born 1928))
• William Knowland (1908 to 1974. United States Senator from California (1945–1959))
• Lyman Spitzer (1914 to 1997. American astronomer (1914–1997))
• John, Count of Angoulême (1399 to 1467. French nobleman)
• Prince Jaime, Duke of Noto (born 1992. Spanish aristocrat)
• Reggie Workman (born 1937. American jazz double bassist)
• Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (1681 to 1708. Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp from 1698 to 1702)
• Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575 to 1612. Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1597 to 1612)
• Benjamin Adekunle (1936 to 2014. Nigerian Army officer)
• Paul Thomas Anderson (born 1970. American filmmaker (born 1970))
• Bernard A. Harris Jr. (born 1956. American astronaut (born 1956))
• Bertrando Spaventa (1817 to 1883. Italian philosopher (1817–1883))
• Magid Magid (born 1989. Somali-British politician and activist (born 1989))
• Candace Pert (1946 to 2013. American neuroscientist (1946–2013))
• Aubrey Plaza (born 1984. American actress and producer (born 1984))
• James J. Collins (born 1965. American bioengineer)
• Sara Gruen (born 1969. Canadian-American author)
• Sunthorn Phu (1786 to 1855. Thai poet (1786–1855))
• Sasha Filippov (1925 to 1942. Soviet spy (1925–1942))
• Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma (born 1967. Indian spiritual teacher, scholar, journalist, and lyricist (born 1967))
• Robert Coleman Richardson (1937 to 2013. American experimental physicist (1937–2013))
• Amédée Courbet (1827 to 1885. French admiral)
• Leopold Koželuch (1747 to 1818. Czech composer (1747–1818))
• Osvaldo Hurtado (born 1939. President of Ecuador (1981–1984))

Died on June 26

• George IV (1762 to 1830. King of the United Kingdom from 1820 to 1830)
• Strom Thurmond (1902 to 2003. American politician (1902–2003))
• Nora Ephron (1941 to 2012. American writer, journalist and filmmaker (1941–2012))
• Julian (emperor) (331 to 363. Roman emperor from 361 to 363, Neoplatonic philosopher)
• Francisco Pizarro (1478 to 1541. Spanish conquistador (1478–1541))
• Lalo Schifrin (1932 to 2025. Argentine-American composer (1932–2025))
• Max Stirner (1806 to 1856. German philosopher (1806–1856))
• Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201 to 1273. Persian astronomer (1201–1274))
• Yevgeny Primakov (1929 to 2015. Russian politician and diplomat (1929–2015))
• Ford Madox Ford (1873 to 1939. English writer and publisher (1873–1939))
• Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905 to 1988. Swiss Catholic theologian (1905–1988))
• Karl Landsteiner (1868 to 1943. Austrian immunologist (1868–1943))
• R. B. Bennett (1870 to 1947. Prime Minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935)
• Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848 to 1922. Prince of Monaco from 1889 to 1922)
• Gemistos Plethon (1355 to 1452. 15th-century Byzantine Greek philosopher)
• Milton Glaser (1929 to 2020. American graphic designer (1929–2020))
• Caesar Rodney (1728 to 1784. U.S. Founding Father (1728–1784))
• Alfred Döblin (1878 to 1957. German novelist, essayist, and doctor (1878–1957))
• Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours (1814 to 1896. French prince (1814–1896))
• Carl Foreman (1914 to 1984. American screenwriter and film producer (1914–1984))
• Mary Rodgers (1931 to 2014. American composer, author and screenwriter (1931–2014))
• David Rittenhouse (1732 to 1796. American astronomer (1732–1796))
• Algirdas Brazauskas (1932 to 2010. Lithuanian politician (1932–2010))
• Akwasi Afrifa (1936 to 1979. Soldier, politician and former Head of state of Ghana)
• Henri Namphy (1932 to 2018. Haitian military officer and politician (1932–2018))
• Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929 to 2021. Pakistani jurist and politician (1929–2015))
• Gilbert White (1720 to 1793. 18th-century English priest and naturalist (1720–1793))
• Ignacio Allende (1769 to 1811. Mexican independence leader)
• Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857 to 1936. Dutch Orientalist (1857–1936))
• Judith Wright (1915 to 2000. Australian poet and activist (1915–2000))

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