History Births on February 26

Antoine Augustin Calmet, French monk and theologian (d. 1757)

#Antoine_Augustin_Calmet

Ahn Cheol-soo, South Korean physician, academic, and politician

#Ahn_Cheol-soo

William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (d. 1966)

#William_Frawley

Pepe, Brazilian-Portuguese footballer

#Pepe_(footballer,_born_1983)

Simon Crean, Australian trade union leader and politician, 14th Australian Minister for the Arts

#Simon_Crean

Michael Bolton, American singer-songwriter and actor

#Michael_Bolton

Tim Kaine, American lawyer and politician, 70th Governor of Virginia

#Tim_Kaine

Abdoulaye Faye, Senegalese footballer

#Abdoulaye_Faye

Max Petitpierre, Swiss jurist and politician, 54th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1994)

#Max_Petitpierre

John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes (d. 1943)

#John_Harvey_Kellogg

Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer and businessman (d. 2007)

#Bill_Johnston_(cricketer)

Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (d. 2007)

#Betty_Hutton

Marshall Faulk, American football player

#Marshall_Faulk

Dane Clark, American actor and director (d. 1998)

#Dane_Clark

Ronald Lauder, American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Austria

#Ronald_Lauder

Steve Bell, English cartoonist

#Steve_Bell_(cartoonist)

Jackie Gleason, American actor and singer (d. 1987)

#Jackie_Gleason

Fritz Wiessner, German-American mountaineer (d. 1988)

#Fritz_Wiessner

Bob "The Bear" Hite, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1981)

#Bob_Hite

Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, Scottish peer (d. 1685)

#Archibald_Campbell,_9th_Earl_of_Argyll

Marty Reasoner, American ice hockey player and coach

#Marty_Reasoner

Old?ich Kulhánek, Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (d. 2013)

#Old?ich_Kulhánek

Takanoiwa Yoshimori, Mongolian sumo wrestler

#Takanoiwa_Yoshimori

Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (d. 1419)

#Wenceslaus_IV_of_Bohemia

Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian footballer and manager

#Ole_Gunnar_Solskjær

Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer

#Najwa_Karam

Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (d. 1803)

#Gian_Francesco_Albani

Sharyn McCrumb, American author

#Sharyn_McCrumb

Christopher of Bavaria (d. 1448)

#Christopher_of_Bavaria

Ahmet Davuto?lu, Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Turkey

#Ahmet_Davuto?lu

Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (d. 1930)

#Herbert_Henry_Dow

Margaret Leighton, English actress (d. 1976)

#Margaret_Leighton

Tony Randall, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2004)

#Tony_Randall

Max Martin, Swedish-American record producer and songwriter

#Max_Martin

Erykah Badu, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

#Erykah_Badu

Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator (d. 1968)

#Rudolph_Dirks

Nate Ruess, American singer-songwriter

#Nate_Ruess

Jonathan Cain, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

#Jonathan_Cain

Robert Novak, American journalist and author (d. 2009)

#Robert_Novak

Mitch Ryder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Mitch_Ryder

Camille Flammarion, French astronomer and author (d. 1925)

#Camille_Flammarion

Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese footballer

#Emmanuel_Adebayor

Noboru Takeshita, Japanese soldier and politician, 74th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2000)

#Noboru_Takeshita

Shane Williams, Welsh rugby union player

#Shane_Williams

Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist and author (d. 2006)

#Lucjan_Wolanowski

Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer and producer

#Hitoshi_Sakimoto

Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (d. 1771)

#Claude_Adrien_Helvétius

Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (d. 1917)

#Buffalo_Bill

Fats Domino, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2017)

#Fats_Domino

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English philosopher and politician (d. 1713)

#Anthony_Ashley-Cooper,_3rd_Earl_of_Shaftesbury

Beren Saat, Turkish actress

#Beren_Saat

Kate?ina Cachová, Czech heptathlete

#Kate?ina_Cachová

Colin Bell, English footballer

#Colin_Bell

Christopher Marlowe, English playwright, poet and translator (d. 1593)

#Christopher_Marlowe

Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, Turkish politician, 12th President of Turkey

#Recep_Tayyip_Erdo?an

Anton Reicha, Bohemian composer and flautist (d. 1836)

#Anton_Reicha

Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma (d. 1806)

#Maria_Amalia,_Duchess_of_Parma

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Algerian director, producer, and screenwriter

#Mohammed_Lakhdar-Hamina

Rolando Blackman, American basketball player and coach

#Rolando_Blackman

Kertus Davis, American race car driver

#Kertus_Davis

Nalini Anantharaman, French mathematician

#Nalini_Anantharaman

Mason Adams, American actor (d. 2005)

#Mason_Adams

Mark Harper, English accountant and politician, Minister of State for Immigration

#Mark_Harper

Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879)

#Honoré_Daumier

Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer-songwriter

#Natalia_Lafourcade

Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian soldier and politician (d. 1939)

#Nadezhda_Krupskaya

Levi Strauss, German-American fashion designer, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (d. 1902)

#Levi_Strauss

Emma Kirkby, English soprano

#Emma_Kirkby

Victor Hugo, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1885)

#Victor_Hugo

Michel Houellebecq, French author, poet, screenwriter, and director

#Michel_Houellebecq

Marta Kristen, Norwegian-American actress

#Marta_Kristen

Matija Nenadovi?, Serbian priest, historian, and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 1854)

#Matija_Nenadovi?

Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (d. 1968)

#Husband_E._Kimmel

Robert Alda, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1986)

#Robert_Alda

Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (d. 1950)

#Grover_Cleveland_Alexander

Theodore Sturgeon, American author and critic (d. 1985)

#Theodore_Sturgeon

Talal of Jordan (d. 1972)

#Talal_of_Jordan

Dante Ferretti, Italian art director and costume designer

#Dante_Ferretti

Wallace Fard Muhammad, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Islam (disappeared 1934)

#Wallace_Fard_Muhammad

Sandie Shaw, English singer and psychotherapist

#Sandie_Shaw

Steve Blake, American basketball player

#Steve_Blake

Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia (d. 1959)

#Henry_Barwell

Keena Rothhammer, American swimmer

#Keena_Rothhammer

Helen Clark, New Zealand academic and politician, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand

#Helen_Clark

Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (d. 2014)

#Ariel_Sharon

Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)

#Ahmed_Zewail

Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)

#Giulio_Natta

Everton Weekes, Barbadian cricketer and referee

#Everton_Weekes

José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal (d. 2014)

#José_Policarpo

Tim Commerford, American bass player (Rage Against the Machine; Audioslave)

#Tim_Commerford

James Mitchell, American wrestler and manager

#James_Mitchell_(manager)

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (d. 1948)

#Ferdinand_I_of_Bulgaria

Nicola Fago, Italian composer and teacher (d. 1745)

#Nicola_Fago

David Beasley, American lawyer and politician, 113th Governor of South Carolina

#David_Beasley

Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Corinne_Bailey_Rae

Tar? Okamoto, Japanese painter and sculptor (d. 1996)

#Tar?_Okamoto

Peter Brock, Australian race car driver (d. 2006)

#Peter_Brock

Fernando Llorente, Spanish footballer

#Fernando_Llorente

Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (d. 1864)

#Benoît_Paul_Émile_Clapeyron

Jaz Coleman, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

#Jaz_Coleman

Andrei Zhdanov, Ukrainian-Russian civil servant and politician (d. 1948)

#Andrei_Zhdanov

Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (d. 1926)

#Émile_Coué

Janus Djurhuus, Faroese poet (d. 1948)

#Janus_Djurhuus

Fanny Cradock, English chef, author, and critic (d. 1994)

#Fanny_Cradock

Bill Duke, American actor and director

#Bill_Duke

Garry Conille, Haitian physician and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti

#Garry_Conille

Halina Konopacka, Polish discus thrower and poet (d. 1989)

#Halina_Konopacka

Sébastien Loeb, French race car driver

#Sébastien_Loeb

Mark Carroll, Australian rugby league player

#Mark_Carroll_(rugby_league)

Jozef Adamec, Slovak footballer and manager (d. 2018)

#Jozef_Adamec

Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (d. 1941)

#Frank_Bridge

Gabriel Obertan, French footballer

#Gabriel_Obertan

Matt Prior, South African-English cricketer

#Matt_Prior

Kenneth Edgeworth, Irish astronomer (d. 1972)

#Kenneth_Edgeworth

François Arago, French mathematician and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (d. 1853)

#François_Arago

Mikael Granlund, Finnish professional hockey player

#Mikael_Granlund

Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer

#Pedro_Mendes_(footballer,_born_1979)

Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer (d. 2015)

#Verne_Gagne

Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop, botanist and zoologist (d. 1773)

#Johan_Ernst_Gunnerus

Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2003)

#Johnny_Cash

Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1666)

#Albert_VI,_Duke_of_Bavaria

Aleksandras Stulginskis, Lithuanian farmer and politician, 2nd President of Lithuania (d. 1969)

#Aleksandras_Stulginskis

Madeleine Carroll, English actress (d. 1987)

#Madeleine_Carroll

Stefan Grabi?ski, Polish author and educator (d. 1936)

#Stefan_Grabi?ski

Chuck Wepner, American professional boxer

#Chuck_Wepner

Wayne Goss, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland (d. 2014)

#Wayne_Goss

Tim Thomas, American basketball player

#Tim_Thomas_(basketball)

Chase Masterson, American actress, singer, and activist

#Chase_Masterson

Li Na, Chinese tennis player

#Li_Na

Orde Wingate, English general (d. 1944)

#Orde_Wingate

Pyotr Masherov, Leader of Soviet Belarus from 1965 to 1980 (d. 1980)

#Pyotr_Masherov

Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese footballer

#Kazuyoshi_Miura

Susan Helms, American general, engineer, and astronaut

#Susan_Helms

Hannah Kearney, American skier

#Hannah_Kearney

Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (d. 1949)

#Jean-Pierre_Wimille

Reghan Tumilty, Scottish footballer

Michael Chee Kam, New Zealand rugby league player

Lee Chae-rin, South Korean singer

Jerome Harrison, American football player

Oh Seung-bum, South Korean footballer

Steve Evans, Welsh footballer

Chad Urmston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, Filipina television actress, host and equestrienne

Jenny Thompson, American swimmer

Hélène Segara, French singer-songwriter and actress

Scott Mahon, Australian rugby league player

Marc Fortier, French-Canadian ice hockey player

Greg Germann, American actor and director

Paul Ackford, English rugby player

Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player and coach

Andreas Maislinger, Austrian historian and academic, founded the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service

Prince Ernst August of Hanover

Elizabeth George, American author and educator

Christopher Hope, South African author and poet

Paul Cotton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Paul Dickson, American football player and coach (d. 2011)

James Goldsmith, French-British businessman and politician (d. 1997)

Josephine Tewson, English actress

Ally MacLeod, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2004)

Tom Kennedy, American game show host and actor

Doris Belack, American actress (d. 2011)

Marc Bucci, American composer, lyricist, and dramatist (d. 2002)

Danny Gardella, American baseball player and trainer (d. 2005)

Otis R. Bowen, American physician and politician, 44th Governor of Indiana (d. 2013)

George Barker, English author and poet (d. 1991)

Vic Woodley, English footballer (d. 1978)

Nestor Mesta Chayres, Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (d. 1971)

Tex Avery, American animator, producer, and voice actor (d. 1980)

Jean Bruller, French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit (d. 1991)

Dorothy Whipple, English novelist (d. 1966)

Nathan Kelley, American architect, designed the Ohio Statehouse (d. 1871)

Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (d. 1639)