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September 26 birthdays

279 notable historical figures were born on September 26, and 179 died on this day. Everyone born on September 26 is a Libra.

15% of September 26 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (69) than any other country.

Born on September 26

• Serena Williams (born 1981. American tennis player (born 1981))
• Paul VI (1897 to 1978. Head of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978)
• Manmohan Singh (1932 to 2024. Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014)
• T. S. Eliot (1888 to 1965. Poet, essayist and playwright (1888–1965))
• Petro Poroshenko (born 1965. President of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019)
• Martin Heidegger (1889 to 1976. German philosopher (1889–1976))
• George Gershwin (1898 to 1937. American composer and pianist (1898–1937))
• Lilly Singh (born 1988. Canadian YouTuber and actress (born 1988))
• Donna Douglas (1933 to 2015. American actress and singer (1932–2015))
• Andrea Dworkin (1946 to 2005. American feminist writer and activist (1946–2005))
• Christian X (1870 to 1947. King of Denmark (1912–1947) and Iceland (1918–1944))
• Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820 to 1891. Indian educator and social reformer)
• Ruth Ware (born 1977. British author of crime thrillers (born 1977))
• Théodore Géricault (1791 to 1824. French painter (1791–1824))
• Princess Salma bint Abdullah (born 2000. Jordanian princess (born 2000))
• Ōkubo Toshimichi (1830 to 1878. Japanese statesman (1830–1878))
• Olivia Newton-John (1948 to 2022. British–Australian singer (1948–2022))
• Laura Marx (1845 to 1911. Daughter of Karl Marx (1845–1911))
• Barnes Wallis (1887 to 1979. English engineer and inventor (1887–1979))
• Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (1748 to 1810. Royal Navy officer (1748–1810))
• Komitas (1869 to 1935. Armenian composer and priest (1869–1935))
• Papanasam Sivan (1890 to 1973. Indian composer of Carnatic music)
• al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah (931 to 975. Fatimid caliph from 953 to 975)
• Nadir Larbaoui (born 1949. Prime Minister of Algeria from 2023 to 2025)
• Archibald Hill (1886 to 1977. British physiologist (1886–1977))
• Michael Ballack (born 1976. German footballer (born 1976))
• Hans Reichenbach (1891 to 1953. German philosopher (1891–1953))
• William Hobson (1792 to 1842. Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator)
• Srinisha Jayaseelan (born 1999. Indian playback singer)
• Louise Johnson (1940 to 2012. British biochemist and crystallographer 1940–2012)
• Vladimir Voinovich (1932 to 2018. Russian writer and Soviet dissident (1932–2018))
• Scott Heim (born 1966. American novelist)
• Taavi Rõivas (born 1979. Estonian politician)
• Wolfgang of Zweibrücken (1526 to 1569. Count (1526–1569))
• Rakesh Jhaveri (born 1966. Spiritual leader, Author, and Scholar of Jainism)
• Andrey Lukanov (1938 to 1996. Bulgarian politician (1938–1996))
• Abu Mansur Nizar (1045 to 1097. Fatimid prince and Nizari imam (1045–1095))
• Carlos Cuerpo (born 1980. Spanish politician (born 1980))
• José Domingo Molina Gómez (1896 to 1969. Argentine general (1896–1969))
• Jean Hoerni (1924 to 1997. Swiss-born American engineer (1924–1997))
• Charles H. Bonesteel III (1909 to 1977. United States Army general)
• Vladimir Delba (born 1974. Abkhazian politician, acting Prime Minister)
• Linda Hamilton (born 1956. American actress (born 1956))
• Tanya Huff (born 1957. Canadian fantasy author (born 1957))
• Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera (1798 to 1878. Colombian general and political figure)
• Ant Clemons (born 1991. American singer)
• Bill Skate (1953 to 2006. Acting governor-general of Papua New Guinea)
• Dev Anand (1923 to 2011. Indian actor, producer and director (1923–2011))
• Habib (singer) (1952 to 2016. Iranian singer and musician)
• Willem 's Gravesande (1688 to 1742. Dutch mathematician and philosopher (1688–1742))
• Christopher Hansteen (1784 to 1873. Norwegian geomagnetist)
• Hon Lik (born 1951. Chinese pharmacist)
• Christina Milian (born 1981. American actress, songwriter and singer (born 1981))
• Bryan Ferry (born 1945. British singer (born 1945))
• Jim Caviezel (born 1968. American actor (born 1968))
• Paul Copan (born 1962. American philosopher (born 1962))
• Mary Crow Dog (1954 to 2013. Sicangu Lakota writer and activist from South Dakota (1954–2013)
• Oskar Dirlewanger (1895 to 1945. German military officer and war criminal (1895–1945))
• Marina Colasanti (1937 to 2025. Italian-Brazilian writer, translator and journalist (1937–2025))
• Arnold Fruchtenbaum (born 1943. Russian-born American theologian (born 1943))

Died on September 26

• Paul Newman (1925 to 2008. American actor and filmmaker (1925–2008))
• Jacques Chirac (1932 to 2019. President of France from 1995 to 2007)
• Daniel Boone (1734 to 1820. American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820))
• Titian (1488 to 1576. Italian painter (c. 1477/88/90–1576))
• Walter Benjamin (1892 to 1940. German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940))
• Béla Bartók (1881 to 1945. Hungarian composer (1881–1945))
• Ibn Taymiyya (1263 to 1328. Islamic scholar and jurist (1263–1328))
• George Santayana (1863 to 1952. Spanish American philosopher (1863–1952))
• Louis Ferdinand (1907 to 1994. German prince (1907–1994))
• Margaret, Maid of Norway (1283 to 1290. Queen-designate of Scotland from 1286 to 1290)
• Anna Magnani (1908 to 1973. Italian actress (1908–1973))
• Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926 to 2022. Egyptian-born Qatari imam (1926–2022))
• Nicu Ceaușescu (1951 to 1996. Romanian physicist and politician (1951–1996))
• Georg Simmel (1858 to 1918. German sociologist and philosopher (1858–1918))
• S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899 to 1959. 4th Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1956 to 1959)
• Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer (1857 to 1922. British politician (1857–1922))
• August Ferdinand Möbius (1790 to 1868. German mathematician and astronomer (1790–1868))
• Jeongjong of Joseon (1357 to 1419. King of Joseon from 1398 to 1400)
• Tony Harrison (1937 to 2025. English poet (1937–2025))
• I. I. Chundrigar (1897 to 1960. Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1957)
• Hermann Grassmann (1809 to 1877. German polymath, linguist and mathematician (1809–1877))
• Baden Powell (guitarist) (1937 to 2000. Brazilian guitarist)
• Robert L. Eichelberger (1886 to 1961. US Army general (1886–1961))
• Salawat Yulayev (1754 to 1800. Bashkir national hero (1756–1800))
• Sagat Singh (1918 to 2001. Indian Army officer (1919–2001))
• Leopold Ružička (1887 to 1976. Croatian-Swiss chemist (1887–1976))
• Leslie Morshead (1889 to 1959. Australian general (1889–1959))
• Frederick William Faber (1814 to 1863. English priest, hymnwriter, and theologian (1814–1863))
• Fujiwara no Teika (1162 to 1241. Japanese poet and court noble)
• Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921 to 1996. English chemist and Nobel prize winner (1921–1996))

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