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March 26 birthdays

306 notable historical figures were born on March 26, and 186 died on this day. Everyone born on March 26 is a Aries.

15% of March 26 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (85) than any other country.

Born on March 26

• Keira Knightley (born 1985. English actress (born 1985))
• Diana Ross (born 1944. American singer and actress (born 1944))
• Nancy Pelosi (born 1940. American politician (born 1940))
• Larry Page (born 1973. American businessman (born 1973))
• Alan Arkin (1934 to 2023. American actor and filmmaker (1934–2023))
• Robert Frost (1874 to 1963. American poet (1874–1963))
• Richard Dawkins (born 1941. British evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941))
• Sarah Mullally (born 1962. Archbishop of Canterbury since 2026)
• Amy Smart (born 1976. American actress (born 1976))
• Viktor Frankl (1905 to 1997. Austrian neurologist (1905–1997))
• Syngman Rhee (1875 to 1965. President of South Korea from 1948 to 1960)
• Sandra Day O'Connor (1930 to 2023. American lawyer, politician and judge (1930–2023))
• Paul Erdős (1913 to 1996. Hungarian mathematician (1913–1996))
• William Hague (born 1961. British politician and life peer (born 1961))
• Pierre Boulez (1925 to 2016. French composer and conductor (1925–2016))
• Fuad I of Egypt (1868 to 1936. Sultan/King of Egypt from 1917 to 1936)
• Ravi Zacharias (1946 to 2020. Canadian-American Christian apologist (1946–2020))
• Malcolm III of Scotland (1031 to 1093. King of Alba from 1058 to 1093)
• Leonard Nimoy (1931 to 2015. American actor (1931–2015))
• Marie Louise of Orléans (1662 to 1689. Queen of Spain from 1679 to 1689)
• Alar Karis (born 1958. President of Estonia since 2021)
• Margareta of Romania (born 1949. Custodian of the Crown of Romania since 2017)
• Anaïs Mitchell (born 1981. American singer-songwriter)
• Hiromi Uehara (born 1979. Japanese musician and composer)
• A. E. Housman (1859 to 1936. English classicist and poet (1859–1936))
• Leka, Prince of Albania (born 1982. Albanian royal (born 1982))
• Pat McFadden (born 1965. British politician (born 1965))
• Mahadevi Varma (1907 to 1987. Indian writer and poet (1907–1987))
• Ine of Wessex (670 to 740. King of Wessex from 689 to 726)
• J. L. Austin (1911 to 1960. English philosopher (1911–1960))
• Tennessee Williams (1911 to 1983. American playwright (1911–1983))
• Jon English (1949 to 2016. Australian singer, songwriter, musician and actor (1949–2016))
• Wilhelm, Prince of Albania (1876 to 1945. Prince of Albania (1876–1945))
• Gary Ruvkun (born 1952. American geneticist (born 1952))
• Benjamin Thompson (1753 to 1814. British military officer, scientist and inventor)
• Paul Bérenger (born 1945. Prime Minister of Mauritius from 2003 to 2005)
• Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923 to 2014. English novelist)
• Laurel M. Lee (born 1974. American judge and politician (born 1974))
• Mikel Arteta (born 1982. Spanish football manager (born 1982))
• Conrad Gessner (1516 to 1565. Swiss physician, bibliographer and naturalist (1516–1565))
• Carl Wieman (born 1951. American physicist (born 1951))
• James Caan (1940 to 2022. American actor (1940–2022))
• Joby Baker (1934 to 2026. Canadian actor and painter (born 1934))
• Steven Tyler (born 1948. American singer and songwriter (born 1948))
• Sanmao (writer) (1943 to 1991. Taiwanese novelist, translator and writer)
• Ahmed Qurei (1937 to 2023. 2nd Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority)
• Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem (1916 to 1997. President of Bangladesh from 1975 to 1977)
• Anthony Leggett (1938 to 2026. British–American physicist (1938–2026))
• Christian B. Anfinsen (1916 to 1995. American biochemist (1916–1995))
• Ellen Hopkins (born 1955. American writer)
• Charles, Duke of Mayenne (1554 to 1611. 16th-century French nobleman and military leader in the Wars of Religion)
• Bernard Katz (1911 to 2003. German-British biophysicist (1911–2003))
• Seth Lakeman (born 1977. Musical artist)
• Éder Jofre (1936 to 2022. Brazilian boxer (1936–2022))
• Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman (born 1949. British politician (born 1949))
• K. W. Jeter (born 1950. American novelist)
• Joseph E. Aoun (born 1953. Lebanese-born American linguist (born 1953))
• Larry Morey (1905 to 1971. American screenwriter (1905–1971))
• Carl Nägeli (1817 to 1891. Swiss botanist (1817–1891))
• Harriet Sohmers Zwerling (1928 to 2019. American writer (1928–2019))

Died on March 26

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 to 1827. German composer (1770–1827))
• Walt Whitman (1819 to 1892. American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892))
• Noël Coward (1899 to 1973. English playwright, composer, actor (1899–1973))
• Cecil Rhodes (1853 to 1902. British mining magnate and politician (1853–1902))
• David Lloyd George (1863 to 1945. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922)
• James Callaghan (1912 to 2005. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979)
• Raymond Chandler (1888 to 1959. American novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959))
• Alexander III of Scotland (1241 to 1286. King of Alba from 1249 to 1286)
• Diana Wynne Jones (1934 to 2011. British writer (1934–2011))
• Al-Hallaj (858 to 922. Arab-speaking mystic, poet and Sufi teacher (c. 858 – 922))
• Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922 to 1984. President of Guinea from 1958 to 1984)
• John Winthrop (1588 to 1649. English leader of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1587–1649))
• Richard Serra (1938 to 2024. American sculptor (1938–2024))
• David Packard (1912 to 1996. American electrical engineer (1912–1996))
• James Hutton (1726 to 1797. Scottish geologist, agriculturalist, chemical manufacturer (1726–1797))
• Lin Yutang (1895 to 1976. Chinese writer, inventor, and linguist (1895–1976))
• B. Traven (1882 to 1969. Novelist)
• Sigurd the Crusader (1089 to 1130. King of Norway from 1103 to 1130)
• Pope-elect Stephen (700 to 752. Roman priest (died 752))
• Sancho I (1154 to 1211. King of Portugal from 1185 to 1211)
• John Vanbrugh (1664 to 1726. English architect and dramatist (1664–1726))
• Tomas Tranströmer (1931 to 2015. Swedish poet and psychologist (1931–2015))
• 9th Dalai Lama (1805 to 1815. Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1810 to 1815)
• Ernest I the Pious (1601 to 1675. Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg)
• Whina Cooper (1895 to 1994. New Zealand Māori leader (1895–1994))
• Sultan al-Atrash (1891 to 1982. Syrian Druze commander (1891–1982))
• Édouard Herriot (1872 to 1957. French Radical politician (1872–1957))
• Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734 to 1804. Hungarian author and inventor (1734–1804))
• T. H. Green (1836 to 1882. English philosopher (1836–1882))
• Lakshminath Bezbarua (1868 to 1938. Indian poet, novelist and playwright)

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