Births on 26 August
2000s
Lil Tecca
2002
American rapper (born 2002)
Patrick Williams (basketball)
2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
Kyren Williams
2000
American football player (born 2000)
1900s
Naz Reid
1999
American basketball player (born 1999)
KotoshĹŤhĹŤ Yoshinari
1999
Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1999)
Charlie Gillespie
1998
Canadian actor and singer (born 1998)
Soyeon
1998
South Korean rapper (born 1998)
Cordae
1997
American rapper (born 1997)
Anthony Duclair
1995
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1995)
Ranger Suárez
1995
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1995)
Alex Collins (American football)
1994
American football player (1994–2023)
Austin Gunn
1994
American professional wrestler
Keke Palmer
1993
American actress, singer, and television host (born 1993)
Jessie Diggins
1991
American cross-country skier (born 1991)
Dylan O'Brien
1991
American actor (born 1991)
Lorenzo Brown
1990
Spanish basketball player (born 1990)
Irina-Camelia Begu
1990
Romanian tennis player (born 1990)
Mateo Musacchio
1990
Argentine footballer (born 1990)
James Harden
1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
Elvis Andrus
1988
Venezuelan-American baseball player (born 1988)
Evan Ross
1988
American actor and musician (born 1988)
Danielle Savre
1988
American actress (born 1988)
Wayne Simmonds
1988
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1988)
Lars Stindl
1988
German association football player
Juan Joseph
1987
American gridiron football player (1987–2014)
Vladislav Gussev
1986
Estonian footballer
Saint Jhn
1986
American-Guyanese rapper (Born 1986)
Colin Kazim-Richards
1986
Turkish footballer (born 1986)
Cassie Ventura
1986
American singer (born 1986)
Oleksiy Kasyanov
1985
Ukrainian decathlete
Brandon McDonald (gridiron football)
1985
American gridiron football player (born 1985)
David Price (baseball)
1985
American baseball player (born 1985)
Mattia Cassani
1983
Italian footballer
FĂ©lix Porteiro
1983
Spanish racing driver (born 1983)
Nicol David
1983
Malaysian squash player
Angelo Iorio
1982
Italian footballer (born 1982)
John Mulaney
1982
American comedian, actor, and writer (born 1982)
Jayson Nix
1982
American baseball player (born 1982)
Noah Welch
1982
American ice hockey player (born 1982)
Tino Best
1981
West Indian cricketer
Sebastian Bönig
1981
German footballer and coach
Andreas Glyniadakis
1981
Greek basketball player (born 1981)
Vangelis Moras
1981
Greek footballer (born 1981)
Petey Williams
1981
Canadian professional wrestler (born 1981)
Macaulay Culkin
1980
American actor and musician (born 1980)
Brendan Harris
1980
American baseball player (born 1980)
Manolis Papamakarios
1980
Greek basketball player
Chris Pine
1980
American actor (born 1980)
Jamal Lewis (American football)
1979
American football player (born 1979)
Cristian Mora
1979
Ecuadorian footballer (born 1979)
Rubén Pazos
1979
Spanish footballer (born 1979)
Therese Alshammar
1977
Swedish swimmer (born 1977)
Liam Botham
1977
English rugby league & union footballer, and cricketer
Saeko Chiba
1977
Japanese voice actress
Simone Motta
1977
Italian footballer
Morris Peterson
1977
American professional basketball player (born 1977)
Mike Colter
1976
American actor (born 1976)
Amaia Montero
1976
Spanish singer and songwriter
Morgan Ensberg
1975
American baseball player and coach (born 1975)
Kelvin Cato
1974
American basketball player (born 1974)
Meredith Eaton
1974
American actress (born 1974)
Richard Evatt
1973
British boxer (1973–2012)
ThalĂa
1971
Mexican singer and actress (born 1971)
Jason Little (rugby union)
1970
Rugby player
Melissa McCarthy
1970
American actress (born 1970)
Brett Schultz
1970
South African cricketer (born 1970)
Adrian Young
1969
American drummer
Chris Boardman
1968
British former racing cyclist (born 1968)
Michael Gove
1967
British politician and journalist (born 1967)
Jacques Brinkman
1966
Dutch field hockey player
Shirley Manson
1966
Scottish singer (born 1966)
Marcus du Sautoy
1965
British mathematician (born 1965)
Chris Burke (actor)
1965
American Down syndrome advocate
Allegra Huston
1964
American screenwriter (born 1964)
Bobby Jurasin
1964
American gridiron football player (born 1964)
Chad Kreuter
1964
American baseball player (born 1964)
Zadok Malka
1964
Israeli footballer
Torsten Schmitz
1964
German boxer
Carsten Wolf
1964
East German racing cyclist
Mehriban Aliyeva
1964
First Vice President of Azerbaijan since 2017
David Byas
1963
English cricketer
Stephen J. Dubner
1963
American author, journalist, and podcast host
Patrice Oppliger
1963
American communications professor (born 1963)
Roger Kingdom
1962
American hurdler (born 1962)
Daniel LĂ©vi
1961
French singer-songwriter (1961–2022)
Jeff Parrett
1961
American baseball player (born 1961)
Branford Marsalis
1960
American saxophonist (born 1960)
Ola Ray
1960
American actress
Oliver Colvile
1959
British Conservative politician (1959–2025)
Stan Van Gundy
1959
American basketball coach and analyst
Jan Nevens
1958
Belgian cyclist
Nikky Finney
1957
American poet (born 1957)
Dr. Alban
1957
Nigerian-Swedish musician (born 1957)
Sally Beamish
1956
British composer and violist (born 1956)
Brett Cullen
1956
American actor (born 1956)
Mark Mangino
1956
American football coach (born 1956)
Ian Dejardin
1955
Giuseppe Resnati
1955
Italian chemist
Howard Clark (golfer)
1954
English professional golfer
Tracy Krohn
1954
American racing driver
Hugh Pelham
1954
British cell biologist
David Hurley
1953
Governor-General of Australia from 2019 to 2024
Andrea Saltelli
1953
Italian researcher (born 1953)
Pat Sharkey
1953
Northern Irish footballer
Bryon Baltimore
1952
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1952)
Michael Jeter
1952
American actor (1952–2003)
Will Shortz
1952
American puzzle creator and editor (born 1952)
Gerd Bonk
1951
German weightlifter (1951–2014)
Bill Whitaker (journalist)
1951
American journalist
Edward Witten
1951
American theoretical physicist
Allahshukur Pashazade
1949
Azerbaijani Shaykh al-Islam (born 1949)
Leon Redbone
1949
Musician, songwriter, arranger, producer (1949–2019)
Nicolae Dobrin
1947
Romanian footballer (1947–2007)
Zhou Ji (politician)
1946
Chinese mechanical engineer and politician
Ashford & Simpson
1946
American songwriting and recording duo
Mark Snow
1946
American composer for film and television (1946–2025)
Alison Steadman
1946
British actress (born 1946)
Tom Ridge
1945
American politician (born 1945)
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
1944
British prince (born 1944)
Alan Parker (musician)
1944
British guitarist and composer (born 1944)
Judith Rees
1944
British academic, educator
Moe Tucker
1944
American musician and singer (born 1944)
Dori Caymmi
1943
Brazilian musical artist (born 1943)
Dennis Turner
1942
British politician (1942–2014)
Chow Kwai Lam
1942
Malaysian footballer and coach (1942–2018)
Vic Dana
1942
Musical artist
Chris Curtis (musician)
1941
British musician (1941–2005)
Jane Merrow
1941
British actress (born 1941)
Barbet Schroeder
1941
Iranian-born Swiss film director
Michael Cockerell
1940
British broadcaster and journalist
Don LaFontaine
1940
American voice actor (1940–2008)
Nik Turner
1940
English musician (1940–2022)
Pinchas Goldstein
1939
Israeli politician (1939–2007)
Jorge Paulo Lemann
1939
Swiss-Brazilian banker and businessman
Bill White (ice hockey)
1939
Canadian ice hockey player, coach (1939–2017)
Jet Black
1938
English rock drummer (1938–2022)
Don Bowman (singer)
1937
American country music singer-songwriter (1937–2013)
Benedict Anderson
1936
Irish-American political scientist (1936–2015)
Geraldine Ferraro
1935
American politician and diplomat (1935–2011)
Karen Spärck Jones
1935
British computer scientist (1935–2007)
Tom Heinsohn
1934
American basketball player and coach (1934–2020)
Kevin Ryan (rugby)
1934
Australian politician, rugby union footballer, and rugby league footballer and coach
Luis Salvadores
1932
Chilean basketball player (1932–2014)
Kálmán Markovits
1931
Hungarian water polo player
Joe Solomon
1930
West Indian cricketer (1930–2023)
Reuben Kamanga
1929
Zambian politician
Om Prakash Munjal
1928
Indian businessman, philanthropist (1928–2015)
Anahit Tsitsikian
1926
Armenian violinist (1926–1999)
Robert Vickrey
1926
American artist and author (1926–2011)
Jack Hirshleifer
1925
American economist (1925–2005)
Alain Peyrefitte
1925
French scholar and politician
Pyotr Todorovsky
1925
Russian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer
Etelka Keserű
1925
Hungarian economist and politician (1925–2018)
Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt
1925
Chilean composer (1925–2010)
Alex Kellner
1924
American baseball player (1924–1996)
Wolfgang Sawallisch
1923
German conductor and pianist (1923–2013)
Irving R. Levine
1922
American journalist (1922–2009)
Shimshon Amitsur
1921
Israeli mathematician (1921–1994)
Ben Bradlee
1921
Executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991
Brant Parker
1920
American cartoonist
Prem Tinsulanonda
1920
Prime Minister of Thailand from 1980 to 1988
Gerard J. Campbell
1919
American Jesuit academic administrator
Katherine Johnson
1918
American NASA employee (1918–2020)
Humphrey Searle
1915
English composer (1915–1982)
Julio Cortázar
1914
Argentine writer (1914–1984)
Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca
1914
Turkish poet (1914-2008)
John Tinniswood
1912
English supercentenarian (1912–2024)
Otto Binder
1911
American writer (1911–1974)
Mother Teresa
1910
Albanian-Indian Catholic saint (1910–1997)
Eric Davies
1909
South African cricketer
Jim Davis (actor)
1909
American actor (1909–1981)
Gene Moore (outfielder)
1909
American baseball player (1909–1978)
Walter Bruno Henning
1908
German linguist (1908–1967)
Aubrey Schenck
1908
American film producer (1908–1999)
Bunny Austin
1906
English tennis player
Albert Sabin
1906
Polish-American medical researcher (1906–1993)
Helen Sharsmith
1905
American botanist (1905–1982)
Christopher Isherwood
1904
English and American novelist (1904–1986)
Joe Hulme
1904
English footballer and cricketer (1904-1991)
Caroline Pafford Miller
1903
American writer
Eleanor Dark
1901
Australian novelist
Hans Kammler
1901
SS engineer general (1901–1945)
Jimmy Rushing
1901
American blues and jazz singer (1901–1972)
Maxwell D. Taylor
1901
United States Army general (1901–1987)
Chen Yi (marshal)
1901
Chinese general, People's Republic of China (1901–1972)
Margaret Utinsky
1900
American humanitarian (1900–1970)
Hellmuth Walter
1900
German rocket scientist
1800s
Peggy Guggenheim
1898
American art collector (1898–1979)
Yun Po-sun
1897
President of South Korea from 1960 to 1962
Ivan Mihailov
1896
Bulgarian revolutionary in interwar Macedonia
Sparky Adams
1894
American baseball player (1894–1989)
Chatursen Shastri
1891
Indian writer of Hindi literature (1891–1960)
Gustavo R. Vincenti
1888
Maltese architect and developer (1888–1974)
Jules Romains
1885
French poet and writer (1885–1972)
James Franck
1882
German–American atomic physicist (1882–1964)
Sam Hardy (footballer)
1882
English footballer (1882–1966)
Guillaume Apollinaire
1880
French poet and writer (1880–1918)
John Buchan
1875
Scottish author and statesman (1875–1940)
Zona Gale
1874
American writer (1874–1938)
Lee de Forest
1873
American inventor (1873–1961)
Arthur James Arnot
1865
Scottish electrical engineer and inventor (1865–1946)
Herbert Booth
1862
Clara Schønfeld
1856
Danish actress (1856–1938)
Arnold Fothergill
1854
English cricketer (1854–1932)
Martha Darley Mutrie
1824
British painter (1824–1885)
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1819
Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861
Before 1800
Innocent of Alaska
1797
Russian bishop and saint (1797–1879)
Manuel Oribe
1792
2nd President of Uruguay (1835-38)
Federigo Zuccari
1783
Italian astronomer
William Joseph Behr
1775
German publicist and writer (1775–1851)
Manuel Abad y Queipo
1751
Bishop of Valladolid
Antoine Lavoisier
1743
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
Montgolfier brothers
1740
18th-century French inventors
Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle
1736
French geologist (1736–1790)
Johann Heinrich Lambert
1728
Swiss polymath (1728–1777)
Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault
1695
French singer and composer
Elisha Williams
1694
Robert Walpole
1676
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1721 to 1742
Frederick V of the Palatinate
1596
Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia (1596–1632)
Humilis of Bisignano
1582
Christian saint
Bernardino Poccetti
1548
Italian painter