Birthday: 26 May
Famous people born on 26 May
25 of the best-known people in our data were born on 26 May, including John Wayne, Isadora Duncana and Miles Davis. The longest life among them was Count of St. Germain's, at 87 years.
- John WayneAmerican actor · 1907–197972 yrs
- Isadora DuncanaAmerican dancer and choreographer · 1877–192750 yrs
- Miles DavisAmerican jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer · 1926–199165 yrs
- Sally RideAmerican astronaut and physicist · 1951–201261 yrs
- János Kádár ↗Former General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party · 1912–198977 yrs
- Dorothea Lange ↗American photojournalist · 1895–196570 yrs
- Mary of Teck ↗Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936 · 1867–195385 yrs
- Abraham de Moivre ↗French mathematician · 1667–175487 yrs
- Peter Cushing ↗British actor · 1913–199481 yrs
- Edmond de Goncourt ↗French writer and critic · 1822–189674 yrs
- Peggy Lee ↗American singer · 1920–200281 yrs
- William Petty ↗English scientist, philosopher, statistician and economist · 1623–168764 yrs
- Paul Lukas ↗Hungarian-American actor · 1894–197177 yrs
- Kirill Meretskov ↗Soviet marshal · 1897–196871 yrs
- Matt Busby ↗Scottish football player and manager · 1909–199484 yrs
- Jack Kevorkian ↗American pathologist, euthanasia activist · 1928–201183 yrs
- Adolfo López Mateos ↗55th President of Mexico · 1910–196959 yrs
- Eduardo De Filippo ↗Italian actor, director and playwright · 1900–198484 yrs
- Albert, Duke in Prussia ↗Duke of Prussia from 1525 to 1568 · 1490–156877 yrs
- Philippe de Champaigne ↗French painter · 1602–167472 yrs
- Al Jolson ↗American entertainer, actor, and singer · 1886–195064 yrs
- Nicolaus Zinzendorf ↗German protestant religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church · 1700–176059 yrs
- Adolfo de la Huerta ↗President of Mexico · 1881–195574 yrs
- Count of St. Germain ↗18th-century European adventurer and intellectual · 1696–178487 yrs
- Vítězslav Nezval ↗Czech poet, writer and translator · 1900–195857 yrs
Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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