List of Famous people born on August 26th
Dagmar Koller
Dagmar Koller is an Austrian actress and singer.
Yul Moldauer
Yul Moldauer is an American artistic gymnast. He is the 2017 U.S. national all-around champion, the 2017 World bronze medalist on floor exercise and a member of the 2021 Olympic team.
Rory Burns
Rory Joseph Burns is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey. He made his international debut for the England cricket team in November 2018. He is a left-handed batsman who opens in first-class cricket and occasionally fields as a wicket-keeper. In 2018, he was appointed captain of Surrey in both first-class and List A formats.
Jessie Diggins
Jessie Diggins is an American cross-country skier. She and teammate Kikkan Randall won the United States' first ever cross-country skiing gold medal at the Winter Olympics in women's team sprint at Pyeongchang in 2018. Diggins was named to the United States Ski Team in 2012. She penned an autobiography in 2020 about her athletic accomplishments and personal struggles with bulimia nervosa as a teenager.
Christian Schmidt
Christian Schmidt is a German politician of the centre-right Christian Social Union (CSU).
Vicky Larraz
Victoria Larraz Muñoz de Arce, known professionally as Vicky Larraz is a Spanish singer and television presenter.
Tom Heinsohn
Thomas William Heinsohn was an American professional basketball player. He was associated with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for six decades as a player, coach and broadcaster. He played for the Celtics from 1956 to 1965, and also coached the team from 1969 to 1978. He spent over 30 years as the color commentator for the Celtics' local broadcasts alongside play-by-play commentator Mike Gorman. He is regarded as one of the most iconic Celtics figures in the franchise's history, known during his lifetime for his charisma and loyalty to the team and its traditions. From this he earned the nickname “Mr. Celtic”
Virginia Hill
Virginia Hill was an American organized crime figure. An Alabama native, Hill became a Chicago outfit courier during the mid-1930s. Hill was famous for being the girlfriend of mobster Bugsy Siegel.
Alice Wang
Alice Wang is a Taiwanese politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 1996 to 2005.
Alison Steadman
Alison Steadman, is an English actor. She was nominated for the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh film Life Is Sweet, and the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for her role as Mari in the original production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. In a 2007 Channel 4 poll, the "50 Greatest Actors" voted for by other actors, she was ranked No. 42.