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
- champion athlete Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias in 1911
- musician Mick Jones in 1955 (age 67)
- musician Chris Isaak in 1956 (age 66)
- cyclist Greg LeMond in 1961 (age 61)
- filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson in 1970 (age 52)
- actor Chris O'Donnell in 1970 (age 52)
- actor Sean Hayes in 1970 (age 52)
- actor Nick Offerman in 1970 (age 52)
- singer Gretchen Wilson in 1973 (age 49)
- former New York Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter in 1974 (age 48)
- actor Jason Schwartzman in 1980 (age 42)
- actor Aubrey Plaza in 1984 (age 38)
- actor/rapper King Bach, born Andrew Bachelor, in 1988 (age 34)
- actor Jennette McCurdy in 1992 (age 30)
- singer Ariana Grande in 1993 (age 29)
- actor Jacob Elordi in 1997 (age 25)
- actor Harley Quinn Smith in 1999 (age 23).
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