Famous Births on 26 Dec

Famous Births on 26 Dec

1194 - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250)
1532 - Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)
1536 - Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)
1542 - Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)
1646 - Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)
1666 - Guru Gobind Singh, Tenth Guru of Sikhism (d. 1708)
1687 - Johann Georg Pisendel, German musician (d. 1755)
1716 - Thomas Gray, English writer (d. 1771)
1716 - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (d. 1803)
1723 - Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (d. 1807)
1737 - Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (d. 1815)
1751 - Clement Hofbauer, Austrian missionary and saint (d. 1820)
1771 - Julie Clary, queen consort of Naples (d. 1845)
1780 - Mary Fairfax Somerville, British mathematician (d. 1872)
1782 - Filaret Drozdov, Metropolitan of Moscow (d. 1867)
1791 - Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor (d. 1871)
1819 - E. D. E. N. Southworth, American novelist (d. 1899)
1822 - Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (d. 1890)
1837 - George Dewey, U. S. admiral (d. 1917)
1837 - Morgan Bulkeley, American politician and baseball commissioner (d. 1922)
1853 - René Bazin, French novelist (d. 1932)
1859 - William Stephens, U.S. political figure (d. 1944)
1872 - Norman Angell, British politician, Nobel laureate (d. 1967)
1873 - Thomas Wass, English cricketer (d. 1953)
1883 - Maurice Utrillo, French artist (d. 1955)
1887 - Arthur Ernest Percival, British Army officer (d. 1966)
1890 - Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (d. 1992)
1891 - Henry Miller, American writer (d. 1980)
1893 - Mao Zedong, Chinese military leader and politician (d. 1976)
1894 - Jean Toomer, American writer (d. 1967)
1902 - Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter (d. 1980)
1903 - Elisha Cook Jr., American actor (d. 1995)
1904 - Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer (d. 1980)
1906 - Imperio Argentina, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2003)
1911 - Arsenio Lacson, Filipino politician and sportswriter (d. 1962)
1913 - Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (d. 1958)
1914 - Annemarie Wendl, German actress (d. 2006)
1914 - Richard Widmark, American actor (d. 2008)
1918 - George Rallis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2006)
1921 - Steve Allen, American comedian (d. 2000)
1922 - Richard Mayes, English actor (d. 2006)
1924 - Frank Broyles, American athlete, long time athletic director of the University of Arkansas.
1927 - Alan King, American comedian (d. 2004)
1927 - Stu Miller, American baseball player
1927 - Denis Quilley, British actor (d. 2003)
1929 - Régine, French singer and nightclub owner
1930 - Donald Moffat, English-born actor
1930 - Jean Ferrat, French singer and songwriter
1933 - Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer
1933 - Ugly Dave Gray, Australian television personality
1935 - Abdul "Duke" Fakir, American singer (The Four Tops)
1935 - Norm Ullman, Canadian hockey player
1937 - John Horton Conway, British mathematician
1937 - Jay Heimowitz, American poker player
1938 - Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (d. 1989)
1938 - Bahram Beizai, Iranian playwright and film director
1939 - Fred Schepisi, Australian film director
1940 - Edward C. Prescott, American economist, Nobel laureate
1940 - Ray Sadecki, American Major league baseball pitcher
1940 - Phil Spector, American music producer
1941 - Daniel Schmid, Swiss film director (d. 2006)
1942 - Gray Davis, former Governor of California
1942 - Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo, Guatemalan president
1944 - Jane Lapotaire, British actress
1945 - John Walsh, American talk show host
1947 - James T. Conway, 34th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
1947 - Carlton Fisk, American baseball player
1948 - Candy Crowley, American journalist
1949 - José Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor, Nobel laureate
1951 - Richard Skinner, British radio presenter
1953 - Leonel Fernández, Dominican politician and current President of the Dominican Republic
1953 - Henning Schmitz, German musician (Kraftwerk)
1954 - Ozzie Smith, American baseball player
1954 - Steve Steen, English actor
1955 - Evan Bayh, American politician
1956 - David Sedaris, American essayist
1957 - Dermot Murnaghan, British broadcaster
1958 - Adrian Newey, British engineer
1959 - Koji Morimoto, Japanese animated film director
1960 - Temuera Morrison, New Zealand actor
1960 - Jim Toomey, American syndicated cartoonist
1961 - John Lynch, Irish actor
1963 - Lars Ulrich, Danish-born drummer (Metallica)
1964 - Elizabeth Kostova, American author
1966 - Sandra Taylor, American model and actress
1968 - Dennis Knight, American professional wrestler
1970 - James Mercer, American musician (The Shins)
1970 - Krissada Terrence, Thai singer and actor
1971 - Jonathan M. Parisen, American film director
1971 - Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer
1971 - Jared Leto, American actor and singer (30 Seconds to Mars)
1972 - Esteban Fuertes, Argentine footballer
1972 - Robert Muchamore, English children's author
1973 - Reichen Lehmkuhl, American television personality
1974 - Josie Ho, Hong Kong singer and actor
1974 - Joshua John Miller, American actor
1975 - Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player
1976 - Lea De Mae, Czech actress (d. 2004)
1978 - Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player
1979 - Fabián Carini, Uruguayan footballer
1979 - Chris Daughtry, American singer
1979 - Mzbel, Ghanaian singer
1979 - Dimitry Vassiliev, Russian ski jumper
1980 - Todd Dunivant, American soccer player
1982 - Oguri Shun, Japanese Actor/Model
1982 - Kenneth Darby, American National Football League player
1984 - Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker
1985 - Yuu Shirota, Japanese Idol
1987 - Adam Walker, British flautist
1990 - Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer
1995 - Zach Mills, American actor