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August 26th

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478 Notable birthdays

Ola Ray

American actress.

Born August 26th, 1960 (age 65 years) in St. Louis.

Patrick Kennedy

English actor.

Born August 26th, 1977 (age 48 years) in London.

Yvette Vickers

Actress, singer and model (1928-2011).

Born August 26th, 1928 in Kansas City.

Died April 27th, 2011 at 82 years old in Benedict Canyon (arteriosclerosis). [ref]

Luna Maya

Indonesian actress.

Born August 26th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Denpasar. [ref]

Dr. Alban

Nigerian-swedish dentist, musician.

Born August 26th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Enugu.

Barbara Ehrenreich

American writer and journalist (1941–2022).

Born August 26th, 1941 in Butte.

Died September 1st, 2022 at 81 years old in Alexandria (stroke). [ref]

John Buchan

Scottish author and politician (1875–1940).

Born August 26th, 1875 in Perth.

Died February 11th, 1940 at 64 years old in Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (cerebral hemorrhage).

Hans Kammler

German architect, ss general, head of construction and armament projects in the german reich (1901-1945).

Born August 26th, 1901 in Szczecin. [ref]

Died May 9th, 1945 at 43 years old in Jílové u Prahy.

Nicol David

Malaysian squash player.

Born August 26th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Penang.

Jay Pritzker

American businessman; uncle of j.b. pritzker (1922–1999).

Born August 26th, 1922 in Chicago.

Died January 23rd, 1999 at 76 years old in Chicago.

Balkrishna Doshi

Indian architect (1927-2023).

Born August 26th, 1927 in Pune.

Died January 24th, 2023 at 95 years old in Ahmedabad. [ref]

Maureen Tucker

American musician.

Born August 26th, 1944 (age 81 years) in New York City.

Marko Livaja

Croatian association football player.

Born August 26th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Split.

Pauline Moran

British actress.

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

Benedict Anderson

American political scientist (1936-2015).

Born August 26th, 1936 in Kunming. [ref]

Died December 13th, 2015 at 79 years old in Batu (type 2 diabetes).

Lorenzo Brown

American-born spanish basketball player.

Born August 26th, 1990 (age 35 years) in Roswell.

Gennady Yanayev

Vice president of the soviet union from 1990 to 1991.

Born August 26th, 1937 in Perevoz.

Died September 24th, 2010 at 73 years old in Moscow (lung cancer). [ref]

Lee de Forest

American inventor (1873–1961).

Born August 26th, 1873 in Council Bluffs.

Died June 30th, 1961 at 87 years old in Hollywood.

Gracie Dzienny

American actress.

Born August 26th, 1996 (age 29 years) in Toledo.

Albert B. Sabin

Jewish-polish-american physician and epidemiologist who developed oral polio vaccines (1906-1993).

Born August 26th, 1906 in Białystok.

Died March 3rd, 1993 at 86 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure).

Chris Boardman

English racing cyclist.

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

Mateo Musacchio

Argentine footballer.

Born August 26th, 1990 (age 35 years) in Rosario.

Rick Hansen

Canadian wheelchair racer.

Born August 26th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Port Alberni.

Lars Stindl

German association football player.

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

Marcello Gandini

Italian automotive designer (1938–2024).

Born August 26th, 1938 in Turin.

Died March 13th, 2024 at 85 years old in Rivoli. [ref]

Birthdays 76 to 100 of 478

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