What happened on February 26 ?

1361 - Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (d. 1419)

1564 - Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist (d. 1593)

1587 - Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)

1671 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)

1672 - Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)

1714 - James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (d. 1758)

1715 - Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (d. 1771)

1720 - Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803)

1786 - François Arago, French mathematician (d. 1853)

1799 - ÿmile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (d. 1864)

1802 - Victor Hugo, French writer (d. 1885)

1808 - Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879)

1814 - Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist (d. 1876)

1829 - Levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (d. 1902)

1846 - Buffalo Bill, American pioneer, officer, and hunter (d. 1917)

1857 - ÿmile Coué, French psychologist (d. 1926)

1861 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (d. 1948)

1861 - Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya, Russian revolutioner, Lenin's wife (d. 1939)

1879 - Frank Bridge, English composer (d. 1941)

1882 - Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (d. 1968)

1885 - Aleksandras Stulginskis, President of Lithuania (d. 1969)

1887 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, baseball player (d. 1950)

1887 - William Frawley, American actor (d. 1966)

1893 - I. A. Richards, English literary critic (d. 1979)

1899 - Max Petitpierre, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1994)

1902 - Albert Anastasia, Italian-born gangster (d. 1957)

1903 - Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)

1907 - Dub Taylor, American actor (d. 1994)

1908 - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (d. 1980)

1908 - Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (d. 1949)

1909 - King Talal of Jordan (d. 1972)

1914 - Robert Alda, American actor (d. 1986)

1916 - Jackie Gleason, American actor, writer, composer, and comedian (d. 1987)

1918 - Theodore Sturgeon, American writer (d. 1985)

1919 - Mason Adams, American actor (d. 2005)

1919 - Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (d. 2003)

1920 - Tony Randall, American actor (d. 2004)

1921 - Betty Hutton, American actress

1928 - Fats Domino, American musician

1928 - Anatoli Filipchenko, cosmonaut

1928 - Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel

1930 - Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (d. 2005)

1931 - Ally McLeod, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2004)

1932 - Johnny Cash, American singer (d. 2003)

1934 - Robert Novak, American political columnist

1941 - Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer (d. 1972)

1943 - Bill Duke, American actor and director

1945 - Marta Kristen, Norwegian actress

1946 - Ahmed H. Zewail, Egyptian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1947 - Sandie Shaw, British singer

1950 - Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand

1951 - Lee Atwater, American political operative (d. 1991)

1953 - Michael Bolton, American singer

1954 - Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, Prime Minister of Turkey

1956 - Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese singer

1957 - Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player

1958 - Michel Houellebecq, French novelist

1959 - Rolando Blackman, Panamanian basketball player

1962 - Greg Germann, American actor

1968 - J.T. Snow, American baseball player, 1st baseman

1968 - His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Heir of the Royal Danish Crown

1971 - Erykah Badu, American singer

1971 - Max Martin, Swedish composer and producer

1973 - Marshall Faulk, American football star

1973 - Jenny Thompson, American swimmer

1973 - Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Norwegian footballer

1974 - Sébastien Loeb, French race car driver

1979 - Corinne Bailey Rae, British singer

1980 - Alex Fong, Hong Kong singer

1982 - Jay Mullen, British actor

1984 - Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer

1984 - Emmanuel Adebayor, Togon footballer

1993 - Taylor Dooley, American actress