Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In August - 26

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

1873  On August - 26 birth of lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube)   

1873  Lee DeForest, American inventor (d. 1961) was born on this day in history.   

1874  On August - 26 birth of zona Gale, American novelist (d. 1938)   

1875  John Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme) was born on August - 26.   

1880  Guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola) was born on August - 26.   

1882  James Franck, German naturalist (Nobel 1925) was born on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history birth of johannes Lindeboom, vicar/church historian (Neth Archives)   

1884  On August - 26 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  On August - 26 birth of tommy Andrews, cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's)   

1891  Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author was born on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Bruckner, [Theodor Tagger], Austrian playwright (Races)   

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

1896  Richard Hammond, composer was born on August - 26.   

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

1897  On this day in history birth of yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (d. 1990)   

1898  Peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector was born on August - 26.   

1899  Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter was born on August - 26.   

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  Jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier (KVP, 1959-63) was born on August - 26.   

1901  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of jimmy Rushing, US blues singer   

1904  On this day in history birth of christopher W Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer (Goodbye to Berlin)   

1906  Albert B Sabin, Russia, US microbiologist (oral polio vaccine) was born on August - 26.   

1908  Bill Hunt, cricketer (NSW slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1933) was born on August - 26.   

1908  On this day in history birth of w. B. Henning, Prussian-born Iranist (d. 1967)   

1909  On this day in history birth of eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler (5 Tests for S Africa 1935-39)   

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

1909  Jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981) was born on this day in history.   

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

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1278  Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle on August - 26.   

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  Engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies on this day in history.   

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  On August - 26 death of margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)   

1572  Death of Petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515) on this day in history.