Births on 26 October
2000s
Lee Eun-sang (singer)
2002
South Korean singer (born 2002)
1900s
Rhenzy Feliz
1997
American actor
Rebecca Tunney
1996
British artistic gymnast
Yuta (Japanese singer)
1995
Japanese singer (born 1995)
Waqa Blake
1994
Fiji international rugby league footballer
Allie DeBerry
1994
American actress and model
Sergey Karasev
1993
Russian basketball player (born 1993)
Joseph Cramarossa
1992
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Riho Iida
1991
Japanese actress & singer
Mark Swanepoel
1990
Rugby player
Dre Kirkpatrick
1989
American football player (born 1989)
Emil Sayfutdinov
1989
Russian motorcycle speedway rider
Nosliw RodrÃguez
1988
Venezuelan politician
Greg Zuerlein (figure skater)
1988
American ice dancer (born 1988)
Abudramae Bamba
1987
Ivorian footballer
Shawn Lauvao
1987
American football player (born 1987)
Ibor Bakar
1986
Comorian footballer (born 1986)
Jakub Rzeźniczak
1986
Polish footballer
Marco Ruben
1986
Argentine footballer (born 1986)
Schoolboy Q
1986
American rapper and singer (born 1986)
Andrea Bargnani
1985
Italian basketball player (born 1985)
Kafoumba Coulibaly
1985
Ivorian footballer
Monta Ellis
1985
American basketball player (born 1985)
Kieran Read
1985
New Zealand rugby union player (born 1985)
Sasha Cohen
1984
American figure skater (born 1984)
Adriano (footballer, born 1984)
1984
Brazilian footballer
Mathieu Crépel
1984
French snowboarder (born 1984)
Jefferson Farfán
1984
Peruvian footballer (born 1984)
Amanda Overmyer
1984
American singer
Francisco Liriano
1983
Dominican baseball pitcher (born 1983)
Dmitri Sychev
1983
Russian former footballer
Luke Watson
1983
South African rugby union player
Nicola Adams
1982
British boxer (born 1982)
Adam Carroll (racing driver)
1982
British racing driver (born 1982)
The Whitest Kids U' Know
1981
American television series
Martina Schild
1981
Swiss alpine skier (born 1981)
Guy Sebastian
1981
Australian singer (born 1981)
Chou Szu-chi
1981
Taiwanese baseball player (born 1981)
Cristian Chivu
1980
Romanian footballer (born 1980)
Nick Collison
1980
American basketball player (born 1980)
Claire Cooper
1980
British actress (b. 1980)
Koichi (kickboxer)
1980
Japanese kickboxer (1980–2018)
Movsar Barayev
1979
Chechen Islamist militia leader (1979–2002)
Sari Abacha
1978
Nigerian footballer (1978–2013)
Jimmy Aggrey
1978
English footballer
Eva Kaili
1978
Greek politician (born 1978)
Antonio Pierce
1978
American football player and coach (born 1978)
CM Punk
1978
American professional wrestler (born 1978)
Dave Zastudil
1978
American football player (born 1978)
Jon Heder
1977
American actor (born 1977)
Marisha Pessl
1977
American writer
Florence Kasumba
1976
German actress (born 1976)
Miikka Kiprusoff
1976
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1976)
Austin Healey
1973
British Lions & England international rugby union player
Seth MacFarlane
1973
American actor, animator, filmmaker, and singer (born 1973)
Taka Michinoku
1973
Japanese professional wrestler (born 1973)
Róbert Petrovický
1973
Slovak ice hockey player (born 1973)
Matsuko Deluxe
1972
Japanese columnist, essayist and TV personality
Daniel Elena
1972
Monégasque rally co-driver (born 1972)
Raveena Tandon
1972
Indian actress (born 1972)
Jim Butcher
1971
American fantasy author (born 1971)
Rosemarie DeWitt
1971
American actress (born 1971)
Audley Harrison
1971
English boxer
Ronnie Irani
1971
Former England cricketer
Anthony Rapp
1971
American actor (born 1971)
Dian Bachar
1970
American actor
Lisa Ryder
1970
Canadian actress (born 1968)
Miyuki Imori
1968
Japanese actress (born 1968)
Douglas Alexander
1967
British politician (born 1967)
Keith Urban
1967
Australian-American country musician (born 1967)
Sverre Gjørvad
1966
Norwegian jazz musician and composer (born 1966)
Masaharu Iwata
1966
Japanese composer (born 1966)
Steve Valentine
1966
British actor (born 1966)
Jeanne Zelasko
1966
Baseball announcer
Kelly Rowan
1965
Canadian actress (b. 1965)
Ken Rutherford (cricketer)
1965
New Zealand cricketer
Kikka (singer)
1964
Finnish pop/schlager singer
Tom Cavanagh
1963
Canadian actor (born 1963)
Ted Demme
1963
American director, producer, and actor (1963–2002)
Natalie Merchant
1963
American singer-songwriter (born 1963)
Craig Shakespeare
1963
English footballer and manager (1963–2024)
Cary Elwes
1962
English actor (born 1962)
Jack Morelli
1962
American comic book letterer and author
Uhuru Kenyatta
1961
President of Kenya from 2013 to 2022
Gerald Malloy
1961
American politician
Dylan McDermott
1961
American actor (born 1961)
Joey Salceda
1961
Filipino politician and economist (born 1961)
Patrick Breen
1960
American actor
Paul Farmer
1959
American medical anthropologist and physician (1959–2022)
Evo Morales
1959
President of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019
Shaun Woodward
1958
British politician
Bob Golic
1957
American actor and football player (born 1957)
Stephen Gumley
1956
Australian businessman
Rita Wilson
1956
American actress, singer, and producer (born 1956)
Vasilis Hatzipanagis
1954
Greek former footballer (born 1954)
Adam Mars-Jones
1954
British novelist and literary critic (born 1954)
D. W. Moffett
1954
American actor (born 1954)
James Pickens Jr.
1954
American actor (born 1954)
Roger Allam
1953
English actor (born 1953)
Tim Hely Hutchinson
1953
British book publisher (born 1953)
Joe C. Meriweather
1953
American basketball player
Keith Strickland
1953
American musician (b. 1953)
A. A. M. S. Arefin Siddique
1953
Bangladeshi academic administrator (1953–2025)
Bobby Bandiera
1952
American guitarist, singer, and songwriter
Edward Garnier
1952
British barrister and Conservative Party politician
Andrew Motion
1952
English poet and writer (born 1952)
David Was
1952
American musician and songwriter
Bootsy Collins
1951
American bass guitarist, singer, and songwriter
Tommy Mars
1951
American keyboard player
Julian Schnabel
1951
American artist and filmmaker (born 1951)
Antonio Carpio
1949
Filipino judge (born 1949)
Steve Rogers (baseball)
1949
American baseball player
Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)
1949
American professional wrestler and booker (1949–2024)
Toby Harrah
1948
American baseball player and coach (born 1948)
Ricardo Asch
1947
Argentine physician, researcher
Ian Ashley
1947
British racing driver (born 1947)
Hillary Clinton
1947
American politician and diplomat (born 1947)
Reg Empey
1947
Northern Ireland politician (born 1947)
Trevor Joyce
1947
Irish poet (born 1947)
Kenzo Kitakata
1947
Japanese novelist (born 1947)
Kevin Barron
1946
British Labour politician (born 1946)
Keith Hopwood
1946
English pop musician (born 1946)
Pat Sajak
1946
American television host (born 1946)
Holly Woodlawn
1946
American actress (1946–2015)
Pat Conroy
1945
American novelist (1945–2016)
Demetris Th. Gotsis
1945
Greek poet and author residing in Cyprus (born 1945 - died 2021)
Nancy D. Griffeth
1945
American computer scientist and mathematician
Jaclyn Smith
1945
American actress (born 1945)
Jim McCann (musician)
1944
Irish musician (1944–2015)
Bob Hoskins
1942
English actor (1942–2014)
Milton Nascimento
1942
Brazilian singer-songwriter and musician
Zdenko Runjić
1942
Musical artist
Jonathan Williams (racing driver)
1942
British racing driver (1942–2014)
Steven Kellogg
1941
American author and illustrator (born 1941)
Charlie Landsborough
1941
British musician
Eddie Henderson (musician)
1940
American jazz musician (born 1940)
John Horgan (academic)
1940
Irish politician and academic (born 1940)
Tom Meschery
1938
American basketball player-coach (born 1938)
Al Casey (rock guitarist)
1936
American guitarist (1936–2006)
Etelka Kenéz Heka
1936
Hungarian writer, poet and singer (1936–2024)
Shelley Morrison
1936
American actress (1936–2019)
György Pauk
1936
Hungarian violinist (1936–2024)
Mike Gray
1935
American political writer (1935–2013)
Gloria Conyers Hewitt
1935
American mathematician (born 1935)
Hot Rod Hundley
1934
American basketball player and TV broadcaster (1934–2015)
Hans-Joachim Roedelius
1934
German musician and composer (born 1934)
Takis Kanellopoulos
1933
Greek film director
Andrew P. O'Rourke
1933
American judge
Suhailah Noah
1931
Wife of the former Prime Minister of Malaysia (1931–2014)
Neal Matthews Jr.
1929
American vocalist
Francisco Solano López (comics)
1928
Argentine artist (1928–2011)
Warne Marsh
1927
American tenor saxophonist (1927–1987)
Panos Gavalas
1926
Jan Wolkers
1925
Dutch sculptor and writer (1925–2007)
Shaw Taylor
1924
British TV presenter (1924–2015)
Robert Hinde
1923
British zoologist, ethologist and psychologist
Madelyn Dunham
1922
Maternal grandmother of Barack Obama (1922–2008)
Fred Wood (actor)
1922
English actor
Joe Fulks
1921
American basketball player (1921–1976)
Sarah Lee Lippincott
1920
American astronomer (1920–2019)
Ashraf Pahlavi
1919
Iranian princess (1919–2016)
Frank Bourgholtzer
1919
American journalist (1919–2010)
Edward Brooke
1919
American politician (1919–2015)
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1919
Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979
François Mitterrand
1916
President of France from 1981 to 1995
Boyd Wagner
1916
American aviator and fighter ace
Ray Crawford (racing driver)
1915
American pilot, race-car driver and businessman
Joe Fry
1915
British racing driver (1915–1950)
Jackie Coogan
1914
American actor (1914–1984)
Charlie Barnet
1913
American jazz saxophonist, composer & bandleader (1913–1991)
Don Siegel
1912
American film director (1912–1991)
Sid Gillman
1911
American football player and coach (1911–2003)
Mahalia Jackson
1911
American gospel singer (1911–1972)
Sorley MacLean
1911
Scottish poet (1911 – 1996)
John Krol
1910
American Catholic cardinal (1910–1996)
Ignace Lepp
1909
French writer
Dante Quinterno
1909
Argentine comics artist
Primo Carnera
1906
Italian boxer and professional wrestler (1906–1967)
George Flahiff
1905
Canadian Catholic prelate (1905–1989)
Mahn Ba Khaing
1903
Burmese politician
Beryl Markham
1902
British writer, aviator, adventurer, racehorse trainer (1902–1986)
Jack Sharkey
1902
Lithuanian-American boxer
Henrietta Hill Swope
1902
American astronomer (1902–1980)
Ibrahim Abboud
1900
President of Sudan from 1958 to 1964
Karin Boye
1900
Swedish poet and novelist (1900–1941)
1800s
Judy Johnson
1899
American baseball player, manager, and scout (born 1899)
Florence Nagle
1894
Breeder and trainer of race horses
Miloš Crnjanski
1893
Serbian writer (1893–1977)
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
1890
Indian journalist (1890–1931)
Runar Schildt
1888
Swedish-speaking Finnish author (1888–1925)
William Hogenson
1884
American athlete (1884–1965)
Napoleon Hill
1883
American author
Paul Pilgrim
1883
American runner
Louis Bastien (cyclist)
1881
French cyclist and fencer
Andrei Bely
1880
Russian-Soviet poet, writer and critic (1880–1934)
William Kissam Vanderbilt II
1878
American heir and racing driver (1878–1944)
H. B. Warner
1876
English film and theatre actor (1876-1958)
Martin Lowry
1874
English physical chemist (1874–1936)
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
1874
American socialite and philanthropist (1874–1948)
A. K. Fazlul Huq
1873
Pakistani statesman and jurist (1873–1962)
Thorvald Stauning
1873
Prime Minister of Denmark (1873–1942)
Guillermo Kahlo
1871
German-Mexican photographer
Washington LuÃs
1869
President of Brazil from 1926 to 1930
Benjamin Guggenheim
1865
American businessman and ''Titanic'' passenger (1865–1912)
Frank Eaton
1860
American scout, sheriff, and cowboy
C. W. Post
1854
American businessman (1854–1914)
Grigore Tocilescu
1850
Romanian historian (1850–1909)
Ferdinand Georg Frobenius
1849
German mathematician (1849–1917)
Vasily Vereshchagin
1842
19th-century Russian war artist
Joseph Hansom
1803
British architect (1803–1882)
Miguel I of Portugal
1802
King of Portugal from 1828 to 1834
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
1800
German field marshal (1800–1891)
Before 1800
Margaret Agnes Bunn
1799
British actress
Giuditta Pasta
1797
Italian opera singer (1797–1865)
Nikolaos Mantzaros
1795
Greek-Italian composer
Konstantin Thon
1794
Russian architect (1794–1881)
Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko
1768
Polish nobleman and general
Georges Danton
1759
French revolutionary (1759–1794)
Karl Leonhard Reinhold
1757
Austrian philosopher (1757–1823)
Ivan Mane Jarnović
1747
Musical artist
Johan Helmich Roman
1694
Swedish Baroque composer
Domenico Scarlatti
1685
Italian composer (1685–1757)
Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin
1684
German general (1684–1757)
Dimitrie Cantemir
1673
Moldavian statesman and prince (1673–1723)
Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester
1612
English Cavalier
William Sprague (1609–1675)
1609
Hans Leo Hassler
1564
German composer (1564–1612)
Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti
1556
Berber writer (1556–1627)
Charlotte de Sauve
1551
French courtesan
Anna of Hesse
1529
Hessian Princess (1529–1591)
John Basset (1518–1541)
1518
Devonshire gentleman (1518–1541)
Zhengde Emperor
1491
Emperor of China from 1505 to 1521
Hans Buchner
1483
Frederick of Saxony (Teutonic Knight)
1473
Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
Ercole I d'Este
1431
Duke of Ferrara from 1471 to 1505
Sigismund, Archduke of Austria
1427
Ruler of Austria from 1439 to 1496
Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent
1416
English administrator, nobleman and magnate