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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Claudio Abbado
Conductor
26-Jun-1933   Conductor of La Scala, 1968-86
Neil Abercrombie
Politician
26-Jun-1938   Governor of Hawaii
Paul Thomas Anderson
Film Director
26-Jun-1970   Boogie Nights
Pamela Bellwood
Actor
26-Jun-1951   Claudia Blaisdel on Dynasty
Robert Laird Borden
Head of State
26-Jun-1854 10-Jun-1937 Prime Minister of Canada, 1911-20
Branwell Brontë
Poet
26-Jun-1817 24-Sep-1848 The Brontë sisters' brother
Big Bill Broonzy
Musician
26-Jun-1898 15-Aug-1958 Blues singer and guitarist
Pearl S. Buck
Author
26-Jun-1892 6-Mar-1973 The Good Earth
Rebecca Budig
Actor
26-Jun-1973   All My Children
Richard Bull
Actor
26-Jun-1924   Nels on Little House on the Prairie
Michael Paul Chan
Actor
26-Jun-1950   Robbery: Homicide Division
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Novelist
26-Jun-1838 8-Apr-1894 Krishna Kanta's Will
Robert Davi
Actor
26-Jun-1954   Agent Malone on Profiler
Abner Doubleday
Military
26-Jun-1819 26-Jan-1893 Didn't invent baseball
Georgie Fame
Musician
26-Jun-1943   The Blue Flames
Dennis J. FitzSimons
Business
26-Jun-1950   CEO of Tribune Co., 2003-07
Oscar Goodman
Politician
26-Jun-1939   Mayor of Las Vegas
Irv Gotti
Music Producer
26-Jun-1970   Founder, Murder Inc. Records
Ariana Grande
Actor
26-Jun-1993   Cat Valentine on Victorious
Colin Greenwood
Bassist
26-Jun-1969   Bassist for Radiohead
Hal Greer
Basketball
26-Jun-1936   NBA Hall of Famer
Bernard A. Harris, Jr.
Astronaut
26-Jun-1956   First black astronaut to spacewalk
Sean Hayes
Actor
26-Jun-1970   Jack McFarland on Will & Grace
Sidney Coe Howard
Playwright
26-Jun-1891 23-Aug-1939 They Knew What They Wanted
Chris Isaak
Musician
26-Jun-1956   The Chris Isaak Show
Derek Jeter
Baseball
26-Jun-1974   New York Yankees shortstop
Mick Jones
Musician
26-Jun-1955   The Clash
Lord Kelvin
Physicist
26-Jun-1824 17-Dec-1907 Illustrated 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Business
26-Jun-1963   Founder of Yukos, now jailed
William F. Knowland
Politician
26-Jun-1908 23-Feb-1974 US Senator, committed suicide
William P. Lear
Inventor
26-Jun-1902 14-May-1978 Lear Jet, Inc.
Greg LeMond
Cyclist
26-Jun-1961   Three-time Tour de France winner
Matt Letscher
Actor
26-Jun-1970   Good Morning, Miami
Edward H. Levi
Government
26-Jun-1911 7-Mar-2000 US Attorney General, 1975-77
Peter Lorre
Actor
26-Jun-1904 23-Mar-1964 The Maltese Falcon
Simon Mann
Military
26-Jun-1952   Executive Outcomes
Mark McClellan
Government
26-Jun-1963   Medicare Chief
Jennette McCurdy
Actor
26-Jun-1992   Sam on iCarly
Mark McKinney
Actor
26-Jun-1959   The Kids in the Hall
Willy Messerschmitt
Engineer
26-Jun-1898 17-Sep-1978 Designer of Nazi fighter planes
Charles Messier
Astronomer
26-Jun-1730 12-Apr-1817 Cataloguer of M objects
Lloyd W. Newton
Military
26-Jun-1942   USAF General
Tony Nicely
Business
26-Jun-1943   CEO of GEICO
Chris O'Donnell
Actor
26-Jun-1970   NCIS Los Angeles
Nick Offerman
Actor
26-Jun-1970   Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation
Greg Palast
Journalist
26-Jun-1952   The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Colonel Tom Parker
Business
26-Jun-1909 21-Jan-1997 Elvis Presley's manager
Eleanor Parker
Actor
26-Jun-1922   Interrupted Melody
Chad Pennington
Football
26-Jun-1976   Miami Dolphins QB
Pete Peterson
Diplomat
26-Jun-1935   US Ambassador to Vietnam, 1997-2001
Aubrey Plaza
Comic
26-Jun-1984   Parks and Recreation
Roy Plunkett
Chemist
26-Jun-1910 12-May-1994 Accidentally discovered Teflon
June Preisser
Actor
26-Jun-1920 19-Sep-1984 Strike Up the Band
Wolfgang Reitherman
Film Director
26-Jun-1909 22-May-1985 Jungle Book
Robert C. Richardson
Physicist
26-Jun-1937   Superfluidity of helium-3
Chuck Robb
Politician
26-Jun-1939   US Senator from Virginia, 1989-2001
John M. Rogers
Judge
26-Jun-1948   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Jason Schwartzman
Actor
26-Jun-1980   Rushmore
Shannon Sharpe
Football
26-Jun-1968   Commentator, Former Denver Bronco
Bill Sheffield
Politician
26-Jun-1928   Governor of Alaska, 1982-86
Richard X. Slattery
Actor
26-Jun-1925 27-Jan-1997 Capt. Buckner on C.P.O. Sharkey
Larkin Smith
Politician
26-Jun-1944 13-Aug-1989 Congressman from Mississippi, 1989
Patty Smyth
Musician
26-Jun-1957   She is the warrior
Lyman Spitzer, Jr.
Astronomer
26-Jun-1914 31-Mar-1997 Father of space telescopes
Stuart Symington
Politician
26-Jun-1901 14-Dec-1988 US Senator from Missouri, 1953-76
Violette Szabo
Spy
26-Jun-1921 5-Feb-1945 British secret agent, fought with French Resistance
Ian Tracey
Actor
26-Jun-1964   Det. Mick Leary on Da Vinci's Inquest
John V. Tunney
Politician
26-Jun-1934   US Senator from California, 1971-77
Michael Vick
Football
26-Jun-1980   Football quarterback and dog fighter
Lynd Ward
Engraver
26-Jun-1905 28-Jun-1985 Gods' Man
Gedde Watanabe
Actor
26-Jun-1955   Long Duk Dong in Sixteen Candles
Alberto Weisser
Business
26-Jun-1955   CEO of Bunge
Deron Williams
Basketball
26-Jun-1984   Brooklyn Nets
Gretchen Wilson
Musician
26-Jun-1973   Here for the Party
Malachi York-El
Religion
26-Jun-1945   E.T. leader of United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors
Babe Zaharias
Golf
26-Jun-1914 27-Sep-1956 Best female athlete of all time
Strauss Zelnick
Business
26-Jun-1957   CEO of BMG Entertainment, 1998-2000
Duane E. Zitzner
Business
26-Jun-1947   Former EVP, Hewlett Packard




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