July 26

2024 Calendar

July 26 is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 158 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

342 – Jin Chengdi, Emperor of China (b. 321)
432 – Pope Celestine I
796 – Offa, King of Mercia
811 – Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (killed in battle)
1380 – Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)
1471 – Pope Paul II (b. 1417)
1506 – Anne of Foix-Candale, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia (b. 1478)
1533 – Atahualpa, Inca ruler (b. 1502)
1592 – Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)
1605 – Miguel de Benavides, Spanish clergyman and Sinologist (b. 1552)
1611 – Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542)
1630 – Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1562)
1680 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English writer (b. 1647)
1684 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (b. 1646)
1712 – Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (b. 1631)
1723 – Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1660)
1726 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1695)
1801 – Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (b. 1756)
1863 – John J. Crittenden, Governor of Kentucky (b. 1786)
1863 – Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1793)
1867 – King Otto of Greece (b. 1815)

1901 – 1950

1915 – James Murray, English philologist (b. 1837)
1919 – Sir Edward Poynter, British painter (b. 1836)
1922 – Ciro Luis Urriola, 8th President of Panama (b. 1863)
1925 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver (b. 1888)
1925 – Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (b. 1848)
1925 – William Jennings Bryan, American politician (b. 1860)
1926 – Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
1935 – Winsor McCay, American cartoonist (b. 1871)
1937 – Gerda Taro, German photographer (b. 1910)
1941 – Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (b. 1875)
1942 – Roberto Arlt, Argentinian writer (b. 1900)
1943 – Ruth M. Gardiner, American nurse (b. 1914)
1944 – Reza Shah, ruler of Iran (b. 1878)

1951 – 2000

1952 – Eva Perón, wife of Argentine President Juan Perón (b. 1919)
1953 – Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician (b. 1883)
1957 – Carlos Castillo Armas, President of Guatemala (b. 1914)
1969 – Frank Loesser, American composer (b. 1910)
1970 – Robert Taschereau, Canadian jurist (b. 1896)
1971 – Diane Arbus, American photographer (suicide) (b. 1923)
1976 – Stefanos Natsinas, Greek politician (b. 1910)
1980 – Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani poet (b. 1928)
1984 – George Gallup, American statistician (b. 1901)
1984 – Ed Gein, American serial killer (b. 1906)
1986 – Averell Harriman, American diplomat (b. 1891)
1988 – Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani scholar (b. 1919)
1990 – Brent Mydland, American musician (b. 1952)
1992 – Mary Wells, American singer (b. 1943)
1995 – George Romney, Governor of Michigan and father of Mitt Romney (b. 1907)
1999 – Phaedon Gizikis, President of Greece (b. 1917)

From 2001

2001 – Peter von Zahn, German journalist (b. 1913)
2002 – Tony Anholt, English actor (b. 1941)
2005 – Mario David, Italian footballer (b. 1934)
2009 – Merce Cunningham, American choreographer (b. 1919)
2011 – Margaret Olley, Australian artist (b. 1923)
2011 – Sakyo Komatsu, Japanese science fiction writer (b. 1931)
2012 – Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (b. 1942)
2012 – Mary Tamm, English actress (b. 1950)
2013 – Sung Jae-ki, South Korean activist (b. 1967)
2013 – JJ Cale, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1938)
2014 – Oleh Babayev, Ukrainian politician (b. 1965)
2014 – Charles R. Larson, American admiral (b. 1936)
2014 – Majid Nizami, Pakistani journalist (b. 1928)
2014 – Roland Verhavert, Belgian movie director (b. 1927)
2015 – Bobbi Kristina Brown, American media personality and singer (b. 1993)
2015 – Leo Reise, Jr., Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1922)
2015 – Ann Rule, American true crime writer (b. 1931)
2015 – Vic Firth, American musician and instruments manufacturer (b. 1930)
2016 – Jacques Hamel, French priest (b. 1930)
2016 – David A. Katz, American judge (b. 1933)
2016 – Mohamed Khan, Egyptian film director (b. 1942)
2017 – Patti Deutsch, American actress (b. 1943)
2017 – June Foray, American voice actress (b. 1917)
2017 – Giovanni Battista Pichierri, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1943)
2017 – Lawrence Pezzulo, American diplomat (b. 1926)
2017 – Maxlei dos Santos Luzia, Brazilian footballer (b. 1975)
2017 – Joachim Vobbe, German Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1947)
2017 – Leo Kinnunen, Finnish racing driver (b. 1943)
2018 – Adem Demaçi, Albanian politician (b. 1936)
2018 – Aloyzas Kveinys, Lithuanian chess player (b. 1962)
2018 – María Concepción César, Argentine actress and singer (b. 1926)
2018 – Anne Vermeer, Dutch politician (b. 1916)
2019 – Graham Freudenberg, Australian political speechwriter (b. 1934)
2019 – Jaime Lucas y Alamino, Cuban cardinal (b. 1936)
2019 – Kevin Roster, American poker player (b. 1983)
2019 – Russi Taylor, American voice actress (b. 1944)
2023 – Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter (b. 1966)

Births

1951 – 1975

1951 – Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, German politician
1952 – Heiner Brand, German handball player and coach
1953 – Felix Magath, German footballer
1954 – Mareike Carrière, German actress (d. 2014)
1954 – Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (d. 1994)
1955 – Asif Ali Zardari, former President of Pakistan
1955 – Aleksandrs Starkovs, Latvian footballer
1956 – Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater
1957 – Yuen Biao, Chinese actor
1957 – Nana Visitor, American actress
1959 – Kevin Spacey, American actor
1961 – Gary Cherone, American singer-songwriter
1962 – Sigga, Icelandic singer
1964 – Sandra Bullock, American actress
1965 – Jimmy Dore, American comedian
1965 – Jeremy Piven, American actor
1966 – Angelo Di Livio, Italian footballer
1967 – Anthony Durante, American wrestler (d. 2003)
1967 – Jason Statham, English actor and producer
1968 – Olivia Williams, English actress
1969 – Tanni Grey-Thompson, British wheelchair athlete
1971 – Khaled Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer
1971 – Andrea Fortunato, Italian footballer (d. 1995)
1971 – Kendall Francois, American murderer (d. 2014)
1973 – Kate Beckinsale, British actress
1975 – Elizabeth Truss, British politician

From 1976

1976 – Pavel Pardo, Mexican footballer
1977 – Martin Laursen, Danish footballer
1977 – Emma Barton, English actress
1979 – Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Jacinda Ardern, 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1980 – Madeleine West, Australian actress
1980 – Dave Baksh, Canadian guitarist (Sum 41)
1980 – Sonali Shah, English television presenter
1981 – Maicon Douglas Sisenando, Brazilian footballer
1983 – Kelly Clark, American snowboarder
1983 – Stephen Makinwa, Nigerian footballer
1983 – Delonte West, American basketball player
1985 – Zhou Bichang, Chinese singer-songwriter and actress
1985 – Brice Feillu, French road racing cyclist
1985 – Gaël Clichy, French footballer
1985 – Leonardo Ulloa, Argentine footballer
1987 – Fredy Montero, Colombian footballer
1988 – Sayaka Akimoto, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48)
1988 – Francia Raisa, American actress
1988 – Diego Perotti, Argentine footballer
1989 – Ivian Sarcos, Venezuelan model
1990 – Jesus Herrada, Spanish motorcycle racer
1990 – Bianca Santos, American actress
1993 – Elizabeth Gillies, American actress and singer
1993 – Taylor Momsen, American actress and singer
1993 – Caleb Stanko, American soccer player
1993 – Stormzy, English rapper
1996 – Tatiana Vorobjova, Estonian tennis player
1998 – Maya Sakura, Japanese singer and actress

Deaths

Observances

Independence Day (Liberia and Maldives)