Famous Births on 26 Jul

Famous Births on 26 Jul

1030 - Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)
1678 - Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1711)
1782 - John Field, Irish composer (d. 1837)
1791 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, composer (d. 1844)
1802 - Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (d. 1855)
1829 - Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian statesman, Nobel Laureate (d. 1912)
1846 - Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy (d. 1880)
1855 - Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (d. 1936)
1856 - George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel Laureate (d. 1950)
1858 - Tom Garrett, Former Australain cricketer (d. 1943)
1865 - Philipp Scheidemann, First Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (d. 1939)
1874 - Serge Koussevitsky, Russian conductor (d. 1951)
1875 - Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1961)
1875 - Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (d. 1939)
1880 - Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1951)
1885 - André Maurois, French author (d. 1967)
1886 - Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (d. 1965)
1888 - Reginald Hands, Former South African cricketer (d. 1918)
1892 - Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1966)
1894 - Aldous Huxley, English-born author (d. 1963)
1895 - Jane Bunford, Britain's tallest-ever person (d. 1922)
1895 - Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (d. 1964)
1896 - Henry Birkin, British racing driver (d. 1933)
1897 - Paul Gallico, American author (d. 1976)
1903 - Estes Kefauver, U.S. Senator from Tennessee (d. 1963)
1906 - Irena IÅ‚Å‚akowicz, Polish agent of Intelligence (d. 1943)
1909 - Peter Thorneycroft, British politician (d. 1994)
1909 - Vivian Vance, American actress (d. 1979)
1914 - Erskine Hawkins, American musician and bandleader (d. 1993)
1914 - Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (d. 1968)
1918 - Marjorie Lord, American actress
1919 - Virginia Gilmore, American actress (d. 1986)
1920 - Bob Waterfield, American football player (d. 1983)
1921 - Jean Shepherd, American writer (d. 1999)
1922 - Blake Edwards, American film director
1922 - Jason Robards, American actor (d. 2000)
1923 - Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1923 - Jan Berenstain, American author
1925 - Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish doctor, researcher and politician (d. 2000)
1926 - James Best, American actor
1926 - Ana María Matute, Spanish author
1927 - Gulabrai Ramchand, Former Indian cricketer (d. 2003)
1928 - Peter Lougheed, Canadian politician
1928 - Stanley Kubrick, American film director (d. 1999)
1928 - Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani fiction writer and Urdu poet (d. 1980)
1928 - Francesco Cossiga, 8th President of the Italian Republic
1928 - Don Beauman, British racing driver (d. 1955)
1929 - Marc Lalonde, French Canadian politician
1929 - Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-born French pianist
1931 - Takashi Ono, Japanese gymnast
1936 - Mary Millar, English actress (d. 1998)
1938 - Darlene Love, American singer
1939 - Bob Lilly, American football player
1939 - John Howard, 25th Prime Minister of Australia
1940 - Dobie Gray, American singer
1940 - Mary Jo Kopechne, American aide to Robert F. Kennedy (d. 1969)
1940 - Bobby Rousseau, Quebec ice hockey player
1940 - Tolis Voskopoulos, Greek singer
1941 - Bobby Hebb, American musician
1941 - Brenton Wood, American singer-songwriter
1942 - Teddy Pilette, Belgian racing driver
1942 - Vladimír Mečiar, Slovak prime minister
1943 - Peter Hyams, American film director
1943 - Mick Jagger, English singer (The Rolling Stones)
1944 - Kiel Martin, American actor (d. 1990)
1945 - Helen Mirren, English actress
1949 - Roger Taylor, English musician (Queen)
1949 - Thaksin Shinawatra, ex-Prime Minister of Thailand
1950 - Rich Vogler, American race car driver (d. 1990)
1950 - Nelinho, Brazilian footballer
1950 - Susan George, English actress
1951 - Rick Martin, Canadian ice hockey player
1953 - Robert Phillips, classical guitarist
1954 - Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (d. 1994)
1956 - Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater
1956 - Tommy Rich, American professional wrestler
1957 - Hart Hanson, American television writer and producer
1957 - Yuen Biao, Hong Kong actor
1957 - Nana Visitor, American actress
1958 - Angela Hewitt, Canadian classical pianist
1959 - Rick Bragg, American writer
1959 - Kevin Spacey, American actor
1959 - Michael Ross, American serial killer (d. 2005)
1961 - Dimitris Saravakos, Greek footballer
1961 - Keiko Matsui, Japanese musician and composer
1961 - Andy Connell, English musician (Swing Out Sister, A Certain Ratio)
1961 - Gary Cherone, American musician (Extreme)
1964 - Sandra Bullock, American actress
1964 - Ralf Metzenmacher, German painter and designer
1964 - Danny Woodburn, American actor
1965 - Jim Lindberg, American musician (Pennywise)
1965 - Jeremy Piven, American actor
1967 - Anthony Durante, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
1967 - Tim Schafer, American computer game designer
1968 - Olivia Williams, English actress
1970 - Joan Wasser, American singer and musician
1971 - Khaled Mahmud, Former Bangladeshi cricketer
1973 - Lenka Šarounová, Czech astronomer
1973 - Kate Beckinsale, British actress
1974 - Dean Sturridge, English Footballer
1974 - Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player
1974 - Dan Konopka, American musician (OK Go)
1975 - Joe Smith, American basketball player
1976 - Brad Wilkins, American architect
1977 - Rebecca St. James, Australian-born singer
1977 - Martin Laursen, Danish footballer
1979 - Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Mageina Tovah, American actress
1979 - Erik Westrum, American ice hockey player
1980 - Dave Baksh, Canadian guitarist (Sum 41)
1980 - Lee Dong-gun, South Korean actor
1981 - Abe Forsythe, Australian actor/director
1982 - Chez Starbuck, American actor
1983 - Delonte West, American basketball player
1983 - Roderick Strong, American professional wrestler
1984 - Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper
1985 - Gaël Clichy, French footballer
1985 - Audrey De Montigny, Quebec singer
1987 - Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress
1993 - Taylor Momsen, American actress