List of Famous people born on August 26th

Lorenzo Dontez Brown is an American professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the NC State Wolfpack.

Irina Aleksandrovna Starykh is a Russian biathlete.

General David John Hurley, is an Australian former senior officer in the Australian Army who is the 27th Governor-General of Australia, in office since 1 July 2019. He was previously the 38th Governor of New South Wales, serving from 2014 to 2019.

Maurice Tempelsman is a Belgian-American businessman and diamond merchant. He was the longtime companion of Jacqueline Onassis, former First Lady of the United States.

Koen Verweij is a Dutch speed skater and inline speed skater. At the end of the skating season 2008–09 he made a transfer from the Jong Oranje team of the national skating union (KNSB) to the commercial team of TVM.

Gaynor Kay Faye, also known as Gaynor Mellor, is an English actress and writer, best known for playing Judy Mallett in Coronation Street from 1995 until 1999 and Megan Macey in Emmerdale from 2012 until 2019

Thomas Joseph Ridge is an American politician and author who served as the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security from 2001 to 2003, and the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2003 to 2005. Prior to this, Ridge was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 and the 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Yukinaga Maeda is a professional Japanese baseball player.

Chantal Renaud is a Québécoise script writer, and a past yé-yé singer and actress. She was the wife of former Quebec Premier and former Parti Québécois leader Bernard Landry.

Danielle Kathleen Savre is an American actress and singer. She is known for her television roles, such as her lead performances in the 2007 MTV music drama Kaya,the 2016 TLC drama Too Close to Home, and the ABC Grey's Anatomy spinoff Station 19, and for her roles in the films Wild About Harry and Boogeyman 2. She was born in Simi Valley, California.