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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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, 2004-09
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 15-Jul-2010 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
Mark Andrews
Politician
19-May-1926   US Senator from North Dakota, 1981-87
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
Letitia Baldrige
Author
9-Feb-1926   Etiquette columnist
Kaye Ballard
Actor
20-Nov-1926   The Mothers-in-Law
Cass Ballenger
Politician
6-Dec-1926   Congressman from North Carolina, 1986-2005
Hugo Banzer
Head of State
10-May-1926 5-May-2002 Dictator, then President, of Bolivia
Paul Baran
Engineer
29-Apr-1926 26-Mar-2011 Packet-sharing in computer communications
Harry Barnes
Diplomat
5-Jun-1926 9-Aug-2012 US Ambassador to Chile, 1985-88
Roscoe Bartlett
Politician
3-Jun-1926   Congressman, Maryland 6th
William J. Bauer
Judge
15-Sep-1926   7th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1975-93
Julius W. Becton, Jr.
Government
29-Jun-1926   FEMA Director, 1985-89
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
Salvador Jorge Blanco
Head of State
5-Jul-1926 26-Dec-2010 President of Dominican Republic, 1982-86
Richard Bloch
Business
15-Feb-1926 21-Jul-2004 H&R Block, cancer activist
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 28-Nov-2011 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 13-Mar-2009 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
Lyndon Brook
Actor
10-Apr-1926 9-Jan-2004 Reach for the Sky
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
Robert Brown
Actor
17-Nov-1926   Jason Bolt on Here Come the Brides
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 13-Sep-2009 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
Michel Butor
Author
14-Sep-1926   L'emploi du temps
Carleton Carpenter
Actor
10-Jul-1926   Two Weeks: With Love
Frank Carson
Comic
11-Jun-1926 22-Feb-2012 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
Stanley Cavell
Philosopher
1-Sep-1926   Professor of Aesthetics, Harvard
Oona Chaplin
Relative
13-May-1926 27-Sep-1991 Wife of Charlie Chaplin
Harold G. Christensen
Attorney
25-Jun-1926   Deputy US Attorney General, 1988-89
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
Dorothy Collins
Singer
18-Nov-1926 21-Jul-1994 Your Hit Parade
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
Pat Coombs
Actor
27-Aug-1926 25-May-2002 British character actress
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
Jack Creley
Actor
6-Mar-1926 10-Mar-2004 Dr. Strangelove, Videodrome
Ann Curtis
Swimmer
6-Mar-1926 26-Jun-2012 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
26-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
26-Oct-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 15-Jan-2012 US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 1989-92
Richard DeVos
Business
4-Mar-1926   Co-Founder of Amway
John Diebold
Author
8-Jun-1926 26-Dec-2005 Advocate of automation
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 7-Sep-2010 What's New, Pussycat
Paul W. Douglas
Business
12-Sep-1926   CEO of Freeport Minerals, 1975-81
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 27-Jan-2011 US Ambassador to Syria, 1984-88
Michael J. Egan
Politician
8-Aug-1926   Georgia State Senator
Queen Elizabeth II
Royalty
21-Apr-1926   Queen of England
Robert F. Ellsworth
Politician
11-Jun-1926 9-May-2011 Congressman from Kansas, 1961-67
Theodore H. Emmerich
Business
c. 1926   Ernst & Whinney Cincinnati
John Ericson
Actor
23-Sep-1926   The Return of Jack Slade
Patricia Lynch Ewell
Diplomat
20-Apr-1926 4-Dec-2011 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
2-Oct-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
Frank Finlay
Actor
6-Aug-1926   Othello
Hamilton Fish IV
Politician
3-Jun-1926 23-Jul-1996 Congressman from New York, 1969-95
Garret FitzGerald
Head of State
9-Feb-1926 19-May-2011 Twice Prime Minister of Ireland
Med Flory
Musician
27-Aug-1926   Supersax
Dario Fo
Playwright
26-Mar-1926   Italian playwright and Nobel laureate
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
Harry Fowler
Actor
10-Dec-1926 4-Jan-2012 Cpl. Hoskins on The Army Game
John Fowles
Novelist
31-Mar-1926 5-Nov-2005 The French Lieutenant's Woman
Joe Franklin
Talk Show Host
9-Mar-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 5-Dec-2008 Dotty West on Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Daryl Gates
Government
30-Aug-1926 16-Apr-2010 Chief of LAPD 1978-92
Nancy Gates
Actor
1-Feb-1926   Suddenly
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
Willoughby Goddard
Actor
4-Jul-1926 11-Apr-2008 Gessler on William Tell
Ray A. Goldberg
Educator
19-Oct-1926   Agribusiness professor, Harvard
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
26-Apr-1926   First Manhattan Company
Peter Graves
Actor
18-Mar-1926 14-Mar-2010 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 3-Jul-2012 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
30-Mar-1926 8-Sep-2010 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
John Hale
Novelist
5-Feb-1926   The Whistle Blower
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
Publisher
9-Apr-1926   Founder, Playboy magazine
Carolyn Heilbrun
Novelist
13-Jan-1926 9-Oct-2003 Amanda Cross, mystery novelist
Morton Heilig
Inventor
22-Dec-1926 14-May-1997 Early virtual reality pioneer
Hans Werner Henze
Composer
1-Jul-1926   Boulevard Solitude
Marcus R. Hickerson
Business
c. 1926   Waxahachie Community Development Corporation
Craig Hill
Actor
5-Mar-1926   P. T. Moore on Whirlybirds
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
Walter D. Huddleston
Politician
15-Apr-1926   US Senator from Kentucky, 1973-85
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
Earle Hyman
Actor
11-Oct-1926   Russell Huxtable on The Cosby Show
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 19-Feb-2010 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
Elmer Kelton
Novelist
29-Apr-1926 22-Aug-2009 Prolific Western novelist
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 27-Sep-2011 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
Physicist
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
Tim LaHaye
Religion
27-Apr-1926   Left Behind series
Otto Lambsdorff
Politician
20-Dec-1926 5-Dec-2009 German Economic Minister, 1977-84
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   Violations of parity law
Carolyn Leigh
Songwriter
21-Aug-1926 19-Nov-1983 Young at Heart
Siegfried Lenz
Author
17-Mar-1926   Deutschstunde
David Levine
Cartoonist
20-Dec-1926 29-Dec-2009 Caricaturist, New York Review of Books
Jerry Lewis
Comic
16-Mar-1926   Muscular Dystrophy Association
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
Joan Lorring
Actor
17-Apr-1926   The Corn Is Green
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
Judith Malina
Actor
4-Jun-1926   Co-Founder, The Living Theatre
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 21-Nov-2011 Pern series
James McCracken
Singer
16-Dec-1926 30-Apr-1988 Operatic tenor, Otello
Biff McGuire
Actor
25-Oct-1926   Serpico
Dick McGuire
Basketball
26-Jan-1926 3-Feb-2010 NBA Hall-of-Famer, New York Knicks
James W. McLamore
Business
30-May-1926 7-Aug-1996 Co-Founder of Burger King
Allyn Ann McLerie
Actor
1-Dec-1926   They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Charles S. McNeer
Business
8-Apr-1926   CEO of Wisconsin Energy, 1982-91
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
Ira M. Millstein
Attorney
8-Nov-1926   Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Ilhan Mimaroglu
Electronic Musician
11-Mar-1926   Sing Me A Song of Songmy
Newton N. Minow
Government
17-Jan-1926   FCC Chairman, 1961-63
Warren Mitchell
Actor
14-Jan-1926   Alf Garnett on Till Death Us Do Part
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
2-Oct-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 8-Aug-2010 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 28-Nov-2010 Airplane!
John T. Noonan, Jr.
Judge
24-Oct-1926   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-96
Frank O'Hara
Poet
27-Jun-1926 25-Jul-1966 Meditations in an Emergency
Milo O'Shea
Actor
2-Jun-1926   Ulysses
Rodrigo Carazo Odio
Head of State
27-Dec-1926 9-Dec-2009 President of Costa Rica, 1978-82
Frank V. Ortiz
Diplomat
14-Mar-1926 27-Feb-2005 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 22-Jan-2012 Penn State Head Coach, 1966-2011
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
28-Jun-1926   Chairman of Dow Jones, 1975-91
Josephine Premice
Actor
21-Jul-1926 13-Apr-2001 Calypso singer, Broadway actress
Ray Price
Country Musician
12-Jan-1926   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 6-May-2010 Phillies pitcher, Hall of Famer
Arthur Rock
Business
19-Aug-1926   Coined term "Venture Capitalism"
Bob Rosburg
Golf
21-Oct-1926 14-May-2009 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 24-Apr-2011 Sex-crazed avatar
Abdus Salam
Physicist
29-Jan-1926 21-Nov-1996 Electroweak Theory
Soupy Sales
Comic
8-Jan-1926 22-Oct-2009 Inveterate pie thrower
Junior Samples
TV Personality
10-Apr-1926 13-Nov-1983 Hee Haw
Allan R. Sandage
Astronomer
18-Jun-1926 13-Nov-2010 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
Gene W. Schneider
Business
8-Sep-1926   United Cable Television Corp.
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
Willard W. Scott, Jr.
Military
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