Born on July 26
July 26 birthdays & history
If you were born on July 26, you share a birthday with George Bernard Shaw, Stanley Kubrick and Carl Jung. July 26 babies are Leo, with ruby as their birthstone and the larkspur as their birth flower. July 26 is the 208th day of the year in leap years (207th in other years).
Famous people born on July 26
- 1856George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and critic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1928Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer
- 1875Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist
- 1894Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher
- 1964Sandra Bullock, American actress and producer
- 1975Liz Truss, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1945Helen Mirren, English actress
- 1943Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1967Jason Statham, English actor
- 1959Kevin Spacey, American actor and director
What happened on July 26
- 1803The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.
- 1847Liberia declares its independence from the United States. France and the United Kingdom are the first to recognize the new nation.
- 1848The University of Wisconsin–Madison is established by Nelson Dewey, first Governor of Wisconsin.
- 1882Boer mercenaries established the Republic of Stellaland in land claimed by the United Kingdom as part of British Bechuanaland.
- 1882Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
- 1887L. L. Zamenhof published Unua Libro, the first publication to describe Esperanto, a constructed international language.
- 1892Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
- 1908United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
- 1918Emmy Noether's paper, which became known as Noether's theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.
- 1946Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.
- 1951Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.
- 2016Hillary Clinton became the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Also observed on July 26
- Emancipation Day (Barbados)
- Esperanto Day
- Independence Day (Maldives), celebrates the independence of Maldives from the United Kingdom in 1965.
- Kargil Victory Day or Kargil Vijay Diwas (India)
Questions, answered
What star sign is July 26?
People born on July 26 are Leo. Their birthstone is ruby and their birth flower is the larkspur.
Which famous people were born on July 26?
George Bernard Shaw (1856), Stanley Kubrick (1928), Carl Jung (1875), Aldous Huxley (1894), Sandra Bullock (1964), Liz Truss (1975) were all born on July 26.
What happened on July 26 in history?
Among other things: in 1946, Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport; in 1951, Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom; in 2016, Hillary Clinton became the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Can I get a newspaper front page from July 26?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any July 26 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “July 26”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.