Who are famous people born on May 26?

Famous people born on May 26 include John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), Alexander Pushkin (1799), Isadora Duncana (1877), John Wayne (1907), Miles Davis (1926).

What star sign is someone born on May 26?

Someone born on May 26 is a Gemini.

What is the birthstone for May 26?

The birthstone for May is emerald.

How common is a birthday on May 26?

In the US, May 26 is the No. 353 most common birthday of the 366, with about 10,330 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on May 26

Famous people born on May 26, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♊ Star sign
Gemini
💎 Birthstone
Emerald
👶 How common
No. 353 of 366

Born on May 26

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
born 1650 · English soldier and statesman (1650-1722)
Alexander Pushkin
born 1799 · Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
Isadora Duncana
born 1877 · American dancer and choreographer (1877–1927)
John Wayne
born 1907 · American actor (1907–1979)
Miles Davis
born 1926 · American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
Sally Ride
born 1951 · American astronaut and physicist (1951–2012)
Helena Bonham Carter
born 1966 · British actress (born 1966)
Jeremy Corbyn
born 1949 · British politician, leader of the Labour Party 2015 to 2020
Frederik X of Denmark
born 1968 · King of Denmark since 2024
Lyudmila Petrushevskaya
born 1938 · Russian writer
Mehmet Okur
born 1979 · Turkish basketball player (born 1979)
Alaa Al Aswany
born 1957 · Egyptian writer
Arsen Zakharyan
born 2003 · Russian association football player
Marc Bernal
born 2007 · Spanish footballer
Olcay Şahan
born 1987 · Turkish association footballer and manager (born 1987)
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Radwa Ashour
born 1946 · Egyptian novelist
Buse Naz Çakıroğlu
born 1996 · Turkish boxer (born 1996)
Anastasia Ilyankova
born 2001 · Russian artistic gymnast
Uğur Yücel
born 1957 · Turkish actor and director (born 1957)
Henri Françillon
born 1946 · Haitian footballer
Muhammed Faris Al-Aqidi
born 1951 · Syrian cosmonaut (1951–2024)
Sverker Johansson
born 1961 · Swedish physicist and Wikipedian
Abdulla Shahid
born 1962 · Maldivian politician
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Shi Zhengli
born 1964 · Chinese virologist (1964-)
Miri Regev
born 1965 · Israeli politician
Gjekë Marinaj
born 1965 · poet, translator
Sami Bouajila
born 1966 · French actor
Hwang Dong-hyeok
born 1971 · South Korean film director and screenwriter (born 1971)
Luca Toni
born 1977 · Italian association football player (1977-)
Andris Kulbergs
born 1979 · Prime Minister of Latvia since 2026
Eda-Ines Etti
born 1981 · Estonian singer (born 1981)
Răzvan Raț
born 1981 · Romanian footballer (born 1981)
Vahid Talebloo
born 1982 · Iranian footballer
Demy de Zeeuw
born 1983 · Dutch association football player (born 1983)
Sushil Kumar
born 1983 · Indian wrestler
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Tooji
born 1987 · Norwegian singer
Luís Neto
born 1988 · Portuguese association football player
Orlando Sá
born 1988 · Portuguese footballer
Juan Cuadrado
born 1988 · Colombian footballer
Tomáš Pekhart
born 1989 · Czech association football player

May 26 in history

202565 people are injured when a car rams into a crowd on Water Street, near Liverpool F.C.'s Premier League trophy parade.
2002The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.
1991Lauda Air Flight 004 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes in the Phu Toei National Park in the Suphan Buri province of Thailand, killing all 223 people on board.
1972Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
1967The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
1940World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
1926Abd el-Krim ends surrenders to the French, bringing an end to the Rif War.
1900Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
1868Impeachment of Andrew Johnson: President Andrew Johnson is acquitted by one vote in the United States Senate.
1805Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in Milan Cathedral, the gothic cathedral in Milan.
1538Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
946England is left temporarily without a monarch after the death of King Edmund I in a street fight, resulting in Edmund's brother Eadred assuming the throne for the minority of Edmund's two sons.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Andrew Kaggwa
Christian feast day: Augustine of Canterbury (Anglican Communion and Eastern Orthodox)
Christian feast day: Lambert of Vence
Christian feast day: Mariana de Jesús de Paredes
Christian feast day: Martyrs of the Paris Commune
Christian feast day: Peter Sanz (one of Martyr Saints of China)
Christian feast day: Philip Neri
Christian feast day: Pope Eleutherius
Christian feast day: Zachary, Bishop of Vienne
Christian feast day: May 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 26 in every year

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Questions about May 26 birthdays

Who are famous people born on May 26?: Famous people born on May 26 include John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), Alexander Pushkin (1799), Isadora Duncana (1877), John Wayne (1907), Miles Davis (1926).
What star sign is someone born on May 26?: Someone born on May 26 is a Gemini.
What is the birthstone for May 26?: The birthstone for May is emerald.
How common is a birthday on May 26?: In the US, May 26 is the No. 353 most common birthday of the 366, with about 10,330 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).