Jeff Blatnick

Olympic wrestler (1957-2012).

Born July 26th, 1957 in Niskayuna.

Died October 24th, 2012 at 55 years old in Schenectady (heart failure). ^[ref]

Sabri Sarıoğlu

Turkish association football player (born 1984).

Born July 26th, 1984 (age 41 years) in Çarşamba.

Eyal Weizman

Israeli-born british architect.

Born July 26th, 1970 (age 55 years) in Haifa.

Boris Cyrulnik

French psychiatrist.

Born July 26th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Bordeaux.

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh

Irish singer.

Born July 26th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Gaoth Dobhair.

Dominic Kinnear

American soccer player-coach.

Born July 26th, 1967 (age 58 years) in Glasgow.

Jonny Pasvolsky

Australian actor.

Born July 26th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Cape Town.

Günther Korten

German colonel general and chief of the general staff of the luftwaffe in world war ii.

Born July 26th, 1898 in Cologne.

Died July 22nd, 1944 at 45 years old in Kętrzyn (explosive device).

Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Baronet

British politician, art collector and philanthropist (1818-1890).

Born July 26th, 1818 in London.

Died July 20th, 1890 at 71 years old in Paris. ^[ref]

Can Öncü

Turkish motorcycle racer.

Born July 26th, 2003 (age 22 years) in Alanya. ^[ref]

Andrei Okounkov

Russian mathematician.

Born July 26th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Moscow.

Alexis Weissenberg

Bulgarian musician (1929–2012).

Born July 26th, 1929 in Sofia.

Died January 8th, 2012 at 82 years old in Lugano.

Petr Cornelie

French basketball player.

Born July 26th, 1995 (age 30 years) in Calais.

Amedeo Amadei

Italian footballer (1921–2013).

Born July 26th, 1921 in Frascati.

Died November 24th, 2013 at 92 years old in Frascati.

Robert William Thomson

Scottish businessman and inventor (1822-1873).

Born July 26th, 1822 in Stonehaven.

Died March 8th, 1873 at 50 years old in Edinburgh.

Hélio Oiticica

Brazilian visual artist (1937-1980).

Born July 26th, 1937 in Rio de Janeiro.

Died March 22nd, 1980 at 42 years old in Rio de Janeiro (stroke).

Bernard Challandes

Swiss football coach (born 1951).

Born July 26th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Le Locle.

Sirvan Khosravi

Iranian musician, singer, composer and actor.

Born July 26th, 1982 (age 43 years) in Tehran.

Lasha Bekauri

Georgian judoka.

Born July 26th, 2000 (age 25 years) in Arkhiloskalo.

William Rainey Harper

American academic administrator (1856-1906).

Born July 26th, 1856 in New Concord.

Died January 10th, 1906 at 49 years old in Chicago.

Caleb Stanko

American association football player.

Born July 26th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Holly.

Robert Remak

Polish/german embryologist, physiologist, and neurologist (1815–1865).

Born July 26th, 1815 in Poznań. ^[ref]

Died August 29th, 1865 at 50 years old in Bad Kissingen. ^[ref]

Constantino Brumidi

Italian-greek-american historical painter (1805-1880).

Born July 26th, 1805 in Rome.

Died February 19th, 1880 at 74 years old in Washington, D.C..

Ercole Spada

Italian automotive designer (1937–2025).

Born July 26th, 1937 in Busto Arsizio.

Died August 3rd, 2025 at 88 years old in Sestriere. ^[ref]

Heinrich Vollmer

German firearm designer (1885–1961).

Born July 26th, 1885 in Altdorf.

Died July 1st, 1961 at 75 years old in Tübingen.