May 26 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on May 26, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♊︎ Gemini
May 21 – Jun 20
Birth stone
Emerald
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
How common
#354 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous May 26 birthdays
Mary of Teck · Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 19361867
Isadora Duncan · American dancer and choreographer1877
Al Jolson · American entertainer, actor, and singer1886
Paul Lukas · Hungarian-American actor1894
John Wayne · American actor1907
János Kádár · Former General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party1912
Peggy Lee · American singer1920
Miles Davis · American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer1926
Jack Kevorkian · American pathologist, euthanasia activist1928
Stevie Nicks · American singer and songwriter1948
Ward Cunningham · American computer programmer1949
Jeremy Corbyn · British politician, leader of the Labour Party 2015 to 20201949
Pam Grier · American actress1949
Sally Ride · American astronaut and physicist1951
Lenny Kravitz · American guitarist and singer1964
Helena Bonham Carter · British actress1966
Frederik X · King of Denmark since 20241968
Matt Stone · American actor, animator and filmmaker1971
Lauryn Hill · American singer and rapper1975
Luca Toni · Italian association football player1977
On this day in history
1865American Civil War: General Edmund Kirby Smith negotiated the surrender of his army, the only significant Confederate Army force remaining in the war.
1868The impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson adjourned after the second and third articles of impeachment did not obtain enough votes from the U.S. Senate to convict.
2002Barges being towed destroyed part of a bridge (aftermath pictured) near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, causing vehicles to fall into the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River.
2025A car rammed into a crowd on Water Street, Liverpool, injuring 65 people.
1972Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
1991Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
1998The Supreme Court of the United States rules in New Jersey v. New York that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
1999Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League final to become the first English football club to win three major championships in the same season.
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