List of Famous people who born in 1926

Pancho Gonzales was an Argentine footballer.

Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende was a Catholic bishop.

Joaquim Rufino do Rêgo was a Roman Catholic bishop.

John Ayers Merritt was a head football coach at Jackson State University and Tennessee State University. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1994.

László Papp was a Hungarian professional boxer from Budapest. A southpaw, he won gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia. In his final Olympic competition, he became the first boxer in Olympic history to win three successive gold medals. He made a remarkable achievement in Olympic boxing sport by winning 12 of his 13 Olympic fights, which he won the 12 fights without losing a round, and dropped only a single round in his last Olympic, to American boxer José Torres. There would not be another triple gold medalist for 20 years, when Teófilo Stevenson won three, followed by Félix Savón as the latest one of the three men to accomplish the feat.

Aram A. Avakian was an American film editor and director. His work in the latter role includes Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959) and the indie film End of the Road (1970).