The 360th day of the year, the 361st in a leap year
Born on 26 December
Every 26 December birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Capricorn, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- CapricornEarth, cardinal, ruled by Saturn.
- Birthstone
- Turquoise, Zircon, TanzaniteThe 1912 list gave Turquoise and Lapis lazuli.
- Birth flower
- Narcissus, HollyUsually taken today to mean good wishes and defence.
- Most common weekdays
- Monday and Saturday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 26 December in any year.
Which weekday 26 December falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 26 December falls on every day of the week: Monday 16, Saturday 16, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Thursday 15.
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How common a birthday 26 December is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,359 babies were born on 26 December in each year of the twenty, making it the least common birthday of all 366; the most common, 26 September, averaged 1,974.
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Born on 26 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Mao Zedong | 1893–1976 | Chinese communist revolutionary and founder of the People's Republic of China |
| Charles Babbage | 1791–1871 | English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer |
| Henry Miller | 1891–1980 | American novelist |
| Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor | 1194–1250 | King of Sicily and Holy Roman Emperor |
| Jared Leto | 1971– | American actor, singer, musician and songwriter |
| Hugo Lloris | 1986– | French footballer |
| Yun Ch'iho | 1864–1945 | Korean independence activist |
| José Ramos-Horta | 1949– | President of East Timor from 2007 to 2012 and since 2022, Nobel Peace Prize laureate |
| Toomas Hendrik Ilves | 1953– | Estonian politician and diplomat, President of Estonia from 2006 to 2016 |
| Lars Ulrich | 1963– | Danish musician |
| Alejo Carpentier | 1904–1980 | Cuban-French writer and musicologist |
| Kit Harington | 1986– | English actor |
| Aaron Ramsey | 1990– | Welsh association football player and manager |
| Denis Cheryshev | 1990– | Russian footballer |
| Norman Angell | 1872–1967 | English politician |
| Mary Somerville | 1780–1872 | Scottish scientist, writer and polymath |
| Thomas Gray | 1716–1771 | English poet and classical scholar |
| Phil Spector | 1939–2021 | American record producer |
Died on 26 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Harry S. Truman | 1884–1972 | President of the United States from 1945 to 1953 |
| Gerald Ford | 1913–2006 | president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 |
| Desmond Tutu | 1931–2021 | South African Anglican archbishop and anti-apartheid activist |
| Manmohan Singh | 1932–2024 | Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician and politician |
| Babur | 1483–1530 | Founder of the Mughal Empire, emperor from 1526 to 1530 |
| Pope Dionysius | 200–268 | Pope and bishop of Rome from 259 to 268 |
| Pope Zosimus | died 418 | pope |
| Claude Adrien Helvétius | 1715–1771 | French philosopher |
| Heinrich Schliemann | 1822–1890 | German businessman and archaeologist |
| E. O. Wilson | 1929–2021 | American biologist, naturalist, and writer |
| Karolos Papoulias | 1929–2021 | President of Greece from 2005 to 2015 |
| Anatoly Lunacharsky | 1875–1933 | Russian Soviet revolutionary, politician and writer |
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