Births on 26 July
2000s
Thomasin McKenzie
2000
New Zealand actress (born 2000)
1900s
Achraf El Yakhloufi
1998
Belgian politician (born 1998)
Olivia Breen
1996
Welsh Paralympic athlete
Ella Leivo
1994
Finnish tennis player
Raymond Faitala-Mariner
1993
NZ & Samoa international rugby league footballer
Taylor Momsen
1993
American musician and actress (born 1993)
Marika Koroibete
1992
Australia international rugby union & Fiji international rugby league footballer
Tyson Barrie
1991
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1991)
Chinami Yoshida
1991
Japanese curler
Jeon Yeo-been
1989
South Korean actress (born 1989)
Yurie Omi
1988
Japanese former announcer and news anchor
Sayaka Akimoto
1988
Japanese actress and singer (born 1988)
Panagiotis Kone
1987
Greek footballer (born 1987)
Jordie Benn
1987
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1987)
Fredy Montero
1987
Colombian footballer (born 1987)
Monica Raymund
1986
American actress (born 1986)
Leonardo Ulloa
1986
Argentine footballer
John White (footballer, born 1986)
1986
English footballer, born 1986
Marcus Benard
1985
American football player (born 1985)
Gaël Clichy
1985
French footballer (born 1985)
Audrey De Montigny
1985
Canadian singer
Mat Gamel
1985
American baseball player (born 1985)
Kyriakos Ioannou
1984
Cypriot high jumper (born 1984)
Benjamin Kayser
1984
France international rugby union player
Sabri Sarıoğlu
1984
Turkish footballer (born 1984)
Kelly Clark
1983
American snowboarder
Stephen Makinwa
1983
Nigerian footballer
Roderick Strong
1983
American professional wrestler
Naomi van As
1983
Dutch former field hockey player
Ken Wallace (canoeist)
1983
Australian canoeist (born 1983)
Delonte West
1983
American Basketball player (born 1983)
Gilad Hochman
1982
Israeli composer (born 1982)
Christopher Kane
1982
Scottish fashion designer
Abe Forsythe
1981
Australian film and television actor, director, writer and producer
Maicon (footballer, born 1981)
1981
Brazilian footballer (born 1981)
Jacinda Ardern
1980
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2017 to 2023
Dave Baksh
1980
Canadian guitarist (born 1980)
Robert Gallery
1980
American football player (born 1980)
Friedrich Michau
1979
Rugby player
Derek Paravicini
1979
English pianist (born 1979)
Peter Sarno
1979
Canadian ice hockey player
Erik Westrum
1979
American ice hockey player
Juliet Rylance
1979
English actress (born 1979)
Joaquín Benoit
1977
Dominican baseball player (born 1977)
Martin Laursen
1977
Danish footballer (born 1977)
Tanja Szewczenko
1977
German figure skater and actor (born 1977)
Elena Kustarova
1976
Russian ice dancer and coach
Ingo Schultz
1975
German sprinter
Joe Smith (basketball)
1975
American basketball player (born 1975)
Liz Truss
1975
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2022
Iron & Wine
1974
American musician (born 1974)
Kees Meeuws
1974
New Zealand rugby union player
Dean Sturridge
1974
English footballer (born 1973)
Kate Beckinsale
1973
English actress (born 1973)
Mariano Raffo
1973
Argentine film director (born 1973)
Nathan Buckley
1972
Australian rules footballer (born 1972)
Khaled Mahmud
1971
Bangladeshi cricketer
Chris Harrison
1971
American television personality
Greg Colbrunn
1969
American baseball player (born 1969)
Tanni Grey-Thompson
1969
Welsh wheelchair racer and parliamentarian (born 1969)
Frédéric Diefenthal
1968
French actor and director (born 1968)
James Naismith (chemist)
1968
British structural biologist (born 1968)
Olivia Williams
1968
British actress (born 1968)
Martin Baker (organist)
1967
Musical artist
Tim Schafer
1967
American video game designer
Jason Statham
1967
English actor (born 1967)
Angelo Di Livio
1966
Italian former footballer (born 1966)
Jeremy Piven
1965
American actor (born 1965)
Jim Lindberg
1965
American singer
Sandra Bullock
1964
American actress and film producer (born 1964)
Ralf Metzenmacher
1964
German artist (1964–2020)
Anne Provoost
1964
Flemish author (born 1964)
Stuart Long
1963
American boxer and Catholic priest (1963–2014)
Jeff Stoughton
1963
Canadian curler (born 1963)
Gary Cherone
1961
American singer
Andy Connell
1961
English keyboardist and composer
Felix Dexter
1961
British actor and comedian (1961–2013)
Rick Bragg
1959
American journalist and writer
Kevin Spacey
1959
American actor (born 1959)
Monti Davis
1958
American basketball player (1958–2013)
Angela Hewitt
1958
Canadian classical pianist
Norman Baker
1957
British politician
Nana Visitor
1957
American actress (born 1957)
Peter Fincham
1956
British television producer (b. 1956)
Dorothy Hamill
1956
American figure skater
Tommy Rich
1956
American professional wrestler
Tim Tremlett
1956
English cricketer and cricket director
Aleksandrs Starkovs
1955
Latvian footballer
Asif Ali Zardari
1955
President of Pakistan (2008–2013; since 2024)
Joseph Christopher
1955
American serial killer
Vitas Gerulaitis
1954
American tennis player (1954–1994)
Felix Magath
1953
German football player and manager (born 1953)
Robert Phillips (guitarist)
1953
Musical artist
Henk Bleker
1953
Dutch politician and jurist
Earl Tatum
1953
American basketball player
Glynis Breakwell
1952
Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath
Rick Martin
1951
Canadian ice hockey player (1951–2011)
Nelinho
1950
Brazilian footballer
Nicholas Evans
1950
British writer and film producer (1950–2022)
Susan George (actress)
1950
English actress
Anne Rafferty
1950
English jurist
Rich Vogler
1950
American racing driver (1950–1990)
Thaksin Shinawatra
1949
Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
1949
English musician, songwriter, and record producer (born 1949)
Luboš Andršt
1948
Czech guitarist (1948–2021)
Herbert Wiesinger
1948
German former pair skater
Emilio de Villota
1946
Spanish racing driver (born 1946)
Helen Mirren
1945
English actor (born 1945)
Betty Davis
1944
American singer, songwriter, and model (1944–2022)
Peter Hyams
1943
American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer (born 1943)
Mick Jagger
1943
English musician (born 1943)
Vladimír Mečiar
1942
Prime Minister of Slovakia (1990–1991; 1992–1994; 1994–1998)
Teddy Pilette
1942
Belgian racing driver (born 1942)
Jean Baubérot
1941
French historian and sociologist
Darlene Love
1941
American singer and actress (born 1941)
Brenton Wood
1941
American singer and songwriter (1941–2025)
Dobie Gray
1940
American singer and songwriter (1940–2011)
Brian Mawhinney
1940
British politician (1940–2019)
Bobby Rousseau
1940
Canadian ice hockey player (1940–2025)
Jun Henmi
1939
Japanese writer and poet
John Howard
1939
Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007
Bob Lilly
1939
American football player (born 1939)
Richard Marlow
1939
English choral conductor and organist
Bobby Hebb
1938
American singer-songwriter (1938–2010)
Keith Peters (physician)
1938
Welsh physician
Ercole Spada
1937
Italian automobile designer (1937–2025)
Tsutomu Koyama
1936
Japanese volleyball player (1936–2012)
Lawrie McMenemy
1936
English manager (born 1936)
Tommy McDonald (American football)
1934
American football player (1934–2018)
Robert Colbert
1931
American actor (born 1931)
Telê Santana
1931
Brazilian footballer and manager
Plínio de Arruda Sampaio
1930
Brazilian politician
Barbara Jefford
1930
British actress (1930–2020)
Marc Lalonde
1929
Canadian politician (1929–2023)
Alexis Weissenberg
1929
Bulgarian-born French pianist
Don Beauman
1928
British racing driver (1928–1955)
Francesco Cossiga
1928
President of Italy from 1985 to 1992
Elliott Erwitt
1928
French-born American photographer (1928–2023)
Ibn-e-Safi
1928
Pakistani writer, poet and novelist (1928–1980)
Joe Jackson (talent manager)
1928
Patriarch of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
Stanley Kubrick
1928
American filmmaker and photographer (1928–1999)
Peter Lougheed
1928
Premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985
Sally Oppenheim-Barnes
1928
British politician (1928–2025)
Gulabrai Ramchand
1927
Indian cricketer (1927–2003)
James Best
1926
American actor, musician, artist (1926–2015)
Jerzy Einhorn
1925
Polish-born Swedish doctor (1925–2000)
Joseph Engelberger
1925
American pioneer in robotics
Gene Gutowski
1925
American film producer
Ana María Matute
1925
Spanish author
Stan and Jan Berenstain
1923
American author and illustrator duo
Bernice Rubens
1923
Welsh novelist (1923–2004)
Hoyt Wilhelm
1923
American baseball player (1922–2002)
Blake Edwards
1922
American filmmaker (1922–2010)
Jim Foglesong
1922
American country music executive (1922–2013)
Jason Robards
1922
American actor (1922–2000)
Tom Saffell
1921
American baseball player (1921–2012)
Jean Shepherd
1921
American writer and radio host (1921–1999)
Bob Waterfield
1920
American football player and coach (1920–1983)
Virginia Gilmore
1919
American actress
James Lovelock
1919
English scientist (1919–2022)
Marjorie Lord
1918
American actress (1918–2015)
Dean Brooks
1916
American physician and actor (1916–2013)
Jaime Luiz Coelho
1916
Catholic archbishop
C. Farris Bryant
1914
34th Governor of Florida
Erskine Hawkins
1914
American trumpeter and big band leader (1914–1993)
Ellis Kinder
1914
American baseball player (1914–1968)
Kan Yuet-keung
1913
Hong Kong banker, politician and lawyer
Peter Thorneycroft
1909
British politician (1909–1994)
Vivian Vance
1909
American actress (1909–1979)
Lucien Wercollier
1908
Luxembourgish sculptor
Irena Iłłakowicz
1906
Polish second Lieutenant of the National Armed Forces and intelligence agent
Jack Morrison (rugby league)
1905
Australian rugby league footballer
Frank Scott Hogg
1904
Canadian astronomer
Edwin Albert Link
1904
American inventor and underwater diver (1904–1981)
Estes Kefauver
1903
American politician (1903–1963)
Sarah Kafrit
1900
Israeli politician (1900–1983)
1800s
Harold D. Cooley
1897
American politician
Paul Gallico
1897
American writer and journalist (1897–1976)
Tim Birkin
1896
British racing driver
Gracie Allen
1895
American actress (1895–1964)
Aldous Huxley
1894
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
George Grosz
1893
German artist (1893–1959)
Sad Sam Jones
1892
American baseball player (1892–1966)
Daniel J. Callaghan
1890
United States Navy admiral (1890-1942)
Reginald Hands
1888
South African cricketer
Lars Hanson
1886
Swedish film and stage actor
Roy Castleton
1885
American baseball player (1885–1967)
André Maurois
1885
French author (1885–1967)
Albert Dunstan
1882
Australian politician (1882–1950)
Volodymyr Vynnychenko
1880
Prime Minister of Ukraine in 1917 and 1918
Shunroku Hata
1879
Japanese military officer and war criminal (1879–1962)
Edward B. Greene
1878
American banker and mining and steel executive
Ernst Hoppenberg
1878
German swimmer (1878–1937)
Jesse Livermore
1877
American stock trader (1877–1940)
Carl Jung
1875
Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)
Ernesta Di Capua
1875
Italian botanist (1875–1943)
Antonio Machado
1875
Spanish poet (1875–1939)
Serge Koussevitzky
1874
Russian and American conductor (1874–1951)
Philipp Scheidemann
1865
German politician (1865–1939)
Rajanikanta Sen
1865
Bengali poet and composer (1865–1910)
Jāzeps Vītols
1863
Latvian composer, pedagogue and music critic
Tom Garrett (cricketer)
1858
Australian cricketer
George Bernard Shaw
1856
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
Ferdinand Tönnies
1855
German sociologist, economist and philosopher (1855–1936)
Philippe Gaucher
1854
French dermatologist
Stefan Drzewiecki
1844
Polish engineer and inventor
Alfred Marshall
1842
British economist (1842–1924)
Carl Robert Jakobson
1841
Estonian writer and politician (1841–1882)
Silas Soule
1838
American abolitionist and military officer
Auguste Beernaert
1829
14th Prime Minister of Belgium and human rights activist
Justin Holland
1819
Musical artist
Mariano Arista
1802
President of Mexico from 1851 to 1853
Before 1800
George Catlin
1796
American painter and adventurer (1796–1872)
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
1791
Son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791–1844)
John Field (composer)
1782
Irish composer (1782–1837)
George Clinton (vice president)
1739
Vice President of the United States from 1805 to 1812
Lorenz Christoph Mizler
1711
German music historian and polymath (1711–1778)
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
1678
Holy Roman Emperor from 1705 to 1711
Christian Egenolff
1502
German printer (1505–1555)
Isabel Despenser, Countess of Warwick
1400
English noble
Stanislaus of Szczepanów
1030
11th-century Polish Catholic bishop