Historical Figures Born in 1926 (Part 2)

Birthdays 201 - 303 of 303

• Jul 22 Peter Michael Grayson, British showman, born in Manchester (d. 1996)
• Jul 23 Ludvik Vaculik, Czech writer (Two Thousand Words), born in Brumo, Zlín Region (d. 2015)

• Jul 26 Ana María Matute, Spanish author (Fiesta al noroeste), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 2014)
• Jul 27 Peter Coker, English painter, born in London (d. 2004)
• Jul 29 Russel Firestone, American polo player (Circle F-1959 champs)
• Jul 30 Peter Trevenen Thwaites, British Brigadier General and playwright (Love or money) (d. 1991)
• Jul 31 Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
• Aug 1 Burton Stein, American historian, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1996)
• Aug 2 Betsy Bloomingdale, American socialite and fashion leader, born in Beverly Hills, California (d. 2016)
• Aug 6 Christa Reinig, German poet and writer (Idleness is the Root of All Love, The Tightrope Walker), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2008)
• Aug 6 J[anet] O[pal] Jeppson [nee Janet Asimov], author (2nd Experiment)
• Aug 7 Amo Houghton, American politician (Rep-R-New York), born in Corning, New York
• Aug 10 Benjamin Ward, 1st African American NYC Police Commissioner (1984-89), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
• Aug 11 Aaron Klug, Biochemist (Nobel prize for Chemistry 1982), born in Lithuanian (d. 2018)
• Aug 11 Bernard Ashley, English businessperson, fashion designer and co-founder of Laura Ashley, born in London (d. 2009)
• Aug 11 Claus Von Bulow, socialite accused of murdering his wife

• Aug 11 J R S Fincham, geneticist
• Aug 12 Wallace Markfield, American writer (d. 2002)

• Aug 14 Alice Adams, American author (Beautiful Girl), born in Fredericksburg, Virginia (d. 1999)
• Aug 15 Kostis Stephanopoulos, Greek conservative politician (President of Greece, 1995-2005), born in Patras, Greece (d. 2016)
• Aug 15 Lewis T Preston, American banker (President of the World Bank 1991-95), born in NYC, New York

• Aug 19 Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist (Apple Inc.), born in Rochester, New York
• Aug 22 Marc Bohan, French fashion designer, born in Paris
• Aug 23 Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist (symbolic anthropology), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2006)
• Aug 24 Nancy Spero, American feminist artist, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2009)
• Aug 27 Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist, born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2002)
• Aug 31 Georgiy Petrovich Katys, Russian cosmonaut (Voskhod 1 backup)
• Aug 31 Jan de Koning, minister of Agriculture/Social Businesses (CDA)
• Sep 1 Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh, 1991-96, born in Shaistabad, Bengal Presidency, British India (d. 2017)
• Sep 3 Alison Lurie, American novelist (Pulitzer Prize - Foreign Affairs), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020)
• Sep 3 John Robert Jones [John Dalmas], American sci-fi author (White Regiment, Lizard War), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2017)
• Sep 3 Joseph P. Kolter, American politician (US Representatives from Pennsylvania, 1983-93), born in McDonald, Ohio (d. 2019)
• Sep 4 Robert J. Lagomarsino, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Ventura, California
• Sep 6 Claus von Amsberg, husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, born in Hitzacker, Germany (d. 2002)
• Sep 7 Donald J. Irwin, American politician (32nd Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut), born in Rosario, Argentina (d. 2013)

• Sep 9 Annie nee Becker Kriegel, historian
• Sep 9 Yusuf al-Qaradawi, prominent Egypt Muslim cleric
• Sep 10 Beryl Cook, British painter, born in Egham, England (d. 2008)
• Sep 11 Gerrit van Niekerk Viljoen, South African minister of Legislation, born in Cape Town, South Africa
• Sep 14 Michel Butor, French novelist and essayist, born in Mons-en-Baroeul (d. 2016)
• Sep 15 Edward Derwinski, American congressman for Chicago 1959-83, first Secretary of Veteran Affairs 1989-1992, born in Chicago, Illinois
• Sep 15 Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician (1954 Fields Medal), born in Bages, France
• Sep 16 John Knowles, American writer (Morning in Antibes), born in Fairmont, West Virginia (d. 2001)
• Sep 16 Robert Schuller, American Christian televangelist (Glass Cathedral, Hour of Power), born in Alton, Iowa (d. 2015)
• Sep 17 Donald Acheson, Irish physician and Chief Medical Officer for England (1983-90), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 2010)
• Sep 19 Lurleen Wallace, American politician (46th Governor of Alabama), born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (d. 1968)
• Sep 19 Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist (2002 Nobel Prize for Physics for neutrinos), born in Yokosuka, Japan (d. 2020) [1]
• Sep 19 Pierre Janssen, Dutch art museum director, born in Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands (d. 2007)
• Sep 21 Donald A. Glaser, American physicist (Nobel 1960), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2013)
• Sep 25 Jack Hyles, Independent Baptist pastor (First Baptist Church of Hammond 1959-2001), born in Italy, Ellis County, Texas (d. 2001)
• Sep 26 Buland al-Haidary, Iraqi poet (Passages to Exile) (d. 1996)
• Sep 26 Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian Indo-European philologist (Indo-Iranian languages), born in Linz, Austria (d. 2011)
• Sep 28 Jack Sheedy, Australian Football HOF rover (WA 22 games; East Fremantle, East Perth) and coach (WA 10 games; East Fremantle, East Perth), born in Fremantle, Australia (d. 2023)
• Oct 2 Jan Morris, Welsh journalist, historian and travel writer (Among the Cities, Hong Kong, Journeys), born in Clevedon, Somerset, England (d. 2020)
• Oct 5 Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer (First ascent of the West Ridge of Mount Everest), born in Arcata, California (d. 1979)
• Oct 11 Thích Nhất Hạnh [Nguyen Xuan Bao], Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, teacher, peace activist, and writer (Love Letter to the Earth; The Art of Communicating), born in Huế, Annam, French Indochina (now Vietnam) (d. 2022) [1]
• Oct 12 César Pelli, Argentine American architect (Petronas Towers), born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina (d. 2019)
• Oct 15 Ed McBain [Evan Hunter], American writer (Blackboard Jungle), born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
• Oct 15 Michel Foucault, French philosopher and historian (The History of Sexuality), born in Poitiers, France (d. 1984)
• Oct 17 Karl Gordon Henize, American astronomer and NASA astronaut (STS-51-F), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1993)
• Oct 18 Thomas Millar, Australian historian and political scientist, born in Kalamunda, Western Australia (d. 1994)
• Oct 19 Joel Feinberg, American moral philosopher (d. 2004)
• Oct 22 Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian
• Oct 25 Ismail Gulgee, Pakistani painter, born in Peshawar, Pakistan (d. 2007)
• Oct 26 Yuri Aleksandrovich Letunov, Russian cosmonaut, born in Tomsk, Russia (d. 1983)

• Oct 31 Jimmy Savile, English entertainer and suspected sexual predator, born in Leeds (d. 2011)
• Nov 3 Valdas Adamkus, President of the Republic of Lithuania
• Nov 5 John Berger, English art critic and author (Ways of Seeing), born in London (d. 2017)
• Nov 5 Leo Derksen, Dutch journalist (Telegraph/Sunday Newspaper), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 2002)
• Nov 6 Brian Abel-Smith, British economist and expert adviser, born in Kensington Court Gardens, London (d. 1996)
• Nov 9 Luis Miguel Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1996)
• Nov 12 Jack Ryan, American inventor at Mattel (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels, Chatty Cathy) (d. 1991)
• Nov 13 Harry Hughes, 57th Governor of Maryland (1979-87), born in Easton, Maryland
• Nov 18 Kim Besly, Peace activist (Greenham Common) (d. 1996)
• Nov 19 Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, US ambassador to UN (R), born in Duncan, Oklahoma
• Nov 19 Jeanne Kirkpatrick (neé Jordan), American diplomat (US Ambassador to UN, 1981-85), and writer, born in Duncan, Oklahoma (d. 2006)
• Nov 20 Andrzej W. Schally, Polish-American endocrinologist (Nobel 1997), born in Wilno, Poland
• Nov 23 Christopher Logue, British poet and stage writer (Trials)
• Nov 23 Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher, born in Puttaparthi, British India (d. 2011)
• Nov 23 Vann Molyvann, Cambodian architect (New Khmer architecture), born in Ream, Cambodia (d. 2017)
• Nov 24 Alan Owen, English author (Maggie May, Ronnie Barker Show)
• Nov 24 Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese physicist (1957 Nobel Prize for work on parity laws), born in Shanghai, China
• Nov 25 Murray Schisgal, playwright (Luv)
• Nov 25 Poul Anderson, American science-fiction and fantasy author, winner of 7 Hugo and 3 Nebula Awards (The Sharing of Flesh; Mirkheim; After Doomsday), born in Bristol, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
• Nov 26 Michael Butler, American theatrical producer (Hair; Lenny), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2022)
• Nov 27 Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet, French alpine skier (World C'ship gold Giant Slalom 1954), born in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France (d. 2022)

• Dec 9 Henry Way Kendall, American physicist (Nobel 1990-pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1999)
• Dec 9 Jan Křesadlo, Czech-British psychologist and writer, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1995)
• Dec 17 Jeremy Brooks, English writer (Jampot Smith), born in Southampton (d. 1994)
• Dec 19 Herb Stempel, American game show contestant
• Dec 20 David Levine, American artist (New York Review of Books caricatures), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2009)
• Dec 20 Geoffrey Howe, British politician (Chancellor and Foreign Secretary under Thatcher), born in Aberavon, Glamorganshire (d. 2015)
• Dec 20 Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German politician (Free Democratic Party), born in Aachen, Germany
• Dec 22 Lee Salk, Russian-American child psychologist and author, born in New York, New York (d. 1992)
• Dec 23 Robert Bly, American poet & essayist (Loving a Woman in 2 Worlds), born in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
• Dec 24 Paul Buissonneau, French-born Quebec theatre director, born in Paris, France (d. 2014)
• Dec 26 Edgar D Ngoyi, South African ANC leader (17 yrs in Robbeneiland Jail)

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