Famous people born on 26 October

• François Mitterrand21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995 · 1916–1996
  79 yrs
• Mohammad Reza I of IranShah of Iran from 1941 to 1979 · 1919–1980
  60 yrs
• Georges DantonFrench revolutionary · 1759–1794
  34 yrs
• Bob HoskinsEnglish actor · 1942–2014
  71 yrs
• Helmuth von Moltke the ElderGerman Field Marshal · 1800–1891
  90 yrs
• Domenico ScarlattiItalian composer, son of Alessandro Scarlatti · 1685–1757
  71 yrs
• Andrei Bely ↗Russian poet, writer and critic · 1880–1934
  53 yrs
• Vasily Vereshchagin ↗Russian painter · 1842–1904
  61 yrs
• Mahalia Jackson ↗American gospel singer · 1911–1972
  60 yrs
• Karin Boye ↗Swedish poet and novelist · 1900–1941
  40 yrs
• Dimitrie Cantemir ↗Prince of Moldavia · 1673–1723
  49 yrs
• Miguel I of Portugal ↗King of Portugal from 1828 to 1834 · 1802–1866
  64 yrs
• Don Siegel ↗American film director · 1912–1991
  78 yrs
• Washington Luís ↗President of Brazil from 1926 to 1930 · 1869–1957
  87 yrs
• Hilma af Klint ↗Swedish artist · 1862–1944
  81 yrs
• Jackie Coogan ↗American actor · 1914–1984
  69 yrs
• Ashraf Pahlavi ↗Iranian royal · 1919–2016
  96 yrs
• Giuseppe Zanardelli ↗Prime Minister of Italy · 1826–1903
  77 yrs
• Shiing-Shen Chern ↗Chinese-American mathematician and poet · 1911–2004
  93 yrs
• Ferdinand Georg Frobenius ↗German mathematician · 1849–1917
  67 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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