Wednesday, May 25, 2016

May 26 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths


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1264 – Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)
1478 – Pope Clement VII (d. 1534)
1566 – Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1603)
1602 – Philippe de Champaigne, Dutch-French painter (d. 1674)
1623 – William Petty, English economist, scientist, and philosopher (d. 16 Dec 1687)
1650 – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
      English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (d. 1722)
1667 – Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1754)
1669 – Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (d. 1722)
1689:  Lady Mary Wortley Montagu   (d. 21 Aug 1762)
      English aristocrat, letter writer and poet
1700 – Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (d. 1760),
1799 – August Kopisch, German poet and painter (d. 1853)
1822 – Edmond de Goncourt  (d. 1896)
      French author and critic, founded the Académie Goncourt
1863 – Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer (d. 1917)
1865 – Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator (d. 1933)
1867 – Mary of Teck (d. 1953)
1873 – Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1958)
1876 – Percy Perrin, English cricketer (d. 1945)
1880 – W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (d. 1967)
1883 – Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (d. 1946)
1886 – Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American singer and actor (d. 1950)
1887 – Ba U, 2nd President of Burma (d. 1963)
1893 – Eugene Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer (d. 1962)
1893:  Peggy Hopkins Joyce, American actress  (d. 12 Jun 1957)
1893 – Norma Talmadge, American actress and producer (d. 1957)
1895 – Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (d. 1965)
1895 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer (d. 1971)
1898 – Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
1898 – Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (d. 1965)
1899 – Antonio Barrette  (d. 1968)
      Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec
1899 – Muriel McQueen Fergusson  (d. 1997)
      Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate
1904 – George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1961)
1904 – Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1983)
1904 – Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (d. 2002)
1907 – Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist (d. 2006)
1907 – John Wayne, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1979)
1908 – Robert Morley, English actor (d. 1992)
1908 – Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Vietnamese politician
      1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam
1909:  Eugenie Anderson, American diplomat  (d. 31 Mar 1997)
1909 – Matt Busby, Scottish-English footballer and manager (d. 1994)
1909 – Nikolay Guryanov, Russian priest and mystic (d. 2002)
1909 – Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (d. 1969)
1909:  J. Irwin Miller, American businessman  (19 Aug 2004)
1910 – Imi Lichtenfeld, Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast (d. 1998)
1910:  Laurance Rockefeller, American businessman  (d. 11 Jul 2004)
1911 – Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (d. 2005)
1911 – Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1992)
1912 – János Kádár  (d. 1989)
      Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary
1912 – Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (d. 1980)
1913 – Peter Cushing, English actor (d. 1994)
1913 – Pierre Daninos, French author (d. 2005)
1913 – Karin Ekelund, Swedish actress (d. 1976)
1913 – Josef Manger, German weightlifter (d. 1991)
1914 – Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
1915 – Vernon Alley, American bassist (d. 2004)
1915 – Sam Edwards, American actor (d. 2004)
1915 – Antonia Forest, English author (d. 2003)
1916 – Moondog, American drummer, composer, and poet (d. 1999)
1916 – Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1972)
1917 – Éva Szörényi, Hungarian actress (d. 2009)
1918 – Anton Christoforidis, Turkish-Greek boxer (d. 1985)
1919 – Rubén González  (d. 2003)
      Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club and Estrellas de Areito)
1920 – Jack Cheetham, South African cricketer (d. 1980)
1920 – Peggy Lee, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2002)
1921 – György Bárdy, Hungarian actor (d. 2013)
1921 – Walter Laqueur, American historian and academic
1921 – Ernst Märzendorfer, Austrian conductor (d. 2009)
1922 – Troy Smith, American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (d. 2009)
1923 – James Arness, American actor and producer (d. 2011)
1923 – Roy Dotrice, English actor
1925 – Alec McCowen, English actor
1926 – Miles Davis  (d. 1991)
      American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (Miles Davis Quintet)
1927 – Jacques Bergerac, French actor (d. 2014)
1928 – Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and activist (d. 2011)
1929 – J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (d. 2014)
1929 – John Jackson, English lawyer and businessman
1929 – Catherine Sauvage, French singer and actress (d. 1998)
1930 – Karim Emami, Indian-Iranian lexicographer and critic (d. 2005)
1932 – Grigor Vachkov, Bulgarian actor (d. 1980)
1933 – Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author (d. 1995)
1935 – Eero Loone, Estonian philosopher and academic
1935 – Sheila Steafel, South African–English actress
1936 – David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate, English politician
1937 – Manorama, Indian actress and singer (d. 2015)
1938 – William Bolcom, American pianist and composer
1938:  Richard Lederer, American author
1938 – Pauline Parker, New Zealand murderer
1938 – Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian author and playwright
1938 – K. Bikram Singh, Indian director and producer (d. 2013)
1938 – Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano and actress
1939 – Merab Kostava, Georgian poet, activist, and educator (d. 1989)
1939 – Jaki Liebezeit, German drummer (Can)
1939 – Brent Musburger, American sportscaster
1939 – Herb Trimpe, American author and illustrator (d. 2015)
1940 – Monique Gagnon-Tremblay
      Canadian academic and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
1940 – Levon Helm  (d. 2012)
      American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (The Band)
1941 – Aldrich Ames, American CIA officer and criminal
1941 – Reg Bundy, English drag queen performer, dancer, and actor (d. 2003)
1941 – Jim Dobbin, Scottish microbiologist and politician (d. 2014)
1941 – Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player and sportscaster
1941 – Imants Kalniņš, Latvian composer
1942 – Ganapathi Sachchidananda, Indian guru
1943 – Erica Terpstra, Dutch swimmer, journalist, and politician
1944 – Phil Edmonston, American-Canadian journalist and politician
1944 – Jan Kinder, Norwegian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
1944 – Sam Posey, American race car driver and journalist
1944:  Jan Schakowsky, American politician
      U.S. Representative, D. IL, 1999-present
1945 – Vilasrao Deshmukh  (d. 2012)
      Indian lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
1945 – Alistair MacDuff, English lawyer and judge
1945 – Garry Peterson
      Canadian-American drummer (The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive)
1946:  Simon Hoggart, English journalist  (d. 5 Jan 2014)
1946 – Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian gymnast and coach
1946 – Mick Ronson  (d. 1993)
      English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
      (The Spiders from Mars and Mott the Hoople)
1947:  Richard Hayne, American businessman
1947 – Carol O'Connell, American author and painter
1947 – Glenn Turner, New Zealand cricketer
1948 – Stevie Nicks, American singer-songwriter (Fleetwood Mac)
1949 – Jeremy Corbyn, British journalist and politician
1949 – Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer, developed the first wiki
1949 – Pam Grier, American actress
1949 – Anne McGuire, Scottish educator and politician
1949 – Philip Michael Thomas, American actor and singer
1949 – Hank Williams Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Ramón Calderón, Spanish lawyer and businessman
1951 – Sally Ride  (d. 2012)
      American physicist and astronaut, founded Sally Ride Science
1951 – Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish educator and politician
1952 – David Meece, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1953 – Kay Hagan, American lawyer and politician
1953 – Michael Portillo
      English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
1953 – Dan Roundfield, American basketball player (d. 2012)
1954 – Marian Gold, German singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alphaville)
1954 – Alan Hollinghurst, English author and poet
1954 – Denis Lebel
      Canadian businessman and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Transport
1954 – Danny Rolling, American serial killer (d. 2006)
1955 – Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese-American chef
1955 – Paul Stoddart, Australian businessman
1955 – Wesley Walker, American football player and educator
1956 – Neil Parish, English politician
1956 – Fiona Shackleton, English lawyer
1957 – Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1957 – François Legault, Canadian businessman and politician
1957 – Kristina Olsen, American singer-songwriter
1957 – Roberto Ravaglia, Italian race car driver
1957 – Pontso Sekatle, Lesotho academic and politician
1958 – Ronnie Black, American golfer
1958 – Arto Bryggare, Finnish hurdler and politician
1958 – Margaret Colin, American actress
1958 – Howard Goodall, English composer and educator
1959 – Ole Bornedal, Danish actor, director, and producer
1960 – Doug Hutchison, American actor
1960 – Dean Lukin, Australian weightlifter
1960 – Masahiro Matsunaga, Japanese race car driver
1960 – Rob Murphy, American baseball player
1960 – Romas Ubartas, Lithuanian discus thrower
1961 – Steve Pate, American golfer
1961 – Tarsem Singh, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Black, English singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
1962 – Genie Francis, Canadian-American actress
1962 – Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1963 – Simon Armitage, English author, poet, and playwright
1963 – Claude Legault, Canadian actor and screenwriter
1963 – Mary Nightingale, English journalist
1963 – Jamie Spence, English golfer
1963 – Musetta Vander, South African model and actress
1964 – Caitlín R. Kiernan, Irish-American paleontologist and author
1964 – Lenny Kravitz, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1964 – Argiris Pedoulakis, Greek basketball player and coach
1965 – Hazel Irvine, Scottish sportscaster and journalist
1966 – Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
1966 – Zola Budd, South African runner
1967 – Kevin Moore, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
      (OSI, Dream Theater, and Chroma Key)
1967 – Philip Treacy, Irish milliner, hat designer
1967 – Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (d. 2012)
1968 – Christopher Burge, American biologist and academic
1968 – Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
1968 – Simon Diamond, American baseball player and wrestler
1968 – Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Steve Sedgley, English footballer and manager
1969 – John Baird, Canadian politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1969 – Siri Lindley, American triathlete and coach
1969 – Dominic Mohan, English journalist
1970 – Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese illustrator
1971 – Zaher Andary, Lebanese footballer
1971 – Matt Stone, American actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, and composer
1972 – Shary Boyle, Canadian sculptor and painter
1972:  Selenis Leyva, Cuban American actress
1972 – Patsy Palmer, English actress
1972 – Alan White, English drummer (Oasis and Starclub)
1973 – Naomi Harris, Canadian-American photographer
1974 – Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
1974:  Ben Schott, British writer, photographer, and author
1975 – Nicki Aycox, American actress
1975 – Lauryn Hill, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Fugees)
1975 – Kwasi Kwarteng, English historian and politician
1975 – Travis Lee, American baseball player
1975 – Suat Suna, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer
1976 – Paul Collingwood, English cricketer and coach
1976 – Kenny Florian, American mixed martial artist and sportscaster
1976 – Justin Pierre
      American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Motion City Soundtrack)
1977 – Nikos Chatzivrettas, Greek basketball player
1977 – Mark Hunter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Chimaira)
1977 – Misaki Ito, Japanese actress and model
1977 – Raina Telgemeier, American author and cartoonist
1977 – Luca Toni, Italian footballer
1978 – Phil Elvrum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Microphones, Mount Eerie, and Old Time Relijun)
1978 – Fabio Firmani, Italian footballer
1978:  Laurence Fox, English actor
1979 – Amanda Bauer, American astronomer and academic
1979 – Elisabeth Harnois, American actress
1979 – Ashley Massaro, American wrestler and manager
1979 – Natalya Nazarova, Russian sprinter
1979 – Mehmet Okur, Turkish basketball player
1981 – Robert Copeland, Australian footballer
1981 – Eda-Ines Etti, Estonian singer
1981 – Jason Manford, English actor, screenwriter, and television host
1981 – Isaac Slade, American singer-songwriter and pianist (The Fray)
1981 – James Wong, English ethnobotanist and television presenter
1981 – Ben Zobrist, American baseball player
1982 – Hasan Kabze, Turkish footballer
1982 – Sten Lassmann, Estonian pianist
1982 – Yoko Matsugane, Japanese model
1982 – David Reed, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1983 – Demy de Zeeuw, Dutch footballer
1983 – Henry Holland, English fashion designer
1985 – Monika Christodoulou, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985 – Ashley Vincent, English footballer
1986:  Ashley Bell, American actress
1986:  Astrid Berges-Frisbey, French-Spanish actress
1986 – Michel Tornéus, Swedish long jumper
1987 – Olcay Şahan, Turkish footballer
1987 – Josh Thomas, Australian comedian and actor
1988 – Andrea Catellani, Italian footballer
1988 – Will Chambers, Australian rugby league player
1988 – Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, Colombian footballer
1988 – Dani Samuels, Australian discus thrower
1988 – Joel Selwood, Australian footballer
1988 – Damian Williams, American football player
1989 – Paula Findlay, Canadian triathlete
1991 – Ah Young, South Korean singer, actress, and model (Dal Shabet)
1992 – Curtis Rona, New Zealand rugby league player
1993 – Jason Adesanya, Belgian footballer
1999 – Kerry Ingram, English actress and singer
2001:  Megan Charpentier, American-Canadian child actress   FBD


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604 – Augustine of Canterbury, Benedictine monk and archbishop
735 – Bede, English monk, historian, and theologian (b. 672)
818 – Ali al-Ridha, Saudi Arabian 8th of The Twelve Imams (b. 766)
946 – Edmund I of England (b. 921)
1055 – Adalbert, Margrave of Austria (b. 985)
1250 – Peter I, Duke of Brittany (b. c. 1187)
1421 – Mehmed I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1389)
1512 – Bayezid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1447)
1536 – Francesco Berni, Italian poet (b. 1498)
1647 – Alse Young, American woman executed for witchcraft (b. 1600)
1648 – Vincent Voiture, French poet and author (b. 1597)
1651 – Jeane Gardiner, English woman executed for witchcraft
1653 – Robert Filmer, English theorist and author (b. 1588)
1679 – Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)
1685 – Charles II, Elector Palatine (b. 1651)
1703 – Samuel Pepys, English politician (b. 1633)
1742 – Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1672)
1746 – Thomas Southerne, Irish playwright (b. 1660)
1762 – Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (b. 1714)
1799 – James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish linguist, biologist, and judge (b. 1714)
1818 – Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly  (b. 1761)
      Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland
1818 – Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (b. 1785)
1824 – Capel Lofft, English lawyer (b. 1751)
1840 – Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (b. 1764)
1868 – Michael Barrett, Northern Irish terrorist (b. 1841)
1881 – Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (b. 1824)
1883 – Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808)
1902 – Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
1904 – Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)
1907 – Ida Saxton McKinley  (b. 1847)
      American wife of William McKinley, 25th First Lady of the United States
1908 – Mirza Ghulam Ahmad  (b. 1835)
      Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement
1914 – Jacob August Riis  (b. 1849)
      Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer
1924 – Victor Herbert  (b. 1859)
      Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor
      founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
1926 – Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
1933 – Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
1933 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
1939 – Charles Horace Mayo, American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)
1943 – Edsel Ford, American businessman (b. 1893)
1943 – Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist, composer, and educator (b. 1864)
1944 – Christian Wirth, German SS officer (b. 1885)
1948 – Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (b. 1896)
1948 – Theodor Morell, German physician (b. 1886)
1951 – Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (b. 1880)
1954 – Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (b. 1900)
1955 – Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1918)
1956 – Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (b. 1902)
1959 – Philip Kassel, American gymnast (b. 1876)
1966 – Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (b. 1894)
1968 – Little Willie John, American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
1969 – Paul Hawkins, Australian race car driver (b. 1937)
1969 – Allan Haines Loughead  (b. 1889)
      American engineer, co-founded the Lockheed Corporation
1974 – Silvio Moser, Swiss race car driver (b. 1941)
1976 – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
1978 – Cybele Andrianou, Greek actress (b. 1887)
1979 – George Brent, Irish-American actor and singer (b. 1899)
1984 – Elizabeth Peer, American journalist (b. 1936)
1986 – Gunnar Björnstrand, Swedish actor (b. 1909)
1989 – Don Revie, English footballer and manager (b. 1927)
1994 – Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (Last Exit) (b. 1940)
1995 – Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1906)
1997 – Ralph Horween, American football player and coach (b. 1896)
1999 – Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist (b. 1906)
1999 – Waldo Semon, American chemist and engineer (b. 1898)
2001 – Vittorio Brambilla, Italian race car driver (b. 1937)
2001 – Anne Haney, American actress (b. 1934)
2001 – Moven Mahachi  (b. 1952)
      Zimbabwean soldier and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence
2001 – Dona Massin, Canadian actress and choreographer (b. 1917)
2002 – Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
2003 – Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author (b. 1919)
2004 – Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (b. 1931)
2005 – Eddie Albert, American actor and singer (b. 1906)
2005 – Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
2005 – Ruth Laredo, American pianist and educator (b. 1937)
2005 – Leslie Smith, English businessman, co-founded Lesney Products (b. 1918)
2006 – Édouard Michelin, French businessman (b. 1963)
2006 – Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish footballer and physician (b. 1919)
2007 – Jack Edward Oliver, English illustrator (b. 1942)
2007 – Howard Porter, American basketball player (b. 1948)
2008 – Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2008 – Zita Urbonaitė, Lithuanian cyclist (b. 1973)
2009 – Mihalis Papagiannakis, Greek journalist and politician (b. 1941)
2009 – Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey and soccer player (b. 1965)
2010 – Jean Constantin, Romanian actor (b. 1928)
2010 – Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (b. 1912)
2010 – Chris Moran, English air marshal and pilot (b. 1956)
2010 – Kieran Phelan, Irish politician (b. 1949)
2011 – Arisen Ahubudu, Sri Lankan scholar, author, and playwright (b. 1920)
2012 – Orhan Boran, Turkish actor (b. 1928)
2012 – Arthur Decabooter, Belgian cyclist (b. 1936)
2012 – Leo Dillon, American illustrator (b. 1933)
2012 – Rudy Eugene, American criminal and cannibal (b. 1981)
2012 – Stephen Healey, Welsh captain and footballer (b. 1982)
2012 – Hiroshi Miyazawa, Japanese politician (b. 1921)
2012 – Hans Schmidt, Canadian wrestler (b. 1925)
2013 – Ray Barnhart, American businessman and politician (b. 1928)
2013 – John Bierwirth, American lawyer and businessman (b. 1924)
2013 – Roberto Civita, Italian-Brazilian businessman (b. 1936)
2013 – Héctor Garza, Mexican wrestler (b. 1969)
2013 – Tom Lichtenberg, American football player and coach (b. 1940)
2013 – Otto Muehl, Austrian painter (b. 1925)
2013 – Jack Vance, American author (b. 1916)
2014 – Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (b. 1921)
2014 – Miodrag Radulovacki  (b. 1933)
      Serbian-American academic and neuropharmacologist
2014 – William R. Roy, American physician, journalist, and politician (b. 1926)
2014 – Hooshang Seyhoun, Iranian-Canadian architect, sculptor, and painter (b. 1920)
2014 – Manuel Uribe, Mexican computer repairman, world's heaviest man (b. 1965)
2015 – Vicente Aranda, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2015 – Les Johnson  (b. 1924)
      Australian politician and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand
2015 – Robert Kraft, American astronomer and academic (b. 1927)
2015 – João Lucas, Portuguese footballer (b. 1979)
2015 – Dayton Waller, American soldier and politician (b. 1925)


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