List of Famous people born on April 26th
Diego Verdaguer
Diego Verdaguer is a singer-songwriter who was born in Argentina. He plays the trumpet and the bandoneón. He is married to singer Amanda Miguel. His most famous songs are "Corazón de Papel", "Usted Que Haría" and "La Ladrona". He had a hit in 2009 after a decade of absence with the song "Voy a Conquistarte", written by the Mexican singer-songwriter Joan Sebastián.
Kotokaze Kōki
Kotokaze Kōki is a former sumo wrestler from Tsu, Mie, Japan. Beginning his career in 1971, he reached the top makuuchi division in 1977 but after a serious injury in 1979 he fell greatly in rank before staging a comeback. His highest rank was ōzeki, which he reached in 1981. He won two tournament championships and was a runner-up in two others. He won six special prizes and six gold stars for defeating yokozuna. He retired in 1985 and became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association and the head coach of Oguruma stable.
Ismael Santos
Ismael Santos is a retired basketball player. As a member of Real Madrid, he won the Euroleague title in 1995, being selected to the EuroLeague All-Final Four Team in the process. In 1997, Santos was instrumental as Real Madrid won the Saporta Cup.
Michel Barrette
Michel Barrette is a television and movie actor, television and radio host and stand-up comedian. He has played various roles in Quebec movies and television shows since 1982.
Tito Valverde
Fernando García Valverde, better known as Tito Valverde, is a Spanish actor. He is best known for his performance as Gerardo Castilla in the television series El comisario.
Andrée Tainsy
Andrée Micheline Ghislaine Tainsy was a Belgian actress. She worked with several notable actors like Philippe Noiret, Jean Louis Trintignant, Charlotte Rampling and famous directors like Claude Chabrol, Costas Gavras and François Ozon. Tainsy began her career with theater plays and her first film debut was in 1945, followed by over 80 different cinema and TV works as co-star. She worked until the day of her death.
Aarón Ñíguez
Aarón Ñíguez Esclápez is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for CF La Nucía.
Eddie Eagan
Edward Patrick Francis Eagan was an American boxer and bobsledder who is notable as being the only person to win a gold medal at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games in different disciplines. Eagan won his summer gold in boxing and his winter gold in four-man bobsled. Finally, Eagan is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games.
Horst Schulze
Horst Schulze was a German actor and opera singer. He was born in Dresden and died in Berlin at the age of 97.
Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere
Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, was a leading British newspaper proprietor who owned Associated Newspapers Ltd. He is best known, like his brother Alfred Harmsworth, later Viscount Northcliffe, for the development of the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror. Rothermere was a pioneer of popular journalism.