Today's Birthdays in History - On This Day

August 26, 2024

Celeb

August25 Calendar

1528 Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Spanish general and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1573-76), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1576)

Grand Prince of Moscow (1533-47) and 1st Tsar of Russia (1547-75 and 1576-84), born in Kolomenskoye, Russia

1561 Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1632)
1624 François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France, born in Forez, France (d. 1709)
1662 John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, President of Harvard, born in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony (d. 1724)
1664 Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent, born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1755)
1691 Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1736)
1724 George Stubbs, British animal painter (Horse Frightened by Lion), born in Liverpool (d. 1806)
1741 Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer, born in Bischofswerda, Germany (d. 1792)
1744 Johann G von Herder, German philosopher, theologist and poet, born in Morąg, Poland (d. 1803)
1767 Antoine Louis Léon de Saint-Just, French revolutionary and writer, born in Decize, France (d. 1794)
1786 Ludwig I, King of Bavaria (1825-48), born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1868)
1788 Cornelis J van Assen, Dutch jurist (Language of the Constitution), born in Harlingen, Friesland (d. 1859)
1796 James Lick, American land baron in California, born in Stumpstown, Pennsylvania (d. 1876)
1803 Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duque de Caxias and Brazilian military leader, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1880)
1811 Joseph Dana Webster, American civil engineer and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Hampton, New Hampshire (d. 1876)
1812 Percival Drayton, American captain (Union Navy), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1865)
1819 Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American barrel maker, private detective (co-founder of Pinkerton Agency), abolitionist, and spy, born in Gorbels, Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1884)
1823 John Newton, American engineer and Major General (Union Army), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1895)
1825 Henry Warner Birge, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1888)
1836 Bret Harte, American author (Outcasts of Poker Flat), born in Albany, New York (d. 1902)
1841 Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, Thyroid specialist (Nobel 1909), born in Bern, Switzerland (d. 1917)
1845 Ludwig II, Mad king of Bavaria (1864-86), born in Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, Germany (d. 1886)
1846 Judith Gautier, French poetess, novelist (Le Dragon Impérial) and daughter of Theophile Gautier, born in Paris (d. 1917)
1851 Alexander, Prince of Orange, heir apparent to the Netherlands, born in Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1884)
1860 Henrietta Vinton Davis, African-American elocutionist, dramatist, impersonator and public speaker, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1941)
1867 James W. Gerard, American jurist and diplomat, born in Geneseo, New York (d. 1951)
1877 Joshua L. Cowen, American inventor (electric train), born in New York City (d. 1965)
1882 Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician and President of Ireland (1945-59), born in Abbotstown, Dublin (d. 1966)
1893 H. Trendley Dean, American dental surgeon who introduced fluoridation into water, born in Winstanley Park, Illinois (d. 1962)
1898 Helmut Hasse, German mathematician, born in Kassel, Germany (d. 1979)
1900 Hans Krebs, German-British doctor and research biochemist specializing in metabolic reactions (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1953), born in Hildesheim, Germany (d. 1981) [1]
1905 Sister Faustina [Helena Kowalska], Polish Roman Catholic saint, nun and mystic, born in Głogowiec, Poland (d. 1938)
1906 Eugen Gerstenmaier, German politician (CDU), born in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany (d. 1986)
1906 Mollie Panter-Downes, British writer and columnist (The Shoreless Sea), born in London (d. 1997)
1907 Desmond Flower, English publisher, born in London (d. 1997)
1910 Dorothea Tanning, American artist (Nachtmusik, 1943, Night Shadow, 1945), born in Galesburg, Illinois (d. 2012)
1910 J. B. Charles [Willem H. Nagel], Dutch criminologist and writer, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1983)

Vietnamese general (Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam War) and politician, born in Lệ Thủy District, Vietnam

German politician, Head of State of East Germany (1971-89), born in Neunkirchen

1913 Walt Kelly, American cartoonist and animator (Pogo), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1973)
1915 Walter Trampler, American violist (Beaux Arts Trio), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1997)
1916 Frederick Robbins, American pediatrician and bacteriologist (Nobel 1954), born in Auburn, Alabama (d. 2003)
1916 Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, born in Saga District, Japan (d. 2000)
1917 Alice Stoll, American research physiologist and pioneer in aerospace medicine (fire-resistant fabrics), born on Long Island, New York (d. 2014) [1]

American politician (Gov-D-Ala) and presidential candidate, born in Clio, Alabama

1920 Jef Diederen, Dutch painter, born in Heerlen, Netherlands (d. 2009)
1921 Brian Moore, Irish novelist (Catholics, Doctor's Wife), born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1999)
1921 Bryce Mackasey, Canadian politician, born in Quebec, Canada (d. 1999)
1925 Thea Astley, Australian novelist and short-story writer, born in Queensland, Australia (d. 2004)
1931 Regis Philbin, American talk and game show host (Joey Bishop Show; Live with Regis & Kathie Lee; Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2020)
1932 Anatoli Yakovlevich Kartashov, Russian cosmonaut, born in Sadovoye, Russia (d. 2005)
1934 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 4th President of Iran (1989-97) and de facto commander-in-chief of the Iranian military during the Iran-Iraq War, born in Bahreman, Persia (d. 2017)
1934 John Stears, special effects expert (Dr No), born in Middlesex, England
1934 Lise Bacon, French Canadian politician, born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Canada
1934 Valery F. Bykovsky, USSR cosmonaut (Vostok V, Soyuz 22, 31/39), born in Pavlovsky Posad, Soviet Union
1935 Charles Wright, American poet (Black Zodiac), born in Pickwick Dam, Tennessee
1936 Max Beauvoir, Haiti Chief Voodoo Priest, born in Haiti (d. 2015)
1938 Frederick Forsyth, British author (Day of the Jackal, Deceiver, Odessa File), born in Ashford, Kent, England
1939 John Badham, English-born American director (Dracula, Short Circuit), born in Luton, England
1941 Shirley Carter Burden, patrician, born in Beverly Hills, California (d. 1996)
1942 Nathan Deal, American attorney and politician (Rep-D-Georgia), born in Millen, Georgia
1944 Conrad Black, Canadian-born British newspaper magnate, born in Montreal, Quebec
1944 Sherley Anne Williams, American poet and novelist (Dessa Rose), born in Bakersfield, California
1946 Charles Ghigna (Father Goose), American poet and children's books author (Tickle Day: Poems from Father Goose), born in Bayside, New York
1946 Larry LaRocco, American politician (Rep-D-Idaho), born in Los Angeles, California
1949 Martin Amis, British novelist (London Fields; The Rachel Papers), born in Oxford, England (d. 2023)
1959 Ian Falconer, American author, illustrator of children's books and magazines (Olivia (the pig) series; The New Yorker), and theatrical set and costume designer, born in Ridgefield, Connecticut (d. 2023)
1960 Jonas Gahr Støre, Norwegian politician (Prime Minister of Norway 2021-), born in Oslo, Norway
1964 Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician, born in Khimki, Russia

1966 American lawyer to Donald Trump, born on Long Island, New York

1971 Quintis Ristie, Suriname radio host
1975 Jeremy Horn, American MMA Fighter, born in Omaha, Nebraska
1981 Clare Oliver, Australian cancer activist, campaigned against use of solariums, (d. 2007)

Get Our Daily Email

ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7sLrToaCsnJGue6S7zGifoqukpL%2B6e8Giqa2glJbGtHrPoac%3D