26 October
Notable Births
Lee Eun-sang (singer)
b. 2002
South Korean singer (born 2002)
Yuta (Japanese singer)
b. 1995
Japanese singer (born 1995)
Waqa Blake
b. 1994
Fiji international rugby league footballer
Allie DeBerry
b. 1994
American actress and model
Sergey Karasev
b. 1993
Russian basketball player (born 1993)
Joseph Cramarossa
b. 1992
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Mark Swanepoel
b. 1990
Rugby player
Dre Kirkpatrick
b. 1989
American football player (born 1989)
Emil Sayfutdinov
b. 1989
Russian motorcycle speedway rider
Greg Zuerlein (figure skater)
b. 1988
American ice dancer (born 1988)
Shawn Lauvao
b. 1987
American football player (born 1987)
Jakub Rzeźniczak
b. 1986
Polish footballer
Marco Ruben
b. 1986
Argentine footballer (born 1986)
Schoolboy Q
b. 1986
American rapper and singer (born 1986)
Andrea Bargnani
b. 1985
Italian basketball player (born 1985)
Kafoumba Coulibaly
b. 1985
Ivorian footballer
Monta Ellis
b. 1985
American basketball player (born 1985)
Kieran Read
b. 1985
New Zealand rugby union player (born 1985)
Sasha Cohen
b. 1984
American figure skater (born 1984)
Adriano (footballer, born 1984)
b. 1984
Brazilian footballer
Notable Deaths
Björn Andrésen
d. 2025
Swedish actor and musician (1955–2025)
Roh Tae-woo
d. 2021
President of South Korea from 1988 to 1993
Willis Carto
d. 2015
American political activist (1926–2015)
Leo Kadanoff
d. 2015
American physicist (1937–2015)
Giuseppe Nazzaro
d. 2015
Vic Allen
d. 2014
British communist, professor and anti-apartheid activist
Germain Gagnon
d. 2014
Canadian ice hockey player (1942–2014)
Senzo Meyiwa
d. 2014
South African footballer (1984–2014)
Jeff Robinson (starting pitcher)
d. 2014
American baseball player (1961–2014)
Gordy Soltau
d. 2014
American football player (1925–2014)
Oscar Taveras
d. 2014
Dominican–Canadian baseball player (1992–2014)
Ritva Arvelo
d. 2013
Finnish actress, film director and screenwriter
Ron Davies (photographer)
d. 2013
Welsh photographer
Doug Ireland
d. 2013
American journalist (1946–2013)
Gabriel of Komana
d. 2013
Mac Ahlberg
d. 2012
Swedish director and cinematographer (1931–2012)
Björn Sieber
d. 2012
Austrian alpine skier (1989–2012)
Jona Senilagakali
d. 2011
Prime Minister of Fiji (1929–2011)
Glen Little (clown)
d. 2010
Romeu Tuma
d. 2010
Brazilian politician