Anniversaries 26 June

Birth

Ahmad Sirhindi12

Indian philosopher 1564–1624

Philip Doddridge8

English Nonconformist leader, educator, and hymnwriter 1702–1751

Branwell Brontë2

British artist 1817–1848

William Thomson19

British physicist and engineer 1824–1907

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay5

Bengali writer 1838–1894

James Bolivar Manson7

British artist 1879–1945

Pearl S. Buck95

American writer 1892–1973

Igor Tamm1

Russian physicist 1895–1971

Chesty Puller5

United States Marine Corps general 1898–1971

Peter Lorre2

Austrian actor 1904–1964

Salvador Allende16

Chilean physician and politician 1908–1973

Aimé Césaire10

Martiniquais politician 1913–2008

Maurice Wilkes7

British computer scientist 1913–2010

Laurie Lee22

British writer 1914–1997

Алекс Дрейер1

American reporter, commentator and actor 1916–2000

Virginia Satir7

American psychologist 1916–1988

Milton Glaser1

American artist 1929

Mirkka Rekola22

Finnish writer 1931–2014

George Lois3

American art director, designer and author 1931

Colin Wilson192

author 1931–2013

Nancy Willard1

American writer 1936–2017

Roger Corless1

English theologian and academic 1938–2007

Luis Valdez3

American film director 1940

Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan1

Archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio 1941

Robert Haugen13

American economist 1942–2013

Gilberto Gil4

Brazilian singer, guitarist, songwriter and politician 1942

Warren Farrell467

author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate 1943

Peter Sloterdijk49

German philosopher 1947

Robert Davi4

American actor and jazz singer 1953

Kevin Doran1

Irish bishop 1953

Catherine Samba-Panza6

Central African politician 1954

Mick Jones (The Clash)2

British rock guitarist (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite) 1955

Shannon Sharpe4

Player of American football 1968

Lev Grossman45

American novelist, journalist 1969

Austin Grossman8

American writer and game designer 1969

Takeshi Konomi1

Japanese manga artist 1970

Yang Cheng-wu2

Taiwanese politician 1972

Derek Jeter4

American baseball player 1974

Dave Rubin2

American comedian 1976

Ogyen Trinley Dorje1

Tibetan Lama 1985

Ariana Grande4

American singer-songwriter 1993

Death

Julian (emperor)97

Roman Emperor, philosopher and writer 331–363

Ralph Cudworth5

English philosopher 1617–1688

John Flavel29

English Presbyterian clergyman 1627–1691

David Rittenhouse3

American astronomer 1732–1796

Fermín Lasuén3

Spanish missionary to Alta California. 1736–1803

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle2

French army officer 1760–1836

Max Stirner51

German philosopher 1806–1856

Robert Barnabas Brough1

English writer of poetry, novels, plays and journalism 1828–1860

Alfred Percy Sinnett5

English writer and Theosophist 1840–1921

James Weldon Johnson23

writer and activist 1871–1938

Ford Madox Ford20

English writer and publisher 1873–1939

Ray Lyman Wilbur3

President of Stanford University 1875–1949

Alfred Döblin1

German expressionist novelist 1878–1957

Josemaría Escrivá19

Spanish theologian 1902–1975

Arthur F. Burns5

American economist and diplomat 1904–1987

Hans Urs Von Balthasar17

Swedish Catholic theologian 1905–1988

George L.K. Morris1

American painter and sculptor 1905–1975

Malcolm Lowry27

British writer 1909–1957

J. C. R. Licklider7

American psychologist and computer scientist 1915–1990

William H. Riker3

American political scientist 1920–1993

Roy Campanella2

baseball player; born 19 November 1921 Philadelphia Pa; Bal… 1921–1993

Mike Gravel4

American politician; United States Senator 1930–2021

Marc Rich1

businessman 1934–2013

Nora Ephron49

Film director, author screenwriter 1941–2012