List of Famous people who born in 1926

Zhao Fusan (赵复三) (1926–2015) was a Chinese scholar of Christianity. From the 1950s to the 1980s, he was involved in the Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM), but lived in exile after 1989. Together with Zhao Puchu and Zhao Zichen, they are known as "Three Zhaos" in the academic field of religious studies in Mainland China. He died in Connecticut, U.S. on 15 July 2015.

İlhan Kemaleddin Mimaroğlu was a Turkish American musician and electronic music composer. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey, the son of the famous architect Mimar Kemaleddin Bey depicted on the Turkish lira banknotes, denomination 20 lira, of the 2009 E-9 emission. He graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1945 and the Ankara Law School in 1949. He went to study in New York supported by a Rockefeller Scholarship. He studied musicology at Columbia University under Paul Henry Lang and composition under Douglas Moore.

Elias Hrawi was president of Lebanon, whose term of office ran from 1989 to 1998.

Masatoşi Gündüz İkeda, was a Japanese-born Turkish mathematician known for his contributions to the field of algebraic number theory.

Hüseyin Cahit Aral was a Turkish engineer, politician and former government minister.

Adnan Süvari was a Turkish football coach.

Philip Bayard "Phil" Crosby, was a businessman and author who contributed to management theory and quality management practices.