Chris Burke

American actor.

Born August 26th, 1965 (age 60 years) in Point Lookout.

Leon Redbone

Musician, songwriter, arranger, producer (1949-2019).

Born August 26th, 1949 in Nicosia.

Died May 30th, 2019 at 69 years old in New Hope (dementia). ^[ref]

Lidia Poët

Italian lawyer.

Born August 26th, 1855 in Perrero.

Died February 25th, 1949 at 93 years old in Diano Marina.

Colin Kazim-Richards

Turkish association football player.

Born August 26th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Leytonstone.

Tom Heinsohn

American basketball player and coach (1934–2020).

Born August 26th, 1934 in Jersey City. ^[ref]

Died November 9th, 2020 at 86 years old in Newton. ^[ref]

Meredith Eaton

American actress.

Born August 26th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Long Island.

Lee El

South korean actress.

Born August 26th, 1982 (age 43 years) in Seoul.

Nazneen Contractor

Canadian actress.

Born August 26th, 1982 (age 43 years) in Mumbai.

Don LaFontaine

American voice actor (1940-2008).

Born August 26th, 1940 in Duluth.

Died September 1st, 2008 at 68 years old in Los Angeles (respiratory disease). ^[ref]

Julio Cortázar

Argentine writer (1914–1984).

Born August 26th, 1914 in Brussels.

Died February 12th, 1984 at 69 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.

Nazreon Reid

Basketball player.

Born August 26th, 1999 (age 26 years) in Asbury Park.

David Hurley

Australian general; 27th governor-general of australia.

Born August 26th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Wollongong.

Branford Marsalis

American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.

Born August 26th, 1960 (age 65 years) in New Orleans.

Mehriban Alieva

Azerbaijani physician and politician; wife of azerbaijan's president ilham aliev, vice president of azerbaijan and head of heydar aliev foundation (born 1964).

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

Guillaume Apollinaire

French poet (1880–1918).

Born August 26th, 1880 in Rome.

Died November 9th, 1918 at 38 years old in Paris (1918–1920 flu pandemic).

Oleg Taktarov

Russian mixed martial arts fighter and actor.

Born August 26th, 1967 (age 58 years) in Sarov.

Madhur Bhandarkar

Indian film director.

Born August 26th, 1968 (age 57 years) in Mumbai.

Maxwell D. Taylor

American military officer and diplomat (1901-1987).

Born August 26th, 1901 in Keytesville.

Died April 19th, 1987 at 85 years old in Washington, D.C. (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).

Paula Hawkins

British writer.

Born August 26th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Harare.

Tariq Ramadan

Swiss muslim scholar.

Born August 26th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Geneva.

Gopika

Indian actress.

Born August 26th, 1984 (age 41 years) in Ollur.

Tom Ridge

43rd governor of pennsylvania, first united states secretary of homeland security.

Born August 26th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Munhall.

Alok

Brazilian musician, dj and record producer.

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

Wayne Simmonds

Canadian ice hockey player.

Born August 26th, 1988 (age 37 years) in Scarborough.

Jorge Paulo Lemann

Swiss-brazilian banker and businessman.

Born August 26th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Rio de Janeiro.