Famous People Born In 1926
Discover the most famous people born in 1926. The list includes people like Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Hefner, Fidel Castro, Michel Foucault, David Attenborough and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, poets, physicists and directors born in 1926. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, India & Germany and many more countries.
Marilyn Monroe1st June, American
Actress
David Attenborough8th May, British
Broadcaster
Fidel Castro13th August, Cuban
Former Prime Minister of Cuba
Mel Brooks28th June, American
American Film Director, Comedian, Actor & Producer
Queen Elizabeth II21st April, British
Queen of the United Kingdom
Miles Davis26th May, American
Jazz Trumpeter
Hugh Hefner9th April, American
Founder of Playboy Magazine
Andy Griffith1st June, American
Actor
Chuck Berry18th October, American
Guitarist
Leslie Nielsen11th February, Canadian, American
Jimmy Savile31st October, British
DJ, Television & Radio Personality
Jerry Lewis16th March, American
Comedian, Actor, Singer, Film Director
Michel Foucault15th October, French
French philosopher
Cloris Leachman30th April, American
Comedian, Actress
Tony Bennett3rd August, American
Pop Singer
Don Rickles8th May, American
Stand-up Comedian
John Coltrane23rd September, American
Saxophonist, Composer
Svetlana Alliluyeva28th February, Russian
Joseph Stalin's Daughter
Harry Dean Stanton14th July, American
Aactor
Harper Lee28th April, American
Novelist
Allen Ginsberg3rd June, American
Poet
Paul Lynde13th June, American
John Derek12th August, American
Actor
Jiang Zemin17th August, Chinese
Politician
Peter Graves18th March, American
Actor
Georgia Holt9th June, American
Singer
Mickey Hargitay6th January, Hungarian, American
Actor
Sathya Sai Baba23rd November, Indian
Spiritual Guru
Alan Greenspan6th March, American
American economist
Gus Grissom3rd April, American
Astronaut
Haji Mastan1st March, Indian
Gangster, Smuggler
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James Best26th July, American
Actor
Richard Crenna30th November, American
Actor
Kenneth Williams22nd February, British
Comedian
George Martin3rd January, British
Record Producer, Musician, Composer
Bing Russell5th May, American
Actor
Conrad Hilton Jr.6th July, American
Socialite, Entrepreneur
Noor Jehan21st September, Pakistani
Singer and Actress
Claude Akins25th May, American
Actor
Ann B. Davis3rd May, American
Actress
Joe Paterno21st December, American
American Football Player
Charlotte Rae22nd April, American
Actress
Aldo Ray25th September, American
Actor
Neal Cassady8th February, American
Abdus Salam29th January, Pakistani
Theoretical Physicist
Murray Rothbard2nd March, American
Economist
Soupy Sales8th January, American
Comedian
Ingvar Kamprad30th March, Swedish
Business magnate
Whitney Blake26th February, American
Actress
Hosea Williams5th January, American
Civil Rights Leader
Louise Hay8th October, American
Writer
Ian Paisley6th April, Irish
Politician
John Dingell8th July, American
Former Member of the US House of Representatives
Henry Molaison26th February, American
Memory Disorder Patient
Lenny Montana13th March, American
Actor
Bhupen Hazarika8th September, Indian
Musician, Singer, Poet, Filmmaker, Lyricist
Benjamin Ruggiero19th April, American
Mobster
Joan Sutherland7th November, Australian
Opera Singer
John Schlesinger16th February, British
Film Director
John Berger5th November, British
Novelist
O. P. Nayyar16th January, Indian
Music Composer
John Fowles31st March, British
Writer & Teacher
Dario Fo24th March, Italian
Playwright
Nuon Chea7th July, Cambodian
Chief Ideologist of the Khmer Rouge
Tsung-Dao Lee24th November, Chinese, American
Physicist
George Habash2nd August, Israeli, Jordanian
Founder of The Popular Front for the Liberation of
Frederick Buechner11th July, American
Author, Presbyterian Minister
Efraín Ríos Montt16th June, Guatemalan
Politician
Abdoulaye Wade29th May, Senegalese
Politician
Paul Berg30th June, American
Biochemist
Don Dunstan21st September, Australian, Fijian
Former Premier of South Australia
Aaron Klug11th August, British
Chemist & Biophysicist
Robert Fogel1st July, American
Economist
Valdas Adamkus3rd November, Lithuanian
Former President of Lithuania
David H. Hubel27th February, American
Neurophysiologist
Donald A. Glaser21st September, American
Physicist & Molecular Biologist
Henry Way Kendall9th December, American
Physicist
A. R. Ammons18th February, American
Poet
Vasili Arkhipov30th January, Russian
Naval Officer
Salvador Jorge Blanco5th July, Dominican
Former President of the Dominican Republic
Ben Roy Mottelson9th July, Danish, American
Physicist
Andrew Schally30th November, Canadian, Polish, American
Endocrinologist
David Wagoner5th June, American
Poet, Novelist, Professor
John Gardner26th November, British
Writer
Aaron Jean-Marie Lustiger17th September, French
French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Richard M. DeVos4th March, American
Co-Founder of Amway
Bal Thackeray23rd January, Indian
Politician, Journalist, Painter
Raaj Kumar8th October, Indian
Actor
Fred Gwynne30th June, American
Actor
Jeffrey Hunter25th November, American
Actor
Prem Nazir7th April, Indian
Actor
Patricia Neal20th January, American
actor, television actor, film actor
Jean Peters15th October, American
Actress
Tony Adams13th May, American
TV Pesonality