June 26 - Births

Births

• 1501 – Cho Shik, Korean scholar, politician, educator, and poet (d. 1572)
• 1575 – Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (d. 1612)
• 1582 – Johannes Schultz, German composer (d. 1653)
• 1681 – Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (d. 1708)
• 1685 – Antonio Bernacchi, Italian castrato and composer (d. 1756)
• 1689 – Edward Holyoke, American clergyman, 9th President of Harvard University (d. 1769)
• 1694 – Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)
• 1702 – Philip Doddridge, English religious leader, educator, and hymnwriter (d. 1751)
• 1703 – Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (d. 1767)
• 1730 – Charles Messier, French astronomer (d. 1817)
• 1798 – Wolfgang Menzel, German writer (d. 1873)
• 1817 – Branwell Bronte, English painter and poet (d. 1848)
• 1819 – Abner Doubleday, American general (d. 1893)
• 1821 – Bartolomé Mitre, Argentine historian and politician (d. 1906)
• 1824 – William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish physicist and engineer (d. 1907)
• 1835 – Thomas W. Knox, American author (d. 1896)
• 1838 – Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian writer (d.1894)
• 1839 – Sam Watkins, American soldier and author (d. 1901)
• 1854 – Robert Laird Borden, Canadian politician (d. 1937)
• 1865 – Bernard Berenson, American historian (d. 1959)
• 1866 – George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (d. 1923)
• 1869 – Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (d. 1954)
• 1875 – Oskar Goßler, German rower (d. 1953)
• 1880 – Natalia, Princess Brassova (d. 1952)
• 1881 – Ya'akov Cohen, Israeli poet (d. 1960)
• 1885 – Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (d. 1950)
• 1892 – Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
• 1895 – George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1950)
• 1898 – Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer (d. 1978)
• 1898 – Chesty Puller, American military officer (d. 1971)
• 1899 – Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
• 1901 – Stuart Symington, American politician (d. 1988)
• 1902 – Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor (d. 2010)
• 1903 – Big Bill Broonzy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1958)
• 1904 – Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer (d. 1951)
• 1904 – Peter Lorre, Hungarian actor (d. 1964)
• 1905 – Lynd Ward, American artist and storyteller (d. 1985)
• 1906 – Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor (Lecuona Cuban Boys) (d. 1974)
• 1906 – Viktor Schreckengost, American industrial designer (d. 2008)
• 1907 – Debs Garms, American baseball player (d. 1984)
• 1909 – Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-American talent manager (d. 1997)
• 1909 – Wolfgang Reitherman, American animator (d. 1985)
• 1911 – Babe Zaharias, American athlete (d. 1956)
• 1913 – Aimé Césaire, French poet, author, and politician (d. 2008)
• 1913 – Maurice Wilkes, English computer scientist (d. 2010)
• 1914 – Kathryn Johnston, American police shooting victim (d. 2006)
• 1914 – Laurie Lee, English writer (d. 1997)
• 1915 – Paul Castellano, American mobster (d. 1985)
• 1915 – Charlotte Zolotow, American author
• 1916 – Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author (d. 1988)
• 1916 – Giuseppe Taddei, Italian opera singer (d. 2010)
• 1919 – Richard Neustadt, American historian (d. 2003)
• 1921 – Violette Szabo, French secret agent (d. 1945)
• 1922 – Walter Farley, American author (d. 1989)
• 1922 – Eleanor Parker, American actress
• 1923 – Barbara Graham, American murderer (d. 1955)
• 1924 – Kostas Axelos, Greek philosopher (d. 2010)
• 1925 – Pavel Belyayev, Soviet pilot (d. 1970)
• 1927 – Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author (d. 2011)
• 1928 – Jacob Druckman, American composer (d. 1996)
• 1928 – Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor
• 1929 – Milton Glaser, American graphic designer
• 1931 – Colin Wilson, English writer
• 1933 – Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor
• 1933 – Gene Green, American baseball player (d. 1981)
• 1934 – Dave Grusin, American pianist and composer
• 1934 – Jeremy Wolfenden, English journalist (d. 1965)
• 1936 – Robert Maclennan, English politician
• 1936 – Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian archbishop
• 1936 – Nancy Willard, American author, poet, and novelist
• 1935 – Dwight York, American singer, writer, and criminal (Passion)
• 1937 – Sombat Metanee, Thai actor
• 1937 – Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 – Billy Davis, Jr., American singer (The 5th Dimension)
• 1938 – Gerald North, American educator
• 1940 – Vyacheslav Ionov, Russian sprinter (b. 2012)
• 1941 – Yves Beauchemin, Canadian novelist
• 1942 – James J. Dillon, American wrestler and manager
• 1942 – Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and politician
• 1943 – John Beasley, American actor
• 1943 – Georgie Fame, English singer and pianist (Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings)
• 1943 – Warren Farrell, American author
• 1944 – Wolfgang Weber, German footballer
• 1951 – Pamela Bellwood, American actress
• 1951 – Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer
• 1953 – Robert Davi, American actor
• 1954 – Steve Barton, American actor (d. 2001)
• 1955 – Mick Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite, General Public, Carbon/Silicon, and London SS)
• 1955 – Dick Mol, Dutch paleonthologist
• 1955 – Gedde Watanabe, American actor
• 1956 – Chris Isaak, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1957 – Patty Smyth, American singer-songwriter (Scandal)
• 1957 – Philippe Couillard, Canadian surgeon and politician
• 1959 – Mark McKinney, Canadian actor
• 1960 – Zachary Breaux, American guitarist (d. 1997)
• 1961 – Greg LeMond, American cyclist
• 1961 – Terri Nunn, American singer and actress (Berlin)
• 1962 – Jerome Kersey, American basketball player
• 1962 – Preston A. Whitmore II, American screenwriter, producer, and director
• 1963 – Richard Garfield, American game designer, created Magic: The Gathering
• 1963 – Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman
• 1963 – Mark McClellan, American politician
• 1963 – Harriet Wheeler, English singer (The Sundays)
• 1964 – Tommi Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver
• 1966 – Dany Boon, French director, actor, and writer
• 1966 – Yūko Minaguchi, Japanese voice actress
• 1966 – Jürgen Reil, American drummer (Kreator)
• 1967 – Todd Pletcher, American horse trainer
• 1968 – Isshin Chiba, Japanese voice actor
• 1968 – Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer
• 1968 – Shannon Sharpe, American football player
• 1969 – Colin Greenwood, English musician and composer (Radiohead)
• 1969 – Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer
• 1969 – Mike Myers, American baseball player
• 1970 – Paul Thomas Anderson, American director, writer, and producer
• 1970 – Irv Gotti, American record producer, co-founded The Inc. Records
• 1970 – Sean Hayes, American actor
• 1970 – Takeshi Konomi, Japanese artist
• 1970 – Matt Letscher, American actor
• 1970 – Chris O'Donnell, American actor
• 1970 – Nick Offerman, American actor
• 1971 – Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer
• 1972 – Garou, Canadian singer
• 1972 – Asako Tajimi, Japanese volleyball player
• 1972 – Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper
• 1973 – Rebecca Budig, American actress
• 1973 – Parry Shen, American actor
• 1973 – Jussi Sydänmaa, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lordi)
• 1973 – Gretchen Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 – Jason Craig, American artist
• 1974 – Jeff Frankenstein, American musician (Newsboys)
• 1974 – Derek Jeter, American baseball player
• 1974 – Jason Kendall, American baseball player
• 1974 – Nicole Saba, Lebanese singer and actress (The 4 Cats)
• 1974 – Matt Striker, American wrestler and actor
• 1975 – KJ-52, American rapper (Sons of Intellect and Peace of Mind)
• 1975 – Chris Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Terry Skiverton, English footballer
• 1976 – Ed Jovanovski, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Paweł Małaszyński, Polish actor
• 1976 – Chad Pennington, American football player
• 1977 – Mark Jindrak, American wrestler
• 1977 – Florian Kehrmann, German handball player
• 1977 – Tite Kubo, Japanese artist
• 1977 – Quincy Lewis, American basketball player
• 1979 – Brandi Burkhardt, American actress and singer
• 1979 – Ryo Fukuda, Japanese race car driver
• 1979 – Wálter Herrmann, Argentinian basketball player
• 1979 – Ryan Tedder, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (OneRepublic)
• 1980 – Sinik, French singer and rapper
• 1980 – Hamílton Hênio Ferreira Calheiros, Togolese footballer
• 1980 – Jason Schwartzman, American actor
• 1980 – Chris Shelton, American baseball player
• 1980 – Michael Vick, American football player
• 1981 – Andrea Gibbs, Australian comedienne, actress and radio presenter.
• 1981 – Kanako Kondō, Japanese voice actress
• 1981 – Damien Sargue, French singer and actor
• 1981 – Takashi Toritani, Japanese baseball player
• 1982 – Zuzana Kučová, Slovak tennis player
• 1983 – Vinícius Rodrigues Almeida, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Toyonoshima Daiki, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1983 – Felipe Melo, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Antonio Rosati, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Jose Juan Barea, American basketball player
• 1984 – Elijah Dukes, American baseball player
• 1984 – Raymond Felton, American basketball player
• 1984 – Aubrey Plaza, American comedian, writer and actress
• 1984 – Gabrielle Walcott, Spanish model, Miss Trinidad & Tobago Universe 2011
• 1984 – Deron Williams, American basketball player
• 1985 – Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader, 17th Karmapa Lama
• 1986 – Xisco, Spanish footballer
• 1987 – Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian race car driver
• 1987 – Samir Nasri, French footballer
• 1988 – Amanda Marchant, English singer
• 1988 – Sam Marchant, English singer
• 1988 – Rina Nakanishi, Japanese model and singer (AKB48)
• 1988 – Oliver Stang, German footballer
• 1988 – Masakazu Tashiro, Japanese footballer
• 1991 – Houssem Chemali, French footballer
• 1991 – Diego Falcinelli, Italian footballer
• 1992 – Joel Campbell, Costa Rican footballer
• 1992 – Jennette McCurdy, American actress and singer
• 1993 – Ariana Grande, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1994 – Hollie Arnold, English javelin thrower
• 1994 – Leonard Carow, German actor
• 1995 – Reema Major, Sudanese-Canadian rapper and songwriter
• 2005 – Princess Alexia of the Netherlands