History Births on May 26

Olcay ?ahan, Turkish footballer

#Olcay_?ahan

Caitlín R. Kiernan, Irish-American paleontologist and author

#Caitlín_R._Kiernan

Elisabeth Harnois, American actress

#Elisabeth_Harnois

Philippe de Champaigne, Dutch-French painter (d. 1674)

#Philippe_de_Champaigne

Arto Bryggare, Finnish hurdler and politician

#Arto_Bryggare

Roy Dotrice, English actor (d. 2017)

#Roy_Dotrice

Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (d. 1955)

#Adolfo_de_la_Huerta

François Legault, Canadian businessman and politician

#François_Legault

Andrea Catellani, Italian footballer

#Andrea_Catellani

Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1603)

#Mehmed_III

Dan Sarginson, Australian-English rugby league player

#Dan_Sarginson

Josh Thomas, Australian comedian and actor

#Josh_Thomas_(comedian)

David Meece, American singer-songwriter and pianist

#David_Meece

Peggy Lee, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2002)

#Peggy_Lee

Imants Kalni?š, Latvian composer

#Imants_Kalni?š

Will Chambers, Australian rugby league player

#Will_Chambers

Justin Pierre, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Justin_Pierre

Katerine Savard, Canadian swimmer

#Katerine_Savard

Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player and sportscaster

#Cliff_Drysdale

Isaac Slade, American singer-songwriter and pianist

#Isaac_Slade

Zola Budd, South African runner

#Zola_Budd

Raina Telgemeier, American author and cartoonist

#Raina_Telgemeier

Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter

#Fernando_León_de_Aranoa

Lenny Kravitz, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor

#Lenny_Kravitz

Michel Tornéus, Swedish long jumper

#Michel_Tornéus

Roberto Ravaglia, Italian race car driver

#Roberto_Ravaglia

Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (d. 1760)

#Nicolaus_Zinzendorf

Ashley Vincent, English footballer

#Ashley_Vincent

Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (d. 1980)

#Jay_Silverheels

Mary of Teck, English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)

#Mary_of_Teck

Levon Helm, American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (d. 2012)

#Levon_Helm

Fiona Shackleton, English lawyer

#Fiona_Shackleton

William Petty, English economist and philosopher (d. 1687)

#William_Petty

Peter Cushing, English actor (d. 1994)

#Peter_Cushing

Luca Toni, Italian footballer

#Luca_Toni

Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

#Diomedes_Díaz

Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1994)

#Matt_Busby

Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark

#Frederik,_Crown_Prince_of_Denmark

Ben Zobrist, American baseball player

#Ben_Zobrist

Jimmy Vesey, American ice hockey player

#Jimmy_Vesey

Hasan Kabze, Turkish footballer

#Hasan_Kabze

Percy Perrin, English cricketer (d. 1945)

#Percy_Perrin

Antonio Barrette, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (d. 1968)

#Antonio_Barrette

Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1754)

#Abraham_de_Moivre

Eero Loone, Estonian philosopher and academic

#Eero_Loone

Pam Grier, American actress

#Pam_Grier

Romas Ubartas, Lithuanian discus thrower

#Romas_Ubartas

Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (d. 1722)

#Sébastien_Vaillant

James Arness, American actor (d. 2011)

#James_Arness

Sam Posey, American race car driver and journalist

#Sam_Posey

Robert Copeland, Australian footballer

#Robert_Copeland

Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian gymnast and coach

#Neshka_Robeva

Imi Lichtenfeld, Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast (d. 1998)

#Imi_Lichtenfeld

Claude Legault, Canadian actor and screenwriter

#Claude_Legault

Monika Christodoulou, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Monika_Christodoulou

August Kopisch, German poet and painter (d. 1853)

#August_Kopisch

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (d. 1722)

#John_Churchill,_1st_Duke_of_Marlborough

Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese-American chef

#Masaharu_Morimoto

János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1989)

#János_Kádár

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (d. 1762)

#Lady_Mary_Wortley_Montagu

Damian Williams, American football player

#Damian_Williams_(wide_receiver)

Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)

#Miles_Davis

Stephen Curry, Australian comedian and actor

#Stephen_Curry_(comedian)

Paul E. Patton, American politician, 59th Governor of Kentucky

#Paul_E._Patton

Henry Holland, English fashion designer

#Henry_Holland_(fashion_designer)

Denis Lebel, Canadian businessman and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Transport

#Denis_Lebel

Joel Selwood, Australian footballer

#Joel_Selwood

Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator (d. 1933)

#Robert_W._Chambers

Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (d. 1969)

#Adolfo_López_Mateos

Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, Canadian academic and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec

#Monique_Gagnon-Tremblay

Robert Morley, English actor (d. 1992)

#Robert_Morley

Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and assisted suicide activist (d. 2011)

#Jack_Kevorkian

Aldrich Ames, American CIA officer and criminal

#Aldrich_Ames

Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian author and playwright

#Lyudmila_Petrushevskaya

Paul Collingwood, English cricketer and coach

#Paul_Collingwood

Mehmet Okur, Turkish basketball player

#Mehmet_Okur

Demy de Zeeuw, Dutch footballer

#Demy_de_Zeeuw

Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1993)

#Mick_Ronson

Margaret Colin, American actress

#Margaret_Colin

Brent Musburger, American sportscaster

#Brent_Musburger

Alan Hollinghurst, English novelist, poet, short story writer, and translator

#Alan_Hollinghurst

Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (d. 1965)

#Dorothea_Lange

David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate, English politician

#David_Stevens,_Baron_Stevens_of_Ludgate

Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer, developed the first wiki

#Ward_Cunningham

Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer

#Lars_Frölander

Karin Juel, Swedish singer, actor, and writer (d. 1976)

#Karin_Juel

Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2012)

#Vilasrao_Deshmukh

Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (d. 1965)

#Christfried_Burmeister

Jason Manford, English actor, screenwriter, and television host

#Jason_Manford

Nathan Merritt, Australian rugby league player

#Nathan_Merritt

Neil Parish, English politician

#Neil_Parish

Lauryn Hill, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

#Lauryn_Hill

Michael Portillo, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Defence

#Michael_Portillo

Manorama, Indian actress and singer (d. 2015)

#Manorama_(Tamil_actress)

John Baird, Canadian politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs

#John_Baird_(Canadian_politician)

Paula Findlay, Canadian triathlete

#Paula_Findlay

Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (d. 2005)

#Maurice_Baquet

John Wayne, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1979)

#John_Wayne

Natalya Nazarova, Russian sprinter

#Natalya_Nazarova

Ba U, 2nd President of Burma (d. 1963)

#Ba_U

Jeremy Corbyn, British journalist and politician

#Jeremy_Corbyn

Genie Francis, Canadian-American actress

#Genie_Francis

Catherine Sauvage, French singer and actress (d. 1998)

#Catherine_Sauvage

Mary Nightingale, English journalist

#Mary_Nightingale

Inge Borkh, German soprano (d. 2018)

#Inge_Borkh

Amanda Bauer, American astronomer and academic

#Amanda_Bauer

Louis-Jean Cormier, Canadian singer and songwriter

#Louis-Jean_Cormier

Erica Terpstra, Dutch swimmer, journalist, and politician

#Erica_Terpstra

Josef Manger, German weightlifter (d. 1991)

#Josef_Manger

Carmen Montejo, Cuban-Mexican actress (d. 2013)

#Carmen_Montejo

Curtis Rona, New Zealand rugby league player

#Curtis_Rona

Nikos Chatzivrettas, Greek basketball player

#Nikos_Chatzivrettas

Jack Cheetham, South African cricketer (d. 1980)

#Jack_Cheetham

Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)

#Frankie_Manning

Edmond de Goncourt, French author and critic, founded the Académie Goncourt (d. 1896)

#Edmond_de_Goncourt

Simon Armitage, English poet, playwright and novelist

#Simon_Armitage

Necip Faz?l K?sakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1983)

#Necip_Faz?l_K?sakürek

Tarsem Singh, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Tarsem_Singh

Black, English singer-songwriter (d. 2016)

#Black_(singer)

James III, margrave of Baden-Hachberg (d. 1590)

#James_III,_Margrave_of_Baden-Hachberg

Karin Ekelund, Swedish actress (d. 1976)

#Karin_Ekelund

Hank Williams Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Hank_Williams_Jr.

Al Jolson, American singer and actor (d. 1950)

#Al_Jolson

Fabio Firmani, Italian footballer

#Fabio_Firmani

Anne McGuire, Scottish educator and politician

#Anne_McGuire

Matt Stone, American actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, and composer

#Matt_Stone

Kay Hagan, American lawyer and politician

#Kay_Hagan

Kenny Florian, American mixed martial artist and sportscaster

#Kenny_Florian

Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer (d. 1971)

#Paul_Lukas

Dan Parks, Australian-Scottish rugby player

#Dan_Parks

Stevie Nicks, American singer-songwriter

#Stevie_Nicks

Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (d. 1946)

#Mamie_Smith

Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer (d. 1917)

#Bob_Fitzsimmons

Clement VII, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1534)

#Pope_Clement_VII

Ramón Calderón, Spanish lawyer and businessman

#Ramón_Calderón

Paul Stoddart, Australian businessman

#Paul_Stoddart

Ah Young, South Korean singer and actress

#Ah_Young

Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut, founded Sally Ride Science (d. 2012)

#Sally_Ride

George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1961)

#George_Formby

Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (d. 2014)

#Jacques_Bergerac

Helena Bonham Carter, English actress

#Helena_Bonham_Carter

Garry Peterson, Canadian-American drummer

#Garry_Peterson

Wesley Walker, American football player and educator

#Wesley_Walker

Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor, director, and screenwriter

#Bobcat_Goldthwait

Herb Trimpe, American author and illustrator (d. 2015)

#Herb_Trimpe

Lara Goodall, South African cricketer

Jason Adesanya, Belgian footballer

Dani Samuels, Australian discus thrower

Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, Colombian footballer

Sten Lassmann, Estonian pianist

Phil Elvrum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Misaki Ito, Japanese actress and model

Naomi Harris, Canadian-American photographer

Zaher Andary, Lebanese footballer

Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese illustrator

Dominic Mohan, English journalist

Siri Lindley, American triathlete and coach

Steve Sedgley, English footballer and manager

Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (d. 2012)

Philip Treacy, Irish milliner, hat designer

Hazel Irvine, Scottish sportscaster and journalist

Argiris Pedoulakis, Greek basketball player and coach

Jamie Spence, English golfer

Steve Pate, American golfer

Rob Murphy, American baseball player

Masahiro Matsunaga, Japanese race car driver

Dean Lukin, Australian weightlifter

Doug Hutchison, American actor

Ole Bornedal, Danish actor, director, and producer

Ronnie Black, American golfer

Dan Roundfield, American basketball player (d. 2012)

Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish educator and politician

Philip Michael Thomas, American actor

Glenn Turner, New Zealand cricketer

Carol O'Connell, American author and painter

Alistair MacDuff, English lawyer and judge

Jan Kinder, Norwegian ice hockey player (d. 2013)

Phil Edmonston, American-Canadian journalist and politician

Jim Dobbin, Scottish microbiologist and politician (d. 2014)

Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano and actress

K. Bikram Singh, Indian director and producer (d. 2013)

William Bolcom, American pianist and composer

Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author (d. 1995)

Karim Emami, Indian-Iranian lexicographer and critic (d. 2005)

John Jackson, English lawyer and businessman

Hans Freeman, Australian bioinorganic chemist and protein crystallographer (d. 2008)

Ernie Carroll, Australian television personality and producer

J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (d. 2014)

Alec McCowen, English actor (d. 2017)

Troy Smith, American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (d. 2009)

Rubén González, Cuban pianist (d. 2003)

Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1972)

Antonia Forest, English author (d. 2003)

Vernon Alley, American bassist (d. 2004)

Pierre Daninos, French author (d. 2005)

Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1992)

Nguy?n Ng?c Th?, Vietnamese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1976)

Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist (d. 2006)

Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (d. 2002)

Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (d. 1997)

Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)

Eugene Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer (d. 1962)

W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (d. 1967)

Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1958)

Koreyasu, Japanese prince and sh?gun (d. 1326)