Curated category
1926 births
- Marilyn MonroeNorma Jeane Mortenson was born on the 1st of June 1926, at Los Angeles General Hospital in the Boyle Heights neighborhood.
- Jiang ZeminJiang Zemin was born on the 17th of August 1926 in the city of Yangzhou, Jiangsu. His family home lay in the village of Jiangcun within Jingde County, Anhui…
- Elizabeth IIAt 2:40 am on the 21st of April 1926, a baby girl named Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair.
- Gus GrissomVirgil Ivan Grissom was born in the small town of Mitchell, Indiana, on the 3rd of April 1926. His father worked as a signalman for the Baltimore and Ohio…
- John ColtraneJohn William Coltrane was born in his parents' apartment at 200 Hamlet Avenue in Hamlet, North Carolina, on the 23rd of September 1926.
- Miles DavisMiles Dewey Davis III arrived in the world on the 26th of May 1926, born into an affluent African-American family in Alton, Illinois.
- Henry J. KelleyHenry J. Kelley walked into the Grumman Aircraft facility in 1948 with a Bachelor of Science degree from New York University.
- Chuck BerryCharles Edward Anderson Berry was born on the 18th of October 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri. He grew up in a neighborhood called the Ville where many…
- Fidel CastroFidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born out of wedlock on the 13th of August 1926 at his father's farm in Birán, Cuba. His father, Ángel Castro y Argiz, had…
- Michel FoucaultPaul-Michel Foucault was born on the 15th of October 1926 in the city of Poitiers, west-central France. He entered a prosperous, socially conservative family…
- Poul AndersonPoul William Anderson arrived in the world on the 25th of November 1926. He was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania to parents who had emigrated from Denmark.
- Bruno KoschmiderBruno Koschmider entered the world in 1926 within the Free City of Danzig. This port city now bears the name Gdańsk and sits on the Baltic Sea coast.
- Chuck Cooper (basketball)Charles Henry Cooper entered the world on the 29th of September 1926 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father Daniel worked as a mailman while his mother Emma…
- Thích Nhất HạnhNguyễn Xuân Bảo was born on the 11th of October 1926 in Huế, the ancient capital of central Vietnam. He belonged to the 15th generation of the Nguyễn Đình…
- Pete RozelleAlvin Ray Rozelle grew up in Lynwood, California during the Great Depression. He graduated from Compton High School in 1944 alongside Duke Snider.
- Alan GreenspanAlan Greenspan was born on the 6th of March 1926 in the Washington Heights area of New York City. His father Herbert worked as a stockbroker while his mother…
- George MartinGeorge Henry Martin entered the world on the 3rd of January 1926 in North London. His family lived modestly in Highbury and later Drayton Park before moving…
- George LowGeorg Michael Löw was born near Vienna, Austria, on the 10th of June 1926. His parents Artur and Gertrude Löw ran a prosperous manufacturing business before…
- David AttenboroughDavid Frederick Attenborough was born on the 8th of May 1926 in Isleworth, Middlesex. He grew up in College House on the campus of University College…
- Angus MaddisonAngus Maddison was born on the 6th of December 1926 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. He attended Darlington Grammar School before entering Selwyn College at…
- Hilary PutnamHilary Whitehall Putnam arrived in the world on the 31st of July 1926, within a hospital in Chicago, Illinois. His father Samuel worked as a scholar of…
- Oliver SelfridgeOliver Gordon Selfridge entered the world on the 10th of May 1926 in England. His father was Harry Gordon Selfridge Jr., a man who worked at his own family's…
- Ray SolomonoffRay Solomonoff was born on the 25th of July 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio. He grew up as the son of Jewish Russian immigrants named Phillip Julius and Sarah…
- Efraín Ríos MonttEfraín Ríos Montt was born on the 16th of June 1926 into a large ladino family of the rural middle class in Huehuetenango, a small city in the highlands of…
- James Samuel ColemanJames Samuel Coleman was born on the 12th of May 1926 in Bedford, Indiana. He spent his early childhood there before moving to Louisville, Kentucky.
- Harold Hunter (basketball)Harold Hunter Sr. entered the world on the 30th of April 1926 in Kansas City, Kansas. He walked through the doors of Sumner High School and graduated there…