List of Famous people born on February 26th

Manoel Messias Silva Carvalho, simply known as Manoel, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Fluminense.

Ritsuko Matsuda is the birth name of LINA, a J-pop singer from Okinawa, Japan, and a member of the group Super Monkey's from 1995. After the group disbanded, she formed the group MAX with other Super Monkey's vocalists.

Mark James Harper is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Forest of Dean constituency since 2005. He has previously served as a junior minister in the Cabinet Office, Immigration Minister and Minister for Disabled People. He was the Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons from May 2015 to July 2016, before being sacked by incoming Prime Minister Theresa May in 2016. Harper was a candidate for Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2019 leadership contest.

Darrius Ramar Heyward-Bey is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at the University of Maryland, and was drafted by the Oakland Raiders seventh overall in the 2009 NFL Draft. He has also played for the Indianapolis Colts and Pittsburgh Steelers.

Kurt Johnny Burneo Farfán is an Peruvian economist and politician.

Jeremy Chinn is an American football outside linebacker and free safety for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Southern Illinois.

Sandie Shaw, MBE is an English singer. One of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s, she had three UK number one singles with "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" (1964), "Long Live Love" (1965) and "Puppet on a String" (1967). With "Puppet on a String", she became the first British entry to win the Eurovision Song Contest. She returned to the UK top 40, for the first time in 15 years, with her 1984 cover of the Smiths song "Hand in Glove". Shaw announced her retirement from the music industry in 2013.

Mohammed Noor Bin Adam Hawsawi, commonly known as Mohammed Noor, also known by his short name Noor, is a retired footballer from Saudi Arabia who played as an attacking midfielder. He played almost all of his career for Saudi Professional League side Al Ittihad. In 2013, he was forced out of Al-Ittihad to a series of financial epidemics there, and as for that, he moved to Al-Nassr club for one football season. Still, Noor is considered to be one of the best players to ever play in Asia, mostly due to his excellent distribution, ball control, and dribbling skills.

Juraj Kucka is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian top division club Parma and the Slovak national team.

Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya is an Argentinian-Colombian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.