List of Famous people who born in 1926

Jean-Marie Pirot, popularly known as Arcabas, was a French contemporary sacred artist.

Květa Eretová was a Czech chess player, who was awarded the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by FIDE in 1986. She was ten times Czechoslovak women's chess champion.

Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, CBE was a British physician, educator, academician, and former President of the General Medical Council.

Carl Adam Petri was a German mathematician and computer scientist.

Alfred Körner was an Austrian footballer.

Erich Loest was a German writer born in Mittweida, Saxony. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Hans Walldorf, Bernd Diksen and Waldemar Naß.

Marcel Henry was a politician from Mayotte, France, who served as French senator (1977–2004). He was one of the founders of the Mahoré People's Movement.

Julio García Espinosa was a Cuban film director and screenwriter. He directed fourteen films between 1955 and 1998. His 1967 film The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.

María Lorenza Barreneche Iriarte was an Argentine public figure and wife of the late President Raúl Alfonsín. She held the position of First Lady of Argentina from 1983 until 1989.

Jean Cottard was a French fencer. He earned his Master of Arms at Fort Carré in 1949. The coach of Christian d'Oriola, he became the first National Technical Director of France in 1964. He served as a member of the French Federation of Fencing from 1988 until his death.