The 207th day of the year, the 208th in a leap year
Born on 26 July
Every 26 July birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Leo, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LeoFire, fixed, ruled by the Sun.
- Birthstone
- RubyThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Larkspur, Water lilyUsually taken today to mean an open heart and purity.
- Most common weekdays
- Tuesday 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 July in any year.
Which weekday 26 July falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 26 July falls on every day of the week: Tuesday 16, Sunday 16, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Friday 15.
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How common a birthday 26 July is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,863 babies were born on 26 July in each year of the twenty, making it the 54th 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 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| George Bernard Shaw | 1856–1950 | Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist |
| Stanley Kubrick | 1928–1999 | American filmmaker and photographer |
| Carl Jung | 1875–1961 | Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist |
| Aldous Huxley | 1894–1963 | English writer and philosopher |
| Sandra Bullock | 1964– | American actress and film producer |
| Liz Truss | 1975– | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2022 |
| Jacinda Ardern | 1980– | Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2017 to 2023 |
| Helen Mirren | 1945– | British actress |
| Mick Jagger | 1943– | British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones |
| Jason Statham | 1967– | English actor |
| Asif Ali Zardari | 1955– | President of Pakistan (2008–2013; since 2024) |
| Kevin Spacey | 1959– | American actor |
| Francesco Cossiga | 1928–2010 | 8th President of Italy |
| John Howard | 1939– | Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007 |
| Kate Beckinsale | 1973– | English actress |
| Thaksin Shinawatra | 1949– | Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006 |
| André Maurois | 1885–1967 | French author |
| Alfred Marshall | 1842–1924 | British economist |
Died on 26 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Sung Jae-gi | 1967–2013 | South Korean masculism activist |
| Eva Perón | 1919–1952 | Argentine actress and politician |
| Gottlob Frege | 1848–1925 | German philosopher, logician, and mathematician |
| Sinéad O'Connor | 1966–2023 | Irish singer-songwriter |
| Olivia de Havilland | 1916–2020 | British actress |
| Pope Paul II | 1417–1471 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1464 to 1471 |
| Atahualpa | died 1533 | Last Incan emperor |
| Otto of Greece | 1815–1867 | King of Greece from 1832 to 1862 |
| Nikephoros I | 750–811 | Byzantine emperor |
| Sam Houston | 1793–1863 | American statesman, politician, and soldier |
| William Jennings Bryan | 1860–1925 | American politician |
| Henri Lebesgue | 1875–1941 | French mathematician |
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