Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In August - 26

1870  Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7] was born on August - 26.   

1873  Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube) was born on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history birth of lee DeForest, American inventor (d. 1961)   

1874  Zona Gale, American novelist (d. 1938) was born on August - 26.   

1875  On August - 26 birth of john Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme)   

1880  On August - 26 birth of guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola)   

1882  On August - 26 birth of james Franck, German naturalist (Nobel 1925)   

1882  On August - 26 birth of johannes Lindeboom, vicar/church historian (Neth Archives)   

1884  On this day in history birth of earl Biggers, author ("Charlie Chan" detective series)   

1885  Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will) was born on August - 26.   

1887  On this day in history birth of luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer   

1890  On August - 26 birth of tommy Andrews, cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's)   

1891  On this day in history birth of emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author   

1891  Ferdinand Bruckner, [Theodor Tagger], Austrian playwright (Races) was born on August - 26.   

1894  Sparky Adams, Baseball player (d. 1989) was born on this day in history.   

1896  On August - 26 birth of richard Hammond, composer   

1896  On August - 26 birth of ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1990)   

1897  On August - 26 birth of yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (d. 1990)   

1898  On this day in history birth of peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector   

1899  On August - 26 birth of rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter   

1900  On this day in history birth of hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (d. 1980)   

1901  Gen Maxwell D Taylor, former US Army chief of staff was born on this day in history.   

1901  On August - 26 birth of jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier (KVP, 1959-63)   

1901  Tullio Campagnolo, Italy, bicycle manufacturer (Fiat) was born on this day in history.   

1901  On August - 26 birth of chen Yi, Chinese communist military commander and politician (d. 1972)   

1903  On August - 26 birth of jimmy Rushing, US blues singer   

1904  Christopher W Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer (Goodbye to Berlin) was born on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history birth of albert B Sabin, Russia, US microbiologist (oral polio vaccine)   

1908  Bill Hunt, cricketer (NSW slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1933) was born on this day in history.   

1908  On August - 26 birth of w. B. Henning, Prussian-born Iranist (d. 1967)   

1909  Eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler (5 Tests for S Africa 1935-39) was born on this day in history.   

1909  On August - 26 birth of frank Gasparro, Phila Pa, US chief engraver (1965-81)   

1909  On August - 26 birth of jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981)   

1909  Gene Moore, baseball player (d. 1978) was born on this day in history.   

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1278  On August - 26 ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle   

1346  Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle on August - 26.   

1349  Death of Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury on August - 26.   

1368  On August - 26 engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies   

1486  Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1518  On this day in history death of giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara   

1551  Death of Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516) on this day in history.   

1572  On August - 26 death of petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515)