October 26 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on October 26, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♏︎ Scorpio
Oct 23 – Nov 21
Birth stone
Opal
Birth flower
Marigold
How common
#246 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous October 26 birthdays
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder · German Field Marshal1800
Vasily Vereshchagin · Russian painter1842
Andrei Bely · Russian poet, writer and critic1880
Napoleon Hill · American author1883
Karin Boye · Swedish poet and novelist1900
Mahalia Jackson · American gospel singer1911
Don Siegel · American film director1912
Jackie Coogan · American actor1914
François Mitterrand · 21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 19951916
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi · Shah of Iran from 1941 to 19791919
Bob Hoskins · English actor1942
Hillary Clinton · American politician and diplomat1947
Lars Peter Hansen · American economist1952
Rita Wilson · American actress, singer and producer1956
Evo Morales · President of Bolivia from 2006 to 20191959
Uhuru Kenyatta · 4th President of Republic of Kenya1961
Dylan McDermott · American actor1961
Rosemarie DeWitt · American actress1971
Seth MacFarlane · American writer, actor, and producer1973
CM Punk · American professional wrestler, actor, and retired mixed martial artist1978
On this day in history
1813War of 1812: British forces and Mohawk allies under Charles de Salaberry repulsed an American attempt to invade Canada.
2000Following protests against military leader Robert Guéï, Laurent Gbagbo became the president of Ivory Coast.
2001President George W. Bush signed the Patriot Act into law, significantly expanding the authority of United States law enforcement agencies.
2004Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, considered one of the best video games ever made, in North America.
1944World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
1955Ngô Đình Diệm proclaimed himself president of the newly created Republic of Vietnam after defeating former emperor Bảo Đại in a fraudulent referendum supervised by his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.
1958Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
1977Somali hospital cook Ali Maow Maalin began displaying symptoms of smallpox, becoming the last person known to be naturally infected by the disease.
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