List of Famous people born on August 26th

Jozef Makúch was the Governor of National Bank of Slovakia since January 2010 to June 2019.

Anthony J. Barbieri is an Italian-American comedic writer and performer. He is most famous for his appearances as the Jimmy Kimmel Live! character "Jake Byrd." He is also known for playing the character of "Walter 'Mole' Molinski" for the "Perry Project", a long term prank by Barbieri and fellow comedian Don Barris on Perry Caravello which has included the Big Three Podcast as well as the feature film Windy City Heat.

Sir Hugh Reginald Brentnall Pelham, is a cell biologist who has contributed to our understanding of the body's response to rises in temperature through the synthesis of heat shock proteins. He served as director of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) between 2006 and 2018.

Aram Voskanyan is an Armenian retired football striker. He is the current manager of Kazakh club Atyrau.

Kevin Michael Rankin is a retired American/Turkish professional basketball player. He stands 2.10 m (6'11") tall and played the power forward and center positions.

Illugi Gunnarsson is an Icelandic politician and former member of the Althing. He is the former Minister of Education, Science and Culture.