May 26 - Births

Births

• 1264 – Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)
• 1478 – Pope Clement VII (d. 1534)
• 1566 – Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)
• 1602 – Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)
• 1650 – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, British general (d. 1722)
• 1667 – Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (d. 1754)
• 1669 – Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)
• 1689 – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (d. 1762)
• 1700 – Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (d. 1760)
• 1764 – Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836)
• 1799 – Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian author (d. 1837)
• 1822 – Edmond de Goncourt, French writer (d. 1896)
• 1863 – Robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917)
• 1865 – Robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933)
• 1867 – Mary of Teck, queen consort of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)
• 1873 – Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist (d. 1958)
• 1880 – W. Otto Miessner, American composer and music educator (d. 1967)
• 1883 – Mamie Smith, American singer (d. 1946)
• 1886 – Al Jolson, American singer (d. 1950)
• 1893 – Norma Talmadge, American actress (d. 1957)
• 1893 – Eugène Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer (d. 1962)
• 1895 – Dorothea Lange, American photographer (d. 1965)
• 1895 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (d. 1971)
• 1899 – Antonio Barrette, French Canadian politician (d. 1968)
• 1904 – George Formby, English singer and comedian (d. 1961)
• 1904 – Vlado Perlemuter, Polish pianist (d. 2002)
• 1907 – Jean Bernard, French physician (d. 2006)
• 1907 – John Wayne, American actor (d. 1979)
• 1908 – Robert Morley, English actor (d. 1992)
• 1908 – Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Prime Minister of South Vietnam
• 1909 – Sir Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1994)
• 1909 – Nikolay Guryanov, Russian Orthodox Christian mystic and priest (d. 2002)
• 1909 – Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico (d. 1969)
• 1910 – Imi Lichtenfeld, Founder of Krav Maga (d. 1998)
• 1911 – Ben Alexander, American actor (d. 1969)
• 1912 – János Kádár, Prime minister of Hungary (d. 1989)
• 1912 – Jay Silverheels, American actor (d. 1980)
• 1913 – Peter Cushing, English actor (d. 1994)
• 1914 – Frankie Manning, American Lindy Hop dancer (d. 2009)
• 1915 – Sam Edwards, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Antonia Forest, British children's author (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Moondog, American composer, musician and poet (d. 1999)
• 1916 – Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist (d. 1972)
• 1917 – Eva Szorenyi, Hungarian actress, freedom activist for Hungary (d. 2009)
• 1918 – Anton Christoforidis, Greek boxer (d. 1985)
• 1920 – Peggy Lee, American singer (d. 2002)
• 1923 – James Arness, American actor
• 1923 – Roy Dotrice, British actor
• 1925 – Alec McCowen, English actor
• 1926 – Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (d. 1991)
• 1926 – Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian author
• 1930 – Karim Emami, Iranian Translator (d. 2005)
• 1932 – Grigor Vachkov, Bulgarian actor (d. 1980)
• 1935 – Sheila Steafel, South African–born British actress
• 1938 – William Bolcom, American composer
• 1938 – Pauline Parker, New Zealander murderer
• 1938 – Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian playwright and novelist
• 1938 – Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano
• 1939 – Merab Kostava, Georgian anti-Soviet leader (d. 1989)
• 1939 – Brent Musburger, American sports broadcaster
• 1940 – Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, French Canadian politician
• 1940 – Levon Helm, American musician (The Band)
• 1941 – Reg Bundy, British performer (d. 2003)
• 1941 – Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player
• 1941 – John Kaufman, sculptor
• 1942 – Ganapathi Sachchidananda, Spiritual Leader
• 1943 – Erica Terpstra, President of the Dutch Olympic Committee
• 1944 – Sam Posey, American race car driver, TV commentator and author
• 1945 – Garry Peterson, Canadian drummer (The Guess Who)
• 1945 – Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian politician
• 1946 – Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian Rhythmic gymnas and coach.
• 1946 – Mick Ronson, English musician (d. 1993)
• 1948 – Stevie Nicks, American songwriter
• 1949 – Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer and inventor
• 1949 – Pam Grier, American actress
• 1949 – Philip Michael Thomas, American actor
• 1949 – Joe Alaskey, American voice actor
• 1949 – Hank Williams Jr., American singer
• 1951 – Sally Ride, American astronaut
• 1951 – Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish politician
• 1952 – David Meece, Christian musician
• 1953 – Kay Hagan, U.S. Senator from North Carolina
• 1953 – Michael Portillo, British politician
• 1954 – Marian Gold, German singer (Alphaville)
• 1954 – Alan Hollinghurst, British novelist
• 1954 – Danny Rolling, American murderer (d. 2006)
• 1955 – Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese chef
• 1955 – Wesley Walker, American football player
• 1956 – Frédéric Dutoit, French politician
• 1957 – Margaret Colin, American actress
• 1957 – Diomedes Diaz, Colombian singer
• 1957 – François Legault, French Canadian politician
• 1957 – Kristina Olsen, American musician
• 1957 – Roberto Ravaglia, Italian racing driver
• 1957 – Pontso S.M. Sekatle, Lesotho academic and politician
• 1959 – Steve Hanley, English musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
• 1959 – Ole Bornedal, Danish film director, actor and producer
• 1960 – Masahiro Matsunaga, Japanese racing driver
• 1960 – Rob Murphy, American baseball player
• 1961 – Tarsem Singh, Indian film director
• 1962 – Genie Francis, American actress
• 1962 – Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor
• 1964 – Caitlín R. Kiernan, Irish-American writer
• 1964 – Lenny Kravitz, American musician
• 1964 – Argiris Pedoulakis, Greek basketball coach and former player
• 1965 – Hazel Irvine, British television presenter
• 1966 – Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
• 1966 – Zola Budd, South African athlete
• 1967 – Phil Doyle, Australian writer
• 1967 – Kevin Moore, American musician (OSI)
• 1968 – Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
• 1968 – Pat Kenney, American professional wrestler
• 1968 – Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish film director
• 1968 – Steve Sedgley, English footballer
• 1969 – John Baird, Canadian politician
• 1969 – Musetta Vander, South African actress
• 1970 – Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese cartoonist
• 1971 – Timothy Allen, British photojournalist
• 1971 – Matt Stone, American animator and filmmaker
• 1972 – Patsy Palmer, British actress
• 1974 – Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
• 1975 – Nicki Aycox, American actress
• 1975 – Travis Lee, American baseball player
• 1976 – Justin Pierre, American singer (Motion City Soundtrack)
• 1976 – Kenny Florian, American Mixed Martial Artist
• 1977 – Nikos Hatzivrettas, Greek basketball player
• 1977 – Mark Hunter, American musician (Chimaira)
• 1977 – Misaki Ito, Japanese actress and model
• 1977 – Raina Telgemeier, American cartoonist
• 1977 – Luca Toni, Italian footballer
• 1978 – Phil Elverum, American singer-songwriter
• 1979 – Elisabeth Harnois, American actress
• 1979 – Ashley Massaro, American model and professional wrestler
• 1979 – Mehmet Okur, Turkish basketball player
• 1981 – Robert Copeland, Australian Australian rules footballer
• 1981 – Eda-Ines Etti, Estonian singer
• 1981 – Irini Merkouri, Greek singer
• 1981 – Isaac Slade, American musician (The Fray)
• 1981 – Jason Manford, British comedian
• 1982 – Yoko Matsugane, Japanese model
• 1982 – Jon Tester, American Musician (Tora! Tora! Torrance!, Voytek)
• 1982 – David Reed, British writer and comedian
• 1983 – Demy de Zeeuw, Dutch footballer
• 1983 – Henry Holland, British fashion designer
• 1987 – Valerie Garcia, Filipina actress
• 1987 – Josh Thomas, Australian comedian
• 1988 – Joel Selwood, Australian footballer
• 1991 – Julianna Rose Mauriello, American actress