Anniversaries 26 November

Birth

William Cowper174

(1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist 1731–1800

Sarah Grimké22

American abolitionist 1792–1873

James Matthews Legaré2

American writer 1823–1859

Ellen G. White48

American author and founder/leader of the Seventh-Day Adven… 1827–1915

Ferdinand de Saussure17

Swiss linguist 1857–1913

Suniti Kumar Chatterji2

Bengali linguist 1890–1977

Norbert Wiener36

American mathematician 1894–1964

Emlyn Williams1

British dramatist and actor 1905–1987

Eugéne Ionesco59

Romanian playwright 1909–1994

Eric Sevareid2

American journalist 1912–1992

Frederik Pohl36

American science fiction writer and editor 1919–2013

Ram Sharan Sharma2

historian 1919–2011

Verghese Kurien24

Indian founder of dairy-cooperative Amul 1921–2012

Charles M. Schulz8

American cartoonist 1922–2000

Don Tregonning1

Australian professional tennis player and coach 1928

Celia Green50

British philosopher 1935

Tina Turner9

singer, dancer, actress, and author 1939

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi1

Malaysian politician 1939

Quentin Skinner11

British historian 1940

Enrico Bombieri1

mathematician 1940

Marilynne Robinson51

American novelist and essayist 1943

Dennis Ross4

American diplomat 1948

Michel-Rolph Trouillot1

Haitian academic and anthropologist 1949–2012

Mari Alkatiri1

Prime Minister of East Timor 1949

Jonathan Weiner11

American nonfiction writer 1953

Leonard Mlodinow17

American physicist, author and screenwriter 1954

Felix Gonzalez-Torres1

American artist 1957–1996

Merlin Mann16

American blogger 1966

Kara Walker4

African American artist 1969

Marc Randazza25

American writer 1969

John Amaechi2

Professional basketball player 1970

Vicki Pettersson2

American author 1972

Natasha Bedingfield2

English singer and songwriter 1981

Saeed Jones4

American poet 1985

Albara Almerf13

2000

Death

Sojourner Truth14

African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist 1797–1883

Adam Mickiewicz11

Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, trans… 1798–1855

Frederick William Faber20

British hymn writer and theologian 1814–1863

Coventry Patmore33

English poet 1823–1896

Paul Lafargue5

French politician 1842–1911

Ernest Belfort Bax7

British barrister and journalist 1854–1926

Florence Foster Jenkins1

American soprano, renowned for her lack of musical skill an… 1868–1944

Max Euwe3

Dutch chess Grandmaster, mathematician, and author 1901–1981

Cyril Connolly49

British author 1903–1974

Ashley Montagu8

British-American anthropologist 1905–1999

Paul Rand7

American graphic designer 1914–1996

Saul Leiter10

American photographer 1923–2013

Edwin Ernest Salpeter1

American astronomer 1924–2008

William Coperthwaite4

American yurt builder 1930–2013

Geoffrey Moorhouse1

English journalist and author 1931–2009

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu9

Nigerian politician and military leader 1933–2011

Paul J. Swain1

Catholic bishop 1943–2022

Stephen Hillenburg3

American marine biologist, cartoonist, animator, storyboard… 1961–2018