July 26 - Births

Births

• 1030 – Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Polish bishop and martyr (d. 1079)
• 1678 – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1711)
• 1739 – George Clinton, 4th Vice President of the USA (d. 1812)
• 1782 – John Field, Irish composer (d. 1837)
• 1791 – Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1844)
• 1802 – Mariano Arista, 42nd President of Mexico (d. 1855)
• 1829 – Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian statesman, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (d. 1912)
• 1846 – Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor and cowboy (d. 1880)
• 1854 – Philippe Gaucher, French dermatologist (d. 1918)
• 1855 – Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (d. 1936)
• 1856 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel Laureate (d. 1950)
• 1858 – Tom Garrett, Australian cricketer (d. 1943)
• 1865 – Philipp Scheidemann, First Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (d. 1939)
• 1874 – Serge Koussevitsky, Russian conductor (d. 1951)
• 1875 – Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1961)
• 1875 – Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (d. 1939)
• 1880 – Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1951)
• 1885 – André Maurois, French author (d. 1967)
• 1886 – Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (d. 1965)
• 1888 – Reginald Hands, South African cricketer (d. 1918)
• 1892 – Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1966)
• 1893 – George Grosz, German painter (d. 1959)
• 1894 – Aldous Huxley, English-born author (d. 1963)
• 1895 – Jane Bunford, Britain's tallest-ever person (d. 1922)
• 1895 – Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (d. 1964)
• 1896 – Henry Birkin, British racing driver (d. 1933)
• 1897 – Paul Gallico, American novelist (d. 1976)
• 1903 – Estes Kefauver, U.S. Senator from Tennessee (d. 1963)
• 1906 – Irena Iłłakowicz, Polish agent of Intelligence (d. 1943)
• 1908 – Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgish sculptor (d. 2002)
• 1909 – Peter Thorneycroft, British politician (d. 1994)
• 1909 – Vivian Vance, American actress (d. 1979)
• 1914 – Erskine Hawkins, American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1993)
• 1914 – Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (d. 1968)
• 1918 – Marjorie Lord, American actress
• 1919 – Virginia Gilmore, American actress (d. 1986)
• 1920 – Bob Waterfield, American football player (d. 1983)
• 1921 – Jean Shepherd, American writer, radio and TV personality and actor (d. 1999)
• 1922 – Blake Edwards, American film director (d. 2010)
• 1922 – Jason Robards, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1923 – Jan Berenstain, American author
• 1923 – Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player (d. 2002)
• 1925 – Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-born Swedish doctor, researcher, politician and concentration camp survivor (d. 2000)
• 1926 – James Best, American actor
• 1926 – Ana María Matute, Spanish writer
• 1927 – Gulabrai Ramchand, Indian cricketer (d. 2003)
• 1928 – Don Beauman, British racing driver (d. 1955)
• 1928 – Francesco Cossiga, 8th President of the Italian Republic
• 1928 – Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani fiction writer and Urdu poet (d. 1980)
• 1928 – Stanley Kubrick, American film director (d. 1999)
• 1928 – Peter Lougheed, Canadian politician
• 1929 – Marc Lalonde, French-Canadian politician
• 1929 – Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-born French pianist
• 1929 – Joe Jackson, American manager, boxer and talent scout, the patriarch of the Jackson family
• 1931 – Takashi Ono, Japanese gymnast
• 1931 – Telê Santana, Brazilian football manager and player (d. 2006)
• 1936 – Mary Millar, English actress (d. 1998)
• 1938 – Darlene Love, American singer
• 1939 – John Howard, 25th Prime Minister of Australia
• 1939 – Bob Lilly, American football player
• 1940 – Dobie Gray, American singer
• 1940 – Mary Jo Kopechne, American aide to Robert F. Kennedy (d. 1969)
• 1940 – Bobby Rousseau, Quebec ice hockey player
• 1940 – Tolis Voskopoulos, Greek singer
• 1941 – Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter
• 1941 – Jean Baubérot, French historian and sociologist
• 1941 – Brenton Wood, American singer-songwriter
• 1942 – Vladimír Mečiar, Slovakian politician, 1st and 3rd Prime Minister of Slovakia
• 1942 – Teddy Pilette, Belgian racing driver
• 1943 – Peter Hyams, American film director
• 1943 – Mick Jagger, English singer (The Rolling Stones)
• 1944 – Kiel Martin, American actor (d. 1990)
• 1945 – Betty Davis, American funk, rock and soul singer
• 1945 – Helen Mirren, English actress
• 1948 – Herbert Wiesinger, German pairs skater
• 1949 – Roger Taylor, English drummer and vocalist (Queen)
• 1949 – Thaksin Shinawatra, 23rd Prime Minister of Thailand
• 1950 – Susan George, English actress
• 1950 – Nelinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1950 – Rich Vogler, American race car driver (d. 1990)
• 1951 – Rick Martin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1953 – Robert Phillips, American classical guitarist
• 1953 – Edie Mirman, American voice actress
• 1954 – Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (d. 1994)
• 1955 – Aleksandrs Starkovs, Latvian footballer
• 1956 – Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater
• 1956 – Tommy Rich, American professional wrestler
• 1957 – Nana Visitor, American actress
• 1957 – Yuen Biao, Hong Kong actor
• 1957 – Hart Hanson, American television writer and producer
• 1958 – Angela Hewitt, Canadian classical pianist
• 1959 – Rick Bragg, American writer
• 1959 – Kevin Spacey, American actor
• 1959 – Michael Ross, American serial killer (d. 2005)
• 1961 – Gary Cherone, American vocalist (Extreme, Van Halen)
• 1961 – Andy Connell, English keyboardist (Swing Out Sister, A Certain Ratio)
• 1961 – Dimitris Saravakos, Greek footballer
• 1962 – Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Irish fiddler and vocalist (Altan)
• 1964 – Sandra Bullock, American actress
• 1964 – Ralf Metzenmacher, German painter and designer
• 1964 – Danny Woodburn, American actor
• 1965 – Jeremy Piven, American actor
• 1967 – Anthony Durante, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
• 1967 – Tim Schafer, American computer game designer
• 1968 – Olivia Williams, English actress
• 1968 – Frédéric Diefenthal, French actor and director
• 1969 – Greg Colbrunn, American baseball player
• 1970 – Joan Wasser, American singer-songwriter and violinist (Dambuilders)
• 1971 – Khaled Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1972 – Nathan Buckley, Australian rules footballer
• 1973 – Kate Beckinsale, British actress
• 1973 – Chris Pirillo, American TV host and blogger
• 1973 – Lenka Šarounová, Czech astronomer
• 1974 – Dean Sturridge, English footballer
• 1974 – Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player
• 1974 – Dan Konopka, American drummer (OK Go)
• 1975 – Joe Smith, American basketball player
• 1976 – Brad Wilkins, American architect
• 1976 – Tanja Szewczenko, German figure skater
• 1977 – Martin Laursen, Danish footballer
• 1977 – Rebecca St. James, Australian-born singer
• 1979 – Friedrich Michau, German rugby player
• 1979 – Derek Paravicini, British autistic savant
• 1979 – Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Mageina Tovah, American actress
• 1979 – Erik Westrum, American ice hockey player
• 1980 – Dave Baksh, Canadian guitarist (Sum 41)
• 1980 – Lee Dong-gun, South Korean actor
• 1981 – Abe Forsythe, Australian actor and director
• 1981 – Maicon Douglas Sisenando, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Chez Starbuck, American actor
• 1983 – Delonte West, American basketball player
• 1983 – Roderick Strong, American professional wrestler
• 1984 – Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper
• 1985 – Marcus Benard, American football player
• 1985 – Gaël Clichy, French footballer
• 1985 – Mugdha Godse, Indian actress and model
• 1987 – Fredy Montero, Colombian soccer player
• 1987 – Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress
• 1988 – Francia Raisa, American actress
• 1989 – Areti Ketime, Greek singer and santouri player
• 1993 – Elizabeth Gillies, American actress
• 1993 – Taylor Momsen, American actress and singer