October 26 - Births

Births

• 1427 – Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)
• 1473 – Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)
• 1491 – Emperor Zhengde of China (d. 1521)
• 1609 – William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)
• 1673 – Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian prince, linguist, and scholar (d. 1723)
• 1684 – Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (d. 1757)
• 1685 – Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1757)
• 1694 – Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (d. 1758)
• 1757 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (d. 1823)
• 1759 – Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary leader (d. 1794)
• 1768 – Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (d. 1844)
• 1794 – Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (d. 1881)
• 1795 – Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (d. 1872)
• 1797 – Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (d. 1865)
• 1800 – Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (d. 1891)
• 1802 – King Miguel of Portugal (d. 1866)
• 1803 – Joseph Hansom, English architect and inventor (d. 1882)
• 1842 – Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
• 1849 – Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (d. 1917)
• 1850 – Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian historian, archaeologist, epigrapher and folkorist (d. 1909)
• 1854 – C. W. Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1914)
• 1865 – Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912)
• 1869 – Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, President of Brazil (d. 1957)
• 1871 – Guillermo Kahlo, father of Frida Kahlo (d. 1941)
• 1873 – Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942)
• 1873 – A. K. Fazlul Huq, Sher-E-Bangla (Tiger Of Bengal) (d. 1962)
• 1874 – Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American socialite and philanthropist (d. 1948)
• 1874 – Martin Lowry, British chemist (d. 1936)
• 1880 – Andrei Bely, Russian writer (d. 1934)
• 1883 – Napoleon Hill, American writer and philosopher (d. 1970)
• 1883 – Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (d. 1958)
• 1888 – Nestor Ivanovich Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist (d. 1934)
• 1899 – Judy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1989)
• 1902 – Beryl Markham, Kenyan horse trainer and author (d. 1986)
• 1902 – Jack Sharkey, American boxer (d. 1994)
• 1905 – George Flahiff, Canadian Cardinal (d. 1989)
• 1906 – Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (d. 1967)
• 1909 – Dante Quinterno, Argentine comics artist (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Sid Gilman, American football player (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Mahalia Jackson, American singer (d. 1972)
• 1911 – Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet (d. 1996)
• 1912 – Don Siegel, American director (d. 1991)
• 1913 – Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1991)
• 1914 – Jackie Coogan, American actor (d. 1984)
• 1915 – Joe Fry, British racing driver (d. 1950)
• 1916 – François Mitterrand, President of France (d. 1996)
• 1916 – Boyd Wagner, First USAAF fighter ace of WWII (d. 1942)
• 1919 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, Shah of Iran (d. 1980)
• 1919 – Edward Brooke, American politician
• 1919 – Frank Bourgholtzer, American television correspondent (d. 2010)
• 1921 – George Forrest, Northern Irish MP (d. 1968)
• 1925 – Jan Wolkers, Dutch author (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Francisco Solano López, Argentine comics artist
• 1929 – Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (d. 2000)
• 1933 – Takis Kanellopoulos, Greek film director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
• 1934 – Hans-Joachim Rödelius, German composer and musician (Cluster, Harmonia)
• 1936 – Shelley Morrison, American actress
• 1940 – John Horgan, author, professor and politician
• 1941 – Charlie Landsborough, Singer/Songwriter
• 1942 – Bob Hoskins, British actor
• 1942 – Zdenko Runjić, Croatian composor (d. 2004)
• 1945 – Pat Conroy, American writer
• 1945 – Demetris Th. Gotsis, Greek poet and author
• 1946 – Pat Sajak, American game show host
• 1946 – Holly Woodlawn, Puerto Rican actress
• 1946 – Keith Hopwood, British musician (Herman's Hermits)
• 1947 – Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th United States Secretary of State
• 1947 – Jaclyn Smith, American actress
• 1947 – Trevor Joyce, Irish poet
• 1947 – Ian Ashley, British racing driver
• 1947 – Ricardo Asch, Argentine physician
• 1948 – Toby Harrah, American baseball player
• 1949 – Steve Rogers, American baseball player
• 1949 – Antonio Carpio, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
• 1949 – Kevin Sullivan, American professional wrestler
• 1951 – Bootsy Collins, American musician (P Funk)
• 1951 – Tommy Mars, American keyboard player Frank Zappa
• 1951 – Julian Schnabel, American filmmaker
• 1952 – Andrew Motion, English poet and Poet Laureate
• 1953 – Rosa Monckton, English fundraiser
• 1953 – Keith Strickland, American musician (The B-52's)
• 1954 – Vassilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer
• 1956 – Stephen Gumley, Australian businessman
• 1956 – Rita Wilson, American actress
• 1957 – Bob Golic, American football player
• 1957 – Julie Dawn Cole, British actress
• 1959 – Brian Bovell, British actor
• 1959 – François Chau, Cambodian actor
• 1959 – Paul Farmer, American anthropologist
• 1959 – Andreas Hinze, German footballer
• 1959 – Evo Morales, Bolivian politician
• 1960 – June Brigman, American comic book artist
• 1960 – Patrick Breen, American actor
• 1961 – Dylan McDermott, American actor
• 1961 – Gerald Malloy, American politician
• 1962 – Cary Elwes, British actor
• 1963 – Natalie Merchant, American singer
• 1963 – Ted Demme, American film and television director (d. 2002)
• 1964 – Thomas Cavanagh, Canadian actor
• 1965 – Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Hong Kong singer
• 1965 – Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress and producer.
• 1965 &ndash The Beatles, receive MBEs
• 1966 – Jane Hajduk, American actress
• 1966 – Steve Valentine, British actor
• 1966 – Jeanne Zelasko, American sportcaster
• 1966 – Masaharu Iwata, Japanese composer
• 1967 – Keith Urban, New Zealand singer
• 1970 – Lisa Ryder, Canadian actress
• 1970 – Dian Bachar, American actor
• 1971 – Anthony Rapp, American singer and actor
• 1973 – Seth MacFarlane, American animator
• 1973 – Taka Michinoku, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1973 – Austin Healey, English rugby player
• 1974 – Lisa, Japanese musician
• 1974 – Raveena Tandon, Indian actress
• 1976 – Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish hockey player
• 1977 – Jon Heder, American actor
• 1977 – Bakar Ibor, Comorian footballer
• 1978 – Jimmy Aggrey, English footballer
• 1978 – Eva Kaili, Greek TV presenter and politician
• 1978 – CM Punk, American professional wrestler
• 1978 – Dave Zastudil, American football player
• 1979 – Movsar Barayev, Chechen militant (d. 2002)
• 1980 – Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer
• 1981 – Sam Brown, American comedian
• 1981 – Guy Sebastian, Australian singer
• 1982 – Adam Carroll, British racing driver
• 1983 – Francisco Liriano, Dominican baseball player
• 1983 – Dmitri Sychev, Russian footballer
• 1983 – Luke Watson, South African rugby player
• 1984 – Sasha Cohen, American figure skater
• 1984 – Martin Burke, Irish actor
• 1984 – Adriano Correia Claro, Brazilian footballer
• 1984 – Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
• 1984 – Amanda Overmyer, American singer
• 1985 – Andrea Bargnani, Italian basketball player
• 1985 – Monta Ellis, American basketball player
• 1985 – Asin Thottumkal, Indian actress
• 1985 – Kieran Read, New Zealand rugby player
• 1987 – Shawn Lauvao, American football player
• 1988 – Greg Zuerlein, American ice dancer
• 2000 – Ellery Sprayberry, American actress