August 26
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Births
- 1880 - Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet and art critic (d. 1918)
- 1898 - Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (d. 1979)
- 1914 - Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (d. 1984)
- 1920 - Brant Parker, American cartoonist (d. 2007)
- 1921 - Benjamin Bradlee, American journalist
- 1922 - Irving R. Levine, American journalist
- 1923 - Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor and pianist
- 1924 - Alex Kellner, baseball player (d. 1996)
- 1925 - Jack Hirshleifer, American economist (d. 2005)
- 1925 - Alain Peyrefitte, French politician and writer (d. 1999)
- 1928 - Peter Appleyard, Canadian jazz vibraphonist
- 1928 - Naïm Kattan, Canadian novelist and essayist
- 1934 - Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player and commentator
- 1935 - Geraldine Ferraro, U.S. Vice Presidential candidate
- 1936 - Yvette Vickers, American actress
- 1940 - Don LaFontaine, American voice actor
- 1941 - Barbet Schroeder, Swiss film director
- 1941 - Akiko Wakabayashi, Japanese actress
- 1941 - Chris Curtis, English singer and drummer (The searchers) (d. 2005)
- 1942 - Vic Dana, American singer
- 1942 - Dennis Turner, British politician
- 1944 - Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
- 1944 - Stephen Greif, English actor
- 1944 - Maureen Tucker, American musician (The Velvet Underground)
- 1945 - Tom Ridge, first United States Secretary of Homeland Security
- 1946 - Valerie Simpson, American singer
- 1946 - Mark Snow, American composer
- 1946 - Zhou Ji, Education Minister of the People's Republic of China
- 1946 - Chantal Renaud, Quebec singer and actress
- 1950 - Jerome "Pop" Pentsky, Co-founder and president of Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits
- 1952 - Bryon Baltimore, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1952 - Michael Jeter, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1952 - Will Shortz, New York Times crossword editor
- 1953 - Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer
- 1954 - Efren Reyes, World Pool Player
- 1957 - Dr. Alban, Nigerian-Swedish singer
- 1957 - Rick Hansen, Canadian paraplegic athlete
- 1960 - Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist and bandleader
- 1960 - Nancy Martinez, Canadian-born singer
- 1961 - Jeff Parrett, American baseball player
- 1962 - Bob Mionske, American cyclist and attorney
- 1965 - Chris Burke, American actor
- 1965 - Bobby Duncum, Jr., wrestler (d. 2000)
- 1965 - Jon Hensley, American actor
- 1966 - Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player
- 1966 - Shirley Manson, Scottish singer
- 1967 - Kelly Madison, porn star
- 1970 - Olimpiada Ivanova, Russian athlete
- 1971 - Thalía, Mexican singer
- 1976 - Amaia Montero, Spanish singer (La Oreja de Van Gogh)
- 1976 - Zemfira, Russian singer
- 1977 - Saeko Chiba, Japanese seiyuu
- 1977 - Morris Peterson, American basketball player
- 1979 - Jamal Lewis, American football player
- 1979 - Cristian Mora, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1979 - Rubén Pazos, Spanish footballer
- 1980 - Macaulay Culkin, American actor
- 1980 - Chris Pine, American actor
- 1980 - Brendan Harris, American baseball player
- 1981 - Jesse Martin, Australian yachtsman
- 1981 - Petey Williams, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1983 - Félix Porteiro, Spanish racing driver
- 1986 - Cassie Ventura, American singer
- 1988 - Danielle Savre, American actress
- 1988 - Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
- 1988 - Evan Ross, American actor
- 1993 - Keke Palmer, American actress
Deaths
- 1278 - King Otakar II of Bohemia
- 1346 - Killed in the Battle of Crécy:
- Charles II of Alençon (b. 1297)
- Louis I of Flanders (b. 1304)
- John I, Count of Luxemburg (b. 1296)
- Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1320)
- 1349 - Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1551 - Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)
- 1572 - Petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515)
- 1595 - Antonio, Prior of Crato, claimant to the throne of Portugal (b. 1531)
- 1666 - Frans Hals, Dutch painter (b. circa 1580)
- 1714 - Edward Fowler, English Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1632)
- 1723 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch scientist (b. 1632)
- 1785 - George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician (b. 1716)
- 1850 - Louis-Philippe of France (b. 1773)
- 1865 - Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (b. 1791)
- 1908 - Tony Pastor, American vaudeville performer (b. 1837)
- 1910 - William James, American psychologist (b. 1842)
- 1915 - John Bunny American comedian (b. 1863)
- 1930 - Lon Chaney, Sr., American actor (b. 1883)
- 1944 - Adam von Trott zu Solz, German diplomat (b. 1909)
- 1945 - Franz Werfel, Austrian writer (b. 1890)
- 1946 - Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
- 1956 - Alfred Wagenknecht, German-born American activist (b. 1881)
- 1958 - Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (b. 1872)
- 1968 - Kay Francis, American actress (b. 1899)
- 1974 - Charles Lindbergh, American aviator (b. 1902)
- 1976 - Lotte Lehmann, German soprano (b. 1888)
- 1978 - Charles Boyer, French actor (b. 1899)
- 1978 - José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (b. 1916)
- 1979 - Mika Waltari, Finnish author (b. 1908)
- 1980 - Rosa Albach-Retty, German actress (b. 1874)
- 1980 - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (b. 1908)
- 1981 - Roger Nash Baldwin, founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (b. 1884)
- 1981 - Lee Elhardt Hays, American folksinger (b. 1914)
- 1986 - Ted Knight, American actor (b. 1923)
- 1987 - Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- 1988 - Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer (b. 1957)
- 1989 - Irving Stone, American author (b. 1903)
- 1990 - Minoru Honda, Japanese astronomer (b. 1913)
- 1992 - Arthur Leigh Allen, American suspected murderer (b. 1933)
- 1992 - Bob de Moor, Belgian comics artist (b. 1925)
- 1995 - Ronald White, American singer and songwriter (The Miracles) (b. 1939)
- 1998 - Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
- 2000 - Akbar Adibi, Iranian scientist (b. 1939)
- 2001 - Louis Muhlstock, Canadian painter (b. 1904)
- 2003 - Jim Wacker, American football coach (b. 1937)
- 2004 - Laura Branigan, American singer (b. 1957)
- 2005 - Denis D'Amour, Canadian guitarist (Voivod) (b. 1960)
- 2005 - Robert Denning, American interior designer (b. 1927)
- 2006 - Rainer Barzel, German politician (b. 1924)
- 2006 - Clyde Walcott, Barbadian West Indies cricketer (b. 1926)
- 2007 - Gaston Thorn, Luxembourger politician (b. 1928)
Notes
- Alessandro Cagliostro
- Guillaume Apollinaire
- Barbet Schroeder
- Lon Chaney, Sr.
- Julio Cortázar
- Tex Avery
- Monique Wittig
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