Who Was Alive in 1926
141 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1926
John D. RockefellerAge 87
Claude MonetAge 86
Thomas EdisonAge 79
Antoni GaudíAge 74
Sigmund FreudAge 70
Nikola TeslaAge 70
George Bernard ShawAge 70
Emmeline PankhurstAge 68
Max PlanckAge 68
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 67
Rabindranath TagoreAge 65
David HilbertAge 64
Henry FordAge 63
Edvard MunchAge 63
Rudyard KiplingAge 61
H.G. WellsAge 60
Marie CurieAge 59
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 59
Maxim GorkyAge 58
Mahatma GandhiAge 57
Henri MatisseAge 57
Orville WrightAge 55
Ernest RutherfordAge 55
Roald AmundsenAge 54
Bertrand RussellAge 54
Guglielmo MarconiAge 52
Winston ChurchillAge 52
Harry HoudiniAge 52
Carl JungAge 51
Albert SchweitzerAge 51
Thomas MannAge 51
Lise MeitnerAge 48
Joseph StalinAge 48
Albert EinsteinAge 47
Leon TrotskyAge 47
Helen KellerAge 46
Pablo PicassoAge 45
Alexander FlemingAge 45
Mustafa Kemal AtatürkAge 45
Virginia WoolfAge 44
James JoyceAge 44
Igor StravinskyAge 44
Franklin D. RooseveltAge 44
Coco ChanelAge 43
Benito MussoliniAge 43
John Maynard KeynesAge 43
Eleanor RooseveltAge 42
Harry S. TrumanAge 42
Niels BohrAge 41
Diego RiveraAge 40
Erwin SchrödingerAge 39
Georgia O'KeeffeAge 39
Chiang Kai-shekAge 39
Le CorbusierAge 39
T. S. EliotAge 38
Charlie ChaplinAge 37
Jawaharlal NehruAge 37
Adolf HitlerAge 37
Ludwig WittgensteinAge 37
Ho Chi MinhAge 36
Agatha ChristieAge 36
Dwight D. EisenhowerAge 36
Charles de GaulleAge 36
Haile SelassieAge 34
J.R.R. TolkienAge 34
Mao ZedongAge 33
Aldous HuxleyAge 32
Nikita KhrushchevAge 32
Babe RuthAge 31
Buster KeatonAge 31
F. Scott FitzgeraldAge 30
Amelia EarhartAge 29
Golda MeirAge 28
C. S. LewisAge 28
Duke EllingtonAge 27
Ernest HemingwayAge 27
Jorge Luis BorgesAge 27
Alfred HitchcockAge 27
Humphrey BogartAge 27
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAge 26
Werner HeisenbergAge 25
Louis ArmstrongAge 25
Walt DisneyAge 25
Enrico FermiAge 25
HirohitoAge 25
Marlene DietrichAge 25
George OrwellAge 23
Bob HopeAge 23
Robert OppenheimerAge 22
Salvador DalíAge 22
Pablo NerudaAge 22
Jean-Paul SartreAge 21
Hannah ArendtAge 20
Frida KahloAge 19
Rachel CarsonAge 19
Simone de BeauvoirAge 18
Lyndon B. JohnsonAge 18
Kwame NkrumahAge 17
Dorothy HodgkinAge 16
Mother TeresaAge 16
Akira KurosawaAge 16
Jacques CousteauAge 16
Ronald ReaganAge 15
Naguib MahfouzAge 15
Alan TuringAge 14
Jackson PollockAge 14
Rosa ParksAge 13
Jesse OwensAge 13
Richard NixonAge 13
Albert CamusAge 13
Gerald FordAge 13
Hedy LamarrAge 12
Orson WellesAge 11
Frank SinatraAge 11
Billie HolidayAge 11
Ingrid BergmanAge 11
Roald DahlAge 10
John F. KennedyAge 9
Ella FitzgeraldAge 9
Indira GandhiAge 9
Ingmar BergmanAge 8
Nelson MandelaAge 8
Richard FeynmanAge 8
Eva PerónAge 7
Edmund HillaryAge 7
Jackie RobinsonAge 7
Rosalind FranklinAge 6
Pope John Paul IIAge 6
Toshiro MifuneAge 6
Stan LeeAge 4
Marlon BrandoAge 2
James BaldwinAge 2
Jimmy CarterAge 2
George H. W. BushAge 2
Patrice LumumbaAge 1
Margaret ThatcherAge 1
B.B. KingAge 1
Malcolm XAge 1
Marilyn MonroeAge 0
Fidel CastroAge 0
Elizabeth IIAge 0
Born in 1926
Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom for 70 years
Marilyn Monroe
Hollywood icon, cultural legend
Fidel Castro
Cuban revolutionary leader
Also Born in 1926
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022
French philosopher (1926–1984)
President of France from 1974 to 1981
Italian playwright, actor, singer-songwriter, director, and politician
American novelist (1926–2016)
Leader of China from 1989 to 2002
American musician (1926–2017)
American jazz musician (1926–1991)
American poet and writer (1926–1997)
English broadcaster and natural historian (born 1926)
Argentine footballer (1926–2014)
Pakistani theoretical physicist (1926–1996)
Died in 1926
Claude Monet
Water Lilies, father of Impressionism
Antoni Gaudí
Sagrada Família architect
Harry Houdini
Legendary escape artist & illusionist
Also Died in 1926
Austrian poet and writer (1875–1926)
19th/20th-century German philosopher (1846–1926)
Dutch physicist (1853–1926)
American painter and printmaker (1844–1926)
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1918 to 1922
Italian biologist and pathologist (1843–1926)
Soviet revolutionary and politician (1877–1926)
Emperor of Japan from 1912 to 1926
Italian actor (1895–1926)
Ukrainian military leader (1879–1926)
Russian painter (1848–1926)
Russian and Soviet general (1853–1926)
Sources
- 1926 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
- Claude Monet — Wikipedia
- Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
- Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
- Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
- Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
- George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
- Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
- Max Planck — Wikipedia
- Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
- Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
- David Hilbert — Wikipedia
- Henry Ford — Wikipedia
- Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
- Rudyard Kipling — Wikipedia
- H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
- Marie Curie — Wikipedia
- Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
- Maxim Gorky — Wikipedia
- Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
- Wright brothers — Wikipedia
- Ernest Rutherford — Wikipedia
- Roald Amundsen — Wikipedia
- Bertrand Russell — Wikipedia
- Guglielmo Marconi — Wikipedia
- Winston Churchill — Wikipedia
- Harry Houdini — Wikipedia
- Carl Jung — Wikipedia
- Albert Schweitzer — Wikipedia
- Thomas Mann — Wikipedia
- Lise Meitner — Wikipedia
- Joseph Stalin — Wikipedia
- Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
- Leon Trotsky — Wikipedia
- Helen Keller — Wikipedia
- Pablo Picasso — Wikipedia
- Alexander Fleming — Wikipedia
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk — Wikipedia
- Virginia Woolf — Wikipedia
- James Joyce — Wikipedia
- Igor Stravinsky — Wikipedia
- Franklin D. Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Coco Chanel — Wikipedia
- Benito Mussolini — Wikipedia
- John Maynard Keynes — Wikipedia
- Eleanor Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Harry S. Truman — Wikipedia
- Niels Bohr — Wikipedia
- Diego Rivera — Wikipedia
- Erwin Schrödinger — Wikipedia
- Georgia O'Keeffe — Wikipedia
- Chiang Kai-shek — Wikipedia
- Le Corbusier — Wikipedia
- T. S. Eliot — Wikipedia
- Charlie Chaplin — Wikipedia
- Jawaharlal Nehru — Wikipedia
- Adolf Hitler — Wikipedia
- Ludwig Wittgenstein — Wikipedia
- Ho Chi Minh — Wikipedia
- Agatha Christie — Wikipedia
- Dwight D. Eisenhower — Wikipedia
- Charles de Gaulle — Wikipedia
- Haile Selassie — Wikipedia
- J. R. R. Tolkien — Wikipedia
- Mao Zedong — Wikipedia
- Aldous Huxley — Wikipedia
- Nikita Khrushchev — Wikipedia
- Babe Ruth — Wikipedia
- Buster Keaton — Wikipedia
- F. Scott Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
- Amelia Earhart — Wikipedia
- Golda Meir — Wikipedia
- C. S. Lewis — Wikipedia
- Duke Ellington — Wikipedia
- Ernest Hemingway — Wikipedia
- Jorge Luis Borges — Wikipedia
- Alfred Hitchcock — Wikipedia
- Humphrey Bogart — Wikipedia
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — Wikipedia
- Werner Heisenberg — Wikipedia
- Louis Armstrong — Wikipedia
- Walt Disney — Wikipedia
- Enrico Fermi — Wikipedia
- Hirohito — Wikipedia
- Marlene Dietrich — Wikipedia
- George Orwell — Wikipedia
- Bob Hope — Wikipedia
- J. Robert Oppenheimer — Wikipedia
- Salvador Dalí — Wikipedia
- Pablo Neruda — Wikipedia
- Jean-Paul Sartre — Wikipedia
- Hannah Arendt — Wikipedia
- Frida Kahlo — Wikipedia
- Rachel Carson — Wikipedia
- Simone de Beauvoir — Wikipedia
- Lyndon B. Johnson — Wikipedia
- Kwame Nkrumah — Wikipedia
- Dorothy Hodgkin — Wikipedia
- Mother Teresa — Wikipedia
- Akira Kurosawa — Wikipedia
- Jacques Cousteau — Wikipedia
- Ronald Reagan — Wikipedia
- Naguib Mahfouz — Wikipedia
- Alan Turing — Wikipedia
- Jackson Pollock — Wikipedia
- Rosa Parks — Wikipedia
- Jesse Owens — Wikipedia
- Richard Nixon — Wikipedia
- Albert Camus — Wikipedia
- Gerald Ford — Wikipedia
- Hedy Lamarr — Wikipedia
- Orson Welles — Wikipedia
- Frank Sinatra — Wikipedia
- Billie Holiday — Wikipedia
- Ingrid Bergman — Wikipedia
- Roald Dahl — Wikipedia
- John F. Kennedy — Wikipedia
- Ella Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
- Indira Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Ingmar Bergman — Wikipedia
- Nelson Mandela — Wikipedia
- Richard Feynman — Wikipedia
- Eva Perón — Wikipedia
- Edmund Hillary — Wikipedia
- Jackie Robinson — Wikipedia
- Rosalind Franklin — Wikipedia
- Pope John Paul II — Wikipedia
- Toshiro Mifune — Wikipedia
- Stan Lee — Wikipedia
- Marlon Brando — Wikipedia
- James Baldwin — Wikipedia
- Jimmy Carter — Wikipedia
- George H. W. Bush — Wikipedia
- Patrice Lumumba — Wikipedia
- Margaret Thatcher — Wikipedia
- B. B. King — Wikipedia
- Malcolm X — Wikipedia
- Marilyn Monroe — Wikipedia
- Fidel Castro — Wikipedia
- Elizabeth II — Wikipedia