On This Day — June 26
4062 noted people were born and 1885 died on June 26 in our archive, including Lyman Spitzer, Maurice Wilkes and Abdul Sathar Kunju.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on June 26
Lyman Spitzer
1914 – 1997
Maurice Wilkes
1913 – 2010
Abdul Sathar Kunju
1939 – 2025
Adolf Bastian
1826 – 1905
Aimé Césaire
1913 – 2008
Anatoly Lisitsyn
b. 1947
Chuck Robb
b. 1939
Claudio Abbado
1933 – 2014
Don Johnston
1936 – 2022
Donald Thomson
1901 – 1970
Eduard Vääri
1926 – 2005
Fernando Monckeberg Barros
b. 1926
Fuad Hassan
1929 – 2007
Gennady Zyuganov
b. 1944
George Lois
1931 – 2022
Guðni Jóhannesson
b. 1968
Ivan Dziuba
1931 – 2022
John Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden
1906 – 1985
Jonathan Bate
b. 1958
José Barata-Moura
b. 1948
Juan David García Bacca
1901 – 1992
Julius B. Richmond
1916 – 2008
Jürgen Rüttgers
b. 1951
Krzysztof Pawłowski
1946 – 2026
Manfred Nowak
b. 1950
Maria Velho da Costa
1938 – 2020
Marie Claire Villeval
b. 1957
Nigel Sheinwald
b. 1953
Osvaldo Hurtado
b. 1939
Patrick Ball
b. 1965
Paul Arène
1843 – 1896
Paul Niggli
1888 – 1953
Pete Peterson
b. 1935
Peter Sloterdijk
b. 1947
Pyotr Kapitsa
1894 – 1984
Robert Coleman Richardson
1937 – 2013
Rémy Rioux
b. 1969
Silvia Torres-Peimbert
b. 1940
Virgilio Zapatero Gómez
b. 1946
Willem Pleyte
1836 – 1903
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
1824 – 1907
Zvi Galil
b. 1947
Adriane Lopes
b. 1976
Ajay K. Sood
b. 1951
Alberto Cattaneo
b. 1967
Aleksandr Zakharchenko
1976 – 2018
Alfred Grenander
1863 – 1931
Alice Werner
1859 – 1935
Alla Levonyan
b. 1975
Amitabh Mattoo
b. 1962
Anatoly Ivanov
1934 – 2012
Andrea Morello
b. 1972
Antonio Greppi
1894 – 1982
Arlette Contreras
b. 1990
Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan
1674 – 1749
Artemi Ayvazyan
1902 – 1975
Arto Tchakmaktchian
1933 – 2019
Benjamin Harshav
1928 – 2015
Benoît Hamon
b. 1967
Bernard A. Harris, Jr.
b. 1956
Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein
1788 – 1868
Carl Ivar Ståhle
1913 – 1980
Carlo Donat-Cattin
1919 – 1991
Charles Spry
1910 – 1994
Daniele Caramani
b. 1968
Daudi Migereko
b. 1956
David A. Sinclair
b. 1969
David Montgomery
1946 – 2019
David Morrison
b. 1940
Donald J. Guter
b. 1948
Dorothy Fuldheim
1893 – 1989
Eduardo José Padrón
b. 1944
Edward H. Levi
1911 – 2000
Elaine Duke
b. 1958
Eleanor Parker
1922 – 2013
Elizabeth Blegen
1888 – 1966
Ernst Witt
1911 – 1991
Eugene Klein
1878 – 1944
Farukh Ruzimatov
b. 1963
Ferdinand van Boisschot
1570 – 1649
František Muzika
1900 – 1974
Fusae Ōta
b. 1951
Georg Prahl Harbitz
1802 – 1889
Gilberto Gil
b. 1942
Giovanni Giudici
1924 – 2011
Giórgos Gerapetrítis
b. 1967
Gérard Ben Arous
b. 1957
Hamish Watson
1923 – 2001
Hannes Leitgeb
b. 1972
Harry DeWolf
1903 – 2000
Herbert Goldstein
1922 – 2005
Hugh Cairns
1896 – 1952
Ihor Plotnytskiy
b. 1964
István Kolber
b. 1954
Jacob Druckman
1928 – 1996
James Clifford
b. 1945
James J. Collins
b. 1965
Jana Hybášková
b. 1965
Jawhien Kavalenka
b. 1980
Jean-Paul Philippot
b. 1960
Joan du Plat Taylor
1906 – 1983
Johanna Pirker
b. 1988
John Flett
1869 – 1947
John Stevens
1749 – 1838
John V. Tunney
1934 – 2018
José Gustavo Guerrero
1876 – 1958
José Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón
1840 – 1921
Jovenel Moïse
1968 – 2021
Justin Vaïsse
b. 1973
Kajetan Mühlmann
1898 – 1958
Kamal Lohani
1934 – 2020
Karel Kosik
1926 – 2003
Kartika Liotard
1971 – 2020
Keith Hancock
1898 – 1988
Kerr Grant
1878 – 1967
Krikor Zohrab
1861 – 1915
Kristine Gebbie
1943 – 2022
Lajos Bokros
b. 1954
Lee Ming-liang
b. 1936
Lela Alston
b. 1942
Lev Grossman
b. 1969
Louis Marie de Milet de Mureau
1751 – 1825
Louise Asher
b. 1956
Lucy Kellaway
b. 1959
Ludvig Hammarskiöld
1869 – 1958
Ludwig Lore
1875 – 1942
Luis Humberto Gómez Gallo
1962 – 2013
M. Brewster Smith
1919 – 2012
Marcin Przydacz
b. 1985
Marian Turski
1926 – 2025
Mark McClellan
b. 1963
Mary Williams
1887 – 1977
Mary van Kleeck
1883 – 1972
Mieczysław Baszko
b. 1961
Milton Glaser
1929 – 2020
Muhammad Anis
b. 1957
Nicolai Reimer Rump
1834 – 1900
Nicolas Lerner
b. 1978
Oleksandr Shevchenko
1937 – 2016
Oleksandr Zadorozhnii
1960 – 2017
Othman Kechrid
1920 – 2021
Padmanee Sharma
b. 1970
Paolo Maldini
b. 1968
Paweł Edelman
b. 1958
Paweł Sałek
b. 1975
Pearl S. Buck
1892 – 1973
Pedro Cateriano
b. 1958
Peer de Silva
1917 – 1978
Petr Gazdík
b. 1974
Rachid Arhab
b. 1955
Ratmir Timashev
b. 1966
Reginald R. Belknap
1871 – 1959
Richard Garfield
b. 1963
Richard Neustadt
1919 – 2003
Robert Calcagno
b. 1960
Robert Gwyn Macfarlane
1907 – 1987
Robert Siegel
b. 1947
Roger Shimomura
b. 1939
Ronald Charles
1875 – 1955
Rubén Viñuales
b. 1983
Rumi Verjee
b. 1957
Salvador Allende
1908 – 1973
Sergei Konstantinovich Gershelman
1854 – 1910
Sergei Yudin
1889 – 1963
Seth Doane
b. 1978
Sigrid Löffler
b. 1942
Stephen Simpson
b. 1957
Suresh Gopi
b. 1959
Sönke Neitzel
b. 1968
Thomas Woodnutt Miller
1886 – 1973
Tomi Reichental
1935 – 2026
Torsten Schack Pedersen
b. 1976
Veijo Puhjo
1948 – 2019
Vladimir Motyl
1927 – 2010
Warren Farrell
b. 1943
William Knowland
1908 – 1974
Willy Messerschmitt
1898 – 1978
Wolfgang Schwanitz
1930 – 2022
Xaquín Lorenzo Fernández
1907 – 1989
Yitzhak Danziger
1916 – 1977
Yves Beauchemin
b. 1941
Aaron Shenk Kreider
1863 – 1929
Abdou Moumouni Dioffo
1929 – 1991
Adam Pilch
1965 – 2010
Akil Mitchell
b. 1992
Alex Onzima
b. 1952
Alexander Croft Shaw
1846 – 1902
Alexander Dmitrievich Bruno
b. 1940
Ali Chaouch
1948 – 2020
Alicja Zając
b. 1953
Allison G. Catheron
1878 – 1950
Amanda Cerny
b. 1991
Amma Darko
b. 1956
Amédée Courbet
1827 – 1885
Ana Ularu
b. 1985
Anat Waxman
b. 1961
Anda Pinkerfeld Amir
1902 – 1981
Andrea Caroppo
b. 1979
André Hissink
1919 – 2024
Ann-Margaret Ferrante
1972 – 2025
… and 3,862 more
Died on June 26
Adolf Erman
1854 – 1937
Arthur Frank Burns
1904 – 1987
Bernard Ginsborg
2000 – 2018
Charles de Lasteyrie
1877 – 1936
Christiaan Snouck
1857 – 1936
Corneliu Mănescu
1916 – 2000
Denis Thatcher
1915 – 2003
Evgeny Primakov
1929 – 2015
Franz Overbeck
1837 – 1905
Habib Thiam
1933 – 2017
Harry Edwards
1927 – 2012
José Luis Meilán Gil
1933 – 2018
Jules Bara
1835 – 1900
Karl Landsteiner
1868 – 1943
Nicholas John Spykman
1893 – 1943
Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen
1935 – 2022
Peter Oluf Brøndsted
1780 – 1842
Ralph Cudworth
1617 – 1688
Yamakawa Kenjirō
1854 – 1931
Albert I, Prince of Monaco
1848 – 1922
Algirdas Brazauskas
1932 – 2010
Anatoli Golovnya
1900 – 1982
Andrey Sakharov
1930 – 2019
Andrija Štampar
1888 – 1958
Antonina Nezhdanova
1873 – 1950
Austin Clarke
1934 – 2016
Bill Moyers
1934 – 2025
Carl West Rich
1898 – 1972
Carolyn McCarthy
1944 – 2025
Claud E. C. G. Charlton
1871 – 1961
Constantin Stere
1865 – 1936
David Rittenhouse
1732 – 1796
Dumitru Matcovschi
1939 – 2013
Edward Sabine
1788 – 1883
Edward W. Hooper
1839 – 1901
Edward Wynne-Pendarves
1775 – 1853
Ernst Scholz
1874 – 1932
Ettore Tito
1859 – 1941
Frank D’Accone
1931 – 2022
Franz-Josef Röder
1909 – 1979
François Charles-Roux
1879 – 1961
Geoffrey Bourne, Baron Bourne
1902 – 1982
George David Cummins
1822 – 1876
George Udny Yule
1871 – 1951
Gherasim Rudi
1907 – 1982
Gilbert Blane
1748 – 1834
Gilbert White
1720 – 1793
Giovanni Sante Gaspero Santini
1787 – 1877
Grigory Fichtengolz
1888 – 1959
Gustavo Sainz
1940 – 2015
Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen
1864 – 1950
Hans Urs von Balthasar
1905 – 1988
Hans-Joachim Heusinger
1925 – 2019
Helen Moore Johnson
1889 – 1967
Howard Baker
1925 – 2014
Huno Rätsep
1927 – 2026
Isaac Schapera
1905 – 2003
J. C. R. Licklider
1915 – 1990
Jakob Sederholm
1863 – 1934
James Weldon Johnson
1871 – 1938
Jerome M. Hughes
1929 – 2015
Josemaría Escrivá
1902 – 1975
Kenzō Nakagawa
1875 – 1944
Knut Liestøl
1881 – 1952
Lawrence H. Gipson
1880 – 1971
Leopold Kny
1841 – 1916
Lloyd Erskine Sandiford
1937 – 2023
Louis Courajod
1841 – 1896
Luigi Meneghello
1922 – 2007
Léo Dandurand
1889 – 1964
Margaret Morse Nice
1883 – 1974
Mariano Lagasca
1776 – 1839
Martin Johansson
1837 – 1908
Michel Dumas
1812 – 1885
Mikhail Tsvet
1872 – 1919
Milton Glaser
1929 – 2020
Mohd Nor Monutty
1949 – 2025
Nora Ephron
1941 – 2012
Paul Schützenberger
1829 – 1897
Pavel Jozef Šafárik
1795 – 1861
Ray Lyman Wilbur
1875 – 1949
Richard Bedford Bennett
1870 – 1947
Richard Taylor
1934 – 2024
Richard Waddington
1838 – 1913
Robert E. Condon
1896 – 1981
Robert Henry Peters
1946 – 1996
Rostislav Yankovsky
1930 – 2016
Rouslan Bodelan
1942 – 2025
Sergei Ivanov
1953 – 2026
Sergei Lemeshev
1902 – 1977
Sow-Hsin Chen
1935 – 2021
Strom Thurmond
1902 – 2003
Sverker Åström
1915 – 2012
Syed Mohammad Inaamullah
1937 – 2018
Takutai Tarsh Kemp
1975 – 2025
Theodor Benfey
1809 – 1881
Thomas Almond Ashby
1848 – 1916
Tulkun Kasimov
1941 – 2025
Vasile Pârvan
1882 – 1927
Vladimir Ilyin
1928 – 2014
Vlasta Fabianová
1912 – 1991
William H. Riker
1920 – 1993
Yaşar Yakış
1938 – 2024
Édouard Sain
1830 – 1910
Ōki Takatō
1832 – 1899
A. B. Neil
1873 – 1966
Adolfo Alejandro Nouel
1862 – 1937
Albert Lind
1878 – 1964
Alexander Duncan McRae
1874 – 1946
Alexander Muir
1830 – 1906
Alfred Döblin
1878 – 1957
Alioune Blondin Béye
1939 – 1998
Amandus Adamson
1855 – 1929
Andrea Giacinto Longhin
1863 – 1936
Andrew Hull Foote
1806 – 1863
Andrew Jackson Donelson
1799 – 1871
Andrew Jackson Houston
1854 – 1941
Andrey Dementyev
1928 – 2018
Andriy Skaba
1905 – 1986
Ann Curtis
1926 – 2012
Anthony Higgins
1840 – 1912
Archibald McLelan
1824 – 1890
Barbara Goldsmith
1937 – 2016
Bartholomew Remov
1888 – 1935
Bob Spoelstra
1901 – 1994
Béla Kerékjártó
1898 – 1946
Carl Foreman
1914 – 1984
Carleton Rea
1861 – 1946
Chaim Grade
1910 – 1982
Charles D. Griffin
1906 – 1996
Charles Reibel
1882 – 1966
Christopher Johnston
1856 – 1914
Claude Congreve Dobson
1885 – 1940
Cora Barbara Hennel
1886 – 1947
Costanzo Ciano
1876 – 1939
D. Page Elmore
1939 – 2010
Daniël de Blocq van Scheltinga
1903 – 1962
David Bleakley
1925 – 2017
David Davis
1815 – 1886
David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie
1926 – 2023
Dennis Creffield
1931 – 2018
Desh Bandhu Gupta
1938 – 2017
Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock
1945 – 2020
Dick Schulz
1917 – 1998
Dolores Gray
1924 – 2002
Don Hutson
1913 – 1997
Donald Farquharson
1834 – 1903
Doug Peterson
1945 – 2017
E. V. Lucas
1868 – 1938
Edith Smith
1876 – 1923
Edmond Beales
1803 – 1881
Edouard Jaunez
1834 – 1916
Edvard Fazer
1861 – 1943
Edward Cakobau
1908 – 1973
Elna M. de Neergaard
1872 – 1946
Ernest Gruening
1887 – 1974
Eugène, 11th Prince of Ligne
1893 – 1960
Ferdinand von Fürstenberg
1626 – 1683
Filip Adwent
1955 – 2005
Francis B. Cutting
1804 – 1870
Francis Carnwath
1940 – 2020
Francis W. Rockwell
1844 – 1929
Francis Wenman
1600 – 1641
Francisco Pizarro
1478 – 1541
Frank Moorhouse
1938 – 2022
Fred Akuffo
1937 – 1979
Frederic Rzewski
1938 – 2021
Frederick Mayer
1921 – 2006
Frederick William Gershaw
1883 – 1968
Félix Mendonça
1928 – 2020
George Bradshaw Kelly
1900 – 1971
George Holme Sumner
1760 – 1838
George IV of the United Kingdom
1762 – 1830
George Orton
1873 – 1958
George Senesky
1922 – 2001
Godfrey Lagden
1851 – 1934
Gunnar Mascoll Silfverstolpe
1893 – 1942
Gustaf Magnus Armfelt
1793 – 1856
Gábor Rejtő
1916 – 1987
Hans Schwerdtfeger
1902 – 1990
Harry Lehrer
1904 – 1972
Helen W. Atwater
1876 – 1947
Henk Badings
1907 – 1987
Henri-Charles Arnauld de Pomponne
1669 – 1756
Henrik Otto Donner
1939 – 2013
Henrik Shipstead
1881 – 1960
Henry Jepson Latham
1908 – 2002
Henry Stanbery
1803 – 1881
Hermann Schäufele
1906 – 1977
Hermes Binner
1943 – 2020
Honoratus Leigh Thomas
1769 – 1846
Howard Bachrach
1920 – 2008
Humaira Begum
1918 – 2002
Ignatios Lappas
1946 – 2018
Ilona Tóth
1932 – 1957
Innocent Umezulike
1953 – 2018
Ivan Sidorovich Lazarenko
1895 – 1944
Iwao Yamazaki
1894 – 1968
J. Lee Rankin
1907 – 1996
Jackie Clarkson
1936 – 2024
… and 1,685 more