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Famous people born on June 26
Short answer
Well-known people born on June 26 include Pearl S. Buck (1892), Ariana Grande (1993), Salvador Allende (1908) and William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1825). Our list below has 93 people for this date, most widely covered first.
This list covers people whose Wikidata record gives June 26 as their exact birth date and who have articles in at least 28 Wikipedia language editions. The earliest birth year here is 1681 (Hedvig Sophia of Sweden) and the most recent is 2005 (Princess Alexia of the Netherlands). The most common fields on this date: football, writer, actor.
Who was born on June 26?
- Pearl S. Buck 1892 American writer
- Ariana Grande 1993 American singer, songwriter, and actress
- Salvador Allende 1908 28th president of Chile (1908–1973
- William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin 1825 British physicist and engineer
- Paolo Maldini 1968 Italian association football player
- Charles Messier 1730 18th- and 19th-century French astronomer
- Jovenel Moïse 1968 Former President of Haiti
- Mikhail Khodorkovsky 1963 Russian businessman, philanthropist and former oligarch
- Robert Coleman Richardson 1937 American physicist
- Samir Nasri 1987 French footballer
- Claudio Abbado 1933 Italian conductor
- Gennady Zyuganov 1944 General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 1838 Bengali writer, poet and journalist
- Paul Thomas Anderson 1970 American filmmaker
- Guðni Jóhannesson 1968 President of Iceland
- Peter Lorre 1904 Hungarian and American actor
- Aubrey Plaza 1984 American actress, producer and comedian
- Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia 1899 Grand Duchess of Russia; third daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix…
- Jennette McCurdy 1992 American writer and former actress
- Eleanor Parker 1922 American actress
- Aleksandr Zakharchenko 1976 Head and Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic
- Gilberto Gil 1942 Brazilian recording artist, singer, guitarist, songwriter and politician
- Chris O'Donnell 1970 American actor
- Sean Hayes 1970 American actor
- Jacob Elordi 1997 Australian actor
- Benoît Hamon 1967 French politician
- Catherine Samba-Panza 1954 Central African politician
- Takayuki Kuwata 1941 Japanese association football player
- Bartolomé Mitre 1821 President of Argentina, writer, politician
- Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1911 American golfer and athlete
- Vittorio Amadeo III of Sardinia 1726 King of Sardinia
- Jason Schwartzman 1980 American actor and musician
- Joel Campbell 1992 Costa Rican footballer
- Felipe Melo 1983 Brazilian association football player
- Maurice Wilkes 1913 British computer scientist
- Peter Sloterdijk 1947 German philosopher
- Mohammad Mokhber 1955 Acting President of Iran during 2024
- Chris Isaak 1956 American rock musician
- George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon 1866 British aristocrat
- Dany Boon 1966 French actor, screenwriter and film director
- Antoine de Rivarol 1753 French writer
- Ryan Tedder 1979 American singer, songwriter and record producer
- Martin Andersen Nexø 1869 Danish writer
- Rudy Gobert 1992 French basketball player
- Willy Messerschmitt 1898 German aircraft designer and manufacturer
- Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev 1925 Soviet cosmonaut
- Princess Alexia of the Netherlands 2005 The second daughter of Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Queen Máxima
- Robert Borden 1854 8th prime minister of Canada
- Nick Offerman 1970 American actor
- Deron Williams 1984 American basketball player
- Greg LeMond 1961 American racing cyclist
- Lyman Spitzer 1914 American astronomer
- Colin Greenwood 1969 Bass player for rock band Radiohead.Bass player for Nick Cave and the Bad Seed.
- Igor Thiago 2001 Brazilian footballer
- Tommi Mäkinen 1964 Finnish rally driver
- Adolf Bastian 1826 German anthropologist
- Bernard Berenson 1865 American art critic and collector
- Garou 1972 Canadian singer
- Hedvig Sophia of Sweden 1681 Swedish princess
- Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein 1760 Austrian marshal
- Violette Szabo 1921 French-British SOE spy
- Luis Arconada 1954 Spanish footballer
- Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark 1914 Greek princess; elder sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- Arjun Kapoor 1985 Indian actor
- Derek Jeter 1974 American former professional baseball player, author, bussinessman and baseball…
- Shapour Bakhtiar 1914 Iranian politician
- Paolo Cannavaro 1981 Italian footballer
- Wolfgang Reitherman 1909 American animator
- Colin Wilson 1931 British writer and philosopher
- Roy J. Plunkett 1910 American chemist
- Branwell Brontë 1817 British artist
- Maxime Bossis 1955 French football player and manager
- Wolfgang Weber 1944 German footballer
- Dave Grusin 1934 American composer, arranger, producer, and pianist
- Milton Glaser 1929 American graphic designer
- Preslava 1984 Bulgarian singer
- Jhon Lucumí 1998 Colombian association football player
- Neil Abercrombie 1938 Governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2014
- Natalya Antyukh 1981 Russian female Olympic 400m hurdler
- Edward Akufo-Addo 1906 Second President of the Republic of Ghana
- Jeanne Eagels 1890 American actress
- Warren Farrell 1943 Author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate
- Mick Jones 1955 British musician and singer
- Colonel Tom Parker 1909 Dutch-American talent manager and concert promoter
- Rémy Vercoutre 1980 French footballer
- J. J. Barea 1984 Puerto Rican basketball player
- Yahya Al-Shehri 1990 Saudi Arabian footballer
- Xisco 1986 Spanish association football player
- Josiah Warren 1798 American social reformer, philosopher, inventor, musician, and author
- Ko Yong-hui 1952 Consort of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Il
- Katrin Heß 1985 German actress
- Max Biaggi 1971 Italian motorcycle racer
- Ranko Popović 1967 Serbian association football player and manager
Names link to each person's Wikidata entry, the source of the date. Data: Wikidata (CC0), refreshed October 30, 2026. People born on June 26 share the 26th of June as a birthday; check the Famous Birthdays Finder for any other date.