Famous people born on 26 September

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

1. T. S. Eliot 1888Poetdied aged 76
2. Martin Heidegger 1889German philosopherdied aged 86
3. Pope Paul VI 1897Latin Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 80
4. Serena Williams 1981American tennis playerliving, 45
5. Ivan Pavlov 1849Soviet physiologistdied aged 86
6. Petro Poroshenko 1965Politician who served as President of Ukraineliving, 61
7. MSManmohan Singh 1932Indian politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of Indiadied aged 92
8. George Gershwin 1898American composer and pianistdied aged 38
9. Michael Ballack 1976German footballerliving, 50
10. Olivia Newton-John 1948British singerdied aged 73
11. Théodore Géricault 1791French painterdied aged 32
12. Winnie Mandela 1936South African activist and politiciandied aged 81
13. Christian X 1870Monarch of Denmarkdied aged 76
14. Archibald Hill 1886British physiologist and biophysicistdied aged 90
15. Ricardo Quaresma 1983Portuguese footballerliving, 43
16. Linda Hamilton 1956American actorliving, 70
17. Jim Caviezel 1968American actorliving, 58