Birthdays in History on October 26

Georges Danton (1759-1794)

French politician and revolutionary (1st president of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution), born in Arcis-sur-Aube, France

1768 Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician, born in Radzyń Podlaski, Poland (d. 1844)
1791 Charles Sprague, American banker and poet (Curiosity), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1875)
1794 Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (Grand Kremlin Palace), born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1881)
1800 Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian general and fieldmarshal, born in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1891)
1802 Miguel I, King of Portugal (1828-34), born in Palace of Queluz, Sintra, Portugal (d. 1866)
1804 Lorenzo Thomas, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in New Castle, Delaware (d. 1875)
1823 Karl Weinhold, German sociologist (founder of Journal of the Association of Folklore), born in Dzierżoniów, Poland (d. 1901)
1824 Arthur Middleton Manigault, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1886)
1830 Stephen Elliott, Jr., Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Beaufort, South Carolina (d. 1866)
1837 James Lawlor Kieran, Irish-American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Mountbellew, County Galway (d. 1869)
1843 Vasily Vereshchagin, Russian painter (War & Peace), born in Cherepovets, Russia (d. 1904)
1849 Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (Frobenius–Stickelberger formulae), born in Charlotteburg, Berlin, Germany (d. 1917)
1854 C. W. Post, American manufacturer of breakfast cereals, born in Springfield, Illinois (d. 1914)
1869 Washington Luís, President of Brazil (1926-30), born in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro (d. 1957)
1871 Guillermo Kahlo, German-Mexican photographer and father of Frida Kahlo, born in Pforzheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire (d. 1941)
1873 Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (1924-26, 1929-42), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1942)
1874 Martin Lowry, English chemist (Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory), born in Low Moor, Bradford (d. 1936)
1880 Andrei Bely [Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev], Russian writer (Petersburg), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1934)
1883 Napoleon Hill, American writer and philosopher (Think and Grow Rich), born in Pound, Virginia (d. 1970)
1886 Mark Aldanov,, Russian-French writer and critic (Novy Zhurnal), born in Kiev (d. 1957)
1888 Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist Insurrectionary leader, born in Hulai-Pole, Russian Empire (d. 1934)
1888 Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Segrande Eros), born in Helsinki (d. 1925)
1893 Miloš Crnjanski, Serbian poet (Seobe), born in Csongrád, Austria-Hungary (d. 1977)
1894 John S Knight, American journalist and publisher (Knight Newspapers), born in Bluefield, West Virginia (d. 1981)
1900 Ibrahim Abboud, 1st President and 4th Prime Minister of Sudan (1958-64), born in Suakin, Sudan (d. 1983)
1900 Karin Boye, writer (Kallocain), born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 1941)
1902 Beryl Markham (née Clutterbuck), British-Kenyan; racehorse trainer, aviator, and memoirist, born in Ashwell, Rutland, England (d. 1986)
1905 George Flahiff, Canadian Cardinal, born in Paris, Ontario, Canada (d. 1989)
1910 John Krol, American former archbishop of Philadelphia (1961-88), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1996)
1911 Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet (Poems to Eimhir and Other Poems), born in Osgaig, Raasay, Scotland (d. 1996)
1913 Stuart J. Byrne, American sci-fi author (Star Man, God Man), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 2011)

François Mitterrand (1916-1996)

21st President of France (1981-95), born in Jarnac, France

1917 Mario Biaggi, American politician (Rep-D&R-NY, 1969-88), born in New York (d. 2015)
1918 Kamal El Mallakh, Egyptian archaeologist (King Khufu Solar ship), and journalist, born in Upper Egypt (d. 1987)

Edward W. Brooke (1919-2015)

American politician and 1st popularly elected African American to the US Senate (R-Mass: 1967-79), born in Washington, D.C.

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919-1980)

last Shah of Iran (Persia) (1941-79), born in Tehran, Persia

1920 T. C. Jones, American female impersonator, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania (d. 1971)
1921 George Forrest, Northern Irish politician (d. 1968)
1924 Tom Lewis, American politician (Rep-R-Florida, 1983-93), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)
1925 Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor and novelist (Brief American), born in Oegstgeest, Netherlands (d. 2007)
1926 Yuri Aleksandrovich Letunov, Russian cosmonaut, born in Tomsk, Russia (d. 1983)
1928 Francisco Solano López, Argentine comic artist, born in Buenos Aires (d. 2011)
1929 Georgette Amowitz, French choreographer and educator, born in Paris, France (d. 2008)
1930 John Arden, English novelist and playwright (Left Handed Liberty), born in Barnsley, England (d. 2012)
1932 Anthony Beilenson, American politician (Rep-D-California, 1977-97), born in New York (d. 2017)
1934 Ulrich Plenzdorf, German writer (Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.), born in Berlin (d. 2007)
1938 Charles Stenholm, American politician (Rep-D-Texas, 1979-2005), born in Stamford, Texas
1939 Vladimir Mikhailovich Beloborodov, Russian cosmonaut, born in Oloviyanna, Chita Region, Russia
1940 Gennadi Strekalov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-8, T-11, TM-21), born in Mytishchi, Soviet Union (d. 2004)
1940 Mario Orozco, 1st victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives)
1942 John P "Jannie" Roux, South African secretary to Presidents Botha and De Klerk
1944 Ries Smits, Dutch economist and politician (CDA), born in Tricht, Netherlands
1945 Demetris Th. Gotsis, Greek poet and author, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
1945 Pat Conroy, American writer (The Great Santini, Prince of Tides), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2016)

Hillary Clinton (75 years old)

1947 US 1st Lady (1993-2001), Senator (NY, 2001-09), Secretary of State (2009-13) and 2016 Democratic Presidential nominee, born in Chicago, Illinois

1947 Trevor Joyce, Irish poet (The Poems of Sweeny Peregrine), born in Dublin, Ireland
1952 Abbas al-Musawi, influential Lebanese Shia cleric, and founder and leader of Hezbollah, born in Al-Nabi Shayth, Lebanon (d. 1992)
1952 Andrew Motion, English poet (British Poet Laureate 1999-2009), born in London
1953 Jennifer Roberson, American sci-fi author (Shapechangers, Sword-Maker), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1953 Rosa Monckton, English businesswoman and notable charity fundraiser, born in Westminster, London
1954 Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, Mozambican politician, Prime Minister of Mozambique (2015-), born in Maxixe, Mozambique
1955 Stephen K Robinson, American PhD, and astronaut (STS 85, sk:95), born in Sacramento, California
1956 Regina Benjamin, 18th US Surgeon General (2009-13), born in Mobile, Alabama
1956 Stephen Gumley, Australian businessman (1st CEO of Australian Defence Materiel Organisation)

Evo Morales (63 years old)

1959 Bolivian politician and 80th President of Bolivia (2006-2019), born in Isallawi, Bolivia

Uhuru Kenyatta (61 years old)

1961 Kenyan Prime Minister (2013-2022) and son of Jomo Kenyatta, born in Nairobi, Kenya

1963 Ted Demme, American film and television director, born in NYC, New York (d. 2002)
1972 Hamdi Ulukaya, Kurdish founder and CEO of Chobani, born in Erzincan, Turkey
1979 Movsar Barayev, Chechen Islamist militia leader during the Second Chechen War, born in Argun, Chechen–Ingush ASSR, Soviet Union (d. 2002)
1996 Pasaye, twin born 92 days before his brother (Jan 26), born in Palatine, Illinois