Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In August - 26
Thursday, 13 March 2025
1870 Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7] was born on this day in history.
1873 Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube) was born on August - 26.
1873 On August - 26 birth of lee DeForest, American inventor (d. 1961)
1874 Zona Gale, American novelist (d. 1938) was born on this day in history.
1875 On August - 26 birth of john Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme)
1880 On this day in history birth of guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola)
1882 James Franck, German naturalist (Nobel 1925) was born on August - 26.
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 Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer was born on August - 26.
1890 Tommy Andrews, cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's) was born on August - 26.
1891 On August - 26 birth of emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author
1891 Ferdinand Bruckner, [Theodor Tagger], Austrian playwright (Races) was born on this day in history.
1894 Sparky Adams, Baseball player (d. 1989) was born on August - 26.
1896 On this day in history 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 Peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector was born on this day in history.
1899 On August - 26 birth of rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter
1900 On August - 26 birth of hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (d. 1980)
1901 On August - 26 birth of gen Maxwell D Taylor, former US Army chief of staff
1901 On this day in history birth of jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier (KVP, 1959-63)
1901 On August - 26 birth of tullio Campagnolo, Italy, bicycle manufacturer (Fiat)
1901 On August - 26 birth of chen Yi, Chinese communist military commander and politician (d. 1972)
1903 Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer was born on this day in history.
1904 On August - 26 birth of christopher W Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer (Goodbye to Berlin)
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 August - 26.
1908 W. B. Henning, Prussian-born Iranist (d. 1967) was born on August - 26.
1909 Eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler (5 Tests for S Africa 1935-39) was born on this day in history.
1909 Frank Gasparro, Phila Pa, US chief engraver (1965-81) was born on August - 26.
1909 On August - 26 birth of jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981)
1909 On August - 26 birth of gene Moore, baseball player (d. 1978)
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