List of Famous people who born in 1926

Michèle Philippe was a French actress. She appeared in more than twenty films from 1945 to 1959.

Antonio Molino Rojo was a Spanish film actor who appeared primarily in Spaghetti Westerns in the 1960s and 1970s.

Lu'ay al-Atassi was a senior commander in the Syrian Army and later the President of Syria between 9 March and 27 July 1963.

Diana Adams was a principal dancer for the New York City Ballet from 1950 to 1963 and favorite of George Balanchine, later becoming a teacher at — and dean of — the School of American Ballet.

Roman Kroitor was a Canadian filmmaker who was known as an early practitioner of cinéma vérité, as co-founder of IMAX, and as creator of the Sandde hand-drawn stereoscopic animation system. He was also the original inspiration for the Force, popularized in the Star Wars series.

Maurice Blomme was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. In 1950, Blomme was the winner of the 12th stage of the 1950 Tour de France.

Leonid Dimov was a Romanian postmodernist poet and translator born in Izmail, Bassarabia.

Antonio Cantisani was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate. He served as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rossano-Cariati from 18 November 1971 to 31 July 1980. He was the appointed the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Catanzaro from 1980 until his retirement in 2003.

Asbjørn Haugstvedt was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was President of the Odelsting 1977–1981 and Minister of Trade and Shipping 1983–1986, as well as minister of Nordic cooperation 1983–1986. Haugstvedt was also a member of the Norwegian Parliament in the period from 1969 to 1985.

Luis Peña Ganchegui was a Spanish architect. He is considered one of the first to introduce contemporary architecture to Spain.