Helena Bonham Carter

British actress.

Born May 26th, 1966 (age 60 years) in London.

Stevie Nicks

American singer and songwriter.

Born May 26th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Phoenix.

John Wayne

American actor (1907–1979).

Born May 26th, 1907 in Winterset.

Died June 11th, 1979 at 72 years old in Westwood (stomach cancer).

Lenny Kravitz

American rock musician.

Born May 26th, 1964 (age 62 years) in New York City.

Michael Oher

American football player.

Born May 26th, 1986 (age 40 years) in Memphis.

Mary of Teck

Queen consort of the united kingdom from 1910 to 1936.

Born May 26th, 1867 in Kensington Palace.

Died March 24th, 1953 at 85 years old in Marlborough House (lung cancer).

Jeremy Corbyn

British politician, leader of the labour party 2015 to 2020.

Born May 26th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Chippenham. ^[ref]

Lauryn Hill

American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer (born 1975).

Born May 26th, 1975 (age 51 years) in East Orange.

Miles Davis

American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991).

Born May 26th, 1926 in Alton. ^[ref]

Died September 28th, 1991 at 65 years old in Santa Monica (pneumonia, stroke).

Laurence Fox

British actor.

Born May 26th, 1978 (age 48 years) in Yorkshire.

Pam Grier

American actress (born 1949).

Born May 26th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Winston-Salem.

James Arness

American actor (1923–2011).

Born May 26th, 1923 in Minneapolis.

Died June 3rd, 2011 at 88 years old in Brentwood. ^[ref]

Lisa Niemi

American actress (1956-).

Born May 26th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Houston.

Hank Williams Jr.

American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1949).

Born May 26th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Shreveport.

Alex Garland

British writer, scriptwriter and film director (born 1970).

Born May 26th, 1970 (age 56 years) in London.

Peter Cushing

British actor (1913–1994).

Born May 26th, 1913 in Kenley.

Died August 11th, 1994 at 81 years old in Canterbury (prostate cancer).

Sally Ride

American astronaut and physicist (1951–2012).

Born May 26th, 1951 in Los Angeles.

Died July 23rd, 2012 at 61 years old in La Jolla (pancreatic cancer).

Michael Portillo

British journalist, broadcaster, and former politician (born 1953).

Born May 26th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Bushey.

Bobcat Goldthwait

American comedian, actor, film director and screenwriter.

Born May 26th, 1962 (age 64 years) in Syracuse.

Doug Hutchison

American actor.

Born May 26th, 1960 (age 66 years) in Dover.

Matt Stone

American actor, animator and filmmaker (born 1971).

Born May 26th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Houston.

Jack Kevorkian

American pathologist, euthanasia activist (1928-2011).

Born May 26th, 1928 in Pontiac.

Died June 3rd, 2011 at 83 years old in Royal Oak (pulmonary embolism, kidney failure). ^[ref]

Sunil Narine

West indian cricketer.

Born May 26th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Arima.

Levon Helm

American musician (1940–2012).

Born May 26th, 1940 in Elaine.

Died April 19th, 2012 at 71 years old in New York City (cancer). ^[ref]

Aldrich Ames

Cia analyst and soviet spy (1941–2026).

Born May 26th, 1941 in River Falls.

Died January 5th, 2026 at 84 years old in Federal Correctional Institution, Cumberland. ^[ref]