Niko Gießelmann

German footballer.

Born September 26th, 1991 (age 34 years) in Hanover.

Lucas Gafarot

Spanish footballer.

Born September 26th, 1994 (age 31 years) in Sant Just Desvern.

Pierre Lueders

Bobsledder.

Born September 26th, 1970 (age 55 years) in Edmonton.

Douglas Wakiihuri

Kenyan long-distance runner.

Born September 26th, 1963 (age 62 years) in Mombasa.

Scott Evans

Irish badminton player.

Born September 26th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Dublin. ^[ref]

Axel Hirsoux

Belgian singer.

Born September 26th, 1982 (age 43 years) in La Hestre. ^[ref]

Mirjam Melchers

Dutch cyclist.

Born September 26th, 1975 (age 50 years) in Arnhem.

Alexander Kellner

Brazilian paleontologist.

Born September 26th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Vaduz.

Manfred Mayrhofer

Linguist (1926-2011).

Born September 26th, 1926 in Linz.

Died October 31st, 2011 at 85 years old in Vienna.

Even Northug

Norwegian cross country skier.

Born September 26th, 1996 (age 29 years) in Mosvik Municipality. ^[ref]

Meredith Gourdine

American long jumper and engineer (1929–1998).

Born September 26th, 1929 in Newark.

Died November 20th, 1998 at 69 years old in Houston.

Claudette Werleigh

Prime minister of haiti.

Born September 26th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Cap-Haïtien.

Viktor Pokrovsky

Russian general (1889–1922).

Born September 26th, 1889 in Nizhny Novgorod Governorate.

Died October 8th, 1922 at 33 years old in Kyustendil.

Betty Francisco

American actress (1900–1950).

Born September 26th, 1900 in Little Rock.

Died November 25th, 1950 at 50 years old in El Cerrito (myocardial infarction).

Henrik Rummel

American rower.

Born September 26th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Copenhagen.

Ayan Sadakov

Bulgarian footballer (1961–2017).

Born September 26th, 1961 in Plovdiv.

Died July 1st, 2017 at 55 years old in Plovdiv (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). ^[ref]

Sergey Oldenburg

Russian scholar of sanskrit and buddhism (1863-1934).

Born September 26th, 1863 in Nerchinsk.

Died February 28th, 1934 at 70 years old in Saint Petersburg.

Dione Housheer

Dutch handball player.

Born September 26th, 1999 (age 26 years) in Gendringen.

Alina Kukushkina

Russian actress.

Born September 26th, 2001 (age 24 years) in Moscow.

Luís Fernando Veríssimo

Brazilian writer.

Born September 26th, 1936 in Porto Alegre.

Died August 30th, 2025 at 88 years old in Porto Alegre (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Hana Mašková

Czech figure skater (1949-1972).

Born September 26th, 1949 in Prague. ^[ref]

Died March 31st, 1972 at 22 years old in Vouvray (traffic collision). ^[ref]

Lewis White Beck

American philosopher (1913-1997).

Born September 26th, 1913 in Griffin.

Died June 7th, 1997 at 83 years old in Rochester.

Joe Jacobi

American canoe racer.

Born September 26th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Washington, D.C..

Abdelhafid Benchabla

Algerian boxer.

Born September 26th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Boumerdès.

Victor Chizhikov

Illustrator (1935–2020).

Born September 26th, 1935 in Moscow.

Died July 20th, 2020 at 84 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]