List of Famous people born on May 26th

Vladimir Ilyich Gendlin was a Russian commentator and boxing expert, a two-time TEFI award winner. He was the founder of professional boxing telecasts on Russian television. Gendlin's program Bolshoi Ring was considered the best program about boxing in the world by the World Boxing Union in 1995.

Georgi Lvovich Tigiyev is a Russian professional football player. He plays as a left-back for FC Spartak Moscow and FC Spartak-2 Moscow.

Olena Anatoliivna Bondarenko is a Ukrainian journalist, a former People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 1st Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Verkhovna Rada on freedom of speech and information; Head of Subcommittee of Television and Radio Broadcasting Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on freedom of speech and information. Member of the Party of Regions grouping between May 2006 and 2014. In 2012 she was re-elected into parliament on the party list of Party of Regions. Bondarenko did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. And in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election she lost in Mykolayiv Oblast’s District 131, with 8% of the votes.

Arto Kalervo Bryggare is a Finnish former hurdling athlete. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1995 to 1999 and 2003 to 2007. His personal best time 13.35, made during trials in 1984 Los Angeles Games, is still the record time in Finland and in Nordic countries. Bryggare made Finnish history by becoming the first Finn to medal in a sprint event shorter than 400 metres.

Dominick Drexler is a German footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for 1. FC Köln.

Nobuyuki Okumura is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

François Leterrier was a French film director and actor. He entered the film industry when he was cast in Robert Bresson's film A Man Escaped. After this he went on to become a director himself.

Ruprecht Polenz is a German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) political party.

Louis-Jean Cormier is a Canadian indie rock singer and songwriter. Formerly associated with the band Karkwa, since that band went on hiatus in 2012 he has released three albums as a solo artist and was a judge on the second season of the television singing competition La Voix.

Muhammed Ahmed Faris is a Syrian military aviator. He was the first Syrian and the second Arab in space.