Rico Steinmann

German footballer and manager.

Born December 26th, 1967 (age 58 years) in Chemnitz.

Xavier Florencio

Spanish road bicycle racer.

Born December 26th, 1979 (age 46 years) in Mont-roig del Camp.

Stephen Troyte Dunn

British botanist (1868–1938).

Born December 26th, 1868 in Bristol. ^[ref]

Died April 18th, 1938 at 69 years old in Surrey. ^[ref]

Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya

Belarusian shot putter.

Born December 26th, 1976 (age 49 years) in Chryščonavičy.

Yevgeny Lopatin

Soviet weightlifter (1917–2011).

Born December 26th, 1917 in Balashov.

Died July 21st, 2011 at 93 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]

Felice Gasperi

Football player (1903-1982).

Born December 26th, 1903 in Bologna.

Died May 23rd, 1982 at 78 years old in Città Sant'Angelo.

Joachim Dreifke

East german rower.

Born December 26th, 1952 (age 73 years) in Greifswald.

Meiyin Wang

Chinese cyclist.

Born December 26th, 1988 (age 37 years) in Qufu.

Espen Bjørnstad

Norwegian nordic combined skier.

Born December 26th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Trondheim. ^[ref]

Ilia Kandelaki

Georgian footballer.

Born December 26th, 1981 (age 44 years) in Tbilisi.

Rostislav Dimitrov

Athletics competitor.

Born December 26th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Ruse.

Yūta Mikado

Japanese association football player.

Born December 26th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Saitama.

Yusuke Omi

Japanese association football player.

Born December 26th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Tokyo. ^[ref]

Amina Dilbazi

Azerbaijani folk dancer (1919–2010).

Born December 26th, 1919 in Gazakh.

Died April 30th, 2010 at 90 years old in Baku.

Reinhold Bachler

Ski jumper.

Born December 26th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Eisenerz.

Yevhen Pluzhnyk

Ukrainian poet, playwright, translator, editor, publisher (1898–1936).

Born December 26th, 1898 in Kantemirovka.

Died February 2nd, 1936 at 37 years old in Solovetsky Islands (tuberculosis).

Yodgor Nasriddinova

Uzbekistani politician (1920-2006).

Born December 26th, 1920 in Kokand.

Died April 7th, 2006 at 85 years old in Moscow.

Robert Horstink

Dutch volleyball player.

Born December 26th, 1981 (age 44 years) in Voorst.

Kristine Norelius

American rower.

Born December 26th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Seattle.

Junichi Inoue

Japanese speed skater.

Born December 26th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Saitama Prefecture.

Zhang Yanmei

Chinese short track speed skater.

Born December 26th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Shulan.

Karl Ernst Georges

German teacher and classical philologist (1806–1895).

Born December 26th, 1806 in Gotha. ^[ref]

Died August 25th, 1895 at 88 years old in Gotha.

John W. Brunius

Swedish actor, writer and director (1884–1937).

Born December 26th, 1884 in Stockholm. ^[ref]

Died December 17th, 1937 at 52 years old in Stockholm. ^[ref]

Giacomo Fornoni

Italian cyclist (1939–2016).

Born December 26th, 1939 in Gromo.

Died September 26th, 2016 at 76 years old in Rogeno. ^[ref]

Hirokazu Yagi

Japanese ski jumper, coach.

Born December 26th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Otaru, Yoichi.