December 26 - Births

Births

  • 1194 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250)
  • 1532 – Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)
  • 1536 – Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)
  • 1646 – Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)
  • 1687 – Johann Georg Pisendel, German musician (d. 1755)
  • 1716 – Thomas Gray, English writer (d. 1771)
  • 1716 – Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (d. 1803)
  • 1723 – Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (d. 1807)
  • 1737 – Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (d. 1815)
  • 1751 – Clemens Maria Hofbauer, Austrian missionary and saint (d. 1820)
  • 1771 – Julie Clary, queen consort of Naples (d. 1845)
  • 1780 – Mary Fairfax Somerville, British mathematician (d. 1872)
  • 1782 – Filaret Drozdov, Metropolitan of Moscow (d. 1867)
  • 1791 – Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor (d. 1871)
  • 1819 – E. D. E. N. Southworth, American novelist (d. 1899)
  • 1820 – Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (d. 1890)
  • 1837 – George Dewey, American admiral (d. 1917)
  • 1837 – Morgan Bulkeley, American politician, 54th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1922)
  • 1853 – René Bazin, French novelist (d. 1932)
  • 1859 – William Stephens, American politician and 24th Governor of California (d. 1944)
  • 1863 – Charles Pathé, French pioneer of film and record industries (d. 1957)
  • 1867 – Phan Boi Chau, Vietnamese nationalist (d. 1940)
  • 1872 – Norman Angell, British politician, Nobel laureate (d. 1967)
  • 1873 – Thomas Wass, English cricketer (d. 1953)
  • 1883 – Maurice Utrillo, French artist (d. 1955)
  • 1887 – Arthur Ernest Percival, British Army officer (d. 1966)
  • 1888 – Marius Canard, French Orientalist (d. 1982)
  • 1890 – Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (d. 1992)
  • 1891 – Henry Miller, American writer (d. 1980)
  • 1893 – Mao Zedong, Chinese military leader and politician (d. 1976)
  • 1894 – Jean Toomer, American writer (d. 1967)
  • 1902 – Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter (d. 1980)
  • 1903 – Elisha Cook Jr., American actor (d. 1995)
  • 1904 – Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer (d. 1980)
  • 1905 – William Loeb III, American newspaper publisher, (d. 1981)
  • 1906 – Imperio Argentina, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2003)
  • 1907 – Al Gore Sr., American Politician (d. 1998)
  • 1911 – Arsenio Lacson, Filipino politician and sportswriter (d. 1962)
  • 1913 – Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (d. 1958)
  • 1914 – Annemarie Wendl, German actress (d. 2006)
  • 1914 – Richard Widmark, American actor (d. 2008)
  • 1918 – George Rallis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2006)
  • 1921 – Steve Allen, American comedian (d. 2000)
  • 1922 – Richard Mayes, English actor (d. 2006)
  • 1924 – Frank Broyles, American athlete, long time athletic director of the University of Arkansas
  • 1926 – Earle Brown, American composer (d. 2002)
  • 1926 – Gina Pellón, Cuban painter
  • 1927 – Alan King, American comedian (d. 2004)
  • 1927 – Stu Miller, American baseball player
  • 1927 – Denis Quilley, British actor (d. 2003)
  • 1927 – Denis Gifford, film, comic and cultural historian (d. 2000)
  • 1929 – Régine, French singer and nightclub owner
  • 1930 – Donald Moffat, English-born actor
  • 1930 – Jean Ferrat, French singer and songwriter
  • 1933 – Ugly Dave Gray, Australian television personality
  • 1933 – Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer
  • 1935 – Abdul "Duke" Fakir, American singer (The Four Tops)
  • 1935 – Norm Ullman, Canadian hockey player
  • 1937 – John Horton Conway, British mathematician
  • 1937 – Jay Heimowitz, American poker player
  • 1938 – Bahram Beizai, Iranian playwright and film director
  • 1938 – Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (d. 1989)
  • 1939 – Fred Schepisi, Australian film director
  • 1939 – Phil Spector, American music producer
  • 1940 – Edward C. Prescott, American economist, Nobel laureate
  • 1940 – Ray Sadecki, American Major league baseball pitcher
  • 1941 – Daniel Schmid, Swiss film director (d. 2006)
  • 1942 – Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo, Guatemalan president
  • 1942 – Gray Davis, American politician and 37th Governor of California
  • 1944 – Jane Lapotaire, British actress
  • 1945 – John Walsh, American talk show host
  • 1946 – Alan Frumin, Parliamentarian of the United States Senate
  • 1947 – James T. Conway, 34th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
  • 1947 – Carlton Fisk, American baseball player
  • 1947 – Josef Janíček, Czech songwriter, keyboardist and guitarist, member of The Plastic People of the Universe
  • 1947 – Richard L. McCormick, President of Rutgers University
  • 1948 – Candy Crowley, American journalist
  • 1949 – José Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor, Nobel laureate
  • 1949 – Bob Hartman, Christian artist, guitarist, writer and songwriter (Petra)
  • 1949 – Mikhail Boyarsky, Soviet/Russian actor and singer
  • 1950 – Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Pakistani politician, 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan
  • 1951 – Richard Skinner, British radio presenter
  • 1951 – John Scofield, American jazz guitarist
  • 1953 – Leonel Fernández, Dominican politician and current President of the Dominican Republic
  • 1953 – Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia
  • 1953 – Henning Schmitz, German musician (Kraftwerk)
  • 1954 – Peter Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer
  • 1954 – Ozzie Smith, American baseball player
  • 1954 – Steve Steen, English actor
  • 1954 – Tony Rosato, Italian-Canadian actor
  • 1955 – Evan Bayh, American politician, 46th Governor of Indiana, and United States Senator from Indiana
  • 1956 – David Sedaris, American essayist
  • 1957 – Dermot Murnaghan, British broadcaster
  • 1957 – Mike South, American pornographer
  • 1958 – Adrian Newey, British engineer
  • 1959 – Wang Lijun, Chinese police officer
  • 1959 – Koji Morimoto, Japanese animated film director
  • 1960 – Temuera Morrison, New Zealand actor
  • 1960 – Christian Müller, German footballer
  • 1960 – Jim Toomey, American syndicated cartoonist
  • 1960 – Tina Wesson, Winner of Survivor: The Australian Outback
  • 1961 – Andrew Lock, Australian mountaineer
  • 1961 – John Lynch, Irish actor
  • 1963 – Lars Ulrich, Danish-born drummer (Metallica)
  • 1963 – Bill Wennington, Canadian basketball player
  • 1964 – Elizabeth Kostova, American author
  • 1966 – Tim Legler, American basketball player
  • 1966 – Jay Farrar, American musician and songwriter
  • 1966 – Sandra Taylor, American model and actress
  • 1966 – Jay Yuenger, American musician and producer
  • 1968 – Dennis Knight, American professional wrestler
  • 1968 – Tricia Leigh Fisher, American actress
  • 1970 – James Mercer, American musician (The Shins)
  • 1970 – Krissada Terrence, Thai singer and actor
  • 1971 – Jared Leto, American actor and singer (30 Seconds to Mars)
  • 1971 – Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer
  • 1971 – Jonathan M. Parisen, American film director
  • 1971 – Tatiana Sorokko, Russian-born American model and fashion editor
  • 1972 – Esteban Fuertes, Argentine footballer
  • 1972 – Shane Meadows, British filmmaker
  • 1972 – Robert Muchamore, English children's author
  • 1973 – Zach Blair, American guitarist (Rise Against)
  • 1973 – Gianluca Faliva, Italian rugby player
  • 1973 – Reichen Lehmkuhl, American television personality
  • 1973 – Paulão, Brazilian footballer
  • 1974 – Tiffany Brissette, American TV actress
  • 1974 – Josie Ho, Hong Kong singer and actor
  • 1974 – Joshua John Miller, American actor
  • 1975 – Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player
  • 1976 – Simon Goodwin, Australian rules footballer
  • 1976 – Nadia Litz, Canadian actress
  • 1976 – Lea De Mae, Czech actress (d. 2004)
  • 1977 – Sofia Bekatorou, Greek yacht racer
  • 1977 – Adrienn Hegedűs, Hungarian tennis player
  • 1978 – Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player
  • 1979 – Fabián Carini, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1979 – Chris Daughtry, American singer
  • 1979 – Dimitry Vassiliev, Russian ski jumper
  • 1979 – Craig Wing, Australian Rugby League Player
  • 1980 – Todd Dunivant, American soccer player
  • 1981 – Pablo Canavosio, Argentine-born Italian rugby player
  • 1982 – Kenneth Darby, American football player
  • 1982 – Oguri Shun, Japanese actor and model
  • 1982 – Aksel Lund Svindal, Norwegian skier
  • 1984 – Leonardo Ghiraldini, Italian rugby player
  • 1984 – Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker
  • 1984 – Ahmed Barusso, Ghanaian footballer
  • 1985 – Beth Behrs, American actress
  • 1985 – Yu Shirota, Japanese actor
  • 1986 – Hugo Lloris, French footballer
  • 1987 – Adam Walker, English flautist
  • 1989 – Yohan Blake, Jamaican sprinter
  • 1989 – Jennica Garcia, Filipino actress
  • 1989 – Lecabela Quaresma, São Toméan runner
  • 1989 – Ben Schumann, Australian actor
  • 1990 – Andy Biersack, American singer-songwriter (Black Veil Brides)
  • 1990 – Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer
  • 1992 – Kätlin Aas, Estonian fashion model
  • 1992 – Cecilia Costa Melgar, Chilean tennis player
  • 1994 – Samantha Boscarino, American actress
  • 1994 – Souleymane Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer
  • 1995 – Zach Mills, American actor
  • 2000 – Samuel Sevian, American chess player

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Famous quotes containing the word births:

    As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.
    Francis Bacon (1561–1626)