Welcome! Check out today's birthdays, recent birthdays, or our birthday stats.
In the year 1926
942 Notable birthdays
Alice Ghostley
American actress.
Born August 14th, 1926 in Vernon County.
Died September 21st, 2007 at 81 years old in Studio City (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Richard Matheson
American fiction writer (1926-2013).
Born February 20th, 1926 in Allendale. [ref]
Died June 23rd, 2013 at 87 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Aldo Ray
Actor (1926-1991).
Born September 25th, 1926 in Northampton County. [ref]
Died March 27th, 1991 at 64 years old in Martinez (esophageal cancer).
Don Messick
American actor (1926-1997).
Born September 7th, 1926 in Buffalo.
Died October 24th, 1997 at 71 years old in Salinas (stroke).
Harry Robbins Haldeman
American political aide implicated in the watergate scandal.
Born October 27th, 1926 in Los Angeles.
Died November 12th, 1993 at 67 years old in Santa Barbara (stomach cancer).
Vivian Maier
American street photographer.
Born February 1st, 1926 in New York City.
Died April 21st, 2009 at 83 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Henry Silva
American actor (1926–2022).
Born September 23rd, 1926 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died September 14th, 2022 at 95 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Geoffrey Howe
British conservative politician (1926–2015).
Born December 20th, 1926 in Port Talbot.
Died October 9th, 2015 at 88 years old in Warwickshire (myocardial infarction).
Paul Bocuse
French chef.
Born February 11th, 1926 in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or. [ref]
Died January 20th, 2018 at 91 years old in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Mahasweta Devi
Indian bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (1926-2016).
Born January 14th, 1926 in Dhaka.
Died July 28th, 2016 at 90 years old in Kolkata (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome).
birthdays 81 to 90 of 942
There is still no cure for the common birthday. John Glenn