List of Famous people born on August 26th

Sun Wenguang is an activist and vocal critic of Chinese government. He was a professor of Physics at Shandong University in Jinan from 1982 until 1994 when he retired.

Paul Gauselmann is a German businessman, the founder and CEO of Gauselmann, a German company that produces slot machines, and runs gambling arcades.

Chad Haga is an American professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team DSM.

Kerim Çalhanoğlu is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Schalke 04. Born in Germany, he began playing for Turkey on a youth international level before switching to Germany.

Roger Karoutchi is the French Ambassador to the OECD. He is a former Secretary of State to the French Prime Minister, with responsibility for Relations with Parliament. He is the first Vice President of the French Senate since 2020.

Louise Marleau is a Canadian actress. She won the 1985 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her role in A Woman in Transit and was nominated in the same category in 1980 for her role in Heartbreak (L'Arrache-cœur), a role for which she won Best Actress at the 1979 Montreal World Film Festival.

Anatoly Vasilyevich Torkunov is a Soviet and Russian diplomat and international relations scholar.

The International Federation of BodyBuilding and Fitness (IFBB), headquartered in Las Rozas (Madrid), is an international professional sports governing body for bodybuilding and fitness that oversees many of the sport's major international events, notably the World and Continental Championships.

Yumiko Igarashi is a female Japanese manga artist. She illustrates the series Candy Candy.

Jadu is a German singer, musician and songwriter living in Berlin.