List of Famous people born on July 26th

Joseph Frederick Engelberger was an American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur. Licensing the original patent awarded to inventor George Devol, Engelberger developed the first industrial robot in the United States, the Unimate, in the 1950s. Later, he worked as entrepreneur and vocal advocate of robotic technology beyond the manufacturing plant in a variety of fields, including service industries, health care, and space exploration. He has been called "the father of robotics" for his contributions to the field.

Christopher Nicholas "Nick" Bertke, better known by his stage name Pogo, which is symbolized by an icon of a rabbit, is a South African-born, Australian electronic musician. Much of his work consists of recording small sounds, quotes, and melodies from films, TV programmes or other sources, and sequencing the sounds together to form a new piece of music. A number of Pogo's works consist almost entirely of the sounds he samples, with few or no additional music or sound samples.

Walter Lemon Jr. is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball for four years with the Bradley Braves.

Nan Wood Graham was American artist and art teacher. She was the sister of painter Grant Wood. She is best known as the model for the woman in her brother's most famous painting, American Gothic (1930).

Sir Charles William Feilden Hamilton was a New Zealand engineer who developed the modern jetboat, and founded the water jet manufacturing company, CWF Hamilton Ltd.

Joseph Leynard Smith is an American former professional basketball player who played at power forward position for 12 teams of the National Basketball Association (NBA) during his 16-year career.

Marial Makur Shayok is a Canadian professional basketball player for Frutti Extra Bursaspor of the Turkish Super League (BSL). He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers and Iowa State Cyclones.

Kaori Moritani , also known as Wanku (わんくぅ), is a Japanese singer from Aichi Prefecture, Japan. She retired after marrying in 1997, but resumed activities in 2008 for the record label Healing World.

Genevieve Gorder is an American television host and interior designer. She most recently hosted Bravo's Best Room Wins. Previously, she hosted Stay Here on Netflix, Genevieve's Renovation, "White House Christmas," and Dear Genevieve on HGTV and judged HGTV's Design Star. She currently resides in Manhattan with her daughter, Bebelle.

Brian Stanley Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney, was a British Conservative politician. He was a member of the Cabinet from 1994 to 1997 and a member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2005.