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August 26, 1980 Macaulay Culkin, New York City, actor, Home Alone, My Girl, Richie Rich
August 26, 1979 Jamal Lewis, American Athlete
August 26, 1977 Liam Botham, cricketer, son of Ian Hampshire all-rounder 1996
August 26, 1976 Carey Tally, born in Memphis, Tennessee, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold
August 26, 1975 Shea Seals, NBA guard, Los Angeles Lakers
August 26, 1974 Freddie Scott, NFL wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons
August 26, 1974 Kelvin Cato, NBA center, Portland Trailblazers
August 26, 1973 Barret Robbins, NFL center for the Oakland Raiders
August 26, 1972 Sherell Ford, NBA forward, Seattle Supersonics
August 26, 1971 Jocelyn Borgella, NFL cornerback, Detroit Lions
August 26, 1971 Sharon Tina Jenkins, Auckland NZ, badminton player 1996 Olympics
August 26, 1970 Brett Schultz, cricket pace bowler, South African Test
August 26, 1970 Jacco Eltingh, Heerde Neth, tennis star, 1993 ATP World Doubles
August 26, 1969 Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, Allentown Penn, wife of John Cougar
August 26, 1969 Mike Gisler, NFL guard/center for the New England Patriots
August 26, 1969 Nicole Arendt, Somerville, New Jersey, tennis star, 1996 Aust doubles finalist
August 26, 1969 Ricky Bottalico, New Britain CT, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
August 26, 1968 Courtney Hall, NFL center for the San Diego Chargers
August 26, 1968 Gavin Stratfold, Darwin NT, Australasia golfer
August 26, 1967 Myron Guyton, NFL full safety for the New England Patriots
August 26, 1967 Jeff Tweedy, American Musician
August 26, 1966 Shirley Manson, Scottish Musician
August 26, 1965 Chris Burke, actor with down syndrome, Corky-Life Goes On
August 26, 1965 Jon Hensley, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, actor, Holden Snyder-As the World Turns
August 26, 1964 Bobby Jurasin, CFL defensive end for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
August 26, 1964 Chad Kreuter, Marin County California, catcher, Chicago White Sox
August 26, 1964 Dave Boyes, St. Catharines Ontario, rower 1996 Olympics
August 26, 1964 Karla Karch-Gailus, Vancouver BC, basketball guard 1996 Olympics
August 26, 1964 Tom Walsh, American Celebrity
August 26, 1963 David Byas, cricketer, left-handed Yorkshire batsman
August 26, 1962 Roger Kingdom, U.S. 60m hurdler, world record
August 26, 1961 Jeff Parrett, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
August 26, 1961 Jimmy Olander, Palos Verdes Cal, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in Middle
August 26, 1960 Branford Marsalis, jazz saxophonist, Bring on the Night, Tonight Show
August 26, 1960 Nancy Martinez, rocker
August 26, 1960 Ola Ray, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, Jun, 1980, /actress, Thriller
August 26, 1959 Jim Rutledge, Victoria, Canadian Tour golfer, 1995 Indian Open
August 26, 1959 Joanne Gail Abbott, executive, MTV
August 26, 1959 Kathryn P Hire, Mobile Alabama, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, sk: STS 90
August 26, 1957 Alex Trevino, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
August 26, 1954 Michael Chetwood, rocker
August 26, 1954 Sarah Lundy, horse trainer
August 26, 1954 Steve Wright, Britain's wacky DJ/actor, Funny Man
August 26, 1954 Wally Murphy, rocker
August 26, 1954 Pauline Hanson, Australian Politician
August 26, 1952 Billy Rush, rocker
August 26, 1952 John Kinsella, USA, swimmer, Olympics gold 1972
August 26, 1952 Michael Jeter, born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, actor, Fisher King
August 26, 1952 Willie Rush, rocker, Asbury Jukes
August 26, 1951 Robert G Torricelli, Rep-D-New Jersey, 1983-
August 26, 1951 Edward Witten, American Mathematician
August 26, 1950 Richard Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rocker, Cowsills-Hair, We Can Fly
August 26, 1949 John Baldwin, Detroit, light middleweight boxer 1968 Olympics bronze
August 26, 1949 Leon Redbone, American Musician
August 26, 1948 Jet Black, rocker, Stranglers-Dreamtime
August 26, 1948 Valerie Simpson, Bronx, singer, Ashford's partner, Like a Rock
August 26, 1947 Candy Moore, Maplewood, New Jersey, actress, Lunch Wagon, Tomboy and Champ
August 26, 1946 Alison Steadman, Liverpool England, actress, Life is Sweet
August 26, 1946 Tom Ridge, American Politician
August 26, 1945 Melvin Watt, Rep-D-North Carolina
August 26, 1945 Thomas J Ridge, Rep-R-Pennsylvania, 1983-
August 26, 1945 Mel Watt, American Politician
August 26, 1944 Cornelia J "Corry" Arends, Dutch actress, Fool's Hat
August 26, 1944 Richard A W G, English prince/duke of Gloucester
August 26, 1943 Ulf Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen, 1968 Olympics gold
August 26, 1942 John E Blaha, San Antonio, USAF/astronaut, STS 29, 33, 43, 58, 79/81
August 26, 1942 Vic Dana, Buffalo, singer/dancer, Talent Scouts
August 26, 1941 Barbet Schroeder, director, Barfly, Single White Female, More
August 26, 1941 Chris Curtis, [Chris Crummy], rock drummer/vocalist, Deep Purple
August 26, 1941 Barbara Ehrenreich, American Writer
August 26, 1940 Fred Milano, rocker
August 26, 1938 Francine York, Aurora, Minnesota, actress, Slattery's People
August 26, 1938 Maurice Williams, rocker
August 26, 1937 Tom Heinsohn, NBA star/coach, Boston Celtic
August 26, 1936 Yvette Vickers, KC, playmate, Jul 1959, /actress, Attack of 50' Woman
August 26, 1935 Cornelis B Vaandrager, [Cor Vaan], Dut poet, Long Live Joop Massaker
August 26, 1935 Geraldine Ferraro, Rep-D-NY, 1st female Democratic VP candidate, 1984
August 26, 1934 Arthur Gordon Clough, journalist
August 26, 1932 Joe H Engle, Abilene, Kansas, Brig Gen USAF/astro, STS T-2, T-4, 2, 51I
August 26, 1931 Dane Skerl, composer
August 26, 1931 Gordon Greig, journalist
August 26, 1931 Guy Vander Jagt, Rep-R-MI, 1966-
August 26, 1930 Joe Solomon, cricketer, WI batsman of 50's Cap fell on wkt vs. Aust
August 26, 1927 Francois Leydet, sierra club, Last Redwoods
August 26, 1927 Sam Massell, Mayor-Atlanta
August 26, 1922 Lazar Nikolov, composer
August 26, 1921 Ben Bradlee, Boston, editor/journalist/executive, Washington Post
August 26, 1921 David Begelman, film producer
August 26, 1921 William Preston, Columbia Penn, actor, Fisher King, Waterworld
August 26, 1919 Ronny Graham, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor, Bob Crane Show, Chico and the Man
August 26, 1918 Louis W. "Louis" Stotijn, bassoonist/conductor, Residence Orchestra
August 26, 1917 Jan Clayton, Tularosa, New Mexico, actress, Ellen Miller-Lassie
August 26, 1917 William French Smith, Attorney General, 1981-85
August 26, 1916 Allan Leslie Merson, historian
August 26, 1915 Gre [Gerarda D] Brouwenstijn, Dutch singer
August 26, 1915 Humphrey Searle, England, writer, 20th Century counterpoint
August 26, 1915 Jim Davis, born in Edgerton, Missouri, actor, Jack Ewing-Dallas
August 26, 1915 William Bardwell, composer
August 26, 1914 Julio Cortazar, Argentina, writer, We Love Glenda So Much
August 26, 1913 Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier
August 26, 1913 Robertson William Davies, novellist essayist/dramatist
August 26, 1913 Tschakowski, writer
August 26, 1911 Lester Lanin, orchestra leader, 40 Beatle Hits
August 26, 1909 Eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler, 5 Tests for South Africa 1935-39
August 26, 1909 Frank Gasparro, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, U.S. chief engraver, 1965-81
August 26, 1908 Bill Hunt, cricketer, NSW slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1933
August 26, 1906 Albert B Sabin, Russia, U.S. microbiologist, oral polio vaccine
August 26, 1904 Christopher W. Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer, Goodbye to Berlin
August 26, 1904 Christopher Isherwood, American Author
August 26, 1903 Jimmy Rushing, U.S. blues singer
August 26, 1901 Gen Maxwell D Taylor, former U.S. Army chief of staff
August 26, 1901 Jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier, KVP, 1959-63
August 26, 1901 Tullio Campagnolo, Italy, bicycle manufacturer, Fiat
August 26, 1901 Maxwell D. Taylor, Soldier
August 26, 1899 Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter
August 26, 1898 Peggy Guggenheim, art patron and collector
August 26, 1896 Richard Hammond, composer
August 26, 1895 Earl Long, American Politician
August 26, 1891 Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author
August 26, 1891 Ferdinand Bruckner, [Theodor Tagger], Austrian playwright, Races
August 26, 1890 Tommy Andrews, cricketer, NSW and Aussie player of the 1920's
August 26, 1887 Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer
August 26, 1885 Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet, Men of Good Will
August 26, 1884 Earl Biggers, author, "Charlie Chan" detective series
August 26, 1882 James Franck, German naturalist, Nobel 1925
August 26, 1882 Johannes Lindeboom, vicar/church historian, Netherlands Archives
August 26, 1880 Guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic, Alcoola
August 26, 1875 John Buchan, Scotland, Governor-General of Canada/writer, Battle of Somme
August 26, 1873 Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor, Audion vacuum, radio, tube
August 26, 1870 Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author, Pojedinok
August 26, 1850 Charles Richet, French physiologist, anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913
August 26, 1843 George August Lumbye, composer
August 26, 1842 Heinrich I Quincke, German internist, Lumbaalpunctie
August 26, 1838 John Wilkes Booth, actor/assassin, President Lincoln
August 26, 1835 Theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General Confederate Army
August 26, 1833 Charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General Union volunteers
August 26, 1828 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer
August 26, 1825 Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian
August 26, 1823 Wilhelm Troszel, composer
August 26, 1820 James Harlan, Rep-Iowa, /U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1865-66
August 26, 1819 Albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria
August 26, 1813 Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter, Battle of Guilder Tracks
August 26, 1811 Danville Leadbetter, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1866
August 26, 1788 Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist
August 26, 1749 Johann Ernst Rembt, composer
August 26, 1745 Francois Guichard, composer
August 26, 1743 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry, Oxygen
August 26, 1743 Antoine Lavoisier, French Scientist
August 26, 1740 Joseph Montgolfier, France, aeronaut, ballooning
August 26, 1728 Johann Lambert, Switzerland, mathematician, proved ã is irrational
August 26, 1726 Karl Kohaut, composer
August 26, 1687 Willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist and composer, Joseph
August 26, 1676 Robert Walpole, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1721-42
August 26, 1627 Thomas Bullis, composer
August 26, 1596 Frederik V, king of Bohemia, White Mountain



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