List of Famous people who born in 1926

Luigi Bommarito was an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop.

Karl Gordon Henize was an American astronomer, space scientist, NASA astronaut, and professor at Northwestern University. He was stationed at several observatories around the world, including McCormick Observatory, Lamont-Hussey Observatory, Mount Wilson Observatory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Mount Stromlo Observatory (Australia). He was a member of the astronaut support crew for Apollo 15 and Skylab 2, 3, and 4. As a mission specialist on the Spacelab-2 mission (STS-51-F), he flew on Space Shuttle Challenger in July/August 1985. He was awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 1974.

Kurt Ferdinand Krieger, nicknamed "Dutch", was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from 1949 to 1951. Kurt is the first person born in Austria to play Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Desmond Davis is a British film and television director.

Jack Creley was an American-born Canadian actor. Although most prominently a stage actor, he also had film and television roles.