Famous Births on 26 May

Famous Births on 26 May

1264 - Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)
1478 - Pope Clement VII (d. 1534)
1566 - Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)
1602 - Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)
1650 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, British general (d. 1722)
1667 - Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (d. 1754)
1669 - Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)
1689 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (d. 1762)
1700 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (d. 1760)
1764 - Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836)
1799 - Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian author (d. 1837)
1822 - Edmond de Goncourt, French writer (d. 1896)
1863 - Robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917)
1865 - Robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933)
1867 - Mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)
1873 - Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist (d. 1958)
1883 - Mamie Smith, American singer (d. 1946)
1886 - Al Jolson, American singer (d. 1950)
1893 - Norma Talmadge, American actress (d. 1957)
1893 - Eugène Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer (d. 1962)
1895 - Dorothea Lange, American photographer (d. 1965)
1895 - Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (d. 1971)
1899 - Antonio Barrette, French Canadian politician (d. 1968)
1904 - Vlado Perlemuter, Polish pianist (d. 2002)
1904 - George Formby, English singer and comedian (d. 1961)
1907 - Jean Bernard, French physician (d. 2006)
1907 - John Wayne, American actor (d. 1979)
1908 - Robert Morley, English actor (d. 1992)
1908 - Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Prime Minister of South Vietnam
1909 - Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico (d. 1969)
1909 - Nikolay Guryanov, Russian Orthodox Christian mystic and priest (d. 2002)
1909 - Sir Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1994)
1911 - Ben Alexander, American actor (d. 1969)
1912 - János Kádár, Prime minister of Hungary (d. 1989)
1912 - Jay Silverheels, American actor (d. 1980)
1913 - Peter Cushing, English actor (d. 1994)
1914 - Frankie Manning, American Lindy Hop dancer
1915 - Antonia Forest, British children's author (d. 2003)
1915 - Sam Edwards, American actor (d. 2004)
1916 - Moondog, American composer, musician and poet (d. 1999)
1916 - Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist (d. 1972)
1917 - Eva Szorenyi, Hungarian actress, freedom activist for Hungary
1918 - Anton Christoforidis, Greek boxer (d. 1985)
1920 - Peggy Lee, American singer (d. 2002)
1923 - James Arness, American actor
1923 - Roy Dotrice, British actor
1926 - Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian author
1932 - Grigor Vachkov, Bulgarian actor (d. 1980)
1935 - Sheila Steafel, South African-born British actress
1938 - William Bolcom, American composer
1938 - Pauline Parker, New-Zealandic murderess
1938 - Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian playwright and novelist
1938 - Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano
1939 - Brent Musburger, American sports broadcaster
1939 - Merab Kostava, Georgian anti-Soviet leader
1940 - Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, French Canadian politician
1940 - Levon Helm, American musician (The Band)
1941 - Reg Bundy, British performer (d. 2003)
1941 - Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player
1941 - John Kaufman, sculptor
1943 - Erica Terpstra, President of the Dutch Olympic Committee
1944 - Sam Posey, American race car driver, TV commentator and author
1945 - Garry Peterson, Canadian drummer (The Guess Who)
1946 - Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian Rhythmic gymnas and coach.
1946 - Mick Ronson, English musician (d. 1993)
1948 - Stevie Nicks, American songwriter
1949 - Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer and inventor
1949 - Pam Grier, American actress
1949 - Philip Michael Thomas, American actor
1949 - Hank Williams Jr., American singer
1951 - Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish politician
1951 - Sally Ride, American astronaut
1952 - David Meece, Christian musician
1953 - Michael Portillo, British politician
1954 - Alan Hollinghurst, British novelist
1954 - Danny Rolling, American murderer (d. 2006)
1955 - Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese chef
1955 - Wesley Walker, American football player
1956 - Frédéric Dutoit, French politician
1957 - Margaret Colin, American actress
1957 - François Legault, French Canadian politician
1957 - Kristina Olsen, American musician
1957 - Roberto Ravaglia, Italian racing driver
1957 - Pontso S.M. Sekatle, Lesotho academic and politician
1959 - Steve Hanley, English musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
1959 - Ole Bornedal, Danish film director, actor and producer
1960 - Rob Murphy, American baseball player
1960 - Masahiro Matsunaga, Japanese racing driver
1961 - Tarsem Singh, Indian film director
1962 - Genie Francis, American actress
1962 - Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor
1962 - Colin Vearncombe, English singer,(Black)
1964 - Lenny Kravitz, American musician
1964 - Caitlín R. Kiernan, Irish-American writer
1965 - Hazel Irvine, British television presenter
1966 - Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
1966 - Zola Budd, South African athlete
1967 - Phil Doyle, Australian writer
1968 - Steve Sedgley, English footballer
1968 - Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish film director
1968 - Pat Kenney, American professional wrestler
1968 - Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
1969 - John Baird, Canadian politician
1969 - Musetta Vander, South African actress
1970 - Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese cartoonist
1971 - Matt Stone, American television producer
1972 - Patsy Palmer, British actress
1974 - Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
1975 - Travis Lee, American baseball player
1975 - Nicki Aycox, American actress
1976 - Justin Pierre, American singer (Motion City Soundtrack)
1977 - Mark Hunter, American musician (Chimaira)
1977 - Misaki Ito, Japanese actress
1977 - Raina Telgemeier, American cartoonist
1977 - Luca Toni, Italian footballer
1978 - Phil Elverum, American singer-songwriter
1979 - Ashley Massaro, American model and professional wrestler
1979 - Mehmet Okur (Memo), Turkish basketball player
1979 - Elisabeth Harnois, American actress
1981 - Eda-Ines Etti, Estonian singer
1981 - Irini Merkouri, Greek singer
1982 - Yoko Matsugane, Japanese model
1988 - Joel Selwood, Australian footballer
1991 - Julianna Rose Mauriello, American actress