The 299th day of the year, the 300th in a leap year
Born on 26 October
Every 26 October birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Scorpio, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- ScorpioWater, fixed, ruled by Mars.
- Birthstone
- Opal, TourmalineThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Marigold, CosmosUsually taken today to mean warmth and order.
- Most common weekdays
- Wednesday and Monday16 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 October in any year.
Which weekday 26 October falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 26 October falls on every day of the week: Wednesday 16, Monday 16, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Saturday 15.
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How common a birthday 26 October is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,780 babies were born on 26 October in each year of the twenty, making it the 282nd 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 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Hillary Clinton | 1947– | American politician and diplomat |
| François Mitterrand | 1916–1996 | 21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995 |
| Evo Morales | 1959– | president of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019 |
| Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | 1919–1980 | Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979 |
| Georges Danton | 1759–1794 | French revolutionary |
| Bob Hoskins | 1942–2014 | English actor |
| Seth MacFarlane | 1973– | American writer, actor, and producer |
| Helmuth von Moltke the Elder | 1800–1891 | German Field Marshal |
| Napoleon Hill | 1883–1970 | American author |
| Domenico Scarlatti | 1685–1757 | Italian composer, son of Alessandro Scarlatti |
| Uhuru Kenyatta | 1961– | 4th President of Republic of Kenya (2013–2022) |
| Andrei Bely | 1880–1934 | Russian poet, writer and critic |
| Vasily Vereshchagin | 1842–1904 | Russian painter |
| Mahalia Jackson | 1911–1972 | American gospel singer |
| Karin Boye | 1900–1941 | Swedish poet and novelist |
| CM Punk | 1978– | American professional wrestler, actor, and retired mixed martial artist |
| Dimitrie Cantemir | 1673–1723 | Prince of Moldavia |
| Cristian Chivu | 1980– | Romanian association football player |
Died on 26 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Alfred the Great | 849–899 | King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886 and of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 to 899 |
| Park Chung Hee | 1917–1979 | President of South Korea from 1962 to 1979 |
| Gerty Cori | 1896–1957 | Austro-Hungarian-American biochemist |
| Nikos Kazantzakis | 1883–1957 | Greek writer, poet and philosopher |
| Carlo Collodi | 1826–1890 | Italian writer |
| William Hogarth | 1697–1764 | English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | 1815–1902 | American writer, suffragist and women's rights activist |
| Itō Hirobumi | 1841–1909 | Prime Minister of Japan four times between 1885 and 1901 |
| Igor Sikorsky | 1889–1972 | American aviation pioneer from Russian Empire |
| Hattie McDaniel | 1893–1952 | American actress |
| Arthur Kornberg | 1918–2007 | American biochemist |
| Semyon Budyonny | 1883–1973 | Soviet marshal |
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