July 26th Birthdays
If you were born on July 26th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Darlene Love (nee Darlene Wright)
American Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer (He’s a Rebel; Today I Met the Boy I’m Gonna Marry; Christmas [Baby Please Come Home]; Winter Wonderland), actress of stage, TV (Another World), movies (Trish Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon films; Holiday Rush), born July 26, 1941. (Darlene Love 1966: Reprise Records)
Mick Jagger (nee Michael Philip Jagger; ex of Bianca Macias)
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame English Rolling Stones songwriter & lead singer (The Last Time; Satisfaction; Get Off of My Cloud; Paint It Black; Brown Sugar; Angie; Harlem Shuffle; Little Red Rooster; Start Me Up; Beast of Burden), born July 26, 1943. Ex-partner of Jerry Hall, L’Wren Scott. (Mick Jagger 1965: V. K. Hietanen)
Helen Mirren (nee Helen Lydia Mironoff; married Taylor Hackford)
Academy, Tony, & Emmy-winning English actress of stage, TV (Jane on Prime Suspect), & films (The Queen; Teaching Mrs. Tingle; Gosford Park; Calendar Girls; Hitchcock; Trumbo; The Madness of King George; Excalibur), born July 26, 1945. Ex-partner of Liam Neeson. (Helen Mirren 2013: Angela George)
Susan George (married Simon MacCorkindale)
English actress of TV (EastEnders) & films (Straw Dogs; Mandingo; Lightning, The White Stallion; Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle’s Nest; Out of Season; Summer Heat; The Jigsaw Man; That Summer of White Roses; 1066), born July 26, 1950. (Susan George 2008: Ian Brown LRPS / Walsyman0)
Nicholas Walker (nee Nicholas Paul Walker)
Colombian-American actor of TV (Trey Clegg on Capitol; General Hospital; Brad Huntingon on The Doctors; Max Holden on One Life to Live; The Young and the Restless; Frank Goodman on Santa Barbara; Matlock) and movies (Amnesia; Night Class), born July 26, 1955. (Nicholas Walker 1982 Capitol Photo: CBS)
Dorothy Hamill (“America’s Sweetheart“; ex of Dean Paul Martin)
American U.S. national champion figure skater (1969, 1974-1976), 1976 World & Olympic Games ladies gold medalist, professional figure skater (Ice Capades; Broadway on Ice), created the Hamill Camel spin, born July 26, 1956. Ex-daughter-in-law of Dean Martin. (Dorothy Hamill 1982 Photo: HBO)
Kevin Spacey (nee Kevin Spacey Fowler)
Tony & Academy Award-winning American producer & actor of stage, TV (Frank Underwood on House of Cards; Wiseguy), and movies (American Beauty; The Usual Suspects; Pay it Forward; Beyond the Sea; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil), born July 26, 1959. (Kevin Space 2008 Photo: Pinguino k)
Sandra Bullock (“America’s Sweetheart“; ex of Jesse James)
Oscar-winning American-German producer & actress of TV and movies (The Blind Side; Crash; Speed; Miss Congeniality; The Proposal; Gravity; While You Were Sleeping; A Time to Kill; Murder by Numbers; Two Weeks Notice), born July 26, 1964. Ex-fiance of Tate Donovan. (Sandra Bullock 2013: Eva Rinaldi)
Jeremy Piven
Emmy Award-winning American producer & actor of stage, TV (Ari Gold on Entourage; Spence Kovak on Ellen; The Larry Sanders Show; Mr. Selfridge; Cupid) and movies (The Real Thing; Grosse Pointe Blank; Old School; Smokin’ Aces), born July 26, 1965. (Jeremy Piven 2008 Photo: Chris Harte Photography)
Jason Statham
English model & action movie star (Snatch; The Transporter films; The Italian Job; The Mechanic movies; The Expendables films; Cellular; Crank; Killer Elite; Homefront; The Fate of the Furious; Spy movies; Safe; Parker; The Bank Job; Death Race; Revolver), born July 26, 1967. (Jason Statham 2008 Photo: Santiri)
Kate Beckinsale (nee Kathrin Romany Beckinsale; ex of Len Wiseman)
English actress of TV & film (The Aviator; Everybody’s Fine; Underworld; Nothing But the Truth; Serendipity; Pearl Harbor; Much Ado About Nothing; Snow Angels; Vacancy; Van Helsing; Love & Friendship; Laurel Canyon), born July 26, 1973. Ex-partner of Michael Sheen. (Kate Beckinsale 2011: Gerald Geronimo)
(Gracie Allen 1935 | Mick Jagger 1982: New Zealand Television 2 [colorized])
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Kathryn Hays (nee Kay Piper; ex of Glenn Ford)
American actress of Broadway stages, television (Kim Hughes on As the World Turns 1972-2010 & One Life to Live; Leslie Jackson Bauer Norris on Guiding Light; The Road West; Mr. Novak; Surfside 6; Bonanza), and feature films (Ride Beyond Vengeance; Counterpoint; Yuma; Ladybug, Ladybug) (born July 26, 1933 – died Mar. 25, 2022; age 87). (Kathryn Hays 1962 Photo)
Jason Robards (nee Jason Nelson Robards Jr.; son of Jason Robards Sr.)
Tony, Emmy, & Oscar-winning American actor of stage, TV (Inherit the Wind), & movies (Any Wednesday; All the President’s Men; Julia; Melvin and Howard; Magnolia; The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre; Julius Caesar; Once Upon a Time in the West) (born July 26, 1922 – died Dec. 26, 2000; age 78). Ex of Lauren Bacall. Father of Sam Robards. (Jason Robards 1965 A Thousand Clowns)
Vivian Vance (nee Vivian Jones; ex of Philip Ober)
American singer & actress of stage, TV (Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy & The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour; The Red Skelton Hour; Vivian Bagley on The Lucy Show; Here’s Lucy; Rhoda; Guestward Ho!) and movies (The Great Race; The Blue Veil) (born July 26, 1909 – died Aug. 17, 1979; age 70). Vivian Vance died of breast cancer and bone cancer. (Vivian Vance 1967 The Lucy Show)
James Best (nee Jewel Franklin Guy; cousin of Phil & Don Everly)
American actor of TV (Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard) and films (Air Cadet; Seven Angry Men; Hot Summer Night; Last of the Badmen; Man on the Prowl; Verboten!; Gaby; Black Gold; Sounder; Winchester ’73; Ode to Billy Joe; Hooper; Three on a Couch) (born July 26, 1926 – died Apr. 6, 2015; age 88). Father-in-law of Michael Damian. (James Best 1959 The Killer Shrews)
Vitas Gerulaitis (nee Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis; ex-fiance of Janet Jones)
American pro tennis player “The Lithuanian Lion“, 2X Grand Slam winner (1977 singles Australian Open; 1975 doubles Wimbledon with Sandy Mayer), 1978 World Championship Tennis (WCT) winner, & 1979 Davis Cup winner (U.S. team) (born July 26, 1954 – died Sept. 17, 1994; age 40). Vitas Gerulaitis died of carbon monoxide poisoning. (Vitas Gerulaitis 1972: Martin Levison)
Irish political activist, theatre critic, and playwright (Pygmalion; Caesar and Cleopatra; Captain Brassbound’s Conversion; Major Barbra; Androcles and the Lion; Candida; Arms and the Man; The Philanderer) (born July 26, 1856 – died Nov. 2, 1950; age 94). George Bernard Shaw died of renal failure. (George Bernard Shaw 1922 Photo: Underwood & Underwood / Shadowland)
Blake Edwards (nee William Blake Crump; married Julie Andrews)
American actor & filmmaker of TV (Peter Gunn) & films (Operation Petticoat; 10; Breakfast at Tiffany’s; Days of Wine and Roses; The Pink Panther; The Party; The Great Race; Victor Victoria; Gunn; Darling Lili; Panhandle; Soldier in the Rain; This Happy Feeling; Sunset; City Heat; My Sister Eileen; Wild Rovers) (born July 26, 1922 – died Dec. 15, 2010; age 88). (Blake Edwards 1967: APWirephoto)
Gracie Allen (nee Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen; married George Burns)
American comedienne & actress of stage, movies (The Gracie Allen Murder Case; College Holiday; The Big Broadcast of 1937; We’re Not Dressing; Mr. and Mrs. North; Two Girls and a Sailor; International House; Six of a Kind) & TV (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show) (born July 26, 1895 – died Aug. 27, 1964; age 69). Mother of Ronnie Burns. (Gracie Allen 1952: CBS TV)
Kenneth Harlan (married 9 times – Marie Prevost, Phyllis McClure etc.)
American actor of classic & silent films (Danger Island; East Side – West Side; Bobbed Hair; Paradise Island; Twinkletoes; The Beautiful and Damned; Port of Hate; Gunsmoke Ranch; Blazing Sixes; They Met in a Taxi; The Shadow of the Eagle; Women Men Marry; A Million to One; Sunset Trail; Easy Pickings; Midnight Rose) (born July 26, 1895 – died Mar. 6, 1967; age 71). (Kenneth Harlan 1924)
Marjorie Lord (nee Marjorie Wollenberg; mother of Anne Archer)
American actress of stage, TV (Clancy Williams on Make Room for Daddy / The Danny Thomas Show & Make Room for Granddaddy), & films (Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!; Rebel City; Stop That Cab; Masked Raiders; The Strange Mrs. Crane) (born July 26, 1918 – died Nov. 28, 2015; age 97). Ex of John Archer. (Marjorie Lord 1939 The Middleton Family at the New York World’s Fair)
Paul Gallico
American sports columnist, short story writer & novelist (Lou Gehrig: Pride of the Yankees; The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk; The Poseidon Adventure; Trial by Error; Love of Seven Dolls; Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris; Manxmouse; Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God; Matilda; The Small Miracle) (born July 26, 1897 – died July 15, 1976; age 78). (Paul Gallico 1937: Carl Van Vechten)
Carl Jung
Swiss research scientist, psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, founder of analytical psychology (Jungian analysis), Sigmund Freud peer and early collaborator, developer of psychological concepts, and author (born July 26, 1875 – died June 6 1961; age 85). Cause of death for Carl Jung is unknown. (Carl Jung Photo: Ortsmuseum Zollikon)
Kiel Martin (nee Kiel Urban Mueller)
American musician, stand-up comedian, and actor of stage, TV (Det. J.D. LaRue on Hill Street Blues; Boys Will Be Boys; The Virginian; The Edge of Night; L.A. Law), & films (The Panic in Needle Park; Trick Baby; Lolly-Madonna XXX; Moonrunners) (born July 26, 1944 – died Dec. 28, 1990 ;age 46). Kiel Martin died of lung cancer. (Kiel Martin c. 1987:Fox Broadcasting Company)
English philosopher, pacificist, satirist, magazine editor (Oxford Poetry), non-fiction writer (The Doors of Perception; Ends and Means), novelist (Brave New World; After Many a Summer; Point Counter Point) & screenwriter (Madame Curie; Jane Eyre) (born July 26, 1894 – died Nov. 22, 1963; age 69). Aldous Huxley died of laryngeal cancer. (Aldous Huxley 1923 Photo: Shadowland)
Stanley Kubrick
American photographer, screenwriter, movie producer, & director (Paths of Glory; The Shining; Spartacus; Lolita; Dr. Strangelove; 2001: A Space Odyssey; A Clockwork Orange; Barry Lyndon; Full Metal Jacket; The Killing; Eyes Wide Shut) (born July 26, 1928 – died Mar. 7, 1999; age 70). Stanley Kubrick died of a heart attack. (Stanley Kubrick 1949 Photo: Stanley Kubrick / Look Magazine)
Jan Berenstain (nee Janice Marian Grant)
American WWII Army Corps of Engineers draft artist, co-author & illustrator of The Berenstain Bears children’s books with her husband Stan Berenstain (The Big Honey Hunt; He Bear, She Bear; The Spooky Old Tree; The Berenstain Bears and the Sitter) (born July 26, 1923 – died Feb. 24, 2012; age 88). Jan Berenstain died of a stroke. (Jan Berenstain 1985 Photo: Jack Rosen)
Bobby Hebb (nee Robert Von Hebb)
American soul & R&B musician, and singer-songwriter (Sunny; A Natural Man; Night Train to Memphis; Love Me; A Satisfied Mind), and performer of stage & TV (The Swinging Sounds of Expo 67; Where the Action Is) (born July 26, 1938 – died Aug. 3, 2010; age 72). Cause of death for Bobby Hebb was lung cancer. (Bobby Hebb 1966 Photo: Philips Records)
American movie character actor (Love Me Tonight; Rainbow on the River; Every Day’s a Holiday; Magnificent Obsession; Penthouse; Beauty and the Boss; The Moon’s Our Home; Orchids to You; The Night is Young; Thanks for the Memory; My Weakness; The Mad Genius) (born July 26, 1896 – died June 14, 1946; age 49). Charles Butterworth died in a car accident. (Charles Butterworth 1934)
Virginia Gilmore (nee Sherman Virginia Poole; ex of Yul Brynner)
American actress of stage, TV, & films (Jennie; Berlin Correspondent; That Other Woman; Tall, Dark and Handsome; Laddie; Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case; Western Union; The Fighting Guerrillas; Close-Up; The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe; Walk East on Beacon!; The Pride of the Yankees; Swamp Water) (born July 26, 1919 – died Mar. 28, 1986; age 66). (Virginia Gilmore 1940)
Lars Hanson (married Karin Molander)
Swedish Eugene O’Neill Award-winning actor of stage (Long Day’s Journey into Night) & silent movies (Flesh and the Devil; The Wind; The Divine Woman; The Scarlet Letter; Captain Salvation; The Informer; Buttons; Homecoming; Synd; The Story of Gosta Berling; Erotikon; On the Sunny Side) (born July 26, 1886 – died Apr. 8, 1965; age 78). (Lars Hanson 1927: Cinelandia)
American traveler (United States of America; Europe; South America; Central America), portrait artist, painter, and author (Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio; Eight Years’ Travels and Residence in Europe; My Life Among the Indians; Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians) (born July 26, 1796 – died Dec. 23, 1872) (George Catlin c. 1824 Self-Portrait)
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