The 177th day of the year, the 178th in a leap year
Born on 26 June
Every 26 June birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Cancer, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- CancerWater, cardinal, ruled by the Moon.
- Birthstone
- Pearl, Moonstone, AlexandriteThe 1912 list gave Pearl and Moonstone.
- Birth flower
- Rose, HoneysuckleUsually taken today to mean love and bonds of affection.
- Most common weekdays
- Sunday and Friday16 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 June in any year.
Which weekday 26 June falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 26 June falls on every day of the week: Sunday 16, Friday 16, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Wednesday 15.
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How common a birthday 26 June is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,848 babies were born on 26 June in each year of the twenty, making it the joint 89th 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 June
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Pearl S. Buck | 1892–1973 | American writer, winner of the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| Ariana Grande | 1993– | American singer, songwriter, and actress |
| Salvador Allende | 1908–1973 | President of Chile from 1970 to 1973 |
| Lord Kelvin | 1824–1907 | British physicist and engineer |
| Paolo Maldini | 1968– | Italian association football player |
| Charles Messier | 1730–1817 | 18th- and 19th-century French astronomer |
| Mikhail Khodorkovsky | 1963– | Russian businessman and philanthropist |
| Robert Coleman Richardson | 1937–2013 | American physicist |
| Claudio Abbado | 1933–2014 | Italian conductor |
| Samir Nasri | 1987– | French footballer |
| Gennady Zyuganov | 1944– | General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation |
| Guðni Th. Jóhannesson | 1968– | President of Iceland from 2016 to 2024 |
| Paul Thomas Anderson | 1970– | American filmmaker |
| Peter Lorre | 1904–1964 | Hungarian and American actor |
| Indila | 1984– | French singer and songwriter |
| Aubrey Plaza | 1984– | American actress, producer and comedian |
| Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia | 1899–1918 | Grand Duchess of Russia; third daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) |
| Jennette McCurdy | 1992– | American writer and former actress |
Died on 26 June
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Julian | 331–363 | Roman emperor from 361 to 363 |
| George IV | 1762–1830 | King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1820 to 1830 |
| Max Stirner | 1806–1856 | German philosopher |
| Francisco Pizarro | 1478–1541 | Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire |
| Karl Landsteiner | 1868–1943 | Jewish-Austrian biologist, physician and Nobel Prize laureate |
| Nasir al-Din al-Tusi | 1201–1274 | Persian astronomer |
| Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle | 1760–1836 | French army officer |
| Nora Ephron | 1941–2012 | American film director and writer |
| Veronica Guerin | 1958–1996 | Irish crime reporter |
| Josemaría Escrivá | 1902–1975 | Spanish priest, writer and Catholic saint |
| Alfred Döblin | 1878–1957 | German expressionist novelist |
| Yevgeny Primakov | 1929–2015 | 4th Russian Prime Minister |
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