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100 people born today: April 26

Aemilius Jarvis

Edward Aemilius Jarvis was a Canadian businessman and sailor. more »

Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood

Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood was a member of the British Royal Family;... more »

Amalia

Amalia Sotaks married Peteris Breikss, to become Amalia Breikss more »

TJ Waldburger

Anthony "TJ" Waldburger Jr. is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight... more »

Hjalmar Lundbohm

Johan Olof Hjalmar Lundbohm was a Swedish geologist and chemist and the first managing director... more »

Søren Bobach

Søren Bobach is a Danish orienteering competitor, and junior world champion. He became Junior... more »

Li Ao

Li Ao, is a writer, social commentator, historian, and independent politician in the Republic of... more »

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver, currently driving for Ferrari. Massa... more »

Theo Doropoulos

Theo Paul Doropoulos is an Australian cricketer of Greek origin currently listed with the... more »

Ola Cohn

Ola Cohn, born Carola Cohn in Bendigo was an Australian artist, author and philanphropist best... more »

Sean White

Sean Thomas White is an American professional baseball relief pitcher who is a free agent. A... more »

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is the eleventh Panchen Lama of Tibetan Buddhism as recognised by the Dalai... more »

Yared

Saint Yared was a semi-legendary Ethiopian musician credited with inventing the sacred music... more »

Jean Carmet

Jean Carmet, born 25 April 1920 in Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France; died 20 April 1994 in... more »

Malalai Joya

Malalai Joya is an activist, writer, and a former politician from Afghanistan. She served as a... more »

Guan Jinlin

Guan Jinlin is a Chinese figure skater. He is the 2008 World Junior bronze medalist. He had been... more »

Joël Abati

Joël Marc Abati is a French handball player, currently playing for Montpellier HB in... more »

Greg Davis

Greg Davis is an American college football coach. He was awarded the prestigious Broyles Award... more »

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald, also known as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella", was... more »

Ole Edvard Antonsen

Ole Edvard Antonsen is a Norwegian trumpeter, musician and conductor. Antonsen was found in... more »

Yuhanon Mor Militos

H. G Mor Militheos Yuhanon is a Syriac Orthodox bishop in Malankara. He is the Metropolitan of... more »

Edward R. Murrow

Edward R. Murrow was an American broadcast journalist. He first came to prominence with a series... more »

Ricardo Aleman

Ricardo Aleman is a Mexican-American author and comedian based in New York City where he... more »

Eugene Richards

Eugene Richards is a noted American documentary photographer. During the 1960s, Richards was a... more »

Sabian

Darnell Kittrell is an American professional wrestler. He currently performs for Combat Zone... more »

Keith Elliott

Keith Elliott VC was a soldier in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and recipient of the... more »

Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the... more »

Matthew West

Matthew Joseph West is an American Contemporary Christian musician and actor from Nashville,... more »

Aasulv Olsen Bryggesaa

Aasulv Olsen Bryggesaa was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was elected to the... more »

Zuzana Schindlerová

Zuzana Schindlerová is Czech athlete, whose specialization is race walking. She was born in... more »

Coke La Rock

Coke La Rock is an old school New York City rapper who is often credited as being the first MC... more »

Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel

Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel PC was an officer of the Royal Navy during the... more »

Kaoru Moto

Kaoru Moto was a United States Army soldier. He was posthumously awarded the United States... more »

Truls Ove Karlsen

Truls Ove Karlsen is an alpine skier. more »

Walter de la Mare

Walter John de la Mare, OM, CH was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is... more »

John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

John Frederick was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled over the Principality of Calenberg, a... more »

Yu Shyi-kun

Yu Shyi-kun, a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party, is a former chairman of... more »

Zoltán Gárdonyi

Zoltán Gárdonyi was a Hungarian composer and musicologist. He taught at the Franz Liszt Academy... more »

C. B. Fry

Charles Burgess Fry, known as C. B. Fry, was an English polymath; an outstanding sportsman,... more »

Dušan Kožíšek

Dušan Kožíšek is a Czech cross country skier who has been competing since 2002. He won a bronze... more »

Paavo Siljamäki

Paavo Olavi Siljamäki, is a Finnish dance music artist, is one-third of the UK based trance... more »

Oleh Husyev

Oleh Anatoliyovych Husev is a Ukrainian football midfielder for FC Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukrainian... more »

Itzhak Fintzi

Itzhak Fintzi is a Bulgarian film and stage actor. He was born in Sofia, where he graduated from... more »

Yoo Changhyuk

Yoo Changhyuk is a professional Go player in South Korea. more »

Giacomo Boni

Giacomo Boni was an Italian archaeologist specializing in Roman architecture. Born in Venice,... more »

Mazhar Abro

Mazhar Abro is a Sindhi short story writer, novelist and poet. more »

Azis

Azis' is a Bulgarian singer of Romani descent known for, among other things, his atypical gender... more »

Meadowlark Lemon

Meadow "Meadowlark" Lemon III is an American basketball player, actor, and minister. For 22... more »

Cyril Nri

Cyril Ikechukwu Nri is a British actor, writer and director. Nri attended Holland Park School in... more »

Fadela Amara

Fadéla Amara, also known as Fatiha Amara is a French feminist and politician, who began her... more »

Kees Verhoeven

Kees Verhoeven is a Dutch politician and geographer. As a member of Democrats 66 he has been an... more »

Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este

Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este was the third son of Archduke Ferdinand of... more »

Cy Twombly

Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly, Jr. was an American artist well known for his large-scale, freely... more »

August Dillmann

Christian Friedrich August Dillmann was a German orientalist and biblical scholar. more »

Mathews Mar Athanasius Metropolitan

Mathews Mar Athanasius Metropolitan was the head of Malankara Church which had its adherents in... more »

Guglielmo Marconi

Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known for his pioneering work on long distance radio... more »

Aaron Reisberger

Aaron Reisberger is a former contestant on the reality television show Survivor: China. more »

Valene Maharaj

Valene Maharaj was the Miss Trinidad and Tobago World 2007 title holder, and Miss World of the... more »

Emanuela de Paula

Emanuela de Paula is a Brazilian model. She has been the face of UK retailer Next for the past... more »

Duncan Kibet

Duncan Kibet is a runner from Kenya. He became the second fastest marathoner ever with a time of... more »

Trygve Seim

Trygve Seim is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer, partner and parent with Åsne Seierstad... more »

K. Eric Drexler

Kim Eric Drexler is an American engineer best known for popularizing the potential of molecular... more »

Mamadou Bah

Mamadou Diouldé Bah is a Guinean footballer. more »

Princess Alice of the United Kingdom

Princess Alice of the United Kingdom was the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria... more »

Vladislav Tretiak

Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak, MSM is a former goaltender for the Soviet Union's national ice... more »

Maarten Rudelsheim

Maarten Rudelsheim is a flamingant of Jewish-Dutch descent. Rudelsheim was born in the... more »

Doug Hall

Doug Hall is an American photographer and media artist, who has received national and... more »

Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky, born Vladimir Volfovich Eidelstein on 25 April 1946, is a... more »

Dzintars Zirnis

Dzintars Zirnis is a Latvian football defender, currently playing for FK Liepājas Metalurgs in... more »

Ion Oncescu

Ion Oncescu is a professional Romanian armwrestler, a multiple time world and European champion... more »

Wolfgang Pauli

Wolfgang Ernst Pauli was an Austrian theoretical physicist and one of the pioneers of quantum... more »

Ezzelino III da Romano

Ezzelino III da Romano was an Italian feudal lord in the March of Treviso who was a close ally... more »

Hoang Thanh Trang

Hoang Thanh Trang is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster. Her current FIDE Elo rating is 2487. Hoang... more »

Femke Halsema

Femke Halsema is a former Dutch politician. She was a member of the House of Representatives... more »

Ahmad Basri Akil

Allahyarham Dato Paduka Haji Ahmad Basri bin Mohd Akil was the team manager for Kedah FA and for... more »

Prince Rajcomar

Prince Linval Reuben Mathilda Rajcomar is a Dutch footballer of Netherlands Antilles, Indian... more »

Flex-Deon Blake

Flex-Deon Blake is the stage name of an African-American gay pornographic actor who has appeared... more »

Al Pacino

Alfredo James "Al" Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is well known for... more »

Félix d'Herelle

Félix d'Herelle was a French-Canadian microbiologist, the co-discoverer of bacteriophages and... more »

Zev Siegl

Zev Siegl is an American entrepreneur. In 1971 he, and teacher Jerry Baldwin, and writer Gordon... more »

Federico Errázuriz Zañartu

Federico Marcos del Rosario Errázuriz Zañartu was a Chilean political figure. He served as the... more »

Thach Bao Khanh

Thạch Bảo Khanh is a Vietnamese footballer who played for Hà Nội T&T F.C.. He is a member of... more »

Brandon Yip

Brandon Yip is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Phoenix... more »

Gabriel Cichero

Gabriel Cichero is a Venezuelan football defender who currently plays for FC Nantes in French... more »

Udi Davidi

Udi Davidi is an Israeli singer, musician, lyricist and composer. Davidi is considered one of... more »

Mu. Varadarajan

Mu. Varadarajan, also known as Mu. Va. and Varatharasanar, was a Tamil scholar, author and... more »

Dwight M. Sabin

Dwight May Sabin was an American politician. He lived in Stillwater, Minnesota, where he had... more »

Felix Klein

Christian Felix Klein was a German mathematician, known for his work in group theory, complex... more »

Jo Estill

Josephine Antoinette Estill, known as "Jo Estill", was an American singer, singing voice... more »

Ilgar Gurbanov

Ilgar Gurbanov is a football player who currently plays for FK Qarabağ. He started his career... more »

Giedo van der Garde

Giedo van der Garde is a Dutch racing driver. more »

Iris Faircloth Blitch

Iris Faircloth Blitch was a United States Representative from Georgia. She was the third woman... more »

Ian Copeland

Ian Adie Copeland was a pioneering American music promoter and booking agent who helped launch... more »

Philip Becker

Philip Becker was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1876–1877 and 1886–1889. He... more »

Dinesh D'Souza

Dinesh D'Souza is a political commentator, author, former Reagan policy analyst, and a former... more »

Marc'Antonio Pasqualini

Marc'Antonio Pasqualini was an Italian castrato opera singer who performed during the Baroque... more »

Ewa Wiśniewska

Ewa Wiśniewska is a Polish actress. Her sister, Małgorzata Niemirska, is also an... more »

Martin Koolhoven

Martin Koolhoven is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. Born as Martinus Wouter Koolhoven,... more »

Jean Antoine Zinnen

Jean Antoine Zinnen was a Luxembourgian composer, best known for the Luxembourgish national... more »

Gladwyn Jebb

Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, 1st Baron Gladwyn, GCMG, GCVO, CB, known as Gladwyn Jebb, was a... more »

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