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History Births on June 26

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History Births on June 26

Toyonoshima Daiki, Japanese sumo wrestler

#Toyonoshima_Daiki

In 1983

Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (d. 1973)

#Salvador_Allende

In 1908

Don Valentine, American venture capitalist

#Don_Valentine

In 1932

Chuck Robb, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th Governor of Virginia

#Chuck_Robb

In 1939

Patty Smyth, American singer-songwriter and musician

#Patty_Smyth

In 1957

Jerome Kersey, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)

#Jerome_Kersey

In 1962

Chris O'Donnell, American actor

#Chris_O'Donnell

In 1970

Zuzana Ku?ová, Slovak tennis player

#Zuzana_Ku?ová

In 1982

Catherine Samba-Panza, interim president of the Central African Republic

#Catherine_Samba-Panza

In 1956

Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer

#Max_Biaggi

In 1971

Kirk McLean, Canadian ice hockey player

#Kirk_McLean

In 1966

Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

#Ariana_Grande

In 1993

Chad Pennington, American football player and sportscaster

#Chad_Pennington

In 1976

Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader, 17th Karmapa Lama

#Ogyen_Trinley_Dorje

In 1985

Paul Thomas Anderson, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Paul_Thomas_Anderson

In 1970

Gennady Zyuganov, Russian colonel and politician

#Gennady_Zyuganov

In 1944

San Pedro Claver, Spanish Jesuit saint (d. 1654)

#Peter_Claver

In 1581

Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (d. 2015)

#Jean-Claude_Turcotte

In 1936

Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author (d. 1988)

#Virginia_Satir

In 1916

Bill Sheffield, American politician; 5th Governor of Alaska

#Bill_Sheffield

In 1928

Jan Pawe? ?uszczewski, Polish politician (d. 1812)

#Jan_Pawe?_?uszczewski

In 1764

Gene Green, American baseball player (d. 1981)

#Gene_Green_(baseball)

In 1933

Dave Rubin, American political commentator

#Dave_Rubin

In 1976

Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart, Scottish politician

#Robert_Maclennan,_Baron_Maclennan_of_Rogart

In 1936

Michael Vick, American football player

#Michael_Vick

In 1980

Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic (d. 1769)

#Edward_Holyoke

In 1689

Mitchell Lewis, American actor (d. 1956)

#Mitchell_Lewis

In 1880

Antonio Rosati, Italian footballer

#Antonio_Rosati

In 1983

Fred Bruemmer, Latvian-Canadian photographer and author (d. 2013)

#Fred_Bruemmer

In 1929

Colin Greenwood, English bass player and songwriter

#Colin_Greenwood

In 1969

Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American golfer and basketball player (d. 1956)

#Babe_Didrikson_Zaharias

In 1911

Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer

#Paolo_Maldini

In 1968

Gretchen Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Gretchen_Wilson

In 1973

Jason Schwartzman, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor

#Jason_Schwartzman

In 1980

Mike Myers, American baseball player

#Mike_Myers_(baseball)

In 1969

Mark McKinney, Canadian actor and screenwriter

#Mark_McKinney

In 1959

Indila, French singer

#Indila

In 1984

Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (d. 1612)

#Anne_Catherine_of_Brandenburg

In 1575

Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, Icelandic lecturer and politician, 6th President of Iceland

#Guðni_Th._Jóhannesson

In 1968

Wolfgang Unzicker, German chess player (d. 2006)

#Wolfgang_Unzicker

In 1925

Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor and educator (d. 2010)

#Hugues_Cuénod

In 1902

Samir Nasri, French footballer

#Samir_Nasri

In 1987

Reggie Workman, American bassist and composer

#Reggie_Workman

In 1937

Luis Arconada, Spanish footballer

#Luis_Arconada

In 1954

Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (d. 1708)

#Hedvig_Sophia_of_Sweden

In 1681

Chesty Puller, US general (d. 1971)

#Chesty_Puller

In 1898

Leonard Carow, German actor

#Leonard_Carow

In 1994

Dany Boon, French actor, director, and screenwriter

#Dany_Boon

In 1966

Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, French businesswoman (d. 1777)

#Marie_Thérèse_Rodet_Geoffrin

In 1699

Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian race car driver

#Carlos_Iaconelli

In 1987

Warren Farrell, American author and educator

#Warren_Farrell

In 1943

Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (d. 1817)

#Charles_Messier

In 1730

Shannon Sharpe, American football player and sportscaster

#Shannon_Sharpe

In 1968

Violette Szabo, French secret agent (d. 1945)

#Violette_Szabo

In 1921

Bernard Berenson, Lithuanian-American historian and author (d. 1959)

#Bernard_Berenson

In 1865

Raymond Felton, American basketball player

#Raymond_Felton

In 1984

Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian soldier, journalist, and politician, 6th President of Argentina (d. 1906)

#Bartolomé_Mitre

In 1821

J. B. Fuqua, American entrepreneur and philanthropist (d. 2006)

#J._B._Fuqua

In 1918

Gedde Watanabe, American actor

#Gedde_Watanabe

In 1955

Debs Garms, American baseball player (d. 1984)

#Debs_Garms

In 1907

Rudy Gobert, French basketball player

#Rudy_Gobert

In 1992

Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)

#Pearl_S._Buck

In 1892

Jürgen Reil, American drummer

#Jürgen_Reil

In 1966

Paul Castellano, American gangster (d. 1985)

#Paul_Castellano

In 1915

Inha Babakova, Ukrainian high jumper

#Inha_Babakova

In 1967

Peter Lorre, Slovak-American actor and singer (d. 1964)

#Peter_Lorre

In 1904

Chris Isaak, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#Chris_Isaak

In 1956

Ed Bearss, American veteran of World War II

#Ed_Bearss

In 1923

Ryan Tedder, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

#Ryan_Tedder

In 1979

Hollie Arnold, English javelin thrower

#Hollie_Arnold

In 1994

Terry Skiverton, English footballer and manager

#Terry_Skiverton

In 1975

Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet (d. 1848)

#Branwell_Brontë

In 1817

Wolfgang Schwanitz, East German secret police

#Wolfgang_Schwanitz

In 1930

Baek Ye-rin, South Korean singer

#Baek_Ye-rin

In 1997

J.J. Dillon, American wrestler and manager

#J.J._Dillon

In 1942

Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and businessman (d. 1978)

#Willy_Messerschmitt

In 1898

Elijah Dukes, American baseball player

#Elijah_Dukes

In 1984

Ed Jovanovski, Canadian ice hockey player

#Ed_Jovanovski

In 1976

Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer (d. 1974)

#Alberto_Rabagliati

In 1906

Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, European royalty (d. 2001)

#Princess_Sophie_of_Greece_and_Denmark

In 1914

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian-Swiss businessman and philanthropist

#Mikhail_Khodorkovsky

In 1963

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and banker (d. 1923)

#George_Herbert,_5th_Earl_of_Carnarvon

In 1866

Derek Jeter, American baseball player

#Derek_Jeter

In 1974

Greg LeMond, American cyclist

#Greg_LeMond

In 1961

Wolfgang Menzel, German poet and critic (d. 1873)

#Wolfgang_Menzel

In 1798

Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and politician, Brazilian Minister of Culture

#Gilberto_Gil

In 1942

Philip Doddridge, English hymn-writer and educator (d. 1751)

#Philip_Doddridge

In 1702

Dustin Martin, Australian rules footballer

#Dustin_Martin

In 1991

Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (d. 2014)

#Benjamin_Adekunle

In 1936

Chris Shelton, American baseball player

#Chris_Shelton

In 1980

Bronis?aw ?urakowski, Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2009)

#Bronis?aw_?urakowski

In 1911

Diego Falcinelli, Italian footballer

#Diego_Falcinelli

In 1991

Edith Pearlman, American short story writer

#Edith_Pearlman

In 1936

Dave Grusin, American pianist and composer

#Dave_Grusin

In 1934

Abner Doubleday, American general (d. 1893)

#Abner_Doubleday

In 1819

Belaynesh Oljira, Ethiopian runner

#Belaynesh_Oljira

In 1990

Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor

#Yoshiro_Nakamatsu

In 1928

Olivier Dahan, French director and screenwriter

#Olivier_Dahan

In 1967

John, Count of Angoulême (d. 1467)

#John,_Count_of_Angoulême

In 1399

Walter Herrmann, Argentinian basketball player

#Walter_Herrmann

In 1979

Nick Compton, South African-English cricketer

#Nick_Compton

In 1983

Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-American talent manager (d. 1997)

#Colonel_Tom_Parker

In 1909

Priscah Jeptoo, Kenyan runner

#Priscah_Jeptoo

In 1984

Terri Nunn, American singer-songwriter and actress

#Terri_Nunn

In 1961

Viktor Schreckengost, American sculptor and educator (d. 2008)

#Viktor_Schreckengost

In 1906

Dame Marguerite Pindling, Bahamian politician; Governor-General of the Bahamas

#Marguerite_Pindling

In 1932

Paolo Cannavaro, Italian footballer

#Paolo_Cannavaro

In 1981

Jan Pawe? Lelewel, Polish painter and engineer (d. 1847)

#Jan_Pawe?_Lelewel

In 1796

Irv Gotti, American record producer, co-founded Murder Inc Records

#Irv_Gotti

In 1970

Mark Durkan, Irish politician

#Mark_Durkan

In 1960

Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)

#Robert_Coleman_Richardson

In 1937

George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (d. 1950)

#George_Hainsworth

In 1895

Jackie Fargo, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2013)

#Jackie_Fargo

In 1930

Mark McClellan, American economist and politician

#Mark_McClellan

In 1963

Milton Glaser, American illustrator and graphic designer

#Milton_Glaser

In 1929

Maurice Wilkes, English computer scientist and physicist (d. 2010)

#Maurice_Wilkes

In 1913

Deron Williams, American basketball player

#Deron_Williams

In 1984

Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Spanish-born bishop and viceroy of New Spain (d. 1659)

#Juan_de_Palafox_y_Mendoza

In 1600

Philippe Couillard, Canadian surgeon and politician, 31st Premier of Quebec

#Philippe_Couillard

In 1957

Neil Abercrombie, American sociologist and politician, 7th Governor of Hawaii

#Neil_Abercrombie

In 1938

Dorothy Fuldheim, American journalist and author (d. 1989)

#Dorothy_Fuldheim

In 1893

Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish journalist and author (d. 1954)

#Martin_Andersen_Nexø

In 1869

Jean-Pierre Roy, Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2014)

#Jean-Pierre_Roy

In 1920

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (d. 1907)

#William_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Kelvin

In 1824

Hal Greer, American basketball player (d. 2018)

#Hal_Greer

In 1936

Yves Beauchemin, Canadian author and academic

#Yves_Beauchemin

In 1941

Sandro Riminucci, Italian basketball player

#Sandro_Riminucci

In 1935

Robert Colbert, American actor

#Robert_Colbert

In 1931

Preslava, Bulgarian singer

#Preslava

In 1984

Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (d. 2014)

#Claudio_Abbado

In 1933

Eleanor Parker, American actress (d. 2013)

#Eleanor_Parker

In 1922

Georgie Fame, English singer, pianist, and keyboard player

#Georgie_Fame

In 1943

Colin Wilson, English philosopher and author (d. 2013)

#Colin_Wilson

In 1931

Quincy Lewis, American basketball player

#Quincy_Lewis

In 1977

Carlo Facetti, Italian race car driver

#Carlo_Facetti

In 1935

June Bronhill, Australian soprano and actress (d. 2005)

#June_Bronhill

In 1929

Yankuba Ceesay, Gambian footballer

#Yankuba_Ceesay

In 1984

Joel Campbell, Costa Rican footballer

#Joel_Campbell

In 1992

Daoud Corm, Lebanese painter (d. 1930)

#Daoud_Corm

In 1852

Billy Davis Jr., American pop-soul singer

#Billy_Davis_Jr.

In 1938

Kenny Baker, American fiddler (d.2011)

#Kenny_Baker_(fiddler)

In 1926

Jason Kendall, American baseball player

#Jason_Kendall

In 1974

Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and academic (d. 2003)

#Richard_Neustadt

In 1919

Felipe Melo, Brazilian footballer

#Felipe_Melo

In 1983

Takashi Toritani, Japanese baseball player

#Takashi_Toritani

In 1981

Duvier Riascos, Colombian footballer

#Duvier_Riascos

In 1986

Nick Offerman, American actor

#Nick_Offerman

In 1970

Idriz Ajeti, Albanian albanologist (d. 2019)

#Idriz_Ajeti

In 1917

James W. McCord Jr., CIA officer (d. 2017)

#James_W._McCord_Jr.

In 1924

Agrippa Postumus, Roman son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder (d. 14)

#Agrippa_Postumus

In 12 BC

Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (d. 1796)

#Victor_Amadeus_III_of_Sardinia

In 1726

Tommi Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver

#Tommi_Mäkinen

In 1964

Aimé Césaire, French poet, author, and politician (d. 2008)

#Aimé_Césaire

In 1913

Stuart Symington, American lieutenant and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Air Force (d. 1988)

#Stuart_Symington

In 1901

Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (d. 1896)

#Thomas_W._Knox

In 1835

Natalya Antyukh, Russian sprinter and hurdler

#Natalya_Antyukh

In 1981

Yesha Camile, Filipino child actress

In 2009

Callum Taylor, English cricketer

In 1997

Houssem Chemali, French footballer

In 1991

Igor Subbotin, Estonian footballer

In 1990

Oliver Stang, German footballer

In 1988

J?lija Tepliha, Latvian figure skater

In 1984

José Juan Barea, Puerto Rican-American basketball player

In 1984

Vinícius Rodrigues Almeida, Brazilian footballer

In 1983

Kanako Kond?, Japanese voice actress and singer

In 1981

Michael Jackson, English footballer

In 1980

Hamílton Hênio Ferreira Calheiros, Togolese footballer

In 1980

Ry? Fukuda, Japanese race car driver

In 1979

Pommie Mbangwa, Zimbabwean cricketer and sportscaster

In 1976

Chris Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player

In 1975

Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper and police officer

In 1972

Adam Ndlovu, Zimbabwean footballer

In 1970

Sean Hayes, American actor

In 1970

Paul Bitok, Kenyan runner

In 1970

Geir Moen, Norwegian sprinter

In 1969

Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer

In 1969

Harriet Wheeler, English singer-songwriter

In 1963

Al Hunter Ashton, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2007)

In 1957

Patrick Mercer, English colonel and politician

In 1956

Mick Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

In 1955

Gordon McQueen, Scottish footballer and manager

In 1952

Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer and manager (d. 2014)

In 1951

Mary Styles Harris, American biologist and geneticist

In 1949

Adrian Gurvitz, English singer-songwriter and producer

In 1949

Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (d. 2015)

In 1949

Candace Pert, American neuroscientist and pharmacologist (d. 2013)

In 1946

Zainuddin Maidin, Malaysian politician

In 1939

Gerald North, American climatologist and academic

In 1938

Nancy Willard, American author and poet (d. 2017)

In 1936

Dwight York, American singer

In 1935

Toru Goto, Japanese swimmer

In 1934

David Winnick, English politician

In 1933

Samuel Belzberg, Canadian businessman and philanthropist

In 1928

Jacob Druckman, American composer and academic (d. 1996)

In 1928

Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (d. 2011)

In 1927

Dinu Zamfirescu, Romanian politician

In 1926

Fernando Mönckeberg Barros, Chilean surgeon

In 1926

Mahendra Bhatnagar, Indian poet

In 1926

Jean Frydman, French resistant and businessman

In 1925

Pavel Belyayev, Russian soldier, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1970)

In 1925

Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher and author (d. 2010)

In 1924

Franz-Paul Decker, German conductor (d. 2014)

In 1923

Enzo Apicella, English artist, cartoonist, designer, and restaurateur (d. 2018)

In 1922

Walter Farley, American author (d. 1989)

In 1922

Robert Everett, American computer scientist (d. 2018)

In 1921

Donald M. Ashton, English art director (d. 2004)

In 1919

George Athan Billias, American historian (d. 2018)

In 1919

Jimmy Newberry, American pitcher (d. 1983)

In 1919

Raleigh Rhodes, American combat fighter pilot (d. 2007)

In 1918

Leo Rosner, Polish-born Austrian Jewish musician (d. 2008)

In 1918

Giuseppe Taddei, Italian actor and singer (d. 2010)

In 1916

Charlotte Zolotow, American author and poet (d. 2013)

In 1915

George Haigh, English professional footballer (d. 2019)

In 1915

Laurie Lee, English author and poet (d. 1997)

In 1914

Wolfgang Reitherman, German-American animator, director, and producer (d. 1985)

In 1909

Lynd Ward, American author and illustrator (d. 1985)

In 1905

Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (d. 1951)

In 1904

Big Bill Broonzy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1958)

In 1903

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)

In 1899

Ya'akov Cohen, Israeli linguist, poet, and playwright (d. 1960)

In 1881

Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (d. 1957)

In 1878

Robert Laird Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1937)

In 1854

Sam Watkins, American soldier and author (d. 1901)

In 1839

Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (d. 1767)

In 1703

Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)

In 1694

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