According to Gregory calendar, on August 26, the day number in a year is 239 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 240. Find List of Famous People Born on August 26 in India and the World: Here you can find the names of famous people born on August 26 in India and the World along with their date of birth, their profession and the country they belong to, etc. From World history, you will know about famous people like emperor, king, pundit, historian, explorer etc. And famous people born in modern world history include actors, actresses, filmmakers, businessmen, cricketers as well as players from other sports. This chapter is important as questions related to the birth of famous people are often asked in competitive exams.

Famous People's Birthdays on August 26 😀

Birth YearName/Category/Country/Lived
1548Bernardino Poccetti / Painter / Italy
1676Robert Walpole / Politician / United Kingdom
1694Elisha Williams / Academic / United Kingdom
1695Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault / Singer / France
1728Johann Heinrich Lambert / Mathematician / Switzerland
1736Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle / Mineralogist / France
1740Joseph-Michel Montgolfier / Inventor / France
1743Antoine Lavoisier / Chemist / France
1751Manuel Abad y Queipo / Bishop / Spain
1775William Joseph Behr / Academic / Germany
1792Manuel Oribe / Politician / Uruguay
1797Saint Innocent of Alaska / Priest / Russia
1854Arnold Fothergill / Cricketer / United Kingdom
1856Clara Schønfeld / Actress / Denmark
1862Herbert Booth / Writer / Canada
1865Arthur James Arnot / Engineer / Australia
1873Lee de Forest / Engineer / United States of America
1874Zona Gale / Writer / United States of America
1875John Buchan / Politician / Scotland
1880Guillaume Apollinaire / Author / Italy
1882James Franck / Academic / Germany
1882Sam Hardy / Footballer / United Kingdom
1885Jules Romains / Poet / France
1891Acharya Chatursen Shastri / Author / India
1891Acharya Chatursen Shastri / Writer / India
1894Sparky Adams / Baseball Player / United States of America
1896Ivan Mihailov / Politician / Bulgaria
1897Yun Posun / Politician / South Korea
1898Peggy Guggenheim / Philanthropist / Italy
1900Hellmuth Walter / Business Man / United States of America
1901Eleanor Dark / Author / Australia
1901Hans Kammler / Engineer / Germany
1901Jimmy Rushing / Singer / United States of America
1901Maxwell D. Taylor / Diplomat / United States of America
1901Chen Yi / Politician / China
1903Caroline Pafford Miller / Author / United States of America
1904Christopher Isherwood / Author / United Kingdom
1904Joe Hulme / Cricketer / United Kingdom
1906Albert Sabin / Physician / United States of America
1908Walter Bruno Henning / Scholar / United States of America
1908Aubrey Schenck / Writer / United States of America
1909Eric Davies / Cricketer / South Africa
1909Jim Davis / Actor / United States of America
1909Gene Moore / Baseball Player / United States of America
1910Mother Teresa / Social Worker / India
1910Mother Teresa / Missionary / India
1910Mother Teresa / Nun / Macedonia
1911Otto Binder / Author / United States of America
1914Julio Cortázar / Author / Argentina
1914Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca / Poet / Turkey
1915Humphrey Searle / Composer / United Kingdom
1918Katherine Johnson / Mathematician / United States of America
1919Gerard Campbell / Academic / United States of America
1920Brant Parker / Illustrator / United States of America
1920Prem Tinsulanonda / Politician / Thailand
1921Shimshon Amitsur / Mathematician / Israel
1921Benjamin C. Bradlee / Author / United States of America
1922Irving R. Levine / Author / United States of America
1923Wolfgang Sawallisch / Pianist / Germany
1924Alex Kellner / Baseball Player / United States of America
1925Jack Hirshleifer / Academic / United States of America
1925Alain Peyrefitte / Politician / France
1925Pyotr Todorovsky / Writer / Russia
1926Anahit Tsitsikian / Violinist / Armenia
1926Robert Vickrey / Author / United States of America
1927Bansi Lal / Politician / India
1927Bansi Lal / Politician / India
1928Om Prakash Munjal / Business Man / India
1929Reuben Kamanga / Politician / Zambia
1931Kálmán Markovits / Water Polo Player / Hungary
1932Luis Salvadores Salvi / Basketball Player / Chile
1934Tom Heinsohn / Basketball Player / United States of America
1934Kevin Ryan / Rugby Player / Australia
1935Geraldine Ferraro / Politician / United States of America
1935Karen Spärck Jones / Scientist / United Kingdom
1936Benedict Anderson / Scientist / United States of America
1937Don Bowman / Writer / United States of America
1939Pinchas Goldstein / Politician / Israel
1939Jorge Paulo Lemann / Banker / Brazil
1940Michael Cockerell / Journalist / United Kingdom
1940Don LaFontaine / Actor / United States of America
1941Jane Merrow / Actress / United Kingdom
1941Barbet Schroeder / Producer / Switzerland
1942Dennis Turner / Politician / United Kingdom
1943Dori Caymmi / Singer / Brazil
1944Alan Parker / Writer / United Kingdom
1944Judith Rees / Academic / United Kingdom
1944Maureen Tucker / Writer / United States of America
1945Tom Ridge / Politician / United States of America
1946Zhou Ji / Politician / China
1946Valerie Simpson / Writer / United States of America
1946Alison Steadman / Actress / United Kingdom
1947Nicolae Dobrin / Footballer / Romania
1949Allahshukur Pashazadeh / Cleric / Azerbaijan
1949Leon Redbone / Writer / United States of America
1951Gerd Bonk / Weightlifter / Germany
1951Edward Witten / Academic / United States of America
1951Luizinho Faleiro / Politician / India
1952Bryon Baltimore / Ice Hockey Player / Canada
1952Michael Jeter / Actor / United States of America
1952Will Shortz / Journalist / United States of America
1953Pat Sharkey / Footballer / Ireland
1954Howard Clark / Golfer / United Kingdom
1954Tracy Krohn / Business Man / United States of America
1954Hugh Pelham / Academic / Britain
1955Ian Dejardin / Historian / United Kingdom
1955Giuseppe Resnati / Chemist / Italy
1956Sally Beamish / Composer / United Kingdom
1956Mark Mangino / Footballer / United States of America
1957Nikky Finney / Poet / United States of America
1958Jan Nevens / Cyclist / Belgium
1959Oliver Colvile / Politician / United Kingdom
1959Stan Van Gundy / Basketball Player / United States of America
1960Branford Marsalis / Composer / United States of America
1961Daniel Lévi / Singer / France
1961Jeff Parrett / Baseball Player / United States of America
1963David Byas / Cricketer / United Kingdom
1963Stephen J. Dubner / Author / United States of America
1963Patrice Oppliger / Author / United States of America
1964Allegra Huston / Author / United Kingdom
1964Bobby Jurasin / Footballer / United States of America
1964Chad Kreuter / Baseball Player / United States of America
1964Zadok Malka / Footballer / Israel
1964Torsten Schmitz / Boxer / Germany
1964Carsten Wolf / Cyclist / Germany
1965Marcus du Sautoy / Academic / United Kingdom
1966Jacques Brinkman / Hockey Player / Netherlands
1966Shirley Manson / Actress / Scotland
1966René Higuita / Footballer / Colombia
1967Michael Gove / Politician / Scotland
1968Chris Boardman / Cyclist / United Kingdom
1970Jason Little / Rugby Player / Australia
1970Melissa McCarthy / Actress / United States of America
1970Brett Schultz / Cricketer / South Africa
1971Thalía / Actress / United States of America
1973Richard Evatt / Boxer / United Kingdom
1974Kelvin Cato / Basketball Player / United States of America
1975Morgan Ensberg / Baseball Player / United States of America
1976Amaia Montero / Singer / Spain
1977Therese Alshammar / Swimmer / Sweden
1977Liam Botham / Cricketer / United Kingdom
1977Saeko Chiba / Actress / Japan
1977Simone Motta / Footballer / Italy
1979Jamal Lewis / Footballer / United States of America
1979Cristian Mora / Footballer / Ecuador
1979Rubén Arriaza Pazos / Footballer / Spain
1980Macaulay Culkin / Actor / United States of America
1980Brendan Harris / Baseball Player / United States of America
1980Manolis Papamakarios / Basketball Player / Greece
1980Chris Pine / Actor / United States of America
1981Tino Best / Cricketer / Barbados
1981Sebastian Bönig / Footballer / Germany
1981Andreas Glyniadakis / Basketball Player / Greece
1981Vangelis Moras / Footballer / Greece
1981Petey Williams / Wrestler / Canada
1982Angelo Iorio / Footballer / Italy
1982John Mulaney / Actor / United States of America
1982Jayson Nix / Baseball Player / United States of America
1982Noah Welch / Ice Hockey Player / United States of America
1983Mattia Cassani / Footballer / Italy
1983Félix Porteiro / Racing Car Driver / Spain
1985Oleksiy Kasyanov / Decathlete / Ukraine
1985Brandon McDonald / Footballer / United States of America
1985David Price / Baseball Player / United States of America
1986Vladislav Gussev / Footballer / Estonia
1986Colin Kazim-Richards / Footballer / Turkey
1987Juan Joseph / Footballer / United States of America
1988Wayne Simmonds / Ice Hockey Player / Canada
1988Lars Stindl / Footballer / Germany
1989James Harden / Basketball Player / United States of America
1990Mateo Musacchio / Footballer / Argentina
1991Dylan O'Brien / Actor / United States of America
1993Keke Palmer / Writer / United States of America

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