List of Famous people born on February 26th
Caesar Hull
Squadron Leader Caesar Barrand Hull, DFC was a Royal Air Force (RAF) flying ace during the Second World War, noted especially for his part in the fighting for Narvik during the Norwegian Campaign in 1940, and for being one of "The Few"—the Allied pilots of the Battle of Britain, in which he was shot down and killed. From a farming family, Hull's early years were spent in Southern Rhodesia, South Africa and Swaziland. He boxed for South Africa at the 1934 Empire Games. After being turned down by the South African Air Force because he did not speak Afrikaans, he joined the RAF and, on becoming a pilot officer in August 1936, mustered into No. 43 Squadron at RAF Tangmere in Sussex.
Oh Jung-se
Oh Jung-se is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in Missing 9 (2017), When the Camellia Blooms (2019), Hot Stove League (2019), Extreme Job (2019), The Good Detective, and It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020).
Billy Steinberg
William Endfield Steinberg is an American songwriter. He achieved his greatest success in the 1980s with songwriting partner Tom Kelly; together the two wrote or co-wrote the No. 1 hits "Like a Virgin" by Madonna (1984), "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper (1986), "Eternal Flame" by the Bangles (1989), "So Emotional" by Whitney Houston (1987) and "Alone". They also wrote or co-wrote the hit songs "I Drove All Night", "I Touch Myself" by Divinyls (1990), and "I'll Stand By You" by The Pretenders (1994).
Alex Turcotte
Alex Turcotte is an American professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Regarded as one of the top prospects of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, Turcotte was selected fifth overall by the Kings. Turcotte played at the University of Wisconsin-Madison before signing with the Kings on March 11, 2020.
Laura Nicholls
Laura Nicholls González is a Spanish basketball player who plays for Casademont Zaragoza of La Liga Feminina. She is a regular member of the Spain women's national basketball team since 2008, having won eight medals in final tournaments.
Mark Garnier
Mark Robert Timothy Garnier is a British Conservative Party politician and former banker. He was first elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wyre Forest at the 2010 general election. Garnier was re-elected at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 general elections. He was a junior minister at the Department for International Trade from July 2016 to January 2018.
Alfons Pawelczyk
Alfons Pawelczyk is a German politician. As a representative of the Social Democratic Party, he was Hamburg Senator of the Interior and second mayor in Hamburg.
Jacob Trouba
Jacob Ryan Trouba is an American professional ice hockey defenseman and alternate captain currently playing for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Trouba was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in the first round, ninth overall, of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. Trouba played the first six years of his career in Winnipeg before he was traded to the Rangers in 2019.
Sharon Van Etten
Sharon Katharine Van Etten is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She has released five studio albums, the latest of which is Remind Me Tomorrow (2019).
Magomed Daudov
Magomed Hozhakhmedovich Daudov is a military and political figure of the Chechen Republic. He was put as the First Deputy Chairman of the Chechen Republic government from 2010 until 2012, manager of administration of the Head and Government of the Chechen Republic from 2011 until 2015, and was assigned as the Chairman of the Parliament in 2016.