July 26 - Births

Births

1030 – Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Polish bishop and martyr (d. 1079)
1678 – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1711)
1739 – George Clinton, American politician, 4th Vice President of the United States (d. 1812)
1782 – John Field, Irish composer (d. 1837)
1791 – Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1844)
1802 – Mariano Arista, Mexican politician, 42nd President of Mexico (d. 1855)
1829 – Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1912)
1842 – Alfred Marshall, English economist (d. 1924)
1844 – Stefan Drzewiecki, Polish scientist and inventor (d. 1938)
1846 – Texas Jack Omohundro, American actor (d. 1880)
1854 – Philippe Gaucher, French dermatologist (d. 1918)
1855 – Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (d. 1936)
1856 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
1858 – Tom Garrett, Australian cricketer (d. 1943)
1865 – Philipp Scheidemann, German politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1939)
1865 – Rajanikanta Sen, Indian poet and composer (d. 1910)
1872 – John Gourlay, Canadian football player (d. 1949)
1874 – Serge Koussevitzky, Russian conductor (d. 1951)
1875 – Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1961)
1875 – Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (d. 1939)
1878 – Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer and water polo player (d. 1937)
1880 – Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian politician (d. 1951)
1885 – André Maurois, French author (d. 1967)
1886 – Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (d. 1965)
1888 – Reginald Hands, South African cricketer (d. 1918)
1892 – Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1966)
1893 – George Grosz, German painter (d. 1959)
1894 – Aldous Huxley, English author (d. 1963)
1895 – Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (d. 1964)
1895 – Jane Bunford, English giant (d. 1922)
1896 – Tim Birkin, English race car driver (d. 1933)
1897 – Paul Gallico, American novelist (d. 1976)
1903 – Estes Kefauver, American politician (d. 1963)
1906 – Irena Iłłakowicz, Polish intelligence agent (d. 1943)
1908 – Salvador Allende, Chilean politician, 29th President of Chile (d. 1973)
1908 – Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourger sculptor (d. 2002)
1909 – Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft, English politician (d. 1994)
1909 – Vivian Vance, American actress (d. 1979)
1911 – John Pierotti, American cartoonist (d. 1987)
1914 – C. Farris Bryant, American politician, 34th Governor of Florida (d. 2002)
1913 – Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
1914 – Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1993)
1914 – Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (d. 1968)
1916 – Herbert Norkus, German Hitler Youth member (d. 1932)
1918 – Marjorie Lord, American actress
1919 – Virginia Gilmore, American actress (d. 1986)
1920 – Bob Waterfield, American football player (d. 1983)
1921 – Tom Saffell, American baseball player (d. 2012)
1921 – Jean Shepherd, American writer and actor (d. 1999)
1922 – Blake Edwards, American director (d. 2010)
1922 – Jason Robards, American actor (d. 2000)
1923 – Jan Berenstain, American author (d. 2012)
1923 – Biff Elliot, American actor (d. 2012)
1923 – Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1925 – Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish doctor and politician (d. 2000)
1926 – James Best, American actor
1926 – Ana María Matute, Spanish writer
1927 – Gulabrai Ramchand, Indian cricketer (d. 2003)
1928 – Don Beauman, English race car driver (d. 1955)
1928 – Francesco Cossiga, Italian politician, 8th President of Italy (d. 2010)
1928 – Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani writer and poet (d. 1980)
1928 – Elliott Erwitt, American photographer
1928 – Stanley Kubrick, American director (d. 1999)
1928 – Peter Lougheed, Canadian football player, lawyer, and politician, 10th Premier of Alberta (d. 2012)
1928 – Bernice Rubens, Welsh novelist (d. 2004)
1929 – Marc Lalonde, Canadian politician
1929 – Joe Jackson, American manager, father of the Jackson family
1929 – Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-French pianist (d. 2012)
1931 – Robert Colbert, American actor
1931 – Takashi Ono, Japanese gymnast
1931 – Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2006)
1933 – Yomo Toro, Puerto Rican guitarist and composer (d. 2012)
1934 – Tommy McDonald, American football player
1936 – Tsutomu Koyama, Japanese volleyball player (d. 2012)
1936 – Mary Millar, English actress (d. 1998)
1938 – Darlene Love, American singer and actress
1939 – Jun Henmi, Japanese writer and poet
1939 – John Howard, Australian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Australia
1939 – Bob Lilly, American football player
1940 – Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
1940 – Mary Jo Kopechne, American teacher, secretary, and writer (d. 1969)
1940 – Bobby Rousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
1940 – Tolis Voskopoulos, Greek singer, actor, and composer
1941 – Jean Baubérot, French historian and sociologist
1941 – Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
1941 – Brenton Wood, American singer-songwriter
1942 – Vladimír Mečiar, Slovak politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovakia
1942 – Teddy Pilette, Belgian race car driver
1943 – Peter Hyams, American director
1943 – Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Rolling Stones and SuperHeavy)
1944 – Kiel Martin, American actor (d. 1990)
1945 – Betty Davis, American singer-songwriter
1945 – Helen Mirren, English actress
1948 – Luboš Andršt, Czech guitarist and composer (Energit and Framus Five)
1948 – Herbert Wiesinger, German pairs skater
1949 – Thaksin Shinawatra, Thai businessman and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Thailand
1949 – Roger Meddows Taylor, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Queen and The Cross)
1950 – Nelinho, Brazilian footballer
1950 – Susan George, English actress
1950 – Rich Vogler, American race car driver (d. 1990)
1951 – Rick Martin, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
1953 – Edie Mirman, American voice actress
1953 – Robert Phillips, American guitarist
1954 – Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (d. 1994)
1955 – Aleksandrs Starkovs, Latvian footballer
1955 – Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistani politician, 11th President of Pakistan
1956 – Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater
1956 – Tommy Rich, American wrestler
1957 – Nana Visitor, American actress
1957 – Yuen Biao, Hong Kong actor
1957 – Hart Hanson, American screenwriter and producer
1958 – Angela Hewitt, Canadian pianist
1959 – Rick Bragg, American author and journalist
1959 – Tom McGowan, American actor
1959 – Michael Bruce Ross, American serial killer (d. 2005)
1959 – Kevin Spacey, American actor
1961 – Gary Cherone, American singer-songwriter (Extreme, Van Halen, Tribe of Judah, and Hurtsmile)
1961 – Andy Connell, English keyboardist and composer (Swing Out Sister and A Certain Ratio)
1961 – Dimitris Saravakos, Greek footballer
1962 – Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Irish singer and fiddler (Altan, T with the Maggies, and String Sisters)
1963 – Jeff Stoughton, Canadian curler
1964 – Sandra Bullock, American actress and producer
1964 – Ralf Metzenmacher, German painter and designer
1964 – Anne Provoost, Belgian writer
1964 – Danny Woodburn, American actor
1965 – Jeremy Piven, American actor and producer
1967 – Anthony Durante, American wrestler (d. 2003)
1967 – Tim Schafer, American computer game designer, founded Double Fine Productions
1968 – Frédéric Diefenthal, French actor and director
1968 – Olivia Williams, English actress
1969 – Greg Colbrunn, American baseball player
1970 – Joan Wasser, American singer-songwriter and violinist (The Dambuilders, Those Bastard Souls, and Antony and the Johnsons)
1971 – Khaled Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer
1972 – Nathan Buckley, Australian footballer
1972 – Wayne Wonder, Jamaican singer-songwriter
1973 – Kate Beckinsale, English actress
1973 – Lenka Kotková, Czech astronomer
1973 – Chris Pirillo, American television host, author, and blogger
1973 – Vaniity, Mexican transsexual porn actress
1974 – Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player
1974 – Dean Sturridge, English footballer
1975 – Ingo Schultz, German sprinter
1975 – Joe Smith, American basketball player
1977 – Tanja Szewczenko, German figure skater
1977 – Martin Laursen, Danish footballer
1977 – Rebecca St. James, Australian singer-songwriter, author and actress
1979 – Friedrich Michau, German rugby player
1979 – Derek Paravicini, English autistic savant and pianist
1979 – Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Mageina Tovah, American actress
1979 – Erik Westrum, American ice hockey player
1980 – Dave Baksh, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Sum 41, Brown Brigade, and Organ Thieves)
1980 – Lee Dong-gun, South Korean actor
1980 – Robert Gallery, American football player
1980 – Liliane Klein, American actress and singer
1980 – Ellen Hamilton Latzen, American actress
1981 – Vildan Atasever, Turkish actress
1981 – Abe Forsythe, Australian actor and director
1981 – Maicon Douglas Sisenando, Brazilian footballer
1982 – Kalimba, Mexican singer and actor
1982 – Mugdha Godse, Indian actress
1982 – Christopher Kane, Scottish fashion designer
1982 – Chez Starbuck, American actor
1982 – Delilah Strong, American porn actress
1983 – Zara, Russian singer and actress
1983 – Hila Bronstein, Israeli-German singer-songwriter (Bro'Sis)
1983 – Kelly Clark, American snowboarder
1983 – Stephen Makinwa, Nigerian footballer
1983 – Roderick Strong, American wrestler
1983 – Naomi van As, Dutch field hockey player
1983 – Delonte West, American basketball player
1984 – Kristina Dörfer, German actress and singer
1984 – Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper
1984 – Benjamin Kayser, French rugby player
1984 – Leigh Lezark, American DJ and model (The Misshapes)
1984 – Melissa Marty, Puerto Rician model, Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008
1984 – Alex Parks, English singer-songwriter
1984 – Sabri Sarıoğlu, Turkish footballer
1985 – Marcus Benard, American football player
1985 – Zhou Bichang, Chinese singer-songwriter and actress
1985 – Gaël Clichy, French footballer
1985 – Audrey De Montigny, Canadian singer-songwriter
1985 – Mat Gamel, American baseball player
1985 – Mugdha Godse, Indian actress and model
1985 – Natsuki Katō, Japanese actress and model
1985 – Jasmine Lennard, English model
1985 – Carly Lewis, American singer (No Secrets)
1985 – Matt Riddlehoover, American actor, director, and producer
1985 – Georgina Sherrington, English actress
1986 – Leo Hallerstam, Swedish actor
1986 – Monica Raymund, American actress
1987 – Alec Martinez, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress and dancer
1987 – Fredy Montero, Colombian footballer
1988 – Sayaka Akimoto, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48 and Diva)
1988 – Francia Raisa, American actress
1989 – Ivian Sarcos, Venezuelan model, Miss World 2011
1993 – Elizabeth Gillies, American actress and singer
1993 – Taylor Momsen, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (The Pretty Reckless)
1995 – Holly Bodimeade, English actress
1996 – Olivia Breen, English paralympic athlete