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October 26 Birthdays in History - October 26 Deaths - October 26 Events
October 26, 1975 Katja Riipi, ice hockey left wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics
October 26, 1975 Tammy Cleland, Sanford, Florida, synchronized swimmer, 1996 Olympics gold
October 26, 1973 Brian Smith, Cedar Rapids Iowa, speed skater 1994 Olympics
October 26, 1973 Robert Petrovicky, Kosice CZE, NHL forward, Team Slovakia, Dallas
October 26, 1971 Cinnamon Woods, Anderson, Indiana, diver 1996 Olympics
October 26, 1971 Ronnie Irani, cricketer, Essex all-rounder, England 1996
October 26, 1970 Bert Emanuel, NFL wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons
October 26, 1970 Jessie Armstead, NFL linebacker for the New York Giants
October 26, 1970 Randall Evans, Franklin Virginia, 100m/200m runner
October 26, 1970 Tom Vano, Plainfield, New Jersey, field hockey goalkeeper 1996 Olympics
October 26, 1969 Mark Sweeney, Framington Massachusetts, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals
October 26, 1969 Mike Pritchard, NFL wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks
October 26, 1968 Chris Oldham, NFL cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
October 26, 1968 Nico John Hoogma, soccer player, FC Twente
October 26, 1967 Bobby Houston, NFL linebacker for the New York Jets
October 26, 1967 Shelly Stokes, Sacramento California, softball catcher, 1996 Olympics gold
October 26, 1966 Alex Pastoor, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam
October 26, 1966 David Miley, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Nike golfer, 1992 Cleveland Open
October 26, 1966 Olga Bicherova, gymnastics, won title at 15 years 33 days
October 26, 1965 Gil Heredia, Nogales, Arizona, pitcher for the Texas Rangers
October 26, 1965 Ken Rutherford, cricketer, NZ Test batsman and latterly capt
October 26, 1965 Kim Cooper, Australian softball 3rd baseman/shortstop, Olym-bronze-96
October 26, 1965 Mark McLoughlin, CFL kicker for the Calgary Stampeders
October 26, 1965 Wayne Martin, NFL defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints
October 26, 1964 Lawson Duncan, Asheville, North Carolina, tennis star
October 26, 1964 Vencie Glenn, NFL safety for the New York Giants
October 26, 1963 Kerri Lynne Rosenberg, Burlington, Iowa, Miss Iowa-America, 1991-top 10
October 26, 1963 Natalie Merchant, U.S. singer and songwriter, 10,000 Maniacs
October 26, 1963 Tony Casillas, NFL defensive tackle, New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys
October 26, 1962 Carey Elwes, born in London, England, actor, Glory, Princess Bride
October 26, 1962 Dylan McDermott, Waterbury CT, actor, Jersey Girl, Steel Magnolias
October 26, 1962 Roger Kingdom, Vienna, Georgia, 110m hurdler, Olympics gold 1984, 88
October 26, 1962 Cary Elwes, British Actor
October 26, 1961 Mark Bucek, Winter Pak, Florida, Nike golfer, 1994 Gary Player Tour
October 26, 1960 Brian Hansen, NFL punter for the New York Jets
October 26, 1955 Stephen K Robinson, Sacramento California, PhD/astronaut, STS 85, sk:95
October 26, 1954 D. W. Moffett, Highland Park, Illinois, actor, Fine Things, Lisa, Chicago Sons
October 26, 1953 Jennifer Roberson, U.S., sci-fi author, Shapechangers, Sword-Maker
October 26, 1953 Julian Keith Strickland, Athens, Georgia, drummer, B-52's-Rock Lobster
October 26, 1951 Bootsy Collins, Cin, rocker, Parliaments-We Got the Funk
October 26, 1951 Maggie Roche, rocker, Roches
October 26, 1951 William "Bootsy" Collins, U.S. bassist, Psychotic bump school
October 26, 1950 Chuck Foreman, NFL running back for the Minnesota Vikings
October 26, 1950 T E Srinivasan, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1981
October 26, 1949 Kevin Sullivan, wrestler, WCW/ECW/SMW/NWA/Georgia/CWFI
October 26, 1948 Marshall Colt, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Eric-Lottery
October 26, 1947 Jaclyn Smith, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Kelly-Charlie's Angel, Nightkill
October 26, 1947 Hillary Clinton, born in Chicago, lawyer/1st lady, 1993-2001
October 26, 1946 Ivan Reitman, director/producer, Private Parts, Ghostbusters, Dave
October 26, 1946 Keith Hopwood, rock guitarist, Herman's Hermits
October 26, 1946 Maureen Anderman, actress, Once Upon a Family, Rupture Fatale
October 26, 1946 Pat Sajak, Chicago, TV host, Wheel of Fortune, Pat Sajak Show
October 26, 1945 Pat Conroy, American writer, Great Santini, Prince of Tides
October 26, 1944 Mike Piano, rocker, Sandpipers
October 26, 1944 Ries [M] Smits, economist/Dutch MP, CDA
October 26, 1942 Bob Hoskins, Suffolk England, actor, Brazil, Who Killed Roger Rabbit?
October 26, 1942 Dietmar Polaczek, composer
October 26, 1942 John P "Jannie" Roux, South African sect to President, Botha/De Klerk
October 26, 1941 Harald Nielsen, Denmark, soccer player 1960 Olympics silver
October 26, 1939 Vladimir Mikhailovich Beloborodov, cosmonaut
October 26, 1938 Bernadette Lafont, Nimes France, actress, Perils of Gwendoline
October 26, 1938 Charles W. Stenholm, Rep-D-Texas, 1979-
October 26, 1938 Ralph Bakshi, animator, Lord of Rings, Fritz the Cat, Mighty Mouse
October 26, 1937 Dave Gavitt, formed Basketball's Big East Conference, 1979
October 26, 1936 Bruce Belland, Chicago, singer, Tim Conway Hour
October 26, 1934 Ulrich Plentzdorf, writer
October 26, 1933 Suzy Parker, born in San Antonio, Texas, model/actress, Chamber of Horrors
October 26, 1932 Anthony C Beilenson, Rep-D-California, 1977-
October 26, 1932 Chinadorai Deshmutu, India, field hockey player, 1952
October 26, 1931 Hank Garrett, Monticello, New York, actor, Car 54 Where Are You
October 26, 1930 John Arden, England, novelist/playwright, Left Handed Liberty
October 26, 1929 Georgette Amowitz, choreographer/educator
October 26, 1929 Hans Peter Haller, composer
October 26, 1926 Yuri Aleksandrovich Letunov, Russia, cosmonaut
October 26, 1925 Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor/novelist, Brief American
October 26, 1924 Tom F Lewis, Rep-R-Florida, 1983-
October 26, 1921 George Houston, land economist
October 26, 1920 T C Jones, Pennsylvania, female impersonator
October 26, 1919 Edward W. Brooke, 1st black senator in over 80 years, Sen-R-Mass
October 26, 1919 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Aryamehr, Shah of Iran, 1941-79
October 26, 1917 Felix the Cat, cartoon character
October 26, 1917 Mario Biaggi, Rep-D-NY, 1969-90
October 26, 1916 Francois Mitterand, Jarnac France, President of France, 1981-95
October 26, 1915 Golfredo Corradetti, conductor
October 26, 1914 Jackie Coogan, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Uncle Fester-Addams Family
October 26, 1913 Stuart J[ames] Byrne, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Man, God Man
October 26, 1912 Don[ald] Siegel, born in Chicago, Illinois, director, Escape from Alcatraz, Shootist
October 26, 1911 Mahalia Jackson, New Orleans, gospel singer, Whole World in his Hands
October 26, 1911 Sid Gillman, NFL hall of fame coach, LA, San Diego, Houston
October 26, 1911 Sorley MacLean Somhairle MacChaluim, poet
October 26, 1910 John "Cardinal" Krol, former archbishop, Philadelphia
October 26, 1907 Giovanni Salviucci, composer
October 26, 1907 Johannes A Apon, Dutch actor, Kaukasische Krijtkring
October 26, 1902 Hugh Chilvers, cricketer, great leggie of 30's for NSW but not Aust
October 26, 1902 Joseph Paul Sharkey Zukauskas, boxer
October 26, 1900 Ibrahim Abbud, general/premier Sudan, 1958-64
October 26, 1900 Karin Boye, writer
October 26, 1898 Beryl Rubinstein, composer
October 26, 1894 John S. Knight, West Virginia, publisher, Knight-Rider
October 26, 1888 E Runar Schildt, Finnish writer, Segrande Eros
October 26, 1886 Gustav Hermann Unger, composer
October 26, 1886 Mark Aldanov, [Landau], Russian/French chemist, Myslitel,
October 26, 1883 Napoleon Hill, American Writer
October 26, 1881 Margaret Wycherly, born in London, England, actress, Keeper of the Flame
October 26, 1879 Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, President of 1st Soviet,
October 26, 1878 Jose Moscardo Ituarte, Spanish general, Alcazar 1936
October 26, 1875 H[arry] B[yron] Warner, born in London, England, actor, King of Kings
October 26, 1873 Thorvald Stauning, Denmark, PM, 1924-26, 1929-42
October 26, 1871 Hermann Lohr, composer
October 26, 1864 Joseph Moorat, composer
October 26, 1861 Richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, U.S. Open, 1881
October 26, 1859 Arthur Friedheim, composer
October 26, 1855 Charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals, Post Cereals
October 26, 1854 August T C Kiehl, Dutch actor, Pearl of Zaandam
October 26, 1845 Hendrick Waelput, Flemish composer and conductor, Forest, Stella
October 26, 1843 Vasili V Vereshchagin, Russian painter, War and Peace
October 26, 1837 James Lawlor Kiernan, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1869
October 26, 1830 Polibo Fumagalli, composer
October 26, 1830 Stephen Elliott, Jr., Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1866
October 26, 1824 Arthur Middleton Manigault, Brig General Confederate Army
October 26, 1823 Karl Weinhold, German sociologist
October 26, 1819 Meir A Goldschmidt, Danish writer/publisher, Corsaren and Jode
October 26, 1818 Stefano Golinelli, composer
October 26, 1813 Henry Thomas Smart, composer
October 26, 1804 Lorenzo Thomas, Bvt Major General Union Army, died in 1875
October 26, 1800 Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian general-fieldmarshal
October 26, 1795 Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer
October 26, 1791 Charles Sprague, Boston, banker/poet, Curiosity
October 26, 1789 Joseph Mayseder, composer
October 26, 1759 Georges Danton, France, revolutionary leader/min of Justice
October 26, 1758 Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer
October 26, 1740 Ernest Louis Muller, composer
October 26, 1719 Joaquin de Oxinaga, composer
October 26, 1694 Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist
October 26, 1685 Domenico Scarlatti, Naples Italy, composer/harpsichordist
October 26, 1685 Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, composer
October 26, 1673 Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova, 1710-11
October 26, 1645 Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter, King David
October 26, 1483 Hans Buchner, composer
October 26, 1466 Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author, In Praise of Folly



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