Famous people born on 26 August

17 of the people we track were born on 26 August, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Mother Teresa 1910Albanian nun and missionarydied aged 87
2. Antoine Lavoisier 1743French chemistdied aged 50
3. Chris Pine 1980American actorliving, 46
4. Guillaume Apollinaire 1880French poetdied aged 38
5. Robert Walpole 1676British politician and art collector who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdomdied aged 68
6. Julio Cortázar 1914Writerdied aged 69
7. James Franck 1882German physicistdied aged 81
8. Katherine Johnson 1918American mathematiciandied aged 101
9. Macaulay Culkin 1980American actorliving, 46
10. Aleksandr I. Kuprin 1870Russian writerdied aged 67
11. Charles Richet 1850French physiologistdied aged 85
12. Melissa McCarthy 1970American actor and comedianliving, 56
13. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1819British consortdied aged 42
14. Yun Po-sun 1897South Korean politician who served as President of South Koreadied aged 92
15. Thalía 1971Mexican singer and actorliving, 55
16. Zemfira 1976Russian songwriterliving, 50
17. Johann Heinrich Lambert 1728German mathematician and physicistdied aged 49