Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In August - 26

1870  On this day in history birth of aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7]   

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  Zona Gale, American novelist (d. 1938) was born on August - 26.   

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

1880  On August - 26 birth of guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola)   

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

1882  On August - 26 birth of johannes Lindeboom, vicar/church historian (Neth Archives)   

1884  Earl Biggers, author ("Charlie Chan" detective series) was born on this day in history.   

1885  On August - 26 birth of jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will)   

1887  Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer was born on this day in history.   

1890  On August - 26 birth of tommy Andrews, cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's)   

1891  On August - 26 birth of emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author   

1891  On August - 26 birth of ferdinand Bruckner, [Theodor Tagger], Austrian playwright (Races)   

1894  On this day in history birth of sparky Adams, Baseball player (d. 1989)   

1896  On this day in history birth of richard Hammond, composer   

1896  Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1990) was born on August - 26.   

1897  Yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (d. 1990) was born on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history birth of peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector   

1899  On August - 26 birth of rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter   

1900  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier (KVP, 1959-63)   

1901  On this day in history birth of tullio Campagnolo, Italy, bicycle manufacturer (Fiat)   

1901  On this day in history birth of chen Yi, Chinese communist military commander and politician (d. 1972)   

1903  On August - 26 birth of jimmy Rushing, US blues singer   

1904  On August - 26 birth of christopher W Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer (Goodbye to Berlin)   

1906  On August - 26 birth of albert B Sabin, Russia, US microbiologist (oral polio vaccine)   

1908  On August - 26 birth of bill Hunt, cricketer (NSW slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1933)   

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

1909  On August - 26 birth of eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler (5 Tests for S Africa 1935-39)   

1909  On this day in history birth of frank Gasparro, Phila Pa, US chief engraver (1965-81)   

1909  Jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981) was born on August - 26.   

1909  Gene Moore, baseball player (d. 1978) was born on August - 26.   

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1278  On August - 26 ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle   

1346  Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1349  Death of Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury on August - 26.   

1368  On August - 26 engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies   

1486  On August - 26 ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45   

1518  On August - 26 death of giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara   

1551  Death of Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516) on August - 26.   

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