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History Births on December 26

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History Births on December 26

Noel Hunt, Irish footballer

#Noel_Hunt

In 1982

Thomas Gray, English poet and scholar (d. 1771)

#Thomas_Gray

In 1716

Evan Bayh, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Indiana

#Evan_Bayh

In 1955

Elizabeth Kostova, American author

#Elizabeth_Kostova

In 1964

Ralph Hill, American runner (d. 1994)

#Ralph_Hill

In 1908

Jon Bellion, American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer

#Jon_Bellion

In 1990

Bazoline Estelle Usher, African-American educator (d. 1992)

#Bazoline_Estelle_Usher

In 1885

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Pakistani businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan

#Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf

In 1950

Peter Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist

#Peter_Hillary

In 1954

David Sedaris, American comedian, author, and radio host

#David_Sedaris

In 1956

Leonel Fernández, Dominican lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Dominican Republic

#Leonel_Fernández

In 1953

Ceylan Ertem, Turkish singer

#Ceylan_Ertem

In 1980

Peep Jänes, Estonian architect

#Peep_Jänes

In 1936

Elisabeth of the Palatinate, German princess, philosopher, and Calvinist (d. 1680)

#Elisabeth_of_the_Palatinate

In 1618

Phil Spector, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Phil_Spector

In 1939

Esteban Fuertes, Argentinian footballer

#Esteban_Fuertes

In 1972

Philaret Drozdov, Russian metropolitan and saint (d. 1867)

#Philaret_Drozdov

In 1782

Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the Difference engine (d. 1871)

#Charles_Babbage

In 1791

Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (d. 1882)

#Friedrich_Reinhold_Kreutzwald

In 1803

Simon Goodwin, Australian footballer and coach

#Simon_Goodwin

In 1976

Norman Angell, English journalist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)

#Norman_Angell

In 1872

Earle Brown, American composer (d. 2002)

#Earle_Brown

In 1926

Rohan Kanhai, Guyanese cricketer

#Rohan_Kanhai

In 1935

Aksel Lund Svindal, Norwegian skier

#Aksel_Lund_Svindal

In 1982

George Dewey, American admiral (d. 1917)

#George_Dewey

In 1837

Steve Allen, American actor, singer, talk show host, and screenwriter (d. 2000)

#Steve_Allen

In 1921

Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier and philosopher (d. 1803)

#Jean_François_de_Saint-Lambert

In 1716

Jay Farrar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jay_Farrar

In 1966

Yi I, Korean philosopher and scholar (d. 1584)

#Yi_I

In 1536

Vinicio Cerezo, Guatemalan politician, 28th President of Guatemala

#Vinicio_Cerezo

In 1942

Mario Mendoza, Mexican baseball player and manager

#Mario_Mendoza

In 1950

Robert Muchamore, English author

#Robert_Muchamore

In 1972

Leonardo Ghiraldini, Italian rugby player

#Leonardo_Ghiraldini

In 1984

Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player

#Marcelo_Ríos

In 1975

Norm Ullman, Canadian ice hockey player

#Norm_Ullman

In 1935

Phan B?i Châu, Vietnamese activist (d. 1940)

#Phan_B?i_Châu

In 1867

Wilhelm Xylander, German scholar and academic (d. 1576)

#Wilhelm_Xylander

In 1532

Ernst Moritz Arndt, German writer and poet (d. 1860)

#Ernst_Moritz_Arndt

In 1769

Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker

#Alex_Schwazer

In 1984

Eden Sher, American actress

#Eden_Sher

In 1991

Richard Levis McCormick, American historian and academic

#Richard_Levis_McCormick

In 1947

Ahmed Barusso, Ghanaian footballer

#Ahmed_Barusso

In 1984

Nobuhiko Matsunaka, Japanese baseball player

#Nobuhiko_Matsunaka

In 1973

Morgan Bulkeley, American soldier and politician, 54th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1922)

#Morgan_Bulkeley

In 1837

Arthur Percival, English general (d. 1966)

#Arthur_Percival

In 1887

Andy Biersack, American singer-songwriter

#Andy_Biersack

In 1990

René Bazin, French author and academic (d. 1932)

#René_Bazin

In 1853

Gianluca Faliva, Italian rugby player

#Gianluca_Faliva

In 1973

Tiit Rosenberg, Estonian historian and academic

#Tiit_Rosenberg

In 1946

Todd Dunivant, American soccer player

#Todd_Dunivant

In 1980

Marguerite Churchill, American actress (d. 2000)

#Marguerite_Churchill

In 1910

Frank Broyles, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2017)

#Frank_Broyles

In 1924

Tatiana Sorokko, Russian-American model and journalist

#Tatiana_Sorokko

In 1971

Keith Martin Ball, American mathematician and academic

#Keith_Martin_Ball

In 1960

Jim Toomey, American cartoonist

#Jim_Toomey

In 1960

Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1973)

#Konstantinos_Georgakopoulos

In 1890

Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (d. 2014)

#Ray_Sadecki

In 1940

José Yves Limantour, Mexican financier and politician, Mexican Secretary of Finance (d. 1935)

#José_Yves_Limantour

In 1854

Hans Nielsen, Danish motorcycle racer

#Hans_Nielsen_(speedway_rider)

In 1959

Carlton Fisk, American baseball player

#Carlton_Fisk

In 1947

Alan Frumin, American lawyer and politician

#Alan_Frumin

In 1946

Gray Davis, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of California

#Gray_Davis

In 1942

Karel Rüütli, Estonian lawyer and politician

#Karel_Rüütli

In 1978

Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Belgian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1871)

#Étienne_Constantin_de_Gerlache

In 1785

Hugo Lloris, French footballer

#Hugo_Lloris

In 1986

José Ramos-Horta, East Timorese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate

#José_Ramos-Horta

In 1949

Fabián Carini, Uruguayan footballer

#Fabián_Carini

In 1979

Yohan Blake, Jamaican sprinter

#Yohan_Blake

In 1989

Cem Uzan, Turkish businessman and politician

#Cem_Uzan

In 1960

Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer

#Aaron_Ramsey

In 1990

Stu Miller, American baseball player (d. 2015)

#Stu_Miller

In 1927

Adrian Newey, English aerodynamicist and engineer

#Adrian_Newey

In 1958

Charles Pathé, French record producer, co-founded Pathé Records (d. 1957)

#Charles_Pathé

In 1863

Kathleen Crowley, American actress (d. 2017)

#Kathleen_Crowley

In 1929

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250)

#Frederick_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

In 1194

Mary Somerville, Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and author (d. 1872)

#Mary_Somerville

In 1780

Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and academic (d. 1965)

#Khan_Bahadur_Ahsanullah

In 1874

Lars Ulrich, Danish-American drummer, songwriter, and producer

#Lars_Ulrich

In 1963

James T. Conway, American general

#James_T._Conway

In 1947

Jade Thirlwall, English singer of girl group Little Mix

#Jade_Thirlwall

In 1992

Robert Hamerton-Kelly, South African-American pastor, scholar, and author (d. 2013)

#Robert_Hamerton-Kelly

In 1938

John Horton Conway, English mathematician, known for Conway's Game of Life

#John_Horton_Conway

In 1937

Kenneth Darby, American football player

#Kenneth_Darby

In 1982

Lord George Gordon, English lieutenant and politician (d. 1793)

#Lord_George_Gordon

In 1751

Bahram Beyzai, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter

#Bahram_Beyzai

In 1938

Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Swedish-Estonian journalist and politician, 4th President of Estonia

#Toomas_Hendrik_Ilves

In 1953

Chris Daughtry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Chris_Daughtry

In 1979

Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (d. 1890)

#Dion_Boucicault

In 1820

Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2006)

#Georgios_Rallis

In 1918

Candy Crowley, American journalist

#Candy_Crowley

In 1948

Ruud Kaiser, Dutch footballer and manager

#Ruud_Kaiser

In 1960

Henry Miller, American author and painter (d. 1980)

#Henry_Miller

In 1891

Régine Zylberberg, Belgian-French singer and actress

#Régine_Zylberberg

In 1929

Beth Behrs, American actress

#Beth_Behrs

In 1985

Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2010)

#Jean_Ferrat

In 1930

Mathieu Cordang, Dutch cyclist (d. 1942)

#Mathieu_Cordang

In 1869

Robert Bolling, English-American merchant and planter (d. 1709)

#Robert_Bolling

In 1646

Johannes François Snelleman, Dutch zoologist, orientalist, and ethnographer (d. 1938)

#Johannes_François_Snelleman

In 1852

Denis Cheryshev, Russian footballer

#Denis_Cheryshev

In 1990

E. D. E. N. Southworth, American author and educator (d. 1899)

#E._D._E._N._Southworth

In 1819

Jared Leto, American actor and musician

#Jared_Leto

In 1971

Thomas Wass, English cricketer (d. 1953)

#Thomas_Wass

In 1873

Fred Schepisi, Australian director and screenwriter

#Fred_Schepisi

In 1939

Edward C. Prescott, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Edward_C._Prescott

In 1940

Don Barclay, American actor and illustrator (d. 1975)

#Don_Barclay_(actor)

In 1892

Mao Zedong, Chinese politician, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (d. 1976)

#Mao_Zedong

In 1893

Kit Harington, English actor

#Kit_Harington

In 1986

John Walsh, American television host, producer, and activist, created America's Most Wanted

#John_Walsh_(television_host)

In 1945

Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer and voice actor

#Caroll_Spinney

In 1933

Ozzie Smith, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Ozzie_Smith

In 1954

Percy Hodge, English runner (d. 1967)

#Percy_Hodge

In 1890

Steve Prescott, English rugby player (d. 2013)

#Steve_Prescott

In 1973

Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer (d. 1755)

#Johann_Georg_Pisendel

In 1687

John Page, American politician (d. 1692)

#John_Page_(Middle_Plantation)

In 1628

Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)

#Harry_Gamble

In 1930

Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright (d. 1807)

#Friedrich_Melchior,_Baron_von_Grimm

In 1723

Richard Widmark, American actor (d. 2008)

#Richard_Widmark

In 1914

Josef Janí?ek, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player

#Josef_Janí?ek

In 1947

James Mercer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#James_Mercer_(musician)

In 1970

María Vasco, Spanish race walker

#María_Vasco

In 1975

Selen Soyder, Turkish actress and beauty queen

#Selen_Soyder

In 1986

Imperio Argentina, Argentine-Spanish actress and singer (d. 2003)

#Imperio_Argentina

In 1910

Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1815)

#Prince_Josias_of_Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

In 1737

Fatih Akyel, Turkish footballer and manager

#Fatih_Akyel

In 1977

Alexander Wang, American fashion designer

#Alexander_Wang_(designer)

In 1983

Souleymane Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer

In 1994

Cecilia Costa Melgar, Chilean tennis player

In 1992

Yu Takahashi, Japanese singer-songwriter

In 1983

Nikolai Nikolaeff, Australian actor

In 1981

Pablo Canavosio, Argentinian-Italian rugby player

In 1981

Craig Wing, Australian rugby player

In 1979

Dimitry Vassiliev, Russian ski jumper

In 1979

Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player

In 1978

Adrienn Heged?s, Hungarian tennis player

In 1977

Chris Calaguio, Filipino basketball player

In 1975

Joshua John Miller, American actor, director, and screenwriter

In 1974

Paulo Frederico Benevenute, Brazilian footballer

In 1973

Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer

In 1971

Isaac Viciosa, Spanish runner

In 1969

Matt Zoller Seitz, American film critic and author

In 1968

Jay Yuenger, American guitarist and producer

In 1966

Tim Legler, American basketball player and sportscaster

In 1966

Craig Teitzel, Australian rugby league player

In 1963

Mark Starr, English wrestler (d. 2013)

In 1962

John Lynch, Northern Irish actor

In 1961

Andrew Lock, Australian mountaineer

In 1961

Wang Lijun, Chinese police officer and politician

In 1959

K?ji Morimoto, Japanese animator and director

In 1959

Dermot Murnaghan, English-Northern Irish journalist and game show host

In 1957

Henning Schmitz, German drummer

In 1953

Makis Katsavakis, Greek footballer and manager

In 1953

Jean Echenoz, French author

In 1947

William Ayers, American academic and activist

In 1944

Catherine Coulter, American author

In 1942

Daniel Schmid, Swiss actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)

In 1941

Mirko Kova?, Yugoslav-Croatian author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2013)

In 1938

Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)

In 1938

Trevor Taylor, English race car driver (d. 2010)

In 1936

Abdul "Duke" Fakir, American singer (The Four Tops)

In 1935

Donald Moffat, English-American actor (d. 2018)

In 1930

Denis Quilley, English actor (d. 2003)

In 1927

Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)

In 1927

Denis Gifford, English journalist and historian (d. 2000)

In 1927

Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 2013)

In 1923

Richard Mayes, English actor (d. 2006)

In 1922

John Severin, American illustrator (d. 2012)

In 1921

Olga Lopes-Seale, Guyanese-Barbadian singer and radio host (d. 2011)

In 1918

Rolf Botvid, Swedish actor and screenwriter (d. 1998)

In 1915

Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (d. 1958)

In 1913

Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (d. 1962)

In 1912

Matt Gordy, American pole vaulter (d. 1989)

In 1909

Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1998)

In 1907

William Loeb III, American publisher (d. 1981)

In 1905

Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (d. 1980)

In 1904

Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (d. 1995)

In 1903

Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1980)

In 1902

Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (d. 1941)

In 1901

Evelyn Bark, leading member of the British Red Cross, first female recipient of the CMG (d. 1993)

In 1900

Jean Toomer, American author and poet (d. 1967)

In 1894

Marius Canard, French orientalist and historian (d. 1982)

In 1888

Maurice Utrillo, French painter (d. 1955)

In 1883

Yun Chi-ho, Korean activist and politician (d. 1945)

In 1864

William Stephens, American lawyer and politician, 24th Governor of California (d. 1944)

In 1859

Clemens Maria Hofbauer, Austrian priest, missionary, and saint (d. 1820)

In 1751

Philip III, Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach (d. 1643)

In 1581

Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1593)

In 1537

Rose Lok, businesswoman and Protestant exile (d.1613)

In 1526

Charles de Valois, Duke de Berry, French noble (d. 1472)

In 1446

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