Famous Births on 26 Feb

Famous Births on 26 Feb

1361 - Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (d. 1419)
1564 - Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist (d. 1593)
1587 - Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)
1671 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)
1672 - Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)
1714 - James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (d. 1758)
1715 - Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (d. 1771)
1720 - Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803)
1746 - Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria, duchess of Piacenza (d. 1806)
1749 - Jeremy Bentham, English jurist (d. 1832)
1786 - François Arago, French mathematician (d. 1853)
1799 - Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (d. 1864)
1802 - Victor Hugo, French writer (d. 1885)
1808 - Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879)
1808 - Nathan Kelley,American architect, active mainly in Ohio, (d.1871)
1814 - Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist (d. 1876)
1829 - Levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (d. 1902)
1846 - William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American frontiersman (d. 1917)
1852 - John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, advocate of dietary reform (d. 1943 )
1857 - Émile Coué, French psychologist (d. 1926)
1858 - Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist (d. 1917)
1861 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (d. 1948)
1861 - Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary, Lenin's wife (d. 1939)
1866 - Herbert Henry Dow, American chemical industrialist (d. 1930)
1879 - Frank Bridge, English composer (d. 1941)
1882 - Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (d. 1968)
1885 - Aleksandras Stulginskis, President of Lithuania (d. 1969)
1887 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (d. 1950)
1887 - William Frawley, American actor (d. 1966)
1887 - Stefan Grabinski, Polish writer (d. 1936)
1893 - I. A. Richards, English literary critic (d. 1979)
1899 - Max Petitpierre, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1994)
1902 - Jean Bruller, alias Vercors, French writer and illustrator (d. 1991)
1903 - Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
1906 - Madeleine Carroll, English actress (d. 1987)
1907 - Dub Taylor, American actor (d. 1994)
1908 - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (d. 1980)
1908 - Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer (d. 2007)
1908 - Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (d. 1949)
1909 - King Talal of Jordan (d. 1972)
1909 - Fanny Cradock, English food writer and broadcaster (d. 1994)
1911 - Tarō Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist (d. 1996)
1912 - Dane Clark, American actor (d. 1998)
1913 - George Barker, English poet (d. 1991)
1914 - Robert Alda, American actor (d. 1986)
1916 - Jackie Gleason, American actor, writer, composer, and comedian (d. 1987)
1918 - Otis Ray Bowen, American politician (Indiana Governor) and physician
1918 - Theodore Sturgeon, American writer (d. 1985)
1919 - Mason Adams, American actor (d. 2005)
1919 - Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (d. 2003)
1920 - Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (d. 2006)
1920 - Tony Randall, American actor (d. 2004)
1920 - Danny Gardella, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1921 - Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (d. 2007)
1922 - Margaret Leighton, British actress (d. 1976)
1926 - Miroslava Stern, Mexican actress (d. 1955)
1927 - Tom Kennedy, American game show host
1928 - Monique Leyrac, French Canadian singer and actress
1928 - Anatoli Filipchenko, Soviet cosmonaut
1928 - Fats Domino, American musician
1930 - Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (d. 2005)
1931 - Ally MacLeod, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1932 - Johnny Cash, American singer (d. 2003)
1934 - Robert Novak, American political columnist
1937 - Hagood Hardy, Canadian musician and composer (d. 1997)
1938 - Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter (d. 1957)
1939 - Josephine Tewson, English actress
1941 - Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer (d. 1972)
1943 - Bill Duke, American actor and director
1943 - Dante Ferretti, Italian art director and costume designer
1945 - Peter Brock, Australian motorsports champion (d. 2006)
1945 - Bob Hite, American singer and harmonicist (Canned Heat) (d. 1981)
1945 - Giannis Ioannidis, Greek basketball coach and politician
1945 - Marta Kristen, Norwegian actress
1945 - Mitch Ryder, American musician (The Detroit Wheels)
1946 - Ahmed H. Zewail, Egyptian chemist, Nobel laureate
1947 - Sandie Shaw, English singer
1949 - Elizabeth George, American novelist
1949 - Emma Kirkby, British early music singer
1950 - Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand
1950 - Jonathan Cain, American musician (Journey, Bad English, The Babys)
1953 - Michael Bolton, American singer
1954 - Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, Prime Minister of Turkey
1956 - Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese singer
1957 - David Muldrow Beasley, American politician
1957 - Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player
1958 - Karen Berger, American comic book editor
1958 - Michel Houellebecq, French novelist
1958 - Greg Germann, American actor
1959 - Rolando Blackman, American basketball player
1960 - Jaz Coleman, British musician
1962 - Kelly Gruber, former Major League Baseball player
1964 - Mark Dacascos, American actor and martial artist
1966 - Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer
1967 - Currie Graham, Canadian actor
1968 - Tim Commerford, American bass player (Rage Against the Machine)
1968 - Ed Quinn, American Actor
1968 - J.T. Snow, American baseball player
1969 - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer
1971 - Hélène Ségara, French singer
1971 - Max Martin, Swedish composer and producer
1971 - Erykah Badu, American singer
1973 - Marshall Faulk, American football player
1973 - Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian retired footballer
1973 - Jenny Thompson, American swimmer
1974 - Sébastien Loeb, French rally driver
1976 - Nikolaos Siranidis, Greek diver
1976 - Chad Urmston, American musician
1977 - Shane Williams, Welsh International Rugby Player
1977 - Josh Towers, Major League Baseball player
1977 - Greg Rikaart, American actor
1977 - Marty Reasoner, American ice hockey player
1978 - Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye, Senegalese footballer
1978 - Marc Hynes, British racing driver
1978 - John Tartaglia, Broadway performer and "Muppeteer"
1979 - Shalim Ortiz, Puerto Rican singer/actor
1979 - Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer
1979 - Mariano Bainotti, Argentine racing driver
1979 - Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer
1980 - Alex Fong, Hong Kong singer
1980 - Gary Majewski, Major League Baseball player
1981 - Kertus Davis, American NASCAR driver
1981 - Johnathan Wendel, American professional video gamer
1982 - Song Hye Kyo, South Korean model and actress
1983 - Kara Monaco, American model
1984 - Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer
1984 - Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese footballer
1985 - Alexandria Hilfiger, American actress, daughter of Tommy Hilfiger
1986 - Crystal Kay, Japanese singer
1986 - Teresa Palmer, Australian model and actress
1986 - Makelele, Brazilian footballer
1987 - Julia Bond, American porn star
1993 - Taylor Dooley, American actress