Famous people born on 26 February

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

1. Victor Hugo 1802French novelist and poetdied aged 83
2. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 1954Turkish statesperson who served as President of Turkeyliving, 72
3. Johnny Cash 1932American singerdied aged 71
4. Alexander III of Russia 1845Emperor of all the Russiasdied aged 49
5. Ahmet Davutoğlu 1959Turkish politician and writer who served as Prime Minister of Turkeyliving, 67
6. Michel Houellebecq 1956French writerliving, 70
7. Helen Clark 1950New Zealander politician who served as Prime Minister of New Zealandliving, 76
8. Ahmed Zewail 1946Egyptian chemistdied aged 70
9. Pepe 1984Portuguese footballerliving, 42
10. François Arago 1786French mathematician and physicistdied aged 67
11. Emmanuel Adebayor 1984Togolese footballerliving, 42
12. Giulio Natta 1903Italian chemistdied aged 76
13. Li Na 1982Chinese tennis playerliving, 44
14. Ole Gunnar Solskjær 1973Norwegian footballerliving, 53
15. Honoré Daumier 1808French artistdied aged 70
16. Camille Flammarion 1842French astronomer and writerdied aged 83
17. Kazuyoshi Miura 1967Japanese footballer and playerliving, 59
18. Ferdinand I of Bulgaria 1861King of Bulgariadied aged 87
19. Fernando Llorente 1985Spanish footballerliving, 41
20. Jamal Musiala 2003German footballerliving, 23