List of Famous people who born in 1926

Sergey Polikanov

First Name Sergey
Born on September 14, 1926
Died on September 2, 1994 (aged 67)
Born in Russia
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Alfred Biehle

First Name Alfred
Born on November 15, 1926
Died on October 29, 2014 (aged 87)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Alfred Biehle was a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria.

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Franz Josef Kuhnle

First Name Franz
Last Name Kuhnle
Born on April 27, 1926 (age 100)
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Claudio Leonardi

First Name Claudio
Last Name Leonardi
Born on April 17, 1926
Died on May 21, 2010 (aged 84)
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Hilda Múdra

Hildegard Klimpel
First Name Hilda
Last Name Múdra
Born on January 1, 1926
Died on November 22, 2021 (aged 95)
Born in Austria

Hilda Múdra, née Hildegard Klimpel is an Austrian-born Slovak figure skating coach. Her most notable student was Ondrej Nepela, the 1972 Olympic champion.

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Boris de Rachewiltz

First Name Boris
Last Name Rachewiltz
Born on February 12, 1926
Died on February 3, 1997 (aged 70)
Born in Italy, Lazio

Prince Boris de Rachewiltz (1926–1997) was an Italian-Russian Egyptologist and writer on Africa and the ancient world. He studied Egyptology at the Pontifical Biblical Institute (1951–1955).

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Edward Lewis Wallant

First Name Edward
Last Name Wallant
Born on October 19, 1926
Died on December 5, 1962 (aged 36)

Edward Lewis Wallant was an American writer, best known for his novel The Pawnbroker (1961). It was adapted into an award-winning film of the same name, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Rod Steiger. He also worked as an art director at advertising firm McCann-Erickson.

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Bob Haney

First Name Bob
Last Name Haney
Born on March 15, 1926
Died on November 25, 2004 (aged 78)

Robert G. Haney was an American comic book writer, best known for his work for DC Comics. He co-created the Teen Titans as well as characters such as Metamorpho, Eclipso, Cain, and the Super-Sons.

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Gu Fangzhou

First Name Gu
Last Name Fangzhou
Born on June 16, 1926
Died on January 2, 2019 (aged 92)

Gu Fangzhou was a Chinese virologist, best known for developing domestic OPV and eradicating polio in the country.

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Martin Benrath

First Name Martin
Last Name Benrath
Born on November 9, 1926
Died on January 31, 2000 (aged 73)
Born in Germany

Martin Benrath was a German film actor. He appeared in 65 films between 1954 and 2000.

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