Notable Birthdays for June 26
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- Reputed baseball pioneer Abner Doubleday in 1819
- British physicist/inventor William Thomson Kelvin in 1824
- Nobel literature laureate Pearl Buck in 1892
- German aircraft designer Willy Messerschmitt in 1898
- William Lear, developer of the Lear jet, in 1902
- actor Peter Lorre in 1904
- Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager, in 1909
- champion athlete Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias in 1911
- musician Mick Jones in 1955 (age 61)
- musician Chris Isaak in 1956 (age 60)
- cyclist Greg LeMond in 1961 (age 55)
- actor Chris O'Donnell in 1970 (age 46)
- actor Sean Hayes in 1970 (age 46)
- singer Gretchen Wilson in 1973 (age 43)
- former New York Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter in 1974 (age 42)
- actor Jason Schwartzman in 1980 (age 36).
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