Who Was Born Today – August 26 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on August 26 | ||
1743 | Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry who defined the role of oxygen and named it. | |
1874 | Lee De Forest, physicist, inventor, considered the father of radio. | |
1875 | John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir, writer and governor general of Canada, famous for his book The Thirty-Nine Steps. | |
1898 | Peggy Guggenheim, art patron and collector. | |
1906 | Christopher Isherwood, English novelist and playwright, author of Goodbye to Berlin, the inspiration for the play I am a Camera and the musical and film Cabaret. | |
1906 | Albert Sabin, medical researcher, developed the polio vaccine. | |
1910 | Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu), missionary, Nobel Prize laureate for her work in the slums of Calcutta. | |
1922 | Irving Levine, journalist; first American television correspondent to be accredited in the Soviet Union. | |
1940 | Donald Leroy “Don” LaFontaine, voice-over actor; recorded more than 5,000 film trailers and hundreds of thousands of television advertisements, network promotions, and video game trailers. | |
1944 | Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard Alexander Walter George). | |
1945 | Tom Ridge, first US Secretary of Homeland Security. | |
1952 | Will Shortz, American puzzle creator and editor. | |
1957 | Nikky Finey (Lynn Carol Finney), poet; won National Book Award (Head Off & Split). | |
1960 | Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. | |
1970 | Melissa Ann McCarthy, comedian, writer, producer, Emmy-winning actress (Mike & Molly TV series). |
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