August 26 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on August 26, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♍︎ Virgo
Aug 23 – Sep 22
Birth stone
Peridot
Birth flower
Gladiolus
How common
#104 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous August 26 birthdays
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha · Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 18611819
Lee de Forest · American inventor1873
Guillaume Apollinaire · French poet1880
James Franck · German-American physicist1882
Yun Po-sun · 2nd President of South Korea1897
Christopher Isherwood · British-American novelist1904
Albert Sabin · Jewish-Polish-American physician and epidemiologist1906
Mother Teresa · Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary1910
Julio Cortázar · Argentine writer and translator1914
Katherine Johnson · African-American mathematician1918
Geraldine Ferraro · American politician1935
Benedict Anderson · American political scientist1936
Edward Witten · American theoretical physicist1951
Michael Jeter · American actor1952
Chris Pine · American actor1980
Macaulay Culkin · American actor and singer1980
Tori Black · American pornographic actress1988
James Harden · American basketball player1989
Dylan O'Brien · American actor1991
Keke Palmer · American actress1993
On this day in history
1940The 1940 New England hurricane formed over the Atlantic Ocean; it would go on to cause widespread damage despite never making landfall in the United States.
1968The U.S. Democratic Party's National Convention opened in Chicago, sparking four days of clashes between anti-Vietnam War protesters and police.
1970Betty Friedan and the National Organization for Women organized the Women's Strike for Equality in New York City, in which 50,000 women protested the continuing lack of gender equality.
2008After a ceasefire was reached in the Russo-Georgian War, Russia recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
1920The 19th amendment to United States Constitution, giving women the right to vote, is certified.
1928At a cafe in Paisley, Scotland, a woman found the remains of a snail in her bottle of ginger beer, giving rise to the landmark civil-action case Donoghue v Stevenson.
1955Pather Panchali, the first film in The Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray, was released and went on to win many Indian and international film awards.
1978A conclave elected Albino Luciani as Pope John Paul I, succeeding Paul VI.
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