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April 26 Birthdays in History - April 26 Deaths - April 26 Events
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April 26, 1984 Ryan O'Donohue, born in Pomona, California, actress, Byrds of Paradise, Boys are Back April 26, 1983 Jessica Lynch, American Soldier April 26, 1980 Jordana Brewster, born in Panama, actress, Nikki Graves-As the World Turns April 26, 1980 Marne Patterson, born in Sherman Oaks, California, actress, Nicole-Something So Right April 26, 1979 Sean Fox, actor, 3 Ninjas Kick Back, Calendar Girl April 26, 1977 Tom Welling, American Actor April 26, 1976 Sarah Tueting, ice hockey goalie, USA, 1998 Olympics April 26, 1975 Jabbar Threats, defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars April 26, 1975 Trudi Ferguson, Miss Universe-Jamaica 1996 April 26, 1973 Damien Munoz, Miss USA-Colorado 1997 April 26, 1973 Mark Davis, NBA guard and forward, Philadelphia 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves April 26, 1973 Tracy Kathleen Hayes, born in Wheaton, Illinois, Miss America, Illinois-5th-1996 April 26, 1972 Francisco Cordova, born in Veracruz, Mexico, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates April 26, 1972 Marco Rivera, NFL/WLAF guard, Scot Claymores, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31 April 26, 1972 Natrone Means, NFL running back, San Diego Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars April 26, 1971 Ryan Yarborough, NFL wide receiver, Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets April 26, 1971 Marc Andreessen, American Businessman April 26, 1970 Debra Wilson, American Comedian April 26, 1968 Ahmed Elmaghraby, born in Suez, Egypt, U.S. field hockey forward 1996 Olympics April 26, 1968 Curtis Jones, American Musician April 26, 1967 Klaus Merk, born in Augsburg GER, hockey goaltender, Team Germany 1998 April 26, 1967 Matt Peterson, born in Chicago, Illinois, Nike golfer, 1992 Hawkeye Open-7th April 26, 1966 Andrea Temesvari, born in Budapest, Hungary, tennis star, 1985 U.S. Clay Courts April 26, 1965 Kevin James, American Comedian April 26, 1964 Tod Bass, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In April 26, 1963 Bill Wennington, NBA center, Chicago Bulls April 26, 1963 Michael Damian, actor/singer, Joseph and Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat April 26, 1963 Thomas Searle, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998 April 26, 1963 Jet Li, Chinese Actor April 26, 1962 Graham "Skin" Skinner, rocker, Hipsway April 26, 1962 Michael Damian, born in San Diego, singer, Rock on, /actor, Young and Restless April 26, 1961 Albert Lawrence, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer 1984 Olympics silver April 26, 1961 Joan Chen, born in Shanghai, China, actress, Heaven and Earth April 26, 1961 Nancy Scranton, born in Centralia, Illinois, golfer, 1991 du Maurier Ltd Classic April 26, 1960 Roger Taylor, rock drummer, Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf April 26, 1959 Ann O'Neill, Toowoomba QLD, golfer, 1989 Downs District Champ April 26, 1958 Giancarlo Esposito, actor, Bob Roberts, School Daze, King of New York April 26, 1958 Johnny "Earl of" Dumfries, racing driver April 26, 1956 Koo Stark, [Kathleen Dee-Anne], photographer/actress, Emily April 26, 1952 Popo Simon Molefe, Secretary-General, South Africa UDF April 26, 1951 Lynne Jones, MP April 26, 1950 Howard "Leon" Reeder, rock guitarist, Champaign April 26, 1950 Peter Schaufuss, director of ballet, Deutsche Opera Berlin April 26, 1949 Jimmy Hall, rocker, Wet Willie April 26, 1948 Boyd Matson, TV host/correspondent, National Geographic Explorer April 26, 1948 Gerry Sikorski, Rep-D-MN, 1983- April 26, 1948 Stevie Nicks, California, rocker/druggie, Fleetwood Mac-Rumours April 26, 1947 Donna Elizabeth De Varona, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, swimmer, Olympic-2 gold-64 April 26, 1947 Gervase Frank Ashworth Jackson-Stops, architectural adviser April 26, 1945 Giorgio Moroder, producer, singer and songwriter, 150 gold discs April 26, 1945 V K Ramaswamy, cricketer, Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup April 26, 1945 Richard Armitage, American Politician April 26, 1944 David O'B Martin, Rep-R-NY, 1981- April 26, 1944 Martha Rockwell, born in Providence, Rhode Island, skier, Mount Washington April 26, 1943 Claudine Auger, Miss France, 1958, /actress, Thunderball April 26, 1943 Gary Wright, singer, dream weaver, Spooky Tooth-It's All About April 26, 1942 Bobby Rydell, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, rock singer, Wild One, Bye Bye Birdie April 26, 1942 Claudine Auger, Paris, France, Miss France, 1958, /actress, Thunderball April 26, 1942 Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russia, cosmonaut April 26, 1941 John Battle, MP April 26, 1940 Giorgio Moroder, composer, Let it Ride, Cat People, Top Gun April 26, 1939 Roger Buckley, British High Court Judge April 26, 1938 Duane Eddy, born in Phoenix, Arizona, country singer, Peter Gunn, Cannonball April 26, 1938 Maurice Williams, rocker April 26, 1938 Willie Wood, bowler April 26, 1937 Robert Boozer, born in Omaha, Nebraska, basketball player 1960 Olympics gold April 26, 1936 Edward Cazalet, British High Court Judge April 26, 1934 J Micheal McCloskey, environmentalist/chairman, Sierra Club April 26, 1933 Carol Burnett, born in San Antonio, Texas, comedian/actress, Annie, 4 Seasons April 26, 1930 Derek Waring, actor, Barnacle Bill, Arthur-Heart of the Country April 26, 1930 Justin Gosling, principal, St. Edmund Hall Oxford April 26, 1930 Roger Moens, born in Belgium, 800m runner 1960 Olympics silver April 26, 1928 Gordon Downey, British Comptroller General/Reader Rep, Independent April 26, 1928 Hertha Kraftner, writer April 26, 1927 Anne McLaren, biologist/zoologist/actress, Things to Come April 26, 1927 Jack Douglas, comedian, My Brother Was an Only Child, Jack Paar Show April 26, 1926 Anton PO Ekstrom, Swedish writer, Summer Dances April 26, 1926 David Coleman, sports commentator April 26, 1926 Michael Joughin, CEO, Scottish Hydro-Electric April 26, 1926 Oldrich Frantisek Korte, composer April 26, 1926 Preston "Bob" Tisch, NFL co-owner for the New York Giants April 26, 1924 Russell Nype, born in Zion, Illinois, singer and actor, Burton Farley-Dorothy April 26, 1923 Oliver Millar, Surveyor, Queen's Pictures April 26, 1922 James Holt, medieval historian April 26, 1922 Jeanne Sauve, 1st female Governor-General, Canada, 1984-90 April 26, 1922 Margaret Scott, founder, Australian Ballet School April 26, 1922 Mike Kellin, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Honestly Celeste, Fitz and Bones April 26, 1922 Paul-Andre Gaillard, composer April 26, 1922 Pol Bury, Belgian sculptor April 26, 1921 Harry Knutton, Maj-Gen/dir-general, London City and Guilds Institute April 26, 1921 Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician April 26, 1921 Margaret Gowing, professor, history, science April 26, 1920 Juan .C Lampe, Aruba, pianist/composer April 26, 1918 Fanny Blankers-Koen, Holland, 100m/200m dash, hurdler, Olym-gold-1948 April 26, 1918 Jack Morpurgo, American Literature scholar, Leeds University April 26, 1918 Stafford Repp, born in California, actor, Chief O'Hara-Batman, Plunder Road April 26, 1917 I. M. Pei, born in Canton, China, architect, 1961 Brunner Prize April 26, 1917 Sal "The Barber" Maglie, pitcher, New York Giants, 8th best won-lost pct April 26, 1916 Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer April 26, 1916 Morris L. West, born in Australia, novelist, Shoes of the Fisherman April 26, 1916 Morris West, Australian Writer April 26, 1916 Dorothy Salisbury Davis, American Writer April 26, 1914 Bernard Malamud, U.S., novelist, Fixer, Natural, Pulitizer 1967 April 26, 1914 Charlie Chester, British comedian, Never Say Die April 26, 1914 Horace Leonard Gold, Sci-Fi writer/editor April 26, 1914 James William Rouse, U.S. builder, shopping malls/Columbia, Maryland April 26, 1914 Wilfred Howard Mellers, composer April 26, 1914 James Rouse, American Businessman April 26, 1912 A[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author, Wizard of Linn April 26, 1911 Marianne Hoppe, Rostock Germany, Bei Thea, Liebrauen April 26, 1910 Erland von Koch, composer April 26, 1910 Ernst Tittel, composer April 26, 1910 Johan Doorn, Dutch journalist/resistance fighter, Orange Newspaper April 26, 1910 Tomoyuki Tanaka, director, Godzilla April 26, 1909 Richard Howorth, cricketer, English all-rounder, three county doubles April 26, 1907 Theun de Vries, writer, February; PC Hooft prize 1981 April 26, 1906 Gracie Allen, Mrs. George Burns, comedienne, George Burns Show April 26, 1906 Leopold Spinner, composer April 26, 1905 Charles K. Feldman, [Gould], New York City, producer, Casino Royale April 26, 1905 Denis O'Dea, born in Dublin, actor, Esther and the King, Treasure Island April 26, 1905 Jean Vigo, born in France, actor and director, Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante April 26, 1904 Paul E "Cardinal" Leger, archbishop, Montreal April 26, 1904 William "Count" Basie, jazz pianist, Policy Man, Blazing Saddles April 26, 1903 Geoffrey Worthington, Air vice-marshall April 26, 1903 Niven Busch, U.S. screenwriter, Postman Always Rings Twice April 26, 1900 Charles Richter, born in Ohio, Earthquakes seismologist, Richter scale April 26, 1900 Douglas Sirk, director, Zu Neuen Ufern, Boefje April 26, 1900 James Sutherland, English literature scholar/actor, Rob Roy 1953 April 26, 1900 Charles Francis Richter, American Scientist April 26, 1899 Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Texas, actor, Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail April 26, 1898 Edward PF Eagan, Denver, boxer, Oly-gold-20, /bobsledder, Oly-gold-32 April 26, 1898 John Grierson, documentary film maker April 26, 1898 Vicente Aleixandre, born in Spain, writer, Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel 1977 April 26, 1897 Olga Chekova, born in Russia, actress, Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children April 26, 1894 Rudolf Hess, Hitler's Deputy Fuhrer, only prisoner at Spandau April 26, 1893 Anita Loos, author, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes April 26, 1890 Edgar "E Livingstone" Kennedy, U.S. actor and director, My Old Dutch April 26, 1889 Ludwig Wittgenstein, born in Austria, philosopher, Tractatus April 26, 1888 Aleksandr Mikhailov, born in U.S.S.R., astronomer April 26, 1886 Ma Rainey, [Gertrude Pridgett], "Mother of the Blues", U.S. blues singer April 26, 1884 Harry Sothern, actor, Dr. Huer-Buck Rogers April 26, 1880 Mikhail Fokine, born in Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance April 26, 1879 Owen Williams Richardson, born in England, physicist, Nobel 1928 April 26, 1878 Ethel Griffies, actress, Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again April 26, 1874 J H "Biddy" Anderson, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. Australia 1902 April 26, 1873 Otto zur Linde, German author, Charon April 26, 1868 Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere/Newspaper publisher April 26, 1868 Robert Herrick, U.S. writer, Common lot April 26, 1863 Arno Holz, writer April 26, 1863 Charles Haslewood Shannon, lithographer/painter April 26, 1860 Alphonse M A J Ariens, Dutch pastor April 26, 1841 Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian April 26, 1839 Cyrus Hamblin, Bvt Major General Union volunteers, died in 1867 April 26, 1836 Erminnie Adelle Platt, U.S., ethnologist, Iriquois-English Dictionary April 26, 1834 Artemus Ward, Charles Farrar Browne, humorist April 26, 1834 Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer April 26, 1827 Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General Union volunteers April 26, 1822 Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer, designed Central Park April 26, 1822 Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist April 26, 1820 Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet, Cincinnati Sentinel April 26, 1812 Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant April 26, 1808 Martha Finley, children's book author April 26, 1806 Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer April 26, 1798 Ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher, Journal April 26, 1796 Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer April 26, 1787 Ludwig Uhland, writer April 26, 1785 John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist April 26, 1782 Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria April 26, 1776 Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer, designed civil code law book April 26, 1726 Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter April 26, 1718 Esek Hopkins, U.S., 1st commander-in-chief, U.S. Navy April 26, 1711 David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher, Treatise of Human Nature April 26, 1648 Pedro II, King of Portugal, 1683-1706 April 26, 1637 Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized April 26, 1603 Francesco Nigetti, composer April 26, 1573 Marie de'Medici, Queen of France April 26, 1567 Nicolas Forme, composer April 26, 1564 William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright, Hamlet April 26, 1538 Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet, Trattato April 26, 1319 Jean II, the Good, king of France, 1350-64 April 26, 121 Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus A Verus], Emperor of Rome, 161-180 |