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Birthdays of Personalities on August 26

1596 : Frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain)
1676 : Robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5]
1728 : Johann Lambert, Switzerland, mathematician, proved ã is irrational
1743 : Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen)
1811 : Danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866
1813 : Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle of Guilder Tracks)
1819 : Albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria
1820 : James Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Secretary of Interior (1865-66)
1825 : Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian
1833 : Charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1835 : Theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1842 : Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)
1850 : Charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913)
1870 : Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7]
1873 : Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube)
1875 : John Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme)
1880 : Guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola)
1882 : James Franck, German naturalist (Nobel 1925)
1882 : Johannes Lindeboom, vicar/church historian (Neth Archives)
1884 : Earl Biggers, author ("Charlie Chan" detective series)
1885 : Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will)
1891 : Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author
1891 : Ferdinand Bruckner, [Theodor Tagger], Austrian playwright (Races)
1898 : Peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector
1899 : Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter
xxxx : Jorge De Sait, rocker (Tuff-What Comes Around Goes Around)
xxxx : Thomas N Kindness, (Rep-D-OH, 1975- )
1901 : Gen Maxwell D Taylor, former US Army chief of staff
1901 : Jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier (KVP, 1959-63)
1901 : Tullio Campagnolo, Italy, bicycle manufacturer (Fiat)
1903 : Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer
1904 : Christopher W Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer (Goodbye to Berlin)
1906 : Albert B Sabin, Russia, US microbiologist (oral polio vaccine)
1909 : Frank Gasparro, Phila Pa, US chief engraver (1965-81)
1911 : Lester Lanin, orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits)
1913 : Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier
1913 : Robertson William Davies, novellist essayist/dramatist
1913 : Tschakowski, writer
1914 : Julio Cort zar, Argentina, writer (We Love Glenda So Much)
1915 : Gr‚ [Gerarda D] Brouwenstijn, Dutch singer
1915 : Humphrey Searle, England, writer (20th Century counterpoint)
1916 : Allan Leslie Merson, historian
1917 : William French Smith, Attorney General (1981-85)
1918 : Louis W "Louis" Stotijn, bassoonist/conductor (Residence Orchestra)
1921 : Ben Bradlee, Boston, editor/journalist/executive (Washington Post)
1927 : Fran‡ois Leydet, sierra club (Last Redwoods)
1927 : Sam Massell, (Mayor-Atlanta)
1931 : Gordon Greig, journalist
1931 : Guy Vander Jagt, (Rep-R-MI, 1966- )
1932 : Joe H Engle, Abilene Ks, Brig Gen USAF/astro (STS T-2, T-4, 2, 51I)
1934 : Arthur Gordon Clough, journalist
1935 : Cornelis B Vaandrager, [Cor Vaan], Dut poet (Long Live Joop Massaker)
1935 : Geraldine Ferraro, (Rep-D-NY) 1st female dem VP candidate (1984)
1938 : Maurice Williams, rocker
1940 : Fred Milano, rocker
1941 : Chris Curtis, [Chris Crummy], rock drummer/vocalist (Deep Purple)
1942 : John E Blaha, San Antonio, USAF/astronaut (STS 29, 33, 43, 58, 79/81)
1942 : Vic Dana, Buffalo, singer/dancer (Talent Scouts)
1944 : Richard A W G, English prince/duke of Gloucester
1945 : Melvin Watt, (Rep-D-North Carolina)
1945 : Thomas J Ridge, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania, 1983- )
1948 : Jet Black, rocker (Stranglers-Dreamtime)
1948 : Valerie Simpson, Bronx, singer, Ashford's partner (Like a Rock)
1950 : Richard Cowsill, Newport RI, rocker (Cowsills-Hair, We Can Fly)
1951 : Robert G Torricelli, (Rep-D-New Jersey, 1983- )
1952 : Billy Rush, rocker
1952 : Willie Rush, rocker (Asbury Jukes)
1954 : Michael Chetwood, rocker
1954 : Sarah Lundy, horse trainer
1954 : Wally Murphy, rocker
1957 : Alex Trevino, catcher (LA Dodgers)
1959 : Joanne Gail Abbott, executive (MTV)
1959 : Kathryn P Hire, Mobile Alabama, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (sk: STS 90)
1960 : Branford Marsalis, jazz saxophonist (Bring on the Night, Tonight Show)
1960 : Nancy Martinez, rocker
1961 : Jimmy Olander, Palos Verdes Cal, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in Middle)
1964 : Chad Kreuter, Marin County CA, catcher (Chic White Sox)
1969 : Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, Allentown Penn, wife of John Cougar
1900 : Hale Woodruff - African-USA

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