List of Famous people born on December 26th

Haluk Levent Acil is a Turkish rock music singer who helped revive the long forgotten Anatolian rock genre in the 1990s.

Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis Jr. is a retired American attorney and Democratic Party politician who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003. In 2003, only a few months into his second term, Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history. Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–81), a California State Assemblyman (1983–87), California State Controller (1987–95) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–99). Davis holds a B.A. in history from Stanford University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War.

Cem Uzan is a Turkish businessman and politician involved in the media and banking industries, while also chairing the social liberal Young Party. His family's media empire at one time included both television stations and print media. His family was one of Turkey's most influential families. His supporters claim Uzan's political rivalry resulted in the group's companies being seized by the government under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, eventually resulting in Uzan's flight to France to escape what he claimed was political persecution. He has been sentenced in absentia to jail terms in the UK, USA and Turkey for fraud-related offences.

Aksel Lund Svindal is a Norwegian former World Cup alpine ski racer.

Cora Schumacher is a German actress, model, racing driver and television presenter. She has featured on German television programmes such as Top of the Pops, Marienhof, Let's Dance and Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei, and featured on the cover of the GQ, Maxim and Playboy magazines. During her motor racing career, Schumacher competed in the Mini Challenge Deutschland, the SEAT León Supercopa, the Dubai 24 Hour three times, the GT4 European Series Northern Cup and the GT4 Central European Cup.

Şener Şen is a Turkish film and theatre actor who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in Mr. Muhsin (1985) and Lovelorn (2005), the Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actor for Çöpçüler Kralı (1977) and a Golden Orange Lifetime Achievement Award.

Sofiane Feghouli is a professional footballer who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Algeria national team. He mainly operates as a right midfielder, but can also play as a winger and as an attacking midfielder. Feghouli made his senior international debut for Algeria in February 2012. He represented Algeria at the 2013, 2015 and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup, where he scored Algeria's first goal in the competition.

Lars Ulrich R is a Danish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He gained worldwide fame as the drummer and co-founder of American heavy metal band Metallica. The son and grandson respectively of tennis players Torben and Einer Ulrich, he played tennis in his youth and moved to Los Angeles at age 16 to train professionally. However, rather than playing tennis, Ulrich began playing drums. After publishing an advertisement in The Recycler, Ulrich met James Hetfield and formed Metallica.

Gazini Christiana Jordi Acopiado Ganados, popularly known as Gazini Ganados, is a Filipino-Palestinian fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2019. Known for her work in advocating for elderly care and HIV and AIDS research, she represented the Philippines at the Miss Universe 2019 pageant, where she placed in the Top 20.

David Lowery is an American filmmaker.