On This Day
This Day in History: (26-May)
Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)
Pope Clement VII (d. 1534)
James III, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg (d. 1590)
Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1603)
Philippe de Champaigne, Dutch-French painter (d. 1674)
William Petty, English economist and philosopher (d. 1687)
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (d. 1722)
Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1754)
Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (d. 1722)
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (d. 1762)
Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (d. 1760)
August Kopisch, German poet and painter (d. 1853)
Edmond de Goncourt, French author and critic, founded the Académie Goncourt (d. 1896)
Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer (d. 1917)
Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator (d. 1933)
Mary of Teck (d. 1953)
Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1958)
Percy Perrin, English cricketer (d. 1945)
W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (d. 1967)
Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (d. 1946)
Al Jolson, American singer and actor (d. 1950)
Ba U, 2nd President of Burma (d. 1963)
Eugene Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer (d. 1962)
Norma Talmadge, American actress and producer (d. 1957)
Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (d. 1965)
Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer (d. 1971)
Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (d. 1965)
Antonio Barrette, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (d. 1968)
Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (d. 1997)
Karin Juel, Swedish singer, actor, and writer (d. 1976)
George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1961)
Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1983)
Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (d. 2002)
Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist (d. 2006)
John Wayne, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1979)
Robert Morley, English actor (d. 1992)
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Vietnamese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1976)
Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1994)
Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (d. 1969)
Imi Lichtenfeld, Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast (d. 1998)
Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (d. 2005)
Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1992)
János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1989)
Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (d. 1980)
Peter Cushing, English actor (d. 1994)
Pierre Daninos, French author (d. 2005)
Karin Ekelund, Swedish actress (d. 1976)
Josef Manger, German weightlifter (d. 1991)
Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
Vernon Alley, American bassist (d. 2004)
Antonia Forest, English author (d. 2003)
Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1972)
Rubén González, Cuban pianist (d. 2003)
Jack Cheetham, South African cricketer (d. 1980)
Peggy Lee, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2002)
Inge Borkh, German soprano
Troy Smith, American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (d. 2009)
James Arness, American actor (d. 2011)
Roy Dotrice, English actor (d. 2017)
Alec McCowen, English actor (d. 2017)
Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)
Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (d. 2014)
Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and assisted suicide activist (d. 2011)
J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (d. 2014)
Ernie Carroll, Australian television personality and producer
Hans Freeman, Australian bioinorganic chemist and protein crystallographer (d. 2008)
John Jackson, English lawyer and businessman
Catherine Sauvage, French singer and actress (d. 1998)
Karim Emami, Indian-Iranian lexicographer and critic (d. 2005)
Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author (d. 1995)
Eero Loone, Estonian philosopher and academic
David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate, English politician
Manorama, Indian actress and singer (d. 2015)
Paul E. Patton, American politician, 59th Governor of Kentucky
William Bolcom, American pianist and composer
Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian author and playwright
K. Bikram Singh, Indian director and producer (d. 2013)
Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano and actress
Brent Musburger, American sportscaster
Herb Trimpe, American author and illustrator (d. 2015)
Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, Canadian academic and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
Levon Helm, American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (d. 2012)
Aldrich Ames, American CIA officer and criminal
Jim Dobbin, Scottish microbiologist and politician (d. 2014)
Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player and sportscaster
Imants Kalniņš, Latvian composer
Erica Terpstra, Dutch swimmer, journalist, and politician
Phil Edmonston, American-Canadian journalist and politician
Jan Kinder, Norwegian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
Sam Posey, American race car driver and journalist
Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2012)
Alistair MacDuff, English lawyer and judge
Garry Peterson, Canadian-American drummer
Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian gymnast and coach
Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1993)
Carol O'Connell, American author and painter
Glenn Turner, New Zealand cricketer
Stevie Nicks, American singer-songwriter
Jeremy Corbyn, British journalist and politician
Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer, developed the first wiki
Pam Grier, American actress
Anne McGuire, Scottish educator and politician
Philip Michael Thomas, American actor
Hank Williams Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Ramón Calderón, Spanish lawyer and businessman
Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut, founded Sally Ride Science (d. 2012)
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish educator and politician
David Meece, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Kay Hagan, American lawyer and politician
Michael Portillo, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
Dan Roundfield, American basketball player (d. 2012)
Alan Hollinghurst, English novelist, poet, short story writer, and translator
Denis Lebel, Canadian businessman and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Transport
Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese-American chef
Paul Stoddart, Australian businessman
Wesley Walker, American football player and educator
Neil Parish, English politician
Fiona Shackleton, English lawyer
Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
François Legault, Canadian businessman and politician
Roberto Ravaglia, Italian race car driver
Ronnie Black, American golfer
Arto Bryggare, Finnish hurdler and politician
Margaret Colin, American actress
Ole Bornedal, Danish actor, director, and producer
Doug Hutchison, American actor
Dean Lukin, Australian weightlifter
Masahiro Matsunaga, Japanese race car driver
Rob Murphy, American baseball player
Romas Ubartas, Lithuanian discus thrower
Steve Pate, American golfer
Tarsem Singh, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
Black, English singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
Genie Francis, Canadian-American actress
Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor, director, and screenwriter
Simon Armitage, English poet, playwright and novelist
Claude Legault, Canadian actor and screenwriter
Mary Nightingale, English journalist
Jamie Spence, English golfer
Caitlín R. Kiernan, Irish-American paleontologist and author
Lenny Kravitz, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor
Argiris Pedoulakis, Greek basketball player and coach
Hazel Irvine, Scottish sportscaster and journalist
Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
Zola Budd, South African runner
Philip Treacy, Irish milliner, hat designer
Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (d. 2012)
Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
Steve Sedgley, English footballer and manager
John Baird, Canadian politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Siri Lindley, American triathlete and coach
Dominic Mohan, English journalist
Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese illustrator
Zaher Andary, Lebanese footballer
Matt Stone, American actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, and composer
Naomi Harris, Canadian-American photographer
Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
Lauryn Hill, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Paul Collingwood, English cricketer and coach
Stephen Curry, Australian comedian and actor
Kenny Florian, American mixed martial artist and sportscaster
Justin Pierre, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Nikos Chatzivrettas, Greek basketball player
Raina Telgemeier, American author and cartoonist
Luca Toni, Italian footballer
Misaki Ito, Japanese actress and model
Phil Elvrum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Fabio Firmani, Italian footballer
Dan Parks, Australian-Scottish rugby player
Amanda Bauer, American astronomer and academic
Natalya Nazarova, Russian sprinter
Elisabeth Harnois, American actress
Mehmet Okur, Turkish basketball player
Louis-Jean Cormier, Canadian singer and songwriter
Robert Copeland, Australian footballer
Jason Manford, English actor, screenwriter, and television host
Isaac Slade, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Ben Zobrist, American baseball player
Sten Lassmann, Estonian pianist
Hasan Kabze, Turkish footballer
Demy de Zeeuw, Dutch footballer
Henry Holland, English fashion designer
Nathan Merritt, Australian rugby league player
Monika Christodoulou, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
Ashley Vincent, English footballer
Michel Tornéus, Swedish long jumper
Olcay Şahan, Turkish footballer
Josh Thomas, Australian comedian and actor
Andrea Catellani, Italian footballer
Will Chambers, Australian rugby league player
Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, Colombian footballer
Dani Samuels, Australian discus thrower
Joel Selwood, Australian footballer
Damian Williams, American football player
Paula Findlay, Canadian triathlete
Ah Young, South Korean singer and actress
Curtis Rona, New Zealand rugby league player
Jason Adesanya, Belgian footballer
Dan Sarginson, Australian-English rugby league player
Katerine Savard, Canadian swimmer
Jimmy Vesey, American ice hockey player
Lara Goodall, South African cricketer