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October 26 birthdays

280 notable historical figures were born on October 26, and 182 died on this day. Everyone born on October 26 is a Scorpio.

18% of October 26 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (58) than any other country.

Born on October 26

• Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919 to 1980. Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979)
• Hillary Clinton (born 1947. American politician and diplomat (born 1947))
• Leon Trotsky (1879 to 1940. Soviet politician and revolutionary (1879–1940))
• François Mitterrand (1916 to 1996. President of France from 1981 to 1995)
• Dylan McDermott (born 1961. American actor (born 1961))
• Evo Morales (born 1959. President of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019)
• Georges Danton (1759 to 1794. French revolutionary (1759–1794))
• Amala Paul (born 1991. Indian actress (born 1991))
• Uhuru Kenyatta (born 1961. President of Kenya from 2013 to 2022)
• Ashraf Pahlavi (1919 to 2016. Iranian princess (1919–2016))
• Hridaynath Mangeshkar (born 1937. Indian singer (born 1937))
• Seth MacFarlane (born 1973. American actor, animator, filmmaker, and singer (born 1973))
• Domenico Scarlatti (1685 to 1757. Italian composer (1685–1757))
• Jim Butcher (born 1971. American fantasy author (born 1971))
• Miguel I (1802 to 1866. King of Portugal from 1828 to 1834)
• Zhengde Emperor (1491 to 1521. Emperor of China from 1505 to 1521)
• A. K. Fazlul Huq (1873 to 1962. Pakistani statesman and jurist (1873–1962))
• Guillermo Kahlo (1871 to 1941. German-Mexican photographer)
• Dimitrie Cantemir (1674 to 1723. Moldavian statesman and prince (1673–1723))
• Washington Luís (1869 to 1957. President of Brazil from 1926 to 1930)
• Thorvald Stauning (1873 to 1942. Prime Minister of Denmark (1873–1942))
• Charles Pinckney (governor) (1757 to 1824. American Founding Father and politician (1757–1824))
• Karin Boye (1900 to 1941. Swedish poet and novelist (1900–1941))
• Luna Wedler (born 1999. Swiss actress (born 1999))
• Quentin Meillassoux (born 1967. French philosopher (born 1967))
• Lars Peter Hansen (born 1952. American economist)
• Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (1849 to 1917. German mathematician (1849–1917))
• Pierre Vandier (born 1967. French admiral (born 1967))
• Mike Hargrove (born 1949. American baseball player and coach (born 1949))
• Sigismund of Austria (1427 to 1496. Ruler of Austria from 1439 to 1496)
• Donald Sangster (1911 to 1967. Jamaican politician (1911-1967))
• Ibrahim Abboud (1900 to 1983. President of Sudan from 1958 to 1964)
• Ercole I (1431 to 1505. Duke of Ferrara from 1471 to 1505)
• John Krol (1910 to 1996. American Catholic cardinal (1910–1996))
• Tashi Namgyal (1893 to 1963. Chogyal of Sikkim from 1914 to 1963)
• Bob Hoskins (1942 to 2014. English actor (1942–2014))
• Sukmawati Sukarnoputri (born 1951. Indonesian politician)
• Lazar Ristovski (born 1952. Serbian actor, director, producer and writer)
• Maximus V of Constantinople (1897 to 1972. Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1946 to 1948)
• John D. Caputo (born 1940. American philosopher)
• Roberto Arias (1918 to 1989. Panamanian politician (1918–1989))
• Miloš Crnjanski (1893 to 1977. Serbian writer (1893–1977))
• Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757 to 1823. Austrian philosopher (1757–1823))
• Akira Ogata (1887 to 1978. Japanese chemist (1887–1978))
• CM Punk (born 1978. American professional wrestler (born 1978))
• Marcel Niat Njifenji (1934 to 2026. Cameroonian politician (1934–2026))
• Åsa Waldau (born 1965. Former religious sect leader)
• José Moscardó Ituarte (1878 to 1956. Spanish military governor (1878–1956))
• Victor Ciorbea (born 1954. 56th Prime Minister of Romania from 1996–1998)
• Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826 to 1903. Italian politician (1826–1903))
• Antonio Rosetti (1746 to 1792. C18 Czech composer and double bass player)
• François Duprat (1940 to 1978. French essayist and politician (1940–1978))
• Masaharu Iwata (born 1966. Japanese composer (born 1966))
• Barbu Catargiu (1807 to 1862. 1st Prime Minister of Romania (February–June 1862))
• Aert de Gelder (1645 to 1727. Dutch painter)
• Maurycy Hauke (1775 to 1830. Polish general)
• Belchior (singer) (1946 to 2017. Musical artist)
• Konstantin Thon (1794 to 1881. Russian architect (1794–1881))
• Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn (1809 to 1864. German-Dutch botanist and geologist)
• Anna of Hesse (1529 to 1591. Hessian Princess (1529–1591))

Died on October 26

• Alfred the Great (849 to 899. King of Wessex (871 – c. 886); King of the Anglo-Saxons (c. 886 – 899))
• Park Chung Hee (1917 to 1979. President of South Korea from 1963 to 1979)
• Itō Hirobumi (1841 to 1909. Japanese statesman (1841–1909))
• Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857 to 1944. British princess (1857–1944))
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 to 1902. American suffragist (1815–1902))
• William Hogarth (1697 to 1764. English painter, engraver and satirist (1697–1764))
• Igor Sikorsky (1889 to 1972. Russian-American aviation pioneer (1889–1972))
• Nikos Kazantzakis (1883 to 1957. Greek writer and philosopher (1883–1957))
• Roh Tae-woo (1932 to 2021. President of South Korea from 1988 to 1993)
• Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (1942 to 2020. 6th Vice president of Iraq)
• Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865 to 1923. American mathematician and electrical engineer (1865–1923))
• Anna of Austria (1549 to 1580. Queen of Spain from 1570 to 1580)
• Marcelo Caetano (1906 to 1980. Prime Minister of Portugal from 1968 to 1974)
• Andrew II of Hungary (1175 to 1235. King of Hungary and Croatia from 1205 to 1235)
• Alfred Tarski (1901 to 1983. Polish–American mathematician (1901–1983))
• Abbas II (1633 to 1666. Safavid Shah of Iran from 1642 to 1666)
• Gerty Cori (1896 to 1957. Czech-American biochemist (1896–1957))
• Enomoto Takeaki (1836 to 1908. Japanese samurai and admiral (1836–1908))
• Aurel Stein (1862 to 1943. Hungarian-born British archaeologist (1862–1943))
• Aby Warburg (1866 to 1929. German art historian (1866–1929))
• Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792 to 1854. Queen of Bavaria from 1825 to 1848)
• William Temple (bishop) (1881 to 1944. English archbishop (1881–1944))
• Irina (1557 to 1603. Tsaritsa of Russia from 1584 to 1598)
• Arthur Kornberg (1918 to 2007. American biochemist (1918–2007))
• Peter Farquhar (1946 to 2015. Scottish novelist, teacher and murder victim)
• Jacques Massu (1908 to 2002. French general (1908–2002))
• Samuel von Pufendorf (1632 to 1694. German jurist and philosopher (1632–1694))
• Charles J. Pedersen (1904 to 1989. American organic chemist (1904–1989))
• Jean Hyppolite (1907 to 1968. French philosopher (1907–1968))
• Lady Kasuga (1579 to 1643. Japanese politician)

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