List of Famous people who born in 1926

Eberhard Heinrich Zeidler, is a German-Canadian architect. He studied at the Technische Hochschule in Karlsruhe, West Germany.

Terence E. Kilburn, known for his acting work prior to 1953 as Terry Kilburn, is an English-American actor. Born in London, he moved to Hollywood in the U.S. at the age of 10, and is best known for his roles as a child actor, in films such as A Christmas Carol (1938) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) in the late 1930s and the early 1940s.

Carolyn Gold Heilbrun was an American academic at Columbia University, the first woman to receive tenure in the English department, and a prolific feminist author of academic studies. In addition, beginning in the 1960s, she published numerous popular mystery novels with a woman protagonist, under the pen name of Amanda Cross. These have been translated into numerous languages and in total sold nearly one million copies worldwide.

Barnett Rosenberg was an American chemist best known for the discovery of the anti-cancer drug cisplatin.

Milo Donal O'Shea was an Irish actor. He received two Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Play nominations for his performances in Staircase (1968) and Mass Appeal (1982).

Sergio Franchi, born Sergio Franci Galli, was an Italian-American tenor and actor who enjoyed success in the United States and internationally after gaining notice in Britain in the early 1960s. In 1962, RCA Victor signed him to a seven-year contract and in October of that year Franchi appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and performed at Carnegie Hall. Sol Hurok managed Franchi's initial American concert tour.