26 December
Notable Births
Josh Wilson-Esbrand
b. 2002
English footballer (born 2002)
Aleksej Pokuševski
b. 2001
Serbian basketball player (born 2001)
Tamara Zidanšek
b. 1997
Slovenian tennis player (born 1997)
Colby Cave
b. 1994
Canadian ice hockey player (1994–2020)
Jade Thirlwall
b. 1992
English singer (born 1992)
Brandon Scherff
b. 1991
American football player (born 1991)
Eden Sher
b. 1991
American actress (born 1991)
Trevor Siemian
b. 1991
American football player (born 1991)
Denis Cheryshev
b. 1990
Russian footballer (born 1990)
Cory Jefferson
b. 1990
American basketball player (born 1990)
Aaron Ramsey
b. 1990
Welsh footballer (born 1990)
Yohan Blake
b. 1989
Jamaican sprinter (born 1989)
Sofiane Feghouli
b. 1989
Algerian footballer (born 1989)
Tomáš Kundrátek
b. 1989
Czech ice hockey player (born 1989)
Oskar Osala
b. 1987
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1987)
Joe Alexander
b. 1986
American basketball player (born 1986)
Kit Harington
b. 1986
British actor (born 1986)
Hugo Lloris
b. 1986
French footballer (born 1986)
Selen Soyder
b. 1986
Turkish model and actress
Damir Markota
b. 1985
Croatian basketball player
Notable Deaths
Pate Mustajärvi
d. 2025
Finnish rock singer (1956–2025)
Richard Parsons (businessman)
d. 2024
American business executive (1948–2024)
Manmohan Singh
d. 2024
Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014
Lukas Enembe
d. 2023
Indonesian politician (1967–2023)
Tom Smothers
d. 2023
American comedian, actor, composer and musician (1937–2023)
Giacomo Capuzzi
d. 2021
Catholic bishop (1929–2021)
Paul B. Kidd
d. 2021
Australian author, journalist, and radio show host (1945–2021)
Karolos Papoulias
d. 2021
President of Greece from 2005 to 2015
Desmond Tutu
d. 2021
South African bishop and anti-apartheid activist (1931–2021)
E. O. Wilson
d. 2021
American biologist, naturalist, and writer (1929–2021)
Brodie Lee
d. 2020
American professional wrestler (1979–2020)
Irv Weinstein
d. 2017
Buffalo television news journalist
George S. Irving
d. 2016
American actor (1922–2016)
Sidney Mintz
d. 2015
American anthropologist
Jim O'Toole
d. 2015
American baseball player (1937–2015)
Stanisław Barańczak
d. 2014
Polish poet, literary critic, scholar, editor, translator and lecturer (1946 – 2014)
James B. Edwards
d. 2014
American politician (1927–2014)
Leo Tindemans
d. 2014
Belgian politician (1922–2014)
Paul Blair (baseball)
d. 2013
American baseball player and coach (1944–2013)
Marta Eggerth
d. 2013
Hungary-born American actress and singer (1912–2013)