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