| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Eddie Albert |
Actor |
22-Apr-1906 |
26-May-2005 |
Oliver on Green Acres |
| St. Augustine of Canterbury |
Religion |
? |
26-May-604 AD |
First Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Bayezid II |
Royalty |
3-Dec-1447 |
26-May-1512 |
Ottoman Sultan, 1481-1512 |
| George Brent |
Actor |
15-Mar-1899 |
26-May-1979 |
The Great Lie |
| Lionel Conacher |
Hockey |
24-May-1900 |
26-May-1954 |
Canadian All-Around Athlete |
| Arrigo Caterino Davila |
Historian |
30-Oct-1576 |
26-May-1631 |
Istoria delle guerre civili di Francia |
| Orvil Dryfoos |
Publisher |
8-Nov-1912 |
26-May-1963 |
New York Times Publisher, 1961-63 |
| King Edmund I |
Royalty |
921 AD |
26-May-946 AD |
King of England 939-46 AD |
| Edsel Ford |
Business |
6-Nov-1893 |
26-May-1943 |
President of Ford, 1919-43 |
| Friz Freleng |
Cartoonist |
21-Aug-1906 |
26-May-1995 |
The Pink Panther |
| Julian Grenfell |
Poet |
30-Mar-1888 |
26-May-1915 |
Into Battle |
| Edmond T. Gréville |
Film Director |
20-Jun-1906 |
26-May-1966 |
Beat Girl |
| Martin Heidegger |
Philosopher |
26-Sep-1886 |
26-May-1976 |
Being and Time |
| Little Willie John |
Musician |
15-Oct-1937 |
26-May-1968 |
Volatile but influential R&B writer and performer |
| Eugene Jolas |
Editor |
26-Oct-1894 |
26-May-1952 |
transition |
| John Longden |
Actor |
11-Nov-1900 |
26-May-1971 |
Quatermass 2 |
| Charles Horace Mayo |
Doctor |
19-Jul-1865 |
26-May-1939 |
Co-Founder of the Mayo Clinic |
| James McClatchy |
Publisher |
17-Dec-1920 |
26-May-2006 |
Former Chairman, McClatchy Newspapers |
| Ida McKinley |
First Lady |
8-Jun-1847 |
26-May-1907 |
Wife of US President William McKinley |
| Mehmed I |
Royalty |
1389 |
26-May-1421 |
Ottoman Sultan, 1413-21 |
| Philip Neri |
Religion |
21-Jul-1515 |
26-May-1595 |
Congregation of the Oratory |
| Samuel Pepys |
Author |
23-Feb-1633 |
26-May-1703 |
London diarist |
| Sydney Pollack |
Film Director |
1-Jul-1934 |
26-May-2008 |
Tootsie |
| Jacob A. Riis |
Journalist |
3-May-1849 |
26-May-1914 |
How the Other Half Lives |
| Jimmie Rodgers |
Country Musician |
8-Sep-1897 |
26-May-1933 |
Pioneering country singer/songwriter/yodeller |
| Ted Schroeder |
Tennis |
20-Jul-1921 |
26-May-2006 |
Winner of 1949 Wimbledon |
| Sonny Sharrock |
Guitarist |
27-Aug-1940 |
26-May-1994 |
Free jazz guitarist |
| Al Simmons |
Baseball |
22-May-1902 |
26-May-1956 |
Lifetime batting average .334 |
| Thomas Southerne |
Playwright |
1660 |
26-May-1746 |
The Persian Prince |
| Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn |
Historian |
31-Jul-1909 |
26-May-1999 |
Conservative ideologue |