February 26 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on February 26, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♓︎ Pisces
Feb 19 – Mar 20
Birth stone
Amethyst
Birth flower
Violet
How common
#315 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous February 26 birthdays
Victor Hugo · French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician1802
Levi Strauss · German-Jewish-born American businessman1829
Buffalo Bill · American frontiersman and showman1846
Nadezhda Krupskaya · Russian revolutionary and politician1869
Giulio Natta · Italian chemist1903
Jackie Gleason · American comedian and actor1916
Theodore Sturgeon · American speculative fiction writer1918
Johnny Cash · American country singer1932
Ahmed Zewail · Egyptian chemist1946
Helen Clark · Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 20081950
Michael Bolton · American singer-songwriter1953
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · President of Turkey since 20141954
Michel Houellebecq · French writer1956
Tim Kaine · American lawyer and politician1958
Ahmet Davutoğlu · Turkish statesperson and writer1959
Erykah Badu · American singer-songwriter1971
Sean Baker · American film director1971
Li Na · Chinese tennis player1982
Pepe · Portuguese association football player1984
Emmanuel Adebayor · Togolese soccer player1984
On this day in history
1935Adolf Hitler ordered the Luftwaffe reinstated, violating the Treaty of Versailles signed at the end of World War I.
1979The Superliner railcar entered revenue service with Amtrak.
1987Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
2008In the first significant cultural visit from the United States to North Korea since the Korean War, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang.
1914RMS Britannic, the third and largest Olympic-class ocean liner of the White Star Line after RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic, was launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
1917The Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded "Livery Stable Blues", the first jazz single ever released.
1919President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
1929President Calvin Coolidge signs legislation establishing the 96,000 acres (390 km2) Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
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