List of Famous people born on August 26th

Herman Samtseu Philip Mashaba is a South African politician, entrepreneur and the current president of ActionSA, a party he launched on 29 August 2020. He served as the Mayor of Johannesburg from 2016 to 2019. He is the founder of the hair product company Black Like Me. He is famous in South Africa for his life story: growing up and struggling against poverty and the apartheid government to open his own hair business, which became the biggest hair brand in South Africa, making him a millionaire. He publicly backed Mmusi Maimane in the Democratic Alliance leadership race. He wrote the autobiography Black Like You and recently he wrote his new memoir "The accidental mayor". Philosophically, he is a libertarian and "capitalist crusader" whose highest value is "individual freedom."

Ayşe Kulin is a Turkish female short story writer, screenwriter and novelist.

Ana González Rodríguez, better known as Ana Locking, is a Spanish fashion designer, business woman and photographer. She was born in Toledo and educated in Madrid. She is also a judge on Drag Race España.

Lee El is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her supporting roles in the film Inside Men (2015), the television series It's Okay, That's Love, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016–2017), A Korean Odyssey (2017-2018), and Black. She played her first lead role in the film What a Man Wants.

Takurō Mochizuki of Kyoto University is a Japanese mathematician, whose research follows the Bourbaki style of generality and rigor.

Akiko Wakabayashi is a retired Japanese actress.

Akiko Kikuchi is a Japanese model and actress who is represented by the talent agency Ten Carat.

Ilse Salas is a Mexican actress. She appeared in more than fifteen films since 2010. For her lead role in the films Güeros and The Good Girls Salas received two nominations for the Ariel Award for Best Actress and won for the latter one.

Hans-Uwe Bauer is a German actor. He appeared in more than ninety films since 1979.

Huang Bo is a Chinese actor and singer. He was born in Qingdao, Shandong and graduated from Beijing Film Academy.