Birthdays in History on May 26

1264 Prince Koreyasu, 7th Japanese shogun, born in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan (d. 1326)

Italian Pope (1523-34), born in Florence

1566 Mehmed III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1595-1603), born in Manisa, Ottoman Empire (d. 1603)
1602 Philippe de Champaigne, French painter, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1674)
1623 William Petty, English political economist and statistician (Treatise of Taxes and Contributions), born in Romsey, England (d. 1687)

1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist, born in Ashe, England

1667 Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem), born in Vitry-sur-Seine, France (d. 1754)
1669 Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist, born in Vigny, Île-de-France, France (d. 1722)
1700 Nicolaus Ludwig, Imperial Count von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German religious and social reformer, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1760)
1806 Henry Thatcher, American rear admiral (U.S. Navy), born in Thomaston, Maine (d. 1880)
1822 Edmond de Goncourt, French writer, wrote with his brother Jules de Goncourt, born in Nancy (d. 1896)
1835 Edward Porter Alexander, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) and military engineer, born in Washington, Georgia (d. 1910)
1865 Robert W. Chambers, American artist and fiction writer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1933)
1866 John Eigenhuis, Dutch writer (Tough Workers), born in Aalsmeer, Netherlands (d. 1944)
1867 Mary of Teck, Queen of Great Britain and consort of George V, born in Kensington Palace, London (d. 1953)
1871 Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), born in Bilzen, Belgium (d. 1968)
1873 C.G.N. de Vooys, Dutch translator and founder (New Taalgids), born in Gouda, Netherlands (d. 1955)
1873 Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist, born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1958)

British-French aviator who broke several aviation records, born in Paris

1877 Jean Schlumberger, French writer (La Mort de Sparte), born in Guebwiller, Alsace-Lorraine (d. 1968)
1877 Sadao Araki, Japanese general, Minister of War (1931-34), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1966)
1890 Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudes/portraits), born in Bremen, Germany (d. 1972)
1895 Dorothea Lange, American documentary photographer, born in Hoboken, New Jersey (d. 1965)
1899 Antonio J. Barrette, French Canadian politician, premier of Quebec, born in Joliette, Quebec, Canada (d. 1968)
1899 Otto E. Neugebauer, Austrian-American mathematician and historian, born in Innsbruck, Austria-Hungary (d. 1990)

Dutch war criminal, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands

1903 Estes Kefauver, American politician (Sen-D-Tn), born in Madisonville, Tennessee (d. 1963)
1907 Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist, born in Paris (d. 2006)
1908 Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Prime Minister of South Vietnam, born in Long Xuyên, Annam, French Indochina (d. 1976)
1910 Adolfo López Mateos, 48th President of Mexico, born in Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico, Mexico (d. 1969)
1910 Laurance Rockefeller, American CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank) and philanthropist, born in NYC, New York (d. 2004)
1912 Janos Kádár, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary 5th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary (1956-58), born in Fiume, Austria-Hungary (d. 1989)
1913 Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician, born in Bilzen, Belgium (d. 1986)
1915 Antonia Forest [Patricia Giulia Caulfield Kate Rubinstein], British children's author (The Marlows), born in Hampstead, London (d. 2003)
1916 Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch political prisoner and journalist (The Walls Came Tumbling Down) (d. 1972)
1923 Oren Lee Staley, 1st President of the National Farmers Organization (1955-79), born in Whitesville, Missouri (d. 1988)
1924 T. Cooper Evans, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (d. 2005)
1926 Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian sci-fi novelist (Sunburst), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2009)
1927 David Edgerton, American entrepreneur and founder of Burger King, born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania (d. 2018)

American pathologist and right-to-die activist, born in Pontiac, Michigan

1929 Hugo Raes, Flemish writer (Horses Jump & Fresh Sea), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 2013)
1934 Dullah Omar, South African attorney and UDF-leader, born in Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2004)
1938 Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian playwright and novelist
1938 Pauline Parker, New Zealand murderess (Parker–Hulme murder case), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
1939 Gerald Ronson, English multi-millionaire
1939 Merab Kostava, Georgian anti-Soviet leader
1940 Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, French Canadian politician
1941 John Kaufman, sculptor
1941 Reg Bundy, British performer (d. 2003)
1947 Piers Gray, critic/writer
1949 Jeremy Corbyn, British politician (Labour Party leader 2015-20), born in Chippenham, England
1949 Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer and inventor (the wiki), born in Michigan City, Indiana
1951 Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish politician
1951 Muhammed Ahmad Faris, Syria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3)

American astronaut (first American woman to go to space), born in Los Angeles, California

1953 Michael Portillo, British politician
1954 Alan Hollinghurst, British novelist
1954 Danny Rolling, American murderer (d. 2006)
1955 Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese chef
1956 Frédéric Dutoit, French politician
1957 François Legault, French Canadian politician
1957 Pontso S.M. Sekatle, Lesotho academic and politician
1967 Phil Doyle, Australian writer
1968 Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1969 John Baird, Canadian politician, born in Nepean, Ontario
1970 Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese manga artist (Rurouni Kenshin), born in Tokyo, Japan
1975 Kwasi Kwarteng, British politician (Chancellor of the Exchequer), born in London, England
1977 Raina Telgemeier, American cartoonist (Smile), born in San Francisco, California
1982 Yoko Matsugane, Japanese model
1990 Zenouska Mowatt, granddaughter of English princess Alexandra