List of Famous people who born in 1926

Desmond Connell KGCHS was an Irish cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. He was an Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland. Cardinal Connell was one of a number of senior clergy to have been heavily criticised for inaction and for making misleading statements in connection with clerical sex abuse in Dublin. He died on 21 February 2017, aged 90.

Si Ouey or Si Uey Sae-Ung, commonly spelled Si Quey and whose actual name was Ng Lihui, was a Sino-Thai gardener who became best known as a convicted serial killer. Si Ouey allegedly killed several children throughout the 1950s before being arrested in 1958 and executed in 1959. According to some sources, Si Ouey was the first serial killer in the history of modern Thailand.

Blanca Leonor Varela Gonzáles was a Peruvian poet. Daughter of writer, poet, singer and journalist Serafina Quinteras.

Murphy C. Anderson, Jr. was an American comics artist, known as one of the premier inkers of his era, who worked for companies such as DC Comics for over fifty years, starting in the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s. He worked on such characters as Hawkman, Batgirl, Zatanna, the Spectre, and Superman, as well as on the Buck Rogers daily syndicated newspaper comic strip. Anderson also contributed for many years to PS, the preventive maintenance comics magazine of the U.S. Army.

Nils Olof Thorbjörn Fälldin was a Swedish politician. He was Prime Minister of Sweden in three non-consecutive cabinets from 1976 to 1982, and leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1971 to 1985. On his first appointment in 1976, he was the first non-Social Democrat Prime Minister for 40 years and the first since the 1930s not to have worked as a professional politician since his teens.

Walter Knödel was an Austrian mathematician and computer scientist. He was a computer science professor at the University of Stuttgart.

Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, was a British Conservative politician who served as a cabinet minister in Margaret Thatcher's first government.

Carlos Heitor Cony was a Brazilian journalist and writer. He was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

Charley Marouani was a Tunisian impresario and talent agent.

Werner Heiduczek was a German writer. His works have been translated into more than 20 languages and name as author - depending on the language region – Verner Gajduček, Verners Heidučeks or Verneris Heidućekas.