Historical Births Today: 26 September

Births

• 1181 - Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order (d. 1226)


• 1329 - Anna of Bavaria, Queen of the Romans (d. 1353)


• 1406 - Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)


• 1711 - Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779)


• 1750 - Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810)


• 1758 - Cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires.


• 1774 - Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (d. 1847)


• 1791 - Théodore Géricault, French painter (d. 1824)


• 1820 - Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Bengali scholar (d. 1891)


• 1840 - Louis-Olivier Taillon, French Canadian politician (d. 1923)


• 1865 - Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, English pilot and ornithologist (d. 1937)


• 1869 - Komitas, Armenian composer (d. 1935)


• 1870 - King Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)


• 1871 - Winsor McCay, American cartoonist (d. 1934)


• 1873 - Wacław Berent, Polish novelist and translator (d. 1940)


• 1873 - Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect (d. 1949)


• 1874 - Lewis Hine, American photographer and social activist (d. 1940)


• 1875 - Edmund Gwenn, Welsh actor (d. 1959)


• 1876 - Edith Abbott, American social worker, educator, and author (d. 1957)


• 1877 - Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (d. 1963)


• 1877 - Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist (d. 1962)


• 1881 - Hiram Wesley Evans, Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard (d. 1966)


• 1886 - Archibald Vivian Hill, English physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1977)


• 1887 - Edwin Keppel Bennett, English writer (d. 1958)


• 1887 - Antonio Moreno, Spanish-born actor (d. 1967)


• 1887 - Sir Barnes Wallis, English scientist, engineer and inventor (d. 1979)


• 1888 - J. Frank Dobie, American folklorist and newspaper columnist (d. 1964)


• 1888 - T. S. Eliot, American-born writer and editor, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)


• 1889 - Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (d. 1976)


• 1891 - Charles Münch, French conductor and violinist (d. 1968)


• 1893 - Gladys Brockwell, American actress (d. 1929)


• 1895 - George Raft, American actor (d. 1980)


• 1897 - Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)


• 1897 - Arthur Rhys Davids, English pilot (d. 1917)


• 1898 - George Gershwin, American composer (d. 1937)


• 1905 - Emilio Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player


• 1907 - Anthony Blunt, English art historian and Soviet spy (d. 1983)


• 1907 - Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (d. 1992)


• 1909 - Bill France, Sr., American founder of NASCAR (d. 1992)


• 1913 - Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (d. 1998)


• 1914 - Jack LaLanne, American fitness, exercise and nutritional expert


• 1917 - Réal Caouette, French Canadian politician, leader of the Ralliement créditiste (d. 1976)


• 1919 - Barbara Britton, American actress (d. 1980)


• 1919 - Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and researcher


• 1922 - Nicholas Romanov, French-born pretender to the Russian throne


• 1923 - Dev Anand, Indian actor and film producer


• 1924 - Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)


• 1925 - Norm Dussault, American ice hockey player


• 1925 - Marty Robbins, American singer (d. 1982)


• 1926 - Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000)


• 1926 - Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian Indo-European Philologist


• 1927 - Robert Blackburn, Irish educationist (d. 1990)


• 1927 - Robert Cade, American physician and inventor of the beverage Gatorade (d. 2007)


• 1927 - Patrick O'Neal, American actor (d. 1994)


• 1928 - Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor


• 1930 - Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (d. 1966)


• 1932 - Richard Herd, American actor


• 1932 - Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India


• 1932 - Vladimir Voinovich, Russian writer and dissident


• 1933 - Donna Douglas, American actress


• 1935 - Joe Sherlock, Irish Labour Party politician (d. 2007)


• 1936 - Winnie Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist


• 1937 - Valentin Pavlov, Soviet politician (d. 2003)


• 1937 - Jerry Weintraub, American film producer


• 1939 - Ricky Tomlinson, English actor


• 1941 - Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor


• 1942 - Kent McCord, American actor


• 1943 - Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer and broadcaster


• 1943 - Tim Schenken, Australian racing driver


• 1944 - Anne Robinson, English television host


• 1945 - Louise Beaudoin, French Canadian politician


• 1945 - Gal Costa, Brazilian singer


• 1945 - Bryan Ferry, English singer (Roxy Music)


• 1946 - Andrea Dworkin, American feminist (d. 2005)


• 1946 - Christine Todd Whitman, American politician


• 1946 - Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician


• 1946 - Louise Simonson, American comic book writer and editor


• 1947 - Lynn Anderson, American country music singer


• 1948 - Olivia Newton-John, English-born Australian singer and actress


• 1949 - Clodoaldo, Brazilian football player


• 1949 - Jane Smiley, American novelist


• 1949 - Minette Walters, English novelist


• 1951 - Stuart Tosh, Scottish musician


• 1952 - Predrag Miletić, Serbian actor


• 1953 - Joe Benigno, American radio personality


• 1953 - Dolores Keane, Irish folk singer


• 1953 - Aivars Lembergs, Latvian politician


• 1954 - Kevin Kennedy, American baseball manager and television host


• 1955 - Carlene Carter, American singer


• 1956 - Steve Butler, American racing driver


• 1956 - Linda Hamilton, American actress


• 1958 - Richard B. Weldon, Jr., American politician


• 1959 - Rich Gedman, American baseball player


• 1961 - Will Self, English author


• 1962 - Melissa Sue Anderson, American actress


• 1962 - Peter Foster, Australian con-man


• 1963 - Lysette Anthony, English actress


• 1964 - Nicki French, English singer


• 1965 - Cindy Herron, American singer (En Vogue)


• 1965 - Alexandra Lencastre, Portuguese actress


• 1966 - Jillian Barberie, Canadian actress and television hostess


• 1966 - Christos Dantis, Greek composer and singer


• 1966 - Craig "Ironhead" Heyward, American football player (d. 2006)


• 1967 - Shannon Hoon, American singer (Blind Melon) (d. 1995)


• 1968 - James Caviezel, American actor


• 1969 - Anthony Kavanagh, French Canadian comedian, actor and singer


• 1969 - Andy Petterson, Australian footballer


• 1969 - Paul Warhurst, English footballer


• 1969 - David Ferguson, British murderer


• 1970 - Rachel Jacobs, American actress


• 1970 - Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress


• 1972 - Ras Kass, American rapper


• 1972 - Melanie Paxson, American actress


• 1972 - Shawn Stockman, American singer (Boyz II Men)


• 1973 - Marty Casey, American singer (Lovehammers)


• 1973 - Chris Small, Scottish snooker player


• 1973 - Olga Vasdeki, Greek triple jumper


• 1974 - Boris Cepeda,German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat


• 1974 - Gary Hall, Jr., American swimmer


• 1974 - Martin Müürsepp, Estonian basketball player


• 1975 - Emma Härdelin, Swedish singer (Garmarna and Triakel)


• 1975 - Jake Paltrow, American film director, brother of Gwyneth Paltrow


• 1976 - Michael Ballack, German footballer


• 1976 - Tyler Denk, American model and reality show contestant


• 1977 - Kaylynn, American porn star


• 1978 - Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenyan long-distance runner


• 1979 - Jon Harley, English footballer


• 1979 - Fuifui Moimoi, New Zealand (Tongan) rugby league footballer


• 1979 - Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast


• 1980 - Jane Darling, Czech porn model/actress


• 1980 - Patrick Friesacher, Austrian race car driver


• 1980 - Henrik and Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey players


• 1981 - Collien Fernandes, German TV host and actress


• 1981 - Christina Milian, American actress and singer


• 1981 - Serena Williams, American tennis player


• 1982 - Miguel Alfredo Portillo, Argentine footballer


• 1982 - Rob Burrow, English rugby league player


• 1983 - Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer


• 1983 - Samantha Hammel, American record producer and actress


• 1984 - Keisha Buchanan, English singer (Sugababes)


• 1985 - Lenna Kuurmaa, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja)


• 1986 - Ashley Leggat, Canadian actress


• 1987 - Rosie Munter, Swedish singer (Play)


• 1988 - Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater


• 1988 - Mark Simpson, English clarinetist and composer


• 1989 - Emma Rigby, English actress


• 2000 - Princess Salma bint Al Abdullah II of Jordan