History Births on April 26

Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian (d. 1862)

#Ludwig_Uhland

Frank Hahn, British economist (d. 2013)

#Frank_Hahn

Peter Madsen, Danish footballer

#Peter_Madsen_(footballer)

Roger Moens, Belgian runner and sportscaster

#Roger_Moens

Al-Hadi, Iranian caliph (d. 786)

#Al-Hadi

John Isner, American tennis player

#John_Isner

Peter Handscomb, Australian Cricketer

#Peter_Handscomb

Granny Hamner, American baseball player (d. 1993)

#Granny_Hamner

Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player

#Kosuke_Fukudome

José María López, Argentinian race car driver

#José_María_López

Ambrose Dudley Mann, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1889)

#Ambrose_Dudley_Mann

Paul Almond, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)

#Paul_Almond

Joey Jordison, American musician, songwriter, record producer

#Joey_Jordison

Maurice Williams, American doo-wop/R&B singer-songwriter (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs)

#Maurice_Williams_and_the_Zodiacs

King John II of France (d. 1364)

#John_II_of_France

Novlene Williams-Mills, Jamaican sprinter

#Novlene_Williams-Mills

Jay DeMarcus, American bass player, songwriter, and producer

#Jay_DeMarcus

Joan Chen, Chinese-American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Joan_Chen

Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 2015)

#Jean-Pierre_Beltoise

Roxana Saberi, American journalist and author

#Roxana_Saberi

Steve Lombardozzi, American baseball player and coach

#Steve_Lombardozzi

Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)

#Harry_Gallatin

Channing Tatum, American actor and producer

#Channing_Tatum

Alan Hinkes, English mountaineer and explorer

#Alan_Hinkes

Giorgio Moroder, Italian singer-songwriter and producer

#Giorgio_Moroder

Melania Trump, Slovene-American model; First Lady of the United States; wife of United States President Donald Trump

#Melania_Trump

Geoff Blum, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Geoff_Blum

Lior Refaelov, Israeli footballer

#Lior_Refaelov

Marlon King, English footballer

#Marlon_King

Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher and academic (d. 1796)

#Thomas_Reid

Stana Katic, Canadian actress

#Stana_Katic

Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (d. 1866)

#Maria_Amalia_of_Naples_and_Sicily

Jessica Lynch, American soldier and POW

#Jessica_Lynch

Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930)

#Joseph_Ward

Eddie Eagan, American boxer and bobsledder (d. 1967)

#Eddie_Eagan

James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (d. 1950)

#James_Dooley_(politician)

Charles Goodyear, American banker, lawyer, and politician (d. 1876)

#Charles_Goodyear_(politician)

Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect and academic, designed the Therme Vals

#Peter_Zumthor

Wojciech Pszczolarski, Polish bicycle racer

#Wojciech_Pszczolarski

Kevin James, American actor and comedian

#Kevin_James

John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, Scottish race car driver

#John_Crichton-Stuart,_7th_Marquess_of_Bute

Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (d. 1863)

#Eugène_Delacroix

Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, African-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

#Tionne_Watkins

Georgios Kostikos, Greek footballer, coach, and manager

#Georgios_Kostikos

Hisham I of Córdoba (d. 796)

#Hisham_I_of_Córdoba

Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (d. 180)

#Marcus_Aurelius

Eric Campbell, British actor (d. 1917)

#Eric_Campbell_(actor)

?abdulla Tuqay, Russian poet and publicist (d. 1913)

#?abdulla_Tuqay

Hack Wilson, American baseball player (d. 1948)

#Hack_Wilson

Jet Li, Chinese-Singaporean martial artist, actor, and producer

#Jet_Li

I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art and Bank of China Tower (d. 2019)

#I._M._Pei

Dick Johnson, Australian race car driver

#Dick_Johnson_(racing_driver)

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, English actress and singer-songwriter

#Marianne_Jean-Baptiste

Joe Crede, American baseball player

#Joe_Crede

Ms. Dynamite, English rapper and producer

#Ms._Dynamite

Samantha Cristoforetti, Italian astronaut

#Samantha_Cristoforetti

Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (d. 1985)

#Charles_Francis_Richter

Caro Emerald, Dutch pop and jazz singer

#Caro_Emerald

Marie de' Medici, queen of Henry IV of France (d. 1642)

#Marie_de'_Medici

Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and designer, co-designed Central Park (d. 1903)

#Frederick_Law_Olmsted

Gareth Evans, English footballer

#Gareth_Evans_(footballer,_born_1988)

Melvin Ingram, American football player

#Melvin_Ingram

Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist (d. 1853)

#Christian_Leopold_von_Buch

Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter and academic (d. 1600)

#Gian_Paolo_Lomazzo

Rahul Verma, Indian social worker & activist

#Rahul_Verma

Daniil Kvyat, Russian race car driver

#Daniil_Kvyat

Bobby Rydell, American singer and actor

#Bobby_Rydell

Peter II of Portugal (d. 1706)

#Peter_II_of_Portugal

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (d. 1951)

#Ludwig_Wittgenstein

Jean Vigo, French director and screenwriter (d. 1934)

#Jean_Vigo

Frank D'Rone, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)

#Frank_D'Rone

Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)

#Owen_Willans_Richardson

Marilyn Nelson, African-American poet and author

#Marilyn_Nelson

Duane Eddy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#Duane_Eddy

Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)

#Vicente_Aleixandre

Charles Farrar Browne, American author (d. 1867)

#Charles_Farrar_Browne

Mitch Rein, Australian rugby league player

#Mitch_Rein

Gerard Cafesjian, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)

#Gerard_Cafesjian

Roger Taylor, English drummer

#Roger_Taylor_(Duran_Duran_drummer)

Toomas Tõniste, Estonian sailor and politician

#Toomas_Tõniste

Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch sprinter and long jumper (d. 2004)

#Fanny_Blankers-Koen

Paul Verner, German soldier and politician (d. 1986)

#Paul_Verner

Ken Wallis, English commander, engineer, and pilot (d. 2013)

#Ken_Wallis

Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (d. 1992)

#Sal_Maglie

Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)

#Virgil_Trucks

Anita Loos, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1981)

#Anita_Loos

Bernard Malamud, Jewish American novelist and short story writer (d. 1986)

#Bernard_Malamud

Kurt Bodewig, German politician

#Kurt_Bodewig

Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Governor General of Canada (d. 1993)

#Jeanne_Sauvé

Bill Wennington, Canadian basketball player

#Bill_Wennington

Carol Burnett, American actress, singer, and producer

#Carol_Burnett

Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican bishop and saint (d. 1938)

#Rafael_Guízar_y_Valencia

Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and educator (d. 1938)

#Edmund_C._Tarbell

Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican-American general (d. 2005)

#Filiberto_Ojeda_Ríos

John Corabi, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#John_Corabi

Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (d. 2014)

#Svyatoslav_Belza

Jordana Brewster, Panamanian-American actress

#Jordana_Brewster

John Battle, English politician

#John_Battle_(politician)

Aaron Judge, American baseball player

#Aaron_Judge

Giancarlo Esposito, American actor, director, and producer

#Giancarlo_Esposito

John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (d. 1972)

#John_Grierson

Yuliya Zaripova, Russian runner

#Yuliya_Zaripova

Dean Austin, English footballer and manager

#Dean_Austin

Adam Falckenhagen, German lute player and composer (d. 1754)

#Adam_Falckenhagen

Rudolf Hess, Egyptian-German politician (d. 1987)

#Rudolf_Hess

Emily Wickersham, American actress

#Emily_Wickersham

Jadwiga Staniszkis, Polish sociologist, political scientist, and academic

#Jadwiga_Staniszkis

Alberto Quintano, Chilean footballer

#Alberto_Quintano

Cornelia Ullrich, German hurdler

#Cornelia_Ullrich

Tom Welling, American actor

#Tom_Welling

Ernst Udet, German colonel and pilot (d. 1941)

#Ernst_Udet

Anna Mucha, Polish actress and journalist

#Anna_Mucha

Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer and manager

#Carlos_Bianchi

Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian

#Debra_Wilson

Avi Nimni, Israeli footballer and manager

#Avi_Nimni

Gary Wright, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

#Gary_Wright

Esek Hopkins, American commander (d. 1802)

#Esek_Hopkins

John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter (d. 1851)

#John_James_Audubon

Isaac Liu, New Zealand rugby league player

#Isaac_Liu

Douglas Sirk, German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987)

#Douglas_Sirk

Arno Allan Penzias, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Arno_Allan_Penzias

Ruut Tarmo, Estonian actor and director (d. 1967)

#Ruut_Tarmo

Glenn Thomas Jacobs, American professional wrestler, actor, businessman and politician

#Kane_(wrestler)

Ma Rainey, American singer (d. 1939)

#Ma_Rainey

Srdjan Pejicic, Canadian/Bosnian basketball player

Ignacio Lores Varela, Uruguayan footballer

Will Heard, British singer and songwriter

Lazaros Fotias, Greek footballer

Nevin Spence, Northern Irish rugby player (d. 2012)

Manuel Viniegra, Mexican footballer

Ben Spina, Australian rugby league player

Jorge Andújar Moreno, Spanish footballer

Sean Evans, host of the YouTube series Hot Ones

Andrea Koch Benvenuto, Chilean tennis player

Sandra Schmitt, German skier (d. 2000)

Václav Vara?a, Czech ice hockey player

Luigi Panarelli, Italian footballer

Óscar García Junyent, Spanish footballer and coach

Chris Perry, English footballer

Jules Naudet, French-American director and producer

Natrone Means, American football player and coach

Kiko, Spanish footballer

Jason Bargwanna, Australian race car driver

Kristen R. Ghodsee, American ethnographer and academic

Susannah Harker, English actress

Colin Scotts, Australian-American football player

Colin Anderson, English footballer

Koo Stark, American actress and photographer

Tatyana Fomina, Estonian chess player

Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler (d. 1995)

Sylvain Simard, Canadian academic and politician

Howard Davies, English director and producer (d. 2016)

Richard Bradshaw, English conductor (d. 2007)

Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States

Sharon Carstairs, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Leader of the Government in the Senate

Claudine Auger, French model and actress

Cliff Watson, English rugby league player (d. 2018)

Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Indian cleric and politician (d. 2014)

Patricia Reilly Giff, American author and educator

Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)

Francis Lai, French accordion player and composer (d. 2018)

Shirley Cawley, English long jumper

Israr Ahmed, Indian-Pakistani theologian, philosopher, and scholar (d. 2010)

John Cain Jr., Australian politician, 41st Premier of Victoria

Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent and producer (d. 2008)

Richard Mitchell, American author and educator (d. 2002)

Jack Douglas, English actor (d. 2008)

Michael Mathias Prechtl, German soldier and illustrator (d. 2003)

Michele Ferrero, Italian entrepreneur (d. 2015)

Vladimir Boltyansky, Russian mathematician, educator and author

Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (d. 1998)

Margaret Scott, South African-Australian ballerina and choreographer

J. C. Holt, English historian and academic (d. 2014)

Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 2008)

Morris West, Australian author and playwright (d. 1999)

Eyvind Earle, American artist, author, and illustrator (d. 2000)

James Rouse, American real estate developer (d. 1996)

A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (d. 2000)

Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)

Marianne Hoppe, German actress (d. 2002)

Ilias Tsirimokos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1968)

Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)

Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian cardinal (d. 1991)

Eva Aschoff, German bookbinder and calligrapher (d. 1969)

Oscar Rabin, Latvian-English saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1958)

Ernst Felle, German rower (d. 1959)

William Ashhurst, English banker, Sheriff of London, Lord Mayor of London and politician (d. 1720)

Alice de Toeni, Countess of Warwick (d. 1324)