Famous People Born on August 26

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• Caroline Pafford Miller (1903) — American writer
• Mark Mangino (1956) — American football coach (born 1956)
• Stan Van Gundy (1959) — American basketball coach and analyst
• Edward Witten (1951) — American theoretical physicist
• Karen Spärck Jones (1935) — British computer and information scientist (1935–2007)
• Peggy Guggenheim (1898) — American art collector (1898–1979)
• Tom Heinsohn (1934) — American basketball player and coach (1934–2020)
• Nicol David (1983) — Malaysian squash player
• Tino Best (1981) — West Indian cricketer
• Benedict Anderson (1936) — Irish-American political scientist (1936–2015)
• Katherine Johnson (1918) — American mathematician (1918–2020)
• Nikky Finney (1957) — American poet (born 1957)
• Shimshon Amitsur (1921) — Israeli mathematician (1921–1994)
• Austin Gunn (1994) — American professional wrestler
• Geraldine Ferraro (1935) — American politician and diplomat (1935–2011)
• Jessie Diggins (1991) — American cross-country skier (born 1991)
• James Harden (1989) — American basketball player (born 1989)
• Anahit Tsitsikian (1926) — Armenian violinist (1926–1999)
• Michael Gove (1967) — British politician and journalist (born 1967)
• Melissa McCarthy (1970) — American actress (born 1970)
• Ben Bradlee (1921) — Executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991
• John Mulaney (1982) — American comedian, actor, and writer (born 1982)
• Marcus du Sautoy (1965) — British mathematician (born 1965)
• Cassie Ventura (1986) — American singer (born 1986)
• Zona Gale (1874) — American writer (1874–1938)
• Gerard J. Campbell (1919) — American Jesuit academic administrator
• Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944) — British prince (born 1944)
• Bunny Austin (1906) — English tennis player
• Lee de Forest (1873) — American inventor (1873–1961)
• Otto Binder (1911) — American writer (1911–1974)