List of Famous people who born in 1926

Clifford James Geertz was an American anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology, and who was considered "for three decades...the single most influential cultural anthropologist in the United States." He served until his death as professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

Walter Kurt Hayman FRS was a British mathematician known for contributions to complex analysis. He was a professor at Imperial College London.

Kenneth Harry Olsen was an American engineer who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson and his brother Stan Olsen.

Barbara Lillias Romaine Anderson, Lady Anderson was a New Zealand fiction writer who became internationally recognized despite her first book being published in her sixties.

Willie Dennis was an American jazz trombonist known as a big band musician but who was also an influential bebop soloist.