The 57th day of the year
Born on 26 February
Every 26 February birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Pisces, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- PiscesWater, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
- Birthstone
- AmethystThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Violet, PrimroseUsually taken today to mean faithfulness and young love.
- Most common weekdays
- Thursday and Sunday16 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 February in any year.
Which weekday 26 February falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 26 February falls on every day of the week: Thursday 16, Sunday 16, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Tuesday 15, Friday 15, Wednesday 15.
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How common a birthday 26 February is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,776 babies were born on 26 February in each year of the twenty, making it the 298th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 26 February
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Victor Hugo | 1802–1885 | French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician |
| Ariel Sharon | 1928–2014 | Prime Minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006 |
| Ahmet Davutoğlu | 1959– | Turkish statesperson and writer |
| Nadezhda Krupskaya | 1869–1939 | Russian revolutionary and politician |
| Michel Houellebecq | 1956– | French writer |
| Helen Clark | 1950– | Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008 |
| Ahmed Zewail | 1946–2016 | Egyptian chemist |
| Pepe | 1983– | Portuguese association football player |
| François Arago | 1786–1853 | French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician |
| Emmanuel Adebayor | 1984– | Togolese soccer player |
| Giulio Natta | 1903–1979 | Italian chemist |
| Li Na | 1982– | Chinese tennis player |
| Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 1973– | Norwegian association football manager |
| Honoré Daumier | 1808–1879 | French artist |
| Camille Flammarion | 1842–1925 | French astronomer and author |
| Kazuyoshi Miura | 1967– | Japanese association football player |
| Ferdinand I of Bulgaria | 1861–1948 | Bulgarian ruler |
| Fernando Llorente | 1985– | Spanish association football player |
Died on 26 February
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Karl Jaspers | 1883–1969 | German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher |
| Otto Wallach | 1847–1931 | German chemist |
| Joseph de Maistre | 1753–1821 | Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat |
| Levi Eshkol | 1895–1969 | Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 to 1969 |
| Carl Menger | 1840–1921 | founder of the Austrian School of economics |
| Theodore Schultz | 1902–1998 | American economist |
| Michelle Trachtenberg | 1985–2025 | American actress |
| Mohammed V of Morocco | 1909–1961 | King of Morocco |
| Giuseppe Tartini | 1692–1770 | Italian composer and violinist |
| Roger II of Sicily | 1095–1154 | King of Sicily from 1130 to 1154 |
| Tjalling Koopmans | 1910–1985 | Dutch American economist |
| Erik XIV | 1533–1577 | Swedish king |
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