Yan Brice Eteki

Association football player.

Born August 26th, 1997 (age 28 years) in Yaoundé.

Jonathan Tisdall

American-norwegian chess player and journalist.

Born August 26th, 1958 (age 67 years) in Buffalo.

Fernando Ribeiro

Portuguese musician.

Born August 26th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Lisbon, Amadora.

Hugh Montgomery

American mathematician (born 1944).

Born August 26th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Muncie.

Carlos Pérez

Cuban handball player.

Born August 26th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Havana.

Harald Paulsen

German actor (1895-1954).

Born August 26th, 1895 in Elmshorn.

Died August 4th, 1954 at 58 years old in Hamburg (cerebrovascular disease).

Aileen Baviera

Filipino sinologist.

Born August 26th, 1959 in Manila. ^[ref]

Died March 21st, 2020 at 60 years old in Manila (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Marcellin Desboutin

French painter (1823-1902).

Born August 26th, 1823 in Cérilly.

Died February 18th, 1902 at 78 years old in Nice.

Rudolf Belling

German sculptor (1886–1972).

Born August 26th, 1886 in Berlin. ^[ref]

Died June 9th, 1972 at 85 years old in Krailling. ^[ref]

Saïd Sadi

Algerian politician.

Born August 26th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Aghrib.

Hinrich Johannes Rink

Danish geologist (1819-1893).

Born August 26th, 1819 in Copenhagen.

Died December 15th, 1893 at 74 years old in Oslo.

Émile Boirac

French philosopher, parapsychologist, promoter of esperanto and writer (1851–1917).

Born August 26th, 1851 in Guelma.

Died September 20th, 1917 at 66 years old in Dijon.

Miroslav Brozović

Bosnian and yugoslav footballer and manager (1917–2006)).

Born August 26th, 1917 in Mostar.

Died October 5th, 2006 at 89 years old in Mostar.

Eva Kjer Hansen

Danish politician.

Born August 26th, 1964 (age 61 years) in Hellevad.

Anatoly Torkunov

Soviet/russian diplomat and scholar.

Born August 26th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Moscow.

Otto Schaden

American egyptologist (1937–2015).

Born August 26th, 1937. ^[ref]

Died November 23rd, 2015 at 78 years old ^[ref]

Milan Emil Uzelac

Austrian hungarian (1867-1954).

Born August 26th, 1867 in Komárno.

Died January 7th, 1954 at 86 years old in Petrinja.

Lygia Bojunga Nunes

Brazilian children's writer.

Born August 26th, 1932 (age 93 years) in Pelotas.

Bobby Ball

American racecar driver (1925-1954).

Born August 26th, 1925 in Phoenix.

Died February 27th, 1954 at 28 years old in Phoenix, Gardena.

Shimshon Amitsur

Israeli mathematician (1921–1994).

Born August 26th, 1921 in Jerusalem.

Died September 5th, 1994 at 73 years old in Jerusalem.

Rollo Beck

American explorer, ornithologist and bird collector (1870–1950).

Born August 26th, 1870 in Los Gatos.

Died November 22nd, 1950 at 80 years old in Planada.

Hubert Raudaschl

Austrian sailor.

Born August 26th, 1942 in St. Gilgen.

Died November 26th, 2025 at 83 years old ^[ref]

Bożena Dykiel

Polish actress.

Born August 26th, 1948 in Grabowo.

Died February 12th, 2026 at 77 years old in Izabelin C. ^[ref]

Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler

German sculptor (1802–1848).

Born August 26th, 1802 in Munich.

Died November 28th, 1848 at 46 years old in Munich.

Martín Ramos

Argentinian volleyball player.

Born August 26th, 1991 (age 34 years) in Buenos Aires.