April 26 - Births

Births

• 121 – Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (d. 180)
• 570 – Muhammed, founder of Islam, according to the Shi'a sect. Other sources suggest April 20. (d. 632)
• 1538 – Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (d. 1600)
• 1564 – William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (baptism) (d. 1616)
• 1573 – Marie de' Medici, wife of Henry IV of France (d. 1642)
• 1648 – King Peter II of Portugal (d. 1706)
• 1662 – Maria Luisa of Orleans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1689)
• 1710 – Thomas Reid, British philosopher (d. 1796)
• 1718 – Esek Hopkins, Commander of the US Navy during the Revolutionary War (d. 1802)
• 1774 – Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853)
• 1782 – Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies, Queen Consort of the French (d. 1866)
• 1785 – John James Audubon, French-American naturalist and illustrator (d. 1851)
• 1787 – Ludwig Uhland, German poet (d. 1862)
• 1798 – Eugène Delacroix, French painter (d. 1863)
• 1801 – Ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat (d. 1889)
• 1804 – Charles Goodyear, American politician (d. 1876)
• 1812 – Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (d. 1887)
• 1822 – Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape architect (d. 1903)
• 1826 – George Hull Ward, American general (d. 1863)
• 1826 – Ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General (d. 1872)
• 1856 – Sir Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930)
• 1878 – Saint Rafael Guízar Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop (d. 1938)
• 1879 – Owen Willans Richardson, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)
• 1886 – Ma Rainey, American singer (d. 1939)
• 1886 – Ğabdulla Tuqay, Tatar poet (d. 1913)
• 1888 – Anita Loos, American writer (d. 1981)
• 1889 – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1951)
• 1894 – Rudolf Hess, Nazi official (d. 1987)
• 1896 – Ernst Udet, WWI pilot and film actor, Luftwaffe officer (d. 1941)
• 1897 – Eddie Eagan, American sportsman (d. 1967)
• 1897 – Douglas Sirk, German-born film director (d. 1987)
• 1898 – Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1984)
• 1898 – John Grierson, British filmmaker (d. 1972)
• 1900 – Charles Richter, American geophysicist (d. 1985)
• 1900 – Hack Wilson, American baseball player (d. 1948)
• 1904 – Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian cardinal and archbishop (d. 1991)
• 1910 – Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese movie producer and creator of Godzilla (d. 1997)
• 1911 – Marianne Hoppe, German actress (d. 2002)
• 1912 – A. E. van Vogt, Canadian writer (d. 2000)
• 1914 – Bernard Malamud, American author (d. 1986)
• 1914 – James W. Rouse, American investor (d. 1996)
• 1916 – Morris West, Australian writer (d. 1999)
• 1916 – Vic Perrin, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1916 – George Tuska, American comic book illustrator (d. 2009)
• 1917 – Sal Maglie, American baseball player (d. 1992)
• 1917 – I.M. Pei, Chinese-born architect
• 1918 – Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Stafford Repp, American actor (d. 1974)
• 1922 – Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian politician (d. 1993)
• 1924 – H. Browning Ross, American long-distance running Olympian (d. 1998)
• 1925 – Jørgen Ingmann, Danish musician
• 1926 – David Coleman, British TV sports broadcaster
• 1926 – Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Jack Douglas, British actor (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Richard Mitchell, American author and professor (d. 2002)
• 1930 – Roger Moens, Belgian athlete
• 1932 – Francis Lai, French film music composer
• 1932 – Michael Smith, British-born chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000)
• 1932 – Israr Ahmed, Pakistani Muslim religious scholar (d. 2010)
• 1933 – Carol Burnett, American comedian
• 1933 – Arno Allan Penzias, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1933 – Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (d. 2005)
• 1938 – Duane Eddy, American musician
• 1938 – Wolf Kahler, German actor
• 1940 – Giorgio Moroder, Italian composer
• 1940 – Cliff Watson, British rugby league footballer
• 1941 – Claudine Clark, American R&B singer-composer
• 1941 – John Mitchell, American composer
• 1942 – Claudine Auger, French actress
• 1942 – Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat
• 1942 – Bobby Rydell, American singer
• 1942 – Jadwiga Staniszkis, Polish sociologist
• 1943 – Gary Wright, American singer
• 1943 – Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect
• 1944 – Amien Rais, Indonesian politician
• 1945 – Sylvain Simard, Canadian politician
• 1947 – Warren Clarke, British actor
• 1949 – Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer
• 1949 – Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler (d. 1995)
• 1949 – Dominic Sena, American film director
• 1952 – Spice Williams-Crosby, American actress and stunt performer
• 1954 – Alan Hinkes, British mountaineer
• 1955 – Kurt Bodewig, German politician
• 1955 – Mike Scott, American baseball player
• 1956 – Koo Stark, American actress
• 1958 – John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute
• 1958 – Giancarlo Esposito, American actor
• 1958 – Jeffrey Guterman, American mental health counselor
• 1959 – John Corabi, American musician
• 1959 – Thanassis Papakonstantinou, Greek singer and songwriter
• 1960 – Roger Taylor, British musician (Duran Duran)
• 1960 – Steve Lombardozzi, American baseball player
• 1961 – Joan Chen, Chinese-born actress
• 1961 – Anthony Cumia, American radio personality (The Opie and Anthony Show)
• 1961 – Chris Mars, American rock drummer (The Replacements)
• 1962 – Colin Anderson, British footballer
• 1962 – Michael Damian, American actor, singer and producer
• 1962 – Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian
• 1963 – Li Lianjie/Jet Li, Chinese martial artist and actor
• 1963 – Colin Scotts, Australian-born American football player
• 1965 – Kevin James, American comedian
• 1966 – Yoshihiro Togashi, Mangaka who created YuYu Hakusho
• 1967 – Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Academy Award nominated British actress
• 1967 – Glenn Jacobs, American professional wrestler
• 1969 – Teresa Lewis, American murderer
• 1970 – Melania Trump, Slovenian model
• 1970 – Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, American singer (TLC)
• 1971 – Shondrella Avery, American actress
• 1971 – Jay DeMarcus, American bassist (Rascal Flatts)
• 1972 – Jason Bargwanna, Australian racing driver
• 1972 – Kiko Narváez, Spanish footballer
• 1972 – Avi Nimni, Israeli Footballer
• 1973 – Chris Perry, British footballer
• 1974 – Ivana Milicevic, Croatian-American actress
• 1974 – Adil Ray, British radio presenter (BBC Asian Network)
• 1975 – Nathan "Joey" Jordison, American musician (Slipknot)
• 1975 – Nerina Pallot, British singer
• 1976 – Luigi Panarelli, Italian footballer
• 1976 – Václav Varaďa, Czech ice hockey player
• 1977 – Jason Earles, American actor
• 1977 – Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player
• 1977 – Chris Johnston, Irish rugby player
• 1977 – Tom Welling, American actor
• 1978 – Avant, American singer
• 1978 – Joe Crede, American baseball player
• 1978 – Peter Madsen, Danish footballer
• 1978 – Tyler Labine, Canadian actor
• 1978 – Stana Katic, Canadian actress
• 1979 – Ariane Moffatt, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1979 – Janne Wirman, Finnish musician (Children of Bodom)
• 1980 – Jordana Brewster, American actress
• 1980 – Marlon King, Jamaican footballer
• 1980 – Anna Mucha, Polish actress
• 1980 – Channing Tatum, American actor
• 1980 – Marnette Patterson, American actress, famous YouTube star LG15: The Resistance
• 1981 – Matthieu Delpierre, French footballer
• 1981 – Ms. Dynamite, British musician
• 1982 – Joanne Gobure, Nauruan poet
• 1982 – Brock Gillespie, American basketball player
• 1982 – Jon Lee, British singer (S Club)
• 1982 – Cooper Wallace, American football player
• 1983 – José María López, Argentine racing driver
• 1983 – Jessica Lynch, American P.O.W.
• 1985 – John Isner, American tennis player
• 1985 – Nam Gyu-Ri, Korean singer (See Ya)
• 1987 – Jarmila Groth, Slovakian/Australian tennis player
• 1987 – Jessica Lee Rose, American/New Zealand actress
• 1989 – Daesung, Korean singer (Big Bang)
• 1992 – Danielle Hope, English Actress/singer