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)