November 26
November 26 is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 35 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 399 - Pope Siricius
- 1252 - Blanche of Castile, Queen of France (b. 1188)
- 1504 – Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)
- 1518 - Vannozza de Cattanei, Italian mistress to the future-Pope Alexander VI (b. 1442)
- 1688 - Philippe Quinault, French playwright (b. 1635)
- 1717 - Daniel Purcell, British composer (b. 1664)
- 1822 - Karl August von Hardenberg, Prussian statesman (b. 1750)
- 1836 – John Loudon MacAdam, Scottish engineer and road builder (b. 1756)
- 1842 - Robert Smith, United States Secretary of State (b. 1757)
- 1851 - Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician (b. 1769)
- 1855 – Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet (b. 1798)
- 1872 - Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (b. 1788)
- 1876 - Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (b. 1792)
- 1882 - Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian lawyer and politician (b. 1805)
- 1883 – Sojourner Truth, American abolitionist (b. 1797)
1901 – 2000
- 1912 - Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople (b. 1854)
- 1919 - Felipe Angeles, Mexican revolutionary general (b. 1868)
- 1926 - John Browning, American firearms designer and inventor (b. 1855)
- 1930 – Otto Sverdrup, Norwegian explorer (b. 1854)
- 1934 - Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and statesman (b. 1866)
- 1938 - Flora Call Disney, mother of Walt Disney (b. 1868)
- 1943 - Edward O'Hare, American pilot (b. 1914)
- 1952 – Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (b. 1865)
- 1954 – Bill Doak, American baseball player (b. 1891)
- 1956 – Tommy Dorsey, American musician (b. 1905)
- 1959 - Albert Ketèlbey, British composer, pianist and conductor (b. 1875)
- 1961 - Styles Bridges, Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1898)
- 1962 - Albert Sarrault, French politician (b. 1872)
- 1963 - Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (b. 1882)
- 1968 – Arnold Zweig, German writer (b. 1887)
- 1973 – John Rostill, British musician (b. 1942)
- 1977 - Yoshibayama Junnosoke, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1920)
- 1978 - Ford Beebe, American director (d. 1888)
- 1979 - Ove Joensen, Faroese rower and adventurer (b. 1948)
- 1981 – Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (b. 1901)
- 1989 - Ahmed Abdallah, President of the Comoros
- 1994 – Joey Stefano, American actor (b. 1968)
- 1994 - Arturo Rivera y Damas, Archbishop of San Salvador (b. 1923)
From 2001
- 2003 – Soulja Slim, American rapper (b. 1978)
- 2004 - Philippe de Broca, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- 2005 - Stan Berenstain, American writer (b. 1923)
- 2005 - Mark Craney, American musician (b. 1952)
- 2008 – Edna Parker, American supercentenarian, world's oldest woman at the time of her death (b. 1893)
- 2011 – C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Nigerian colonel and politician, President of Biafra (b. 1933)
- 2012 - Joseph Murray, American surgeon and Nobel Prize winner (b. 1919)
- 2013 - Cayetano Re, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1938)
- 2013 - Arik Einstein, Israeli singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1939)
- 2013 - John Galbraith Graham (Araucaria), English crossword compiler and Church of England priest (b. 1921)
- 2013 - Stan Stennett, Welsh entertainer (b. 1925)
- 2014 - Frankie Fraser, English gangster (b. 1923)
- 2014 - Sabah, Lebanese singer and actress (b. 1927)
- 2014 - Gilles Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
- 2014 - Tapan Raychaudhuri, Indian historian (b. 1924)
- 2014 - Angel Tulio Zof, Argentine footballer (b. 1928)
- 2015 - Guy Lewis, American basketball player (b. 1922)
- 2015 - Norbert Gastell, German actor (b. 1929)
- 2016 - Peter Hintze, German politician (b. 1950)
- 2016 - Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Dutch religious leader (b. 1928)
- 2017 - Hou Bo, Chinese photographer (b. 1924)
- 2017 - Armando Hart, Cuban politician (b. 1930)
- 2017 - W. Marvin Watson, American politician (b. 1924)
- 2018 - Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director (b. 1941)
- 2018 - Stephen Hillenburg, American marine biologist and animator, creator of SpongeBob SquarePants (b. 1961)
- 2018 - Charles Huxtable, British military officer (b. 1931)
- 2018 - Tomás Maldonado, Argentine painter and designer (b. 1922)
- 2018 - Patricia Quintana, Mexican chef and writer (b. 1946)
- 2018 - Leo Schwarz, German Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1931)
- 2019 - Cyrus Chothia, English biochemist (b. 1942)
- 2019 - Howard Cruse, American cartoonist and comic book writer (b. 1941)
- 2019 - Yeshi Dhonden, Tibetan-Indian physician and humanitarian (b. 1927)
- 2019 - James L. Holloway III, American naval admiral and political writer (b. 1922)
- 2019 - Köbi Kuhn, Swiss footballer and coach (b. 1943)
- 2019 - Muiris Mac Conghail, Irish journalist, writer, broadcaster, poet and filmmaker (b. 1941)
- 2019 - Bruno Nicolè, Italian footballer (b. 1940)
- 2019 - Gerald Regan, Canadian politician, 19th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1928)
- 2019 - Gary Rhodes, English chef (b. 1960)
Births
1901 – 1925
- 1902 - Maurice McDonald, American fast food pioneer (d. 1971)
- 1903 - Alice Herz-Sommer, Jewish pianist, music teacher, Holocaust survivor and supercentenarian (d. 2014)
- 1905 - Emlyn Williams, Welsh writer. dramatist and actor (d. 1987)
- 1905 – Bob Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1982)
- 1908 – Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (d. 1989)
- 1909 – Eugene Ionescu, Romanian-born dramatist (d. 1994)
- 1909 - Fritz Buchloh, German footballer (d. 1998)
- 1909 - Frances Dee, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1910 - Aileen Meagher, Canadian athlete and painter (d. 1987)
- 1910 – Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (d. 1993)
- 1912 – Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992)
- 1914 - Robert Alda, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1915 – Earl Wild, American pianist (d. 2010)
- 1915 - Inge King, German-Australian sculptor (d. 2016)
- 1918 – Patricio Aylwin, former President of Chile (d. 2016)
- 1918 - Huber Matos, Cuban activist (d. 2014)
- 1919 – Ryszard Kaczorowski, Polish statesman (d. 2010)
- 1919 - Frederik Pohl, American writer (d. 2013)
- 1920 - Daniel Petrie, Canadian-born television and movie director (d. 2004)
- 1921 - Françoise Gilot, French painter, critic and author
- 1922 – Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
- 1923 - V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (d. 2014)
- 1923 - Pat Phoenix, English actress (d. 1986)
- 1924 – George Segal, American Pop Sculptor (d. 2000)
- 1924 - Edward T. Breathitt, Governor of Kentucky (d. 2003)
- 1925 – Eugene Istomin, American pianist (d. 2003)
- 1925 - Gregorio Conrado Alvarez, Uruguayan military and politician (d. 2016)
1926 – 1950
- 1926 - Rabi Ray, Indian politician
- 1926 - Ray McFall, British nightclub owner (d. 2015)
- 1927 – Ernie Coombs, American children's entertainer (d. 2001)
- 1929 - Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian composer and musician (d. 2015)
- 1930 - J. Joseph Garrahy, Governor of Rhode Island (d. 2012)
- 1930 - Berthold Leibinger, German mechanical engineer, businessman and philanthropist (d. 2018)
- 1931 – Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1931 - Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Dutch archbishop and cardinal
- 1933 – Robert Goulet, American singer and actor (d. 2007)
- 1933 - Tony Verna, American television producer (d. 2015)
- 1933 - Richard Holloway, Scottish writer and former Bishop of Edinburgh
- 1936 - Margaret Boden, English computer scientist and psychologist
- 1937 – Boris Yegorov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1994)
- 1938 – Porter Goss, American politician and Central Intelligence Agency director
- 1938 – Rodney Jory, Australian physicist
- 1938 – Rich Little, Canadian-American comedian and actor
- 1939 – Tina Turner, American-Swiss singer and actress
- 1939 – Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia
- 1940 - Enrico Bombieri, Italian mathematician
- 1940 - Kotozakura Masakatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 2007)
- 1942 - Olivia Cole, American actress
- 1942 - Dang Thuy Tram, Vietnamese doctor (d. 1970)
- 1943 – Bruce Paltrow, American producer and director (d. 2002)
- 1944 – Jean Terrell, American singer
- 1945 – Daniel Davis, American actor
- 1945 – John McVie, British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
- 1946 - Mark L. Lester, American director
- 1946 – Art Shell, American football player and coach
- 1947 - Vicki Ann Funk, American botanist (d. 2019)
- 1947 – Susanne Zenor, American actress
- 1948 – Elizabeth Blackburn, Australian-American molecular biologist
- 1948 - Galina Prozumenshchikova, Soviet-Russian swimmer (d. 2015)
- 1948 – Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (d. 1995)
- 1948 – Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer
- 1948 – Claes Elfsberg, Swedish television presenter
- 1949 – Vincent A. Mahler, Political Scientist and professor at Loyola University Chicago
- 1949 – Juanin Clay, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1949 - Martin Lee, British singer
- 1949 - Mari Alkatiri, 1st Prime Minister of East Timor
- 1949 - Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer-songwriter
- 1950 – Dieter Burdenski, German footballer
1951 – 1975
- 1951 – Cicciolina, Italian actress and politician
- 1951 - Sulejman Tihic, Bosnia and Herzegovina politician (d. 2014)
- 1952 - Wendy Turnbull, Australian tennis player
- 1953 – Hilary Benn, British politician
- 1953 - Shelley Moore Capito, American politician
- 1953 – Harry Carson, American football player
- 1954 – Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (d. 2009)
- 1955 - Gisela Stuart, German-British politician
- 1956 – Dale Jarrett, American race car driver
- 1956 – Keith Vaz, British politician
- 1960 - Delio Rossi, Italian footballer
- 1961 - Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria, Indian-British entrepreneur
- 1961 - Ivory, American professional wrestler
- 1961 - Petr Málek, Czech sport shooter (d. 2019)
- 1962 – Chuck Finley, American baseball pitcher
- 1963 - Mario Elie, American basketball player
- 1963 - Matt Frei, German-born British journalist
- 1964 - Chokri Belaid, Tunisian politician (d. 2013)
- 1964 – Vreni Schneider, Swiss skier
- 1969 – Shawn Kemp, American basketball player
- 1970 – Dave Hughes, Australian comedian
- 1970 - John Amaechi, American-born British basketball player
- 1971 – Ronald "Winky" Wright, American boxer
- 1972 – Arjun Rampal, Indian actor
- 1973 – Peter Facinelli, American actor
- 1975 – DJ Khaled, Palestinian-American musical artist and DJ
From 1976
- 1976 – Maven Huffman, American professional wrestler
- 1977 - Ivan Bassi, Italian cyclist
- 1980 - Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer and actor
- 1980 – Aruna Dindane, Ivory Coast footballer
- 1980 - Chris Lintott, English astrophysicist, author and broadcaster
- 1981 – Aurora Snow, American actress
- 1981 – Stephan Andersen, Danish international footballer
- 1981 – Ivan Basso, Italian cyclist
- 1981 – Natasha Bedingfield, British singer
- 1981 - Natalie Gauci, Australian singer
- 1981 - Gina Kingsbury, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 - Keith Ballard, American ice hockey player
- 1982 - Dallas Johnson, Australian rugby player
- 1983 – Chris Hughes, American businessman, co-founder of Facebook
- 1984 – Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (d. 2007)
- 1986 - Trevor Morgan, American actor
- 1990 – Chipmunk, English rapper
- 1990 – Danny Welbeck, English footballer
- 1990 - Rita Ora, Kosovo-born English singer and actress
- 1990 - Avery Bradley, American basketball player
- 1990 - Gabriel Paulista, Brazilian footballer
- 1992 - Louis Ducruet, Monegasque royal
- 1993 - Erena Ono, Japanese singer (AKB48)
- 1996 - Louane Emera, French singer