Births on 26 May
2000s
Yeji (singer)
2000
South Korean singer and dancer (born 2000)
1900s
Micah Parsons
1999
American football player (born 1999)
Georgia Wareham
1999
Australian cricketer
Mathew Barzal
1997
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1997)
Lara Goodall
1996
South African cricketer (born 1996)
Gong Myung
1994
South Korean actor and singer
Jason Adesanya
1993
Belgian footballer (born 1993)
Ah Young
1991
South Korean singer and actress (born 1991)
Paula Findlay
1989
Canadian triathlete (born 1989)
Park Ye-eun
1989
South Korean singer (born 1989)
Andrea Catellani
1988
Italian footballer (born 1988)
Dani Stevens
1988
Australian discus thrower
Olcay Şahan
1987
Turkish footballer
Michel Tornéus
1986
Swedish long jumper
Monika Christodoulou
1985
Musical artist
Ashley Vincent
1985
English footballer (born 1985)
Demy de Zeeuw
1983
Dutch footballer (born 1983)
Nathan Merritt
1983
Australian rugby league footballer (born 1983)
Hasan Kabze
1982
Turkish footballer
Anthony Ervin
1981
American swimmer (born 1981)
Jason Manford
1981
English comedian and singer (born 1981)
Ben Zobrist
1981
American baseball player (born 1981)
Louis-Jean Cormier
1980
Musical artist
Ashley Massaro
1979
American professional wrestler (1979–2019)
Natalya Nazarova
1979
Russian sprinter (born 1979)
Mehmet Okur
1979
Turkish basketball player (born 1979)
Fabio Firmani
1978
Italian retired footballer
Dan Parks
1978
Scottish rugby union player (born 1978)
Nikos Chatzivrettas
1977
Greek basketball player (born 1977)
Raina Telgemeier
1977
American cartoonist, illustrator, and writer (born 1977)
Luca Toni
1977
Italian footballer (born 1977)
Misaki Ito
1977
Japanese actress and model
Paul Collingwood
1976
English cricketer
Stephen Curry (comedian)
1976
Australian comedian and actor (born 1976)
Kenny Florian
1976
American mixed martial artist and combat sport color commentator
Lauryn Hill
1975
American rapper (born 1975)
Lars Frölander
1974
Swedish swimmer (born 1974)
Naomi Harris
1973
Canadian photographer (born 1973)
Zaher Al Indari
1971
Lebanese footballer (born 1971)
Matt Stone
1971
American filmmaker, animator, and actor (born 1971)
Nobuhiro Watsuki
1970
Japanese manga artist (born 1970)
John Baird (Canadian politician)
1969
Canadian politician (born 1969)
Siri Lindley
1969
American triathlon coach
Fernando León de Aranoa
1968
Spanish film director and screenwriter
Frederik X
1968
King of Denmark since 2024
Philip Treacy
1967
Irish-born haute couture milliner
Mika Yamamoto
1967
Japanese journalist (1967–2012)
Helena Bonham Carter
1966
English actress (born 1966)
Zola Budd
1966
South African runner (born 1966)
Caitlín R. Kiernan
1964
American author (born 1964)
Lenny Kravitz
1964
American rock musician (born 1964)
Argyris Pedoulakis
1964
Greek basketball player and coach
Simon Armitage
1963
English poet (born 1963)
Claude Legault
1963
Canadian actor and television writer
Black (singer)
1962
English singer-songwriter (1962–2016)
Genie Francis
1962
American actress (born 1962)
Tarsem Singh
1961
Indian film director (born 1961)
Dean Lukin
1960
Australian weightlifter (born 1960)
Romas Ubartas
1960
Lithuanian discus thrower (born 1960)
Ole Bornedal
1959
Danish film director, actor and producer
Arto Bryggare
1958
Finnish former hurdling athlete
Margaret Colin
1958
American actress (born 1958)
Diomedes Díaz
1957
Colombian vallenato artist (1957–2013)
François Legault
1957
Premier of Quebec since 2018
Roberto Ravaglia
1957
Italian racing driver (born 1957)
Fiona Shackleton
1956
English solicitor and politician
Jyoti Gogte
1956
Indian author, entrepreneur and academic (born 1956)
Michael Devine (hunger striker)
1954
Irish hunger striker (1954–1981)
Alan Hollinghurst
1954
English novelist (born 1954)
Denis Lebel
1954
Canadian politician
Kay Hagan
1953
American lawyer, banking executive, and politician (1953–2019)
Don McAllister
1953
English footballer (born 1953)
Michael Portillo
1953
British broadcaster, journalist and former politician (born 1953)
Ramón Calderón
1951
Spanish lawyer (born 1951)
Lou van den Dries
1951
Dutch mathematician
Muhammed Faris
1951
Syrian military aviator and cosmonaut (1951–2024)
Sally Ride
1951
American physicist and astronaut (1951–2012)
Jeremy Corbyn
1949
British politician (born 1949)
Ward Cunningham
1949
American computer programmer (born 1949)
Pam Grier
1949
American actress (born 1949)
Anne McGuire
1949
Scottish politician
Philip Michael Thomas
1949
American actor (born 1949)
Hank Williams Jr.
1949
American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1949)
Dayle Haddon
1948
Canadian dancer, model, actress (1948–2024)
Glenn Turner
1947
New Zealand cricketer
Neshka Robeva
1946
Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast (born 1946)
Mick Ronson
1946
English musician (1946–1993)
Vilasrao Deshmukh
1945
Indian politician (1945–2012)
Phil Edmonston
1944
Canadian consumer advocate (1944–2022)
Jan Kinder
1944
Norwegian ice hockey player
Sam Posey
1944
American racing driver, author, artist, architect (born 1944)
Erica Terpstra
1943
Dutch politician and swimmer
Aldrich Ames
1941
American CIA analyst and Soviet spy (1941–2026)
Jim Dobbin
1941
British politician (1941–2014)
Cliff Drysdale
1941
South African tennis player
Imants Kalniņš
1941
Latvian composer
Monique Gagnon-Tremblay
1940
Canadian politician (born 1940)
Levon Helm
1940
American drummer and vocalist (1940–2012)
William Bolcom
1938
American composer and pianist (born 1938)
Andrew Clennel Palmer
1938
British engineer (1938–2019)
Lyudmila Petrushevskaya
1938
Russian writer, novelist and playwright (born 1938)
K. Bikram Singh
1938
Teresa Stratas
1938
Canadian-American operatic soprano
Manorama (Tamil actress)
1937
Indian actress
Paul E. Patton
1937
American politician (born 1937)
Natalya Gorbanevskaya
1936
Russian poet, translator and civil rights activist
Eero Loone
1935
Estonian philosopher
Karim Emami
1930
J. F. Ade Ajayi
1929
Nigerian historian (1929–2014)
Ernie Carroll
1929
Australian television personality (1929–2022)
Hans Freeman
1929
Australian chemist (1929–2008)
Catherine Sauvage
1929
Musical artist
Jack Kevorkian
1928
American pathologist and euthanasia activist (1928–2011)
Jacques Bergerac
1927
French actor, businessman and executive (1927–2014)
Miles Davis
1926
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer (1926–1991)
Carmen Montejo
1925
Cuban actress (1925–2013)
Alec McCowen
1925
English actor (1925–2017)
James Arness
1923
American actor (1923–2011)
Roy Dotrice
1923
British actor (1923–2017)
Inge Borkh
1921
German opera singer (1921–2018)
Jack Cheetham
1920
South African cricketer
Peggy Lee
1920
American singer (1920–2002)
Rubén González (pianist)
1919
Cuban musician (1919–2003)
Henriette Roosenburg
1916
Dutch journalist and political prisoner
Vernon Alley
1915
American jazz bassist (1915–2004)
Frankie Manning
1914
American dancer and choreographer (1914–2009)
Peter Cushing
1913
English actor (1913–1994)
Pierre Daninos
1913
French writer and humorist (1913–2005)
Karin Ekelund
1913
Swedish actress
Josef Manger
1913
German weightlifter (1913–1991)
János Kádár
1912
Leader of Hungary from 1956 to 1988
Jay Silverheels
1912
Canadian Mohawk actor and athlete (1912–1980)
Maurice Baquet
1911
French actor and cellist (1911–2005)
Henry Ephron
1911
American dramatist (1911–1992)
Imi Lichtenfeld
1910
Hungarian-born Israeli martial artist
Matt Busby
1909
Scottish footballer, manager (1909–1994)
Adolfo López Mateos
1909
President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964
Robert Morley
1908
English actor (1908–1992)
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ
1908
Vice president of South Vietnam from 1956 to 1963
Jean Bernard (physician)
1907
John Wayne
1907
American actor (1907–1979)
Tamurbek Dawletschin
1904
Soviet writer (1904–1983)
George Formby
1904
English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian (1904–1961)
Necip Fazıl Kısakürek
1904
Turkish poet, novelist, playwright, Islamist ideologue (1904–1983)
Vlado Perlemuter
1904
Lithuanian-born French pianist and teacher (1904 - 2002)
Karin Juel
1900
Swedish singer, actor, and writer
1800s
Antonio Barrette
1899
Premier of Quebec in 1960
Muriel McQueen Fergusson
1899
Canadian politician (1899–1997)
Ernst Bacon
1898
American composer and musician (1898–1990)
Christfried Burmeister
1898
Estonian speed skater (1898–1965)
Dorothea Lange
1895
American photojournalist (1895–1965)
Paul Lukas
1895
Hungarian-American actor (1894–1971)
Eugene Goossens (composer)
1893
English conductor and composer (1893–1962)
Ba U
1887
Former President of Burma
Al Jolson
1886
American entertainer (1886–1950)
Peter Kürten
1883
German serial killer (1883–1931)
Mamie Smith
1883
American vaudeville singer (1891–1946)
Adolfo de la Huerta
1881
President of Mexico in 1920
W. Otto Miessner
1880
American composer and music educator (1880–1967)
Percy Perrin
1876
English cricketer
Olaf Gulbransson
1873
Norwegian artist, painter and designer
Mary of Teck
1867
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936
Robert W. Chambers
1865
American artist and author (1865–1933)
Bob Fitzsimmons
1863
Cornish boxer (1863–1917)
Edmond de Goncourt
1822
French writer and critic (1822–1896)
Before 1800
August Kopisch
1799
German poet and painter (1799–1853)
William Morgan (actuary)
1750
British scientist and actuary (1750–1833)
Nicolaus Zinzendorf
1700
German protestant religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church
Sébastien Vaillant
1669
French mycologist (1669-1722)
Abraham de Moivre
1667
French mathematician (1667–1754)
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
1650
British army officer and statesman (1650–1722)
William Petty
1623
English economist and philosopher (1623–1687)
Philippe de Champaigne
1602
French painter (1602–1674)
Mehmed III
1566
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 to 1603
James III, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg
1562
Margrave of Baden-Hachberg
Pope Clement VII
1478
Bishop of Rome from 1523 to 1534
Prince Koreyasu
1264
Military ruler of Japan from 1266 to 1289