Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 26
Births
edit- 1865 - Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912) (pictured)
- 1911 - Mahalia Jackson, American singer (d. 1972)
- 1914 - Jackie Coogan, American actor (d. 1984)
- 1946 - Pat Sajak, American game show host
- 1947 - Hillary Clinton, First Lady of the United States and United States Senator
- 1947 - Jaclyn Smith, American actress
- 1962 - Cary Elwes, British actor
- 1967 - Keith Urban, New Zealand singer
Deaths
edit- 899 - Alfred the Great
- 1902 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist and suffragette (b. 1815)
- 1952 - Hattie McDaniel, American singer (b. 1895)
- 1972 - Igor Sikorsky, Ukrainian-born inventor (b. 1889)