According to Gregory calendar, on May 26, the day number in a year is 147 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 148. Find List of Famous People Born on May 26 in India and the World: Here you can find the names of famous people born on May 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 May 26 😀
| Birth Year | Name/Category/Country/Lived |
|---|---|
| 1264 | Prince Koreyasu / Shogun / Japan |
| 1566 | Mehmed III / Sultan / Turkey |
| 1602 | Philippe de Champaigne / Painter / Netherlands |
| 1623 | William Petty / Philosopher / United Kingdom |
| 1650 | John Churchill / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1667 | Abraham de Moivre / Mathematician / United Kingdom |
| 1669 | Sébastien Vaillant / Botanist / France |
| 1700 | Nicolaus Zinzendorf / Bishop / Germany |
| 1799 | August Kopisch / Poet / Germany |
| 1822 | Edmond de Goncourt / Author / France |
| 1863 | Bob Fitzsimmons / Boxer / United Kingdom |
| 1865 | Robert W. Chambers / Author / United States of America |
| 1873 | Olaf Gulbransson / Painter / Norway |
| 1876 | Percy Perrin / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
| 1880 | W. Otto Miessner / Educator / United States of America |
| 1883 | Mamie Smith / Actress / United States of America |
| 1886 | Al Jolson / Actor / United States of America |
| 1893 | Eugene Aynsley Goossens / Composer / United Kingdom |
| 1894 | Norma Talmadge / Actress / United States of America |
| 1895 | Dorothea Lange / Journalist / United States of America |
| 1895 | Paul Lukas / Actor / United States of America |
| 1898 | Ernst Bacon / Composer / United States of America |
| 1898 | Christfried Burmeister / Speed Skater / Estonia |
| 1899 | Antonio Barrette / Politician / Canada |
| 1899 | Muriel McQueen Fergusson / Politician / Canada |
| 1904 | George Formby / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1904 | Necip Fazıl Kısakürek / Poet / Turkey |
| 1904 | Vlado Perlemuter / Educator / France |
| 1907 | Jean Bernard / Physician / France |
| 1907 | John Wayne / Actor / United States of America |
| 1908 | Robert Morley / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1908 | Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ / Politician / Vietnam |
| 1909 | Matt Busby / Footballer / Scotland |
| 1909 | Adolfo López Mateos / Politician / Mexico |
| 1910 | Imi Lichtenfeld / Boxer / Hungary |
| 1911 | Maurice Baquet / Actor / France |
| 1911 | Henry Ephron / Writer / United States of America |
| 1912 | János Kádár / Politician / Hungary |
| 1912 | Jay Silverheels / Actor / United States of America |
| 1913 | Peter Cushing / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1913 | Pierre Daninos / Author / France |
| 1913 | Karin Ekelund / Actress / Sweden |
| 1913 | Josef Manger / Weightlifter / Germany |
| 1914 | Frankie Manning / Dancer / United States of America |
| 1915 | Vernon Alley / Bassist / United States of America |
| 1915 | Antonia Forest / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1916 | Henriette Roosenburg / Author / Netherlands |
| 1919 | Rubén González / Pianist / Cuba |
| 1920 | Jack Cheetham / Cricketer / South Africa |
| 1920 | Peggy Lee / Actress / United States of America |
| 1921 | Inge Borkh / Singer / Germany |
| 1922 | Troy Smith / Business Man / United States of America |
| 1923 | James Arness / Actor / United States of America |
| 1923 | Roy Dotrice / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1925 | Alec McCowen / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1926 | Miles Davis / Composer / United States of America |
| 1927 | Jacques Bergerac / Actor / France |
| 1928 | Jack Kevorkian / Author / United States of America |
| 1929 | J. F. Ade Ajayi / Historian / Nigeria |
| 1929 | Ernie Carroll / Producer / Australia |
| 1929 | Hans Freeman / Chemist / Australia |
| 1929 | John Jackson / Business Man / United Kingdom |
| 1929 | Catherine Sauvage / Actress / France |
| 1930 | Karim Emami / Lexicographer / Iran |
| 1932 | Benu Sen / Photographer / India |
| 1933 | Edward Whittemore / Author / United States of America |
| 1935 | Eero Loone / Academic / Estonia |
| 1936 | David Stevens / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1937 | Manorama / Actress / India |
| 1937 | Manorama / Actress / India |
| 1938 | William Bolcom / Composer / United States of America |
| 1938 | Lyudmila Petrushevskaya / Author / Russia |
| 1938 | K. Bikram Singh / Producer / India |
| 1938 | Teresa Stratas / Actress / Canada |
| 1939 | Brent Musburger / Sportscaster / United States of America |
| 1939 | Herb Trimpe / Author / United States of America |
| 1940 | Monique Gagnon-Tremblay / Politician / Canada |
| 1940 | Levon Helm / Actor / United States of America |
| 1941 | Aldrich Ames / Criminal / United States of America |
| 1941 | Jim Dobbin / Politician / Scotland |
| 1941 | Cliff Drysdale / Tennis Player / South Africa |
| 1941 | Imants Kalniņš / Composer / Latvia |
| 1943 | Erica Terpstra / Journalist / Netherlands |
| 1944 | Phil Edmonston / Politician / United States of America |
| 1944 | Jan Kinder / Ice Hockey Player / Norway |
| 1944 | Sam Posey / Journalist / United States of America |
| 1945 | Vilasrao Deshmukh / Politician / India |
| 1945 | Vilasrao Deshmukh / Politician / India |
| 1945 | Alistair MacDuff / Lawyer / United Kingdom |
| 1945 | Garry Peterson / Drummer / Canada |
| 1946 | Neshka Robeva / Gymnast / Bulgaria |
| 1946 | Mick Ronson / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1947 | Carol O'Connell / Author / United States of America |
| 1947 | Glenn Turner / Cricketer / New Zealand |
| 1948 | Stevie Nicks / Writer / United States of America |
| 1949 | Jeremy Corbyn / Politician / Britain |
| 1949 | Ward Cunningham / Programmer / United States of America |
| 1949 | Pam Grier / Actress / United States of America |
| 1949 | Anne McGuire / Politician / Scotland |
| 1949 | Philip Michael Thomas / Actor / United States of America |
| 1949 | Hank Williams Jr. / Writer / United States of America |
| 1951 | Ramón Calderón / Business Man / Spain |
| 1951 | Sally Ride / Astronaut / United States of America |
| 1951 | Madeleine Taylor-Quinn / Politician / Ireland |
| 1952 | David Meece / Writer / United States of America |
| 1953 | Kay Hagan / Politician / United States of America |
| 1953 | Michael Portillo / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1953 | Dan Roundfield / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1954 | Alan Hollinghurst / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 1954 | Denis Lebel / Politician / Canada |
| 1955 | Masaharu Morimoto / Chef / United States of America |
| 1955 | Paul Stoddart / Business Man / Australia |
| 1955 | Wesley Walker / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1956 | Neil Parish / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1956 | Fiona Shackleton / Lawyer / United Kingdom |
| 1957 | Diomedes Díaz / Singer / Colombia |
| 1957 | François Legault / Politician / Canada |
| 1957 | Roberto Ravaglia / Racing Car Driver / Italy |
| 1958 | Ronnie Black / Golfer / United States of America |
| 1958 | Arto Bryggare / Politician / Finland |
| 1958 | Margaret Colin / Actress / United States of America |
| 1959 | Ole Bornedal / Actor / Denmark |
| 1960 | Doug Hutchison / Actor / United States of America |
| 1960 | Dean Lukin / Weightlifter / Australia |
| 1960 | Masahiro Matsunaga / Racing Car Driver / Japan |
| 1960 | Rob Murphy / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1960 | Romas Ubartas / Discus Thrower / Lithuania |
| 1961 | Steve Pate / Golfer / United States of America |
| 1961 | Tarsem Singh / Producer / United States of America |
| 1962 | Black / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1962 | Genie Francis / Actress / United States of America |
| 1962 | Bobcat Goldthwait / Actor / United States of America |
| 1963 | Simon Armitage / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 1963 | Claude Legault / Actor / Canada |
| 1963 | Mary Nightingale / Journalist / United Kingdom |
| 1963 | Jamie Spence / Golfer / United Kingdom |
| 1964 | Caitlín R. Kiernan / Author / United States of America |
| 1964 | Lenny Kravitz / Actor / United States of America |
| 1964 | Argiris Pedoulakis / Basketball Player / Greece |
| 1965 | Hazel Irvine / Journalist / Scotland |
| 1966 | Helena Bonham Carter / Actress / United Kingdom |
| 1966 | Zola Budd / Runner / South Africa |
| 1967 | Mika Yamamoto / Journalist / Japan |
| 1968 | Christopher Burge / Academic / United States of America |
| 1968 | Simon Diamond / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1968 | Fernando León de Aranoa / Producer / Spain |
| 1968 | Steve Sedgley / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1969 | John Baird / Politician / Canada |
| 1969 | Siri Lindley / Athlete / United States of America |
| 1969 | Dominic Mohan / Journalist / United Kingdom |
| 1970 | Nobuhiro Watsuki / Illustrator / Japan |
| 1971 | Zaher Andary / Footballer / Lebanon |
| 1971 | Matt Stone / Actor / United States of America |
| 1973 | Naomi Harris / Photographer / United States of America |
| 1974 | Lars Frölander / Swimmer / Sweden |
| 1975 | Lauryn Hill / Writer / United States of America |
| 1975 | Kwasi Kwarteng / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1975 | Travis Lee / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1975 | Takeshi Tsuruno / Actor / Japan |
| 1976 | Paul Collingwood / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
| 1976 | Stephen Curry / Actor / Australia |
| 1976 | Kenny Florian / Sportscaster / United States of America |
| 1976 | Justin Pierre / Writer / United States of America |
| 1977 | Nikos Chatzivrettas / Basketball Player / Greece |
| 1977 | Raina Telgemeier / Author / United States of America |
| 1977 | Luca Toni / Footballer / Italy |
| 1978 | Phil Elvrum / Writer / United States of America |
| 1978 | Fabio Firmani / Footballer / Italy |
| 1978 | Dan Parks / Rugby Player / Scotland |
| 1979 | Amanda Bauer / Academic / United States of America |
| 1979 | Natalya Nazarova / Sprinter / Russia |
| 1979 | Elisabeth Harnois / Actress / United States of America |
| 1980 | Louis-Jean Cormier / Singer / Canada |
| 1981 | Robert Copeland / Footballer / Australia |
| 1981 | Jason Manford / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1981 | Isaac Slade / Writer / United States of America |
| 1981 | Ben Zobrist / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1982 | Sten Lassmann / Pianist / Estonia |
| 1982 | Hasan Kabze / Footballer / Turkey |
| 1983 | Demy de Zeeuw / Footballer / Netherlands |
| 1983 | Henry Holland / Fashion Designer / United Kingdom |
| 1983 | Nathan Merritt / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1985 | Monika Christodoulou / Singer / Greece |
| 1985 | Ashley Vincent / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1986 | Michel Tornéus / Jumper / Sweden |
| 1987 | Olcay Şahan / Footballer / Turkey |
| 1987 | Josh Thomas / Actor / Australia |
| 1988 | Andrea Catellani / Footballer / Italy |
| 1988 | Will Chambers / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1988 | Juan Guillermo Cuadrado / Footballer / Colombia |
| 1988 | Dani Samuels / Discus Thrower / Australia |
| 1988 | Joel Selwood / Footballer / Australia |
| 1988 | Damian Williams / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1989 | Paula Findlay / Athlete / Canada |
| 1992 | Curtis Rona / Rugby Player / New Zealand |
| 1993 | Jason Adesanya / Footballer / Belgium |
| 1993 | Dan Sarginson / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1993 | Katerine Savard / Swimmer / Canada |
| 1996 | Lara Goodall / Cricketer / South Africa |
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