Jnanadanandini Devi

Bengali writer.

Born July 26th, 1850 in Jashore District.

Died October 1st, 1941 at 91 years old in Kolkata.

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh

Irish singer.

Born July 26th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Gaoth Dobhair.

Boris Cyrulnik

French psychiatrist.

Born July 26th, 1937 (age 89 years) in Bordeaux.

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]

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]

Sabri Sarıoğlu

Turkish association football player (born 1984).

Born July 26th, 1984 (age 42 years) in Çarşamba.

Jonny Pasvolsky

Australian actor.

Born July 26th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Cape Town.

Dominic Kinnear

American soccer player-coach.

Born July 26th, 1967 (age 59 years) in Glasgow.

Can Öncü

Turkish motorcycle racer.

Born July 26th, 2003 (age 23 years) in Alanya. ^[ref]

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).

Alexis Weissenberg

Bulgarian musician (1929–2012).

Born July 26th, 1929 in Sofia.

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

Andrei Okounkov

Russian mathematician.

Born July 26th, 1969 (age 57 years) in Moscow.

Catherine Vautrin

French politician.

Born July 26th, 1960 (age 66 years) in Reims.

Lasha Bekauri

Georgian judoka.

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

Petr Cornelie

French basketball player.

Born July 26th, 1995 (age 31 years) in Calais.

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.

Amedeo Amadei

Italian footballer (1921–2013).

Born July 26th, 1921 in Frascati.

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

Bobby Rousseau

Canadian ice hockey player (1940–2025).

Born July 26th, 1940 in Montreal.

Died December 13th, 2025 at 85 years old in Trois-Rivières. ^[ref]

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).

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]

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.

Sirvan Khosravi

Iranian musician, singer, composer and actor.

Born July 26th, 1982 (age 44 years) in Tehran.

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]

Heinrich Vollmer

German firearm designer (1885–1961).

Born July 26th, 1885 in Altdorf.

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