List of Famous people born on October 26th

Marc Hodler was a Swiss lawyer, President of the International Ski Federation (1951–1998), member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1963 until his death, and bridge player. Hodler is best known for having exposed the Olympic bid scandal for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter games in December 1998.

Giuseppe Zanardelli was an Italian jurist and political figure. He served as the Prime Minister of Italy from 15 February 1901 to 3 November 1903. An eloquent orator, he was also a Grand Master freemason. Zanardelli, representing the bourgeoisie from Lombardy, personified the classical 19th-century liberalism, committed to suffrage expansion, anticlericalism, civil liberties, free trade and laissez-faire economics. Throughout his long political career, he was among the most ardent advocates of freedom of conscience and divorce.

Laurențiu Dumitru Roșu is a Romanian retired footballer who played as either a forward or winger, and is a manager.

Kurt Lechner is a German politician and former Member of the European Parliament for Rhineland-Palatinate.

David Jay Weiss, known as David Was, is an American musician, music producer and journalist. With his stage-brother Don Was, he was the founder of the 1980s pop group Was.

Donald Warren Moffett is an American actor known for the recurring role of Joe McCoy on the NBC series Friday Night Lights, as Dean Winston on NBC/The WB series For Your Love, as John Kennish on the ABC Family series Switched at Birth and as Elliott in the TVLand sitcom Happily Divorced. He is also known for his recurring role as Cornelius Rhodes on the NBC television medical drama Chicago Med.

Rade Zalad was a professional Serbian football goalkeeper and is now a goalkeeping coach.

Karl Gotthelf Jakob Weinhold was a German folklorist and linguist who specialized in German studies.