Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In August - 26
Tuesday, 11 March 2025
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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