Famous People Born on December 26
♑ Capricorn
- Cem Uzan (1960) — Turkish businessman and politician
- Bill Ayers (1944) — American professor and activist
- Edward C. Prescott (1940) — American economist and Nobel Laureate (1940–2022)
- Alejo Carpentier (1904) — Cuban novelist (1904–1980)
- Jean Toomer (1894) — American poet and novelist (1894–1967)
- Frank Broyles (1924) — American college football coach, college athletic director (1924–2017)
- Albert Gore Sr. (1907) — American politician (1907–1998)
- Peter Hillary (1954) — New Zealand mountain climber
- Phan Bội Châu (1867) — Vietnamese nationalist and revolutionary
- Henry Miller (1891) — American novelist (1891–1980)
- Arsenio Lacson (1912) — Filipino lawyer and politician (1912–1962)
- John Page (planter) (1628) — English-born planter, merchant, slave trader and politician (1627–1692)
- Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1737) — Austrian army officer
- Rohan Kanhai (1935) — Guyanese cricketer
- Ozzie Smith (1954) — American professional baseball player (born 1954)
- Chris Daughtry (1979) — American musician (born 1979)
- Virginia Bolten (1870) — Argentine anarchist (1870–1960)
- Tatiana Sorokko (1971) — Russian-American model, fashion journalist, and collector
- Todd Dunivant (1980) — American soccer executive and former player
- Trevor Siemian (1991) — American football player (born 1991)
- Adrian Newey (1958) — British engineer, aerodynamicist and motorsport executive (born 1958)
- Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723) — German journalist, art critic, and diplomat (1723–1807)
- Bazoline Estelle Usher (1885) — 20th-century American educator
- John Walsh (television host) (1945) — American television presenter (born 1945)
- Jade Thirlwall (1992) — English singer (born 1992)
- Robert Hamerton-Kelly (1938) — South African-American theologian (1938–2013)
- Denis Gifford (1927) — British historian, writer and comic artist (1927–2000)
- James Mercer (musician) (1970) — American singer-songwriter (born 1970)
- William Stephens (American politician) (1859) — American politician (1859–1944)
- Dion Boucicault (1820) — Irish actor and dramatist (1820–1890)