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December 26 in recent years

December 26 is the 360th day of the year (361st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; five days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

  • 887 – Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at Pavia.
  • 1481 – Battle of Westbroek: An army of 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers raised by David of Burgundy, Bishop of Utrecht, attacks an armed mob of people from nearby Utrecht who were trying to avenge the massacre of the inhabitants of Westbroek.

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (d. 1941)
  • 1902 – Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1980)
  • 1903Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (d. 1995)
  • 1904Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (d. 1980)
  • 1905 – William Loeb III, American publisher (d. 1981)
  • 1907Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1998)
  • 1908 – Ralph Hill, American runner (d. 1994)
  • 1909 – Matt Gordy, American pole vaulter (d. 1989)
  • 1910Imperio Argentina, Argentine-Spanish actress and singer (d. 2003)
  • 1910 – Marguerite Churchill, American actress (d. 2000)
  • 1912 – Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (d. 1962)
  • 1913Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (d. 1958)
  • 1914Richard Widmark, American actor (d. 2008)
  • 1915 – Rolf Botvid, Swedish actor and screenwriter (d. 1998)
  • 1918 – Olga Lopes-Seale, Guyanese-Barbadian singer and radio host (d. 2011)
  • 1918 – Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2006)
  • 1921Steve Allen, American actor, singer, talk show host, and screenwriter (d. 2000)
  • 1921 – John Severin, American illustrator (d. 2012)
  • 1922 – Richard Mayes, English actor (d. 2006)
  • 1923 – Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 2013)
  • 1924Frank Broyles, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2017)
  • 1926 – Earle Brown, American composer (d. 2002)
  • 1927 – Denis Gifford, English journalist and historian (d. 2000)
  • 1927 – Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
  • 1927 – Stu Miller, American baseball player (d. 2015)
  • 1927 – Denis Quilley, English actor (d. 2003)
  • 1928 – Martin Cooper, American engineer, invented the mobile phone
  • 1929Kathleen Crowley, American actress (d. 2017)
  • 1929 – Régine Zylberberg, Belgian-French singer and actress (d. 2022)
  • 1930Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2010)
  • 1930 – Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
  • 1930 – Donald Moffat, English-American actor (d. 2018)
  • 1933Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer and voice actor (d. 2019)
  • 1935Rohan Kanhai, Guyanese cricketer
  • 1935 – Norm Ullman, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1936Peep Jänes, Estonian architect
  • 1936 – Trevor Taylor, English race car driver (d. 2010)
  • 1937John Horton Conway, English mathematician, known for Conway's Game of Life (d. 2020)
  • 1938Bahram Beyzai, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1938 – Robert Hamerton-Kelly, South African-American pastor, scholar, and author (d. 2013)
  • 1938 – Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
  • 1938 – Mirko Kovač, Yugoslav-Croatian author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
  • 1939Fred Schepisi, Australian director and screenwriter
  • 1939 – Phil Spector, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2021)
  • 1940Edward C. Prescott, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2022)
  • 1940 – Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (d. 2014)
  • 1941 – Daniel Schmid, Swiss actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
  • 1942Vinicio Cerezo, Guatemalan politician, 28th President of Guatemala
  • 1942 – Catherine Coulter, American author
  • 1942 – Gray Davis, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of California
  • 1944William Ayers, American academic and activist
  • 1945 – John Walsh, American television host, producer, and activist, created America's Most Wanted
  • 1946 – Alan Frumin, American lawyer and politician
  • 1946 – Tiit Rosenberg, Estonian historian and academic
  • 1947 – James T. Conway, American general
  • 1947 – Jean Echenoz, French author
  • 1947 – Carlton Fisk, American baseball player
  • 1947 – Josef Janíček, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player
  • 1947 – Liz Lochhead, Scottish poet and playwright
  • 1947 – Richard Levis McCormick, American historian and academic
  • 1948 – Candy Crowley, American journalist
  • 1949José Ramos-Horta, East Timorese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1950Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Pakistani businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan
  • 1950 – Mario Mendoza, Mexican baseball player and manager
  • 1953Leonel Fernández, Dominican lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Dominican Republic
  • 1953 – Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Swedish-Estonian journalist and politician, 4th President of Estonia
  • 1953 – Makis Katsavakis, Greek footballer and manager
  • 1953 – Henning Schmitz, German drummer
  • 1954Peter Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist
  • 1954 – Ozzie Smith, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1955Evan Bayh, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Indiana
  • 1956David Sedaris, American comedian, author, and radio host
  • 1957 – Dermot Murnaghan, English-Northern Irish journalist and game show host
  • 1958Adrian Newey, English aerodynamicist and engineer
  • 1959 – Wang Lijun, Chinese police officer and politician
  • 1959 – Kōji Morimoto, Japanese animator and director
  • 1959 – Hans Nielsen, Danish motorcycle racer
  • 1960Keith Martin Ball, American mathematician and academic
  • 1960 – Ruud Kaiser, Dutch footballer and manager
  • 1960 – Cem Uzan, Turkish businessman and politician
  • 1961 – Andrew Lock, Australian mountaineer
  • 1962 – James Kottak, American drummer (d. 2024)
  • 1962 – Mark Starr, English wrestler (d. 2013)
  • 1963 – Craig Teitzel, Australian rugby league player
  • 1963 – Lars Ulrich, Danish-American drummer, songwriter, and producer
  • 1964 – Elizabeth Kostova, American author
  • 1966 – Jay Farrar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1966 – Tim Legler, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 1968 – Matt Zoller Seitz, American film critic and author
  • 1969Isaac Viciosa, Spanish runner
  • 1970 – James Mercer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1971Jared Leto, American actor and musician
  • 1971 – Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer
  • 1971 – Tatiana Sorokko, Russian-American model and journalist
  • 1972 – Esteban Fuertes, Argentinian footballer
  • 1972 – Robert Muchamore, English author
  • 1973 – Paulo Frederico Benevenute, Brazilian footballer
  • 1973 – Gianluca Faliva, Italian rugby player
  • 1973 – Nobuhiko Matsunaka, Japanese baseball player
  • 1973 – Steve Prescott, English rugby player (d. 2013)
  • 1974 – Joshua John Miller, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1975 – Chris Calaguio, Filipino basketball player
  • 1975 – Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player
  • 1975 – María Vasco, Spanish race walker
  • 1976 – Simon Goodwin, Australian footballer and coach
  • 1977 – Fatih Akyel, Turkish footballer and manager
  • 1977 – Adrienn Hegedűs, Hungarian tennis player
  • 1978 – Karel Rüütli, Estonian lawyer and politician
  • 1978 – Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player
  • 1979 – Fabián Carini, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1979 – Chris Daughtry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1979 – Dimitry Vassiliev, Russian ski jumper
  • 1979 – Craig Wing, Australian rugby player
  • 1980 – Todd Dunivant, American soccer player
  • 1980 – Ceylan Ertem, Turkish singer
  • 1981 – Pablo Canavosio, Argentine-Italian rugby player
  • 1981 – Omar Infante, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1982 – Kenneth Darby, American football player
  • 1982 – Noel Hunt, Irish footballer
  • 1982 – Aksel Lund Svindal, Norwegian skier
  • 1983 – Yu Takahashi, Japanese singer-songwriter
  • 1983 – Alexander Wang, American fashion designer
  • 1984 – Ahmed Barusso, Ghanaian footballer
  • 1984 – Leonardo Ghiraldini, Italian rugby player
  • 1984 – Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker
  • 1985 – Damir Markota, Croatian basketball player
  • 1986 – Joe Alexander, American-Israeli basketball player
  • 1986 – Kit Harington, English actor
  • 1986 – Hugo Lloris, French footballer
  • 1986 – Selen Soyder, Turkish actress and beauty queen
  • 1987 – Oskar Osala, Finnish ice hockey player
  • 1989Yohan Blake, Jamaican sprinter
  • 1989 – Tomáš Kundrátek, Czech ice hockey player
  • 1990Denis Cheryshev, Russian footballer
  • 1990 – Cory Jefferson, American basketball player
  • 1990 – Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer
  • 1991 – Brandon Scherff, American football player
  • 1991 – Eden Sher, American actress
  • 1991 – Trevor Siemian, American football player
  • 1992 – Cecilia Costa Melgar, Chilean tennis player
  • 1992 – Jade Thirlwall, English singer
  • 1994Colby Cave, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2020)
  • 1994 – Souleymane Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer
  • 1997 – Tamara Zidanšek, Slovenian tennis player
  • 2001Aleksej Pokuševski, Serbian basketball player

Deaths

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1601–1900

1901–present

Holidays and observances

See also

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