| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ralph Abernathy |
Activist |
21-Mar-1926 |
17-Apr-1990 |
Prominent civil rights activist |
| David Abshire |
Government |
11-Apr-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to NATO, 1983-87 |
| Valdas Adamkus |
Head of State |
3-Nov-1926 |
|
President of Lithuania |
| Alice Adams |
Novelist |
14-Aug-1926 |
27-May-1999 |
Superior Women |
| Don Adams |
Actor |
13-Apr-1926 |
25-Sep-2005 |
Maxwell Smart on Get Smart |
| Julie Adams |
Actor |
17-Oct-1926 |
|
Paula Denning on Capitol |
| O. Rudolph Aggrey |
Diplomat |
24-Jul-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Romania, 1977-81 |
| Claude Akins |
Actor |
25-May-1926 |
27-Jan-1994 |
Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo |
| James E. Akins |
Diplomat |
15-Oct-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1973-75 |
| Jaber III al-Sabah |
Royalty |
29-Jun-1926 |
15-Jan-2006 |
Emir of Kuwait, 1977-2006 |
| A. R. Ammons |
Poet |
18-Feb-1926 |
25-Feb-2001 |
Sphere |
| Poul Anderson |
Author |
25-Nov-1926 |
31-Jul-2001 |
Tau Zero |
| Richard Anderson |
Actor |
8-Aug-1926 |
|
Oscar Goldman on The 6 Million Dollar Man |
| George Ariyoshi |
Politician |
12-Mar-1926 |
|
Governor of Hawaii, 1974-86 |
| David Attenborough |
Naturalist |
8-May-1926 |
|
Life on Earth |
| Aram Avakian |
Film Director |
23-Apr-1926 |
17-Jan-1987 |
End of the Road |
| Kaye Ballard |
Actor |
20-Nov-1926 |
|
The Mothers-in-Law |
| Cass Ballenger |
Politician |
6-Dec-1926 |
|
Congressman from North Carolina, 1986-2005 |
| Paul Baran |
Scientist |
29-Apr-1926 |
|
Early networking pioneer |
| Harry Barnes |
Diplomat |
5-Jun-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Chile, 1985-88 |
| Roscoe Bartlett |
Politician |
3-Jun-1926 |
|
Congressman, Maryland 6th |
| Louis Beecherl |
Business |
10-Feb-1926 |
|
CEO, Texas Oil & Gas 1957-77 |
| R. Meredith Belbin |
Educator |
1926 |
|
Father of team-role theory |
| Tony Bennett |
Singer |
3-Aug-1926 |
|
Left his heart in San Francisco |
| Paul Berg |
Chemist |
30-Jun-1926 |
|
Pioneer in recombinant DNA |
| John Berger |
Novelist |
5-Nov-1926 |
|
British novelist, G |
| Shelley Berman |
Comic |
3-Feb-1926 |
|
Inside Shelley Berman |
| Chuck Berry |
Singer |
18-Oct-1926 |
|
My Ding-A-Ling |
| James Best |
Actor |
26-Jul-1926 |
|
Roscoe P. Coltrane on Dukes |
| Val Bisoglio |
Actor |
7-May-1926 |
|
Danny Tovo on Quincy |
| Honor Blackman |
Actor |
12-Dec-1926 |
|
Cathy Gale on The Avengers |
| W. Michael Blumenthal |
Government |
3-Jan-1926 |
|
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79 |
| Robert Bly |
Poet |
23-Dec-1926 |
|
Iron John: A Book About Men |
| Paul Bocuse |
Chef |
11-Feb-1926 |
|
Bocuse d'Or, nouvelle cuisine |
| Richard W. Boehm |
Diplomat |
25-Jun-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Oman, 1989-92 |
| Tommy Bond |
Actor |
16-Sep-1926 |
24-Sep-2005 |
Butch on The Little Rascals |
| Andrew Brimmer |
Economist |
13-Sep-1926 |
|
Federal Reserve Governor, 1966-74 |
| Claude S. Brinegar |
Business |
16-Dec-1926 |
|
US Secretary of Transportation, 1973-75 |
| Norm Van Brocklin |
Football |
15-Mar-1926 |
2-May-1983 |
NFL QB passed for 554 yards in a game |
| Jeremy Brooks |
Novelist |
17-Dec-1926 |
27-Jun-1994 |
Jampot Smith |
| Mel Brooks |
Film Director |
28-Jun-1926 |
|
Blazing Saddles |
| Earle Brown |
Composer |
26-Dec-1926 |
2-Jul-2002 |
Developed open-form scores |
| Frederick Buechner |
Novelist |
11-Jul-1926 |
|
The Final Beast |
| Claus von Bulow |
Socialite |
11-Aug-1926 |
|
Allegedly tried to kill wife Sunny |
| Paul Burke |
Actor |
21-Jul-1926 |
|
Det. Adam Flint on Naked City |
| R. L. Burnside |
Musician |
23-Nov-1926 |
1-Sep-2005 |
A Ass Pocket of Whiskey |
| Phillip Burton |
Politician |
1-Jun-1926 |
10-Apr-1983 |
Congressman from California, 1964-83 |
| William Campbell |
Actor |
30-Oct-1926 |
|
Dementia 13 |
| Frank Carson |
Comic |
11-Jun-1926 |
|
Irish comedian |
| Willis Carto |
Activist |
17-Jul-1926 |
|
Founder of Liberty Lobby, IHR |
| Neal Cassady |
Author |
8-Feb-1926 |
4-Feb-1968 |
The Holy Goof |
| Fidel Castro |
Head of State |
13-Aug-1926 |
|
Dictator of Cuba for almost fifty years |
| Oona Chaplin |
Relative |
13-May-1926 |
27-Sep-1991 |
Wife of Charlie Chaplin |
| Robert Clary |
Actor |
1-Mar-1926 |
|
LeBeau on Hogan's Heroes |
| James S. Coleman |
Sociologist |
12-May-1926 |
25-Mar-1995 |
Foundations of Social Theory |
| John Coltrane |
Jazz Musician |
23-Sep-1926 |
17-Jul-1967 |
Jazz tenor saxophonist |
| Marlow W. Cook |
Politician |
27-Jul-1926 |
|
US Senator from Kentucky, 1968-74 |
| Roger Corman |
Film/TV Producer |
5-Apr-1926 |
|
Frankenstein Unbound |
| William R. Cotter |
Politician |
18-Jul-1926 |
8-Sep-1981 |
Congressman from Connecticut, 1971-81 |
| Hazel Court |
Actor |
10-Feb-1926 |
15-Apr-2008 |
Horror Queen |
| Robert Creeley |
Poet |
21-May-1926 |
30-Mar-2005 |
Founded Black Mountain Review |
| Ann Curtis |
Swimmer/Diver |
6-Mar-1926 |
|
Olympic swimmer |
| Cesare Danova |
Actor |
1-Mar-1926 |
19-Mar-1992 |
Mean Streets |
| Ann B. Davis |
Actor |
5-May-1926 |
|
Alice from The Brady Bunch |
| Miles Davis |
Jazz Musician |
25-May-1926 |
28-Sep-1991 |
Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue |
| Samuel H. Day |
Activist |
5-Oct-1926 |
26-Jan-2001 |
Antinuke crusader |
| Arnaud De Borchgrave |
Journalist |
1926 |
|
Washington Times, Insight magazine |
| John Gunther Dean |
Diplomat |
24-Feb-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to India, 1985-88 |
| Danièle Delorme |
Actor |
9-Oct-1926 |
|
Gigi |
| John Derek |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1926 |
22-May-1998 |
Tarzan, the Ape Man |
| Edward J. Derwinski |
Politician |
15-Sep-1926 |
|
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 1989-92 |
| Richard DeVos |
Business |
4-Mar-1926 |
|
Co-Founder of Amway |
| John Diebold |
Inventor |
8-Jun-1926 |
26-Dec-2005 |
Automation evangelist |
| John Dingell |
Politician |
6-Jul-1926 |
|
US Congressman, Michigan 15th |
| Charles F. Dolan |
Business |
16-Oct-1926 |
|
CEO of Cablevision, 1985-95 |
| Lee Dong-Won |
Politician |
1926 |
18-Nov-2006 |
Foreign Minister of South Korea, 1964-66 |
| J. P. Donleavy |
Novelist |
23-Apr-1926 |
|
The Ginger Man |
| Clive Donner |
Film Director |
21-Jan-1926 |
|
What's New, Pussycat |
| Paul W. Douglas |
Business |
12-Sep-1926 |
|
CEO of Freeport Minerals, 1985-81 |
| Sidney D. Drell |
Physicist |
13-Sep-1926 |
|
In the Shadow of the Bomb |
| Lee S. Dreyfus |
Politician |
20-Jun-1926 |
2-Jan-2008 |
Governor of Wisconsin, 1979-83 |
| Charles W. Duncan, Jr. |
Government |
9-Sep-1926 |
|
US Secretary of Energy, 1979-81 |
| Mervyn M. Dymally |
Politician |
12-May-1926 |
|
Congressman from California, 1981-93 |
| William L. Eagleton, Jr. |
Diplomat |
17-Aug-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Syria, 1984-88 |
| Queen Elizabeth II |
Royalty |
21-Apr-1926 |
|
Queen of England |
| Robert F. Ellsworth |
Politician |
11-Jun-1926 |
|
Congressman from Kansas, 1961-67 |
| John Ericson |
Actor |
23-Sep-1926 |
|
The Return of Jack Slade |
| Patricia Lynch Ewell |
Diplomat |
20-Apr-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Madagascar, 1986-89 |
| Bernard Fall |
Journalist |
19-Nov-1926 |
21-Feb-1967 |
Scholar of the Vietnam conflict |
| Thorbjörn Fälldin |
Head of State |
24-Apr-1926 |
|
Twice Prime Minister of Sweden |
| Frances Farenthold |
Educator |
1926 |
|
President of Wells College, 1976-80 |
| Thomas L. Farmer |
Attorney |
c. 1926 |
|
Overseas Development Council |
| Morton Feldman |
Composer |
12-Jan-1926 |
3-Sep-1987 |
Coptic Light |
| Hamilton Fish IV |
Politician |
3-Jun-1926 |
23-Jul-1996 |
Congressman from New York, 1969-95 |
| Garret FitzGerald |
Head of State |
9-Feb-1926 |
|
Twice Prime Minister of Ireland |
| Dario Fo |
Playwright |
26-Mar-1926 |
|
Controversial Italian playwright |
| Robert W. Fogel |
Economist |
1-Jul-1926 |
|
Cliometrics |
| Bryan Forbes |
Actor |
22-Jul-1926 |
|
King Rat |
| Michel Foucault |
Philosopher |
15-Oct-1926 |
26-Jun-1984 |
History of Sexuality |
| John Fowles |
Novelist |
31-Mar-1926 |
5-Nov-2005 |
The French Lieutenant's Woman |
| Joe Franklin |
Talk Show Host |
1926 |
|
Pioneer talk show host |
| Stan Freberg |
Comic |
7-Aug-1926 |
|
Radio's The Stan Freberg Show |
| Mona Freeman |
Actor |
9-Jun-1926 |
|
Streets of Laredo |
| Helen Gallagher |
Actor |
19-Jul-1926 |
|
Maeve Ryan on Ryan's Hope |
| Leopoldo Galtieri |
Head of State |
15-Jul-1926 |
12-Jan-2003 |
Invaded Falklands, ran death squads |
| Joe Garagiola |
Baseball |
12-Feb-1926 |
|
St. Louis Cardinal turned sportscaster |
| Beverly Garland |
Actor |
17-Oct-1926 |
|
Dotty West on Scarecrow and Mrs. King |
| Daryl Gates |
Government |
30-Aug-1926 |
|
Chief of LAPD 1978-92 |
| Joseph M. Gaydos |
Politician |
3-Jul-1926 |
|
Congerssman from Pennsylvania, 1968-93 |
| Clifford Geertz |
Anthropologist |
23-Aug-1926 |
30-Oct-2006 |
Thick Description |
| Alice Ghostley |
Actor |
14-Aug-1926 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Bernice Clifton on Designing Women |
| Ian Gilmour |
Politician |
8-Jul-1926 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar |
| Allen Ginsberg |
Poet |
3-Jun-1926 |
5-Apr-1997 |
Howl! |
| Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
Head of State |
2-Feb-1926 |
|
President of France, 1974-81 |
| Donald A. Glaser |
Physicist |
21-Sep-1926 |
|
Inventor of the bubble chamber |
| William H. Gleysteen |
Politician |
8-May-1926 |
6-Dec-2002 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1978-81 |
| Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. |
Film/TV Producer |
7-Sep-1926 |
|
Son of Samuel Goldwyn |
| Charles E. Goodell |
Politician |
16-Mar-1926 |
21-Jan-1987 |
US Senator from New York, 1968-71 |
| David S. Gottesman |
Business |
c. 1926 |
|
First Manhattan Company |
| Peter Graves |
Actor |
18-Mar-1926 |
|
Mission: Impossible |
| Shecky Greene |
Comic |
8-Apr-1926 |
|
Chicago nightclub comic |
| Alan Greenspan |
Economist |
6-Mar-1926 |
|
Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006 |
| Andy Griffith |
Actor |
1-Jun-1926 |
|
Laconic sheriff on The Andy Griffith Show |
| Gus Grissom |
Astronaut |
3-Apr-1926 |
27-Jan-1967 |
Second American in space |
| Alex Groza |
Basketball |
7-Oct-1926 |
21-Jan-1995 |
Caught in point shaving scandal |
| Thomas Guinzburg |
Publisher |
c. 1926 |
|
Former owner, Viking Press |
| Fred Gwynne |
Actor |
10-Jul-1926 |
2-Jul-1993 |
Herman on The Munsters |
| George Habash |
Activist |
2-Aug-1926 |
26-Jan-2008 |
Founder of the PFLP |
| H. R. Haldeman |
Government |
27-Oct-1926 |
12-Nov-1993 |
Nixon's Chief of Staff |
| Mickey Hargitay |
Actor |
6-Jan-1926 |
14-Sep-2006 |
Bloody Pit of Horror |
| Arthur A. Hartman |
Diplomat |
12-Mar-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1981-87 |
| June Haver |
Actor |
10-Jun-1926 |
4-Jul-2005 |
Irish Eyes Are Smiling |
| Janet Gray Hayes |
Politician |
12-Jul-1926 |
|
Mayor of San Jose, 1975-83 |
| Hugh Hefner |
Business |
9-Apr-1926 |
|
Founder of Playboy magazine |
| Carolyn Heilbrun |
Novelist |
13-Jan-1926 |
9-Oct-2003 |
Amanda Cross, mystery novelist |
| Morton Heilig |
Inventor |
1926 |
1997 |
Early virtual reality pioneer |
| Hans Werner Henze |
Composer |
1-Jul-1926 |
|
Boulevard Solitude |
| Marcus R. Hickerson |
Business |
c. 1926 |
|
Waxahachie Community Development Corporation |
| Elwood Hillis |
Politician |
6-Mar-1926 |
|
Congressman from Indiana, 1971-87 |
| Amo Houghton |
Politician |
7-Aug-1926 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1987-2005 |
| Geoffrey Howe |
Politician |
20-Dec-1926 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 1983-89 |
| David H. Hubel |
Scientist |
27-Feb-1926 |
|
Neurophysiology of vision |
| Harry Hughes |
Politician |
13-Nov-1926 |
|
Governor of Maryland, 1979-87 |
| Nelson Bunker Hunt |
Business |
22-Feb-1926 |
|
Tried to corner the silver market |
| Evan Hunter |
Novelist |
15-Oct-1926 |
7-Jul-2005 |
The Blackboard Jungle |
| Jeffrey Hunter |
Actor |
25-Nov-1926 |
27-May-1969 |
King of Kings |
| Earl Hutto |
Politician |
12-May-1926 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1979-95 |
| Ivan Illich |
Philosopher |
4-Sep-1926 |
2-Dec-2002 |
Deschooling Society |
| Anne Jackson |
Actor |
3-Sep-1926 |
|
Folks! |
| Richard Jaeckel |
Actor |
10-Oct-1926 |
14-Jun-1997 |
Sometimes a Great Notion |
| Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati |
Politician |
1926 |
|
Head of Iran's Guardian Council |
| Gloria Jean |
Actor |
14-Apr-1926 |
|
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break |
| Lionel Jeffries |
Actor |
10-Jun-1926 |
|
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| Noor Jehan |
Singer |
21-Sep-1926 |
23-Dec-2000 |
Bollywood Diva |
| Patrick Jenkin |
Politician |
7-Sep-1926 |
|
Former MP, Wanstead and Woodford |
| Elizabeth Jennings |
Poet |
18-Jul-1926 |
26-Oct-2001 |
Song for a Birth or a Death |
| Norman Jewison |
Film Director |
21-Jul-1926 |
|
Moonstruck |
| Christine Jorgensen |
Photographer |
30-May-1926 |
3-May-1989 |
First successful surgical transsexual |
| Ingvar Kamprad |
Business |
30-Mar-1926 |
|
IKEA founder |
| Andrew Keir |
Actor |
3-Apr-1926 |
5-Oct-1997 |
Quatermass and the Pit |
| Henry W. Kendall |
Physicist |
9-Dec-1926 |
15-Feb-1999 |
Verified existence of quarks |
| Kay Kendall |
Actor |
21-May-1926 |
6-Sep-1959 |
Les Girls |
| Donald R. Keough |
Business |
4-Sep-1926 |
|
Chairman of Allen & Company |
| Victor Kiam |
Business |
7-Dec-1926 |
27-May-2001 |
Liked it so much, he bought the company |
| Klaus Kinski |
Actor |
18-Oct-1926 |
23-Nov-1991 |
Nosferatu the Vampyre |
| Claude R. Kirk, Jr. |
Politician |
7-Jan-1926 |
|
Governor of Florida, 1967-71 |
| Jeane Kirkpatrick |
Government |
19-Nov-1926 |
7-Dec-2006 |
Reagan's UN Ambassador |
| Aaron Klug |
Chemist |
11-Aug-1926 |
|
Structural analysis of viruses |
| John Knowles |
Novelist |
16-Sep-1926 |
29-Nov-2001 |
A Separate Peace |
| Joseph P. Kolter |
Politician |
3-Sep-1926 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1983-93 |
| Masatoshi Koshiba |
Scientist |
19-Sep-1926 |
|
Detected cosmic neutrinos |
| Killer Kowalski |
Wrestling |
13-Oct-1926 |
30-Aug-2008 |
Professional wrestler, 1947-76 |
| Elisabeth Kübler-Ross |
Activist |
8-Jul-1926 |
24-Aug-2004 |
On Death And Dying |
| Bowie Kuhn |
Baseball |
28-Oct-1926 |
15-Mar-2007 |
Commissioner of Baseball, 1969-84 |
| Robert J. Lagomarsino |
Politician |
4-Sep-1926 |
|
Congressman from California, 1974-93 |
| Beverly LaHaye |
Activist |
1926 |
|
Tim LaHaye's wife |
| Tim LaHaye |
Religion |
27-Apr-1926 |
|
Left Behind series |
| Georges Lautner |
Film Director |
24-Jan-1926 |
|
The Professional |
| Bobby Layne |
Football |
19-Dec-1926 |
1-Dec-1986 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Cloris Leachman |
Actor |
30-Apr-1926 |
|
Phyllis and The Facts of Life |
| Harper Lee |
Novelist |
28-Apr-1926 |
|
To Kill A Mockingbird |
| Tsung-Dao Lee |
Physicist |
25-Nov-1926 |
|
Investigated parity law |
| Siegfried Lenz |
Author |
17-Mar-1926 |
|
Deutschstunde |
| Jerry Lewis |
Comic |
16-Mar-1926 |
|
Cinderfella |
| Robert Jay Lifton |
Psychiatrist |
16-May-1926 |
|
The Nazi Doctors |
| James Lipton |
TV Personality |
19-Sep-1926 |
|
Host, Inside the Actors Studio |
| Julie London |
Singer |
26-Sep-1926 |
18-Oct-2000 |
Cry Me a River |
| Alison Lurie |
Novelist |
3-Sep-1926 |
|
Foreign Affairs |
| Jean-Marie Lustiger |
Religion |
17-Sep-1926 |
5-Aug-2007 |
Archbishop of Paris, 1981-2005 |
| Paul Lynde |
Comic |
13-Jun-1926 |
10-Jan-1982 |
Hollywood Square |
| Betty Lynn |
Actor |
29-Aug-1926 |
|
The Andy Griffith Show |
| Diana Lynn |
Actor |
7-Oct-1926 |
18-Dec-1971 |
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek |
| George Martin |
Music Producer |
3-Jan-1926 |
|
Beatles producer |
| Richard Matheson |
Author |
20-Feb-1926 |
|
I Am Legend |
| Kerwin Mathews |
Actor |
8-Jan-1926 |
5-Jul-2007 |
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad |
| Arno J. Mayer |
Historian |
19-Jun-1926 |
|
Marxist Jew, quasi-revisionist |
| Albert Maysles |
Film Director |
26-Nov-1926 |
|
Documentary filmmaker |
| Anne McCaffrey |
Author |
1-Apr-1926 |
|
Pern series |
| Allyn Ann McLerie |
Actor |
1-Dec-1926 |
|
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? |
| Audrey Meadows |
Actor |
8-Feb-1926 |
3-Feb-1996 |
Alice Kramden on The Honeymooners |
| Carrie P. Meek |
Politician |
29-Apr-1926 |
|
Congresswoman from Florida, 1993-2003 |
| James Merrill |
Poet |
3-Mar-1926 |
6-Feb-1995 |
Nights and Days |
| John Merritt |
Football |
26-Jan-1926 |
13-Dec-1983 |
Tennessee Football Coach, 1963-83 |
| Don Messick |
Actor |
7-Sep-1926 |
24-Oct-1997 |
Voice of Scooby Doo |
| Abner J. Mikva |
Politician |
21-Jan-1926 |
|
Illinois Congressman, Clinton Counsel |
| Ilhan Mimaroglu |
Electronic Musician |
11-Mar-1926 |
|
Sing Me A Song of Songmy |
| Newton N. Minow |
Government |
17-Jan-1926 |
|
FCC Chairman, 1961-63 |
| Marilyn Monroe |
Actor |
1-Jun-1926 |
5-Aug-1962 |
Some Like It Hot |
| Eric Morecambe |
Comic |
14-May-1926 |
28-May-1984 |
Morecambe and Wise |
| Jan Morris |
Journalist |
1926 |
|
Transsexual travel writer |
| Ben R. Mottelson |
Physicist |
9-Jul-1926 |
|
Determined shapes of nuclei |
| John M. Murphy |
Politician |
3-Aug-1926 |
|
Congressman snagged in ABSCAM |
| Bernard Nathanson |
Activist |
31-Jul-1926 |
|
Pro-life activist, former abortionist |
| Patricia Neal |
Actor |
20-Jan-1926 |
|
The Day the Earth Stood Still |
| Don Newcombe |
Baseball |
14-Jun-1926 |
|
First African-American pitcher in MLB |
| Michael H. Newlin |
Diplomat |
16-May-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Algeria, 1981-85 |
| Leslie Nielsen |
Actor |
11-Feb-1926 |
|
Airplane! |
| Frank O'Hara |
Poet |
27-Jun-1926 |
25-Jul-1966 |
Meditations in an Emergency |
| Milo O'Shea |
Actor |
2-Jun-1926 |
|
Ulysses |
| Frank V. Ortiz |
Diplomat |
14-Mar-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Argentina, 1983-86 |
| J. I. Packer |
Religion |
22-Jul-1926 |
|
Biblical scholar |
| Ian Paisley |
Politician |
6-Apr-1926 |
|
Democratic Unionist Party |
| Betsy Palmer |
Actor |
1-Nov-1926 |
|
Friday the 13th |
| Irene Papas |
Actor |
3-Sep-1926 |
|
The Trojan Women |
| Joe Paterno |
Football |
21-Dec-1926 |
|
Coach at Penn State |
| Merton J. Peck |
Economist |
c. 1926 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1968-69 |
| Jean Peters |
Actor |
15-Oct-1926 |
13-Oct-2000 |
Captain from Castile |
| Peter G. Peterson |
Business |
5-Jun-1926 |
|
Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Warren H. Phillips |
Publisher |
1926 |
|
Chairman of Dow Jones, 1975-91 |
| Ray Price |
Country Musician |
12-Jan-1926 |
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The Cherokee Cowboy |
| Hilary Putnam |
Philosopher |
31-Jul-1926 |
|
Philosophy of Mind |
| Charlotte Rae |
Actor |
22-Apr-1926 |
|
Mrs. Garrett on The Facts of Life |
| Aldo Ray |
Actor |
25-Sep-1926 |
27-Mar-1991 |
The Green Berets |
| Steve Reeves |
Actor |
21-Jan-1926 |
1-May-2000 |
Hercules |
| Don Rickles |
Comic |
8-May-1926 |
|
King of the Insult |
| Robin Roberts |
Baseball |
30-Sep-1926 |
|
Phillies pitcher, Hall of Famer |
| Arthur Rock |
Business |
19-Aug-1926 |
|
Coined term "Venture Capitalism" |
| Bob Rosburg |
Golf |
21-Oct-1926 |
|
Winner, 1959 PGA Championship |
| Irwin Rose |
Scientist |
16-Jul-1926 |
|
Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
| Frank Rosolino |
Jazz Musician |
20-Aug-1926 |
26-Nov-1978 |
Jazz trombonist, Turn Me Loose! |
| Leonard Rossiter |
Actor |
21-Oct-1926 |
5-Oct-1984 |
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin |
| Murray Rothbard |
Economist |
2-Mar-1926 |
7-Jan-1995 |
Anarcho-capitalist |
| J. Roy Rowland |
Politician |
3-Feb-1926 |
|
Congressman from Georgia, 1983-95 |
| Pete Rozelle |
Football |
1-Mar-1926 |
6-Dec-1996 |
Commissioner of the NFL, 1960-89 |
| Bing Russell |
Actor |
5-May-1926 |
8-Apr-2003 |
Dep. Clem Foster on Bonanza |
| Sai Baba |
Religion |
23-Nov-1926 |
|
Sex-crazed avatar |
| Abdus Salam |
Physicist |
29-Jan-1926 |
21-Nov-1996 |
Electroweak Theory |
| Soupy Sales |
Comic |
8-Jan-1926 |
|
Pie thrower |
| Allan R. Sandage |
Astronomer |
18-Jun-1926 |
|
Quasars and Hubble-Sandage variable stars |
| Andrew V. Schally |
Scientist |
30-Nov-1926 |
|
Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides) |
| Maria Schell |
Actor |
15-Jan-1926 |
26-Apr-2005 |
The Heart of the Matter |
| John Schlesinger |
Film Director |
16-Feb-1926 |
25-Jul-2003 |
Marathon Man |
| Robert Schuller |
Religion |
16-Sep-1926 |
|
World's most upbeat televangelist |
| Bernard L. Schwartz |
Business |
12-Dec-1926 |
|
CEO of Loral Corporation, 1972-2006 |
| Richard S. Schweiker |
Politician |
1-Jun-1926 |
|
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1969-81 |
| Gordon Scott |
Actor |
3-Aug-1926 |
30-Apr-2007 |
Played Tarzan, 1955-60 |
| Peter Sebastian |
Diplomat |
19-Jun-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1984-87 |
| Anthony Shaffer |
Screenwriter |
15-May-1926 |
6-Nov-2001 |
The Wicker Man, Sleuth |
| Peter Shaffer |
Playwright |
15-May-1926 |
|
Amadeus, Equus |
| Sara Shane |
Actor |
18-May-1926 |
|
The King and Four Queens |
| Bill Sharman |
Basketball |
25-May-1926 |
|
Boston Celtics shooter |
| Moira Shearer |
Dancer |
17-Jan-1926 |
31-Jan-2006 |
The Red Shoes |
| Harry W. Shlaudeman |
Diplomat |
17-May-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1990-92 |
| Martin Shubik |
Economist |
24-Mar-1926 |
|
Economist |
| John Silber |
Educator |
15-Aug-1926 |
|
President of Boston University, 1971-96 |
| Jeremy Slate |
Actor |
17-Feb-1926 |
19-Nov-2006 |
The Mini-Skirt Mob |
| Duke Snider |
Baseball |
19-Sep-1926 |
|
Dodgers Hall of Famer |
| W. D. Snodgrass |
Poet |
5-Jan-1926 |
|
Heart's Needle |
| Gerald A. Soffen |
Astronomer |
7-Feb-1926 |
22-Nov-2000 |
Viking I mission to mars |
| John Spellman |
Politician |
29-Dec-1926 |
|
Governor of Washington, 1981-85 |
| Harry Dean Stanton |
Actor |
14-Jul-1926 |
|
Bathrobe-clad actor from Repo Man |
| Fritz Stern |
Historian |
2-Feb-1926 |
|
German historian |
| James Stirling |
Architect |
22-Apr-1926 |
25-Jun-1992 |
Pritzker-winning architect |
| Alan Sues |
Actor |
7-Mar-1926 |
|
Laugh-In |
| Punch Sulzberger |
Publisher |
5-Feb-1926 |
|
New York Times Publisher, 1963-91 |
| Joan Sutherland |
Singer |
7-Nov-1926 |
|
Operatic soprano |
| Ingrid Thulin |
Actor |
27-Jan-1926 |
7-Jan-2004 |
Swedish actress starred in 9 Ingmar Bergman films |
| Grant Tinker |
Business |
11-Jan-1926 |
|
Chairman of NBC, 1981-86 |
| Bob Tisch |
Business |
29-Apr-1926 |
15-Nov-2005 |
CEO of Loews, Owner NY Giants |
| Y. A. Tittle |
Football |
24-Oct-1926 |
|
Quarterback, NFL hall of famer |
| Terence A. Todman |
Diplomat |
13-Mar-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Argentina, 1989-93 |
| Tom Tryon |
Novelist |
14-Jan-1926 |
4-Sep-1991 |
The Other |
| David Tudor |
Pianist |
20-Jan-1926 |
13-Aug-1996 |
Avant-garde concert pianist |
| Piero Umiliani |
Composer |
1926 |
14-Feb-2001 |
Mah Na Mah Na |
| Viron P. Vaky |
Diplomat |
13-Sep-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Venezuela, 1976 |
| Tim Valentine |
Politician |
15-Mar-1926 |
|
Congressman from North Carolina, 1983-95 |
| Charles Van Doren |
TV Personality |
12-Feb-1926 |
|
Won the rigged game show Twenty-One |
| Elena Verdugo |
Actor |
20-Apr-1926 |
|
Marcus Welby, M.D. |
| Abdoulaye Wade |
Head of State |
29-May-1926 |
|
President of Senegal |
| Andrzej Wajda |
Film Director |
6-Mar-1926 |
|
The Promised Land |
| Lurleen Burns Wallace |
First Lady |
19-Sep-1926 |
7-May-1968 |
Wife and surrogate governor of George Wallace |
| William Lowe Waller |
Politician |
21-Oct-1926 |
|
Governor of Mississippi, 1972-76 |
| Hays T. Watkins, Jr. |
Business |
26-Jan-1926 |
|
CEO of CSX, 1980-89 |
| Fritz Weaver |
Actor |
19-Jan-1926 |
|
Fail Safe |
| John Webb |
Judge |
18-Sep-1926 |
18-Sep-2008 |
NC State Supreme Court Justice, 1986-98 |
| Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. |
Business |
13-Sep-1926 |
|
CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1987-92 |
| Robert E. White |
Diplomat |
21-Sep-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to El Salvador, 1980-81 |
| Stuart Whitman |
Actor |
1-Feb-1926 |
|
Cimarron Strip |
| Kenneth Williams |
Actor |
22-Feb-1926 |
15-Apr-1988 |
Carry on... |
| Jane Withers |
Actor |
12-Apr-1926 |
|
Once-superstar child actor |
| Harris Wofford |
Politician |
9-Apr-1926 |
|
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1991-95 |
| George C. Wortley |
Politician |
8-Dec-1926 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1981-89 |
| Patrice Wymore |
Actor |
17-Dec-1926 |
|
Ocean's Eleven |
| Richard Yates |
Novelist |
3-Feb-1926 |
7-Nov-1992 |
Revolutionary Road |
| Jiang Zemin |
Head of State |
17-Aug-1926 |
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President of China, 1993-2003 |
