Authors born in 1926
- Ray Brown Jazz Musician, 1926
- Ray Price Singer, 1926
- Rex Hunt Diplomat, 1926
- Richard M. DeVos Businessman, 1926
- Richard Matheson Author, 1926
- Robert H. Schuller Televangelist, 1926
- Robert W. Schambach Televangelist, 1926
- Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. Producer, 1926
- Siegfried Lenz Writer, 1926
- Svetlana Alliluyeva Celebrity, 1926
- Tony Bennett Singer, 1926
- Valery Giscard d'Estaing Statesman, 1926
- Victor Kiam Entrepreneur, 1926
- W. D. Snodgrass Poet, 1926
- Walter Stanley Mooneyham Visionary, 1926
- Warren Mitchell Actor, 1926
- Whitney Balliett Music Critic, 1926
- Willard C. Butcher Businessman, 1926
- Willi Unsoeld Mountaineer, 1926
- William Henry Danforth Physician, 1926
- William Howard Adams Writer, 1926
- William Lee Miller Journalist, 1926
- William Murchison Politician, 1926
- William Overgard Painter, 1926
- William Rotsler Artist, 1926
- Wu Ta-ch'i Celebrity, 1926
- Yehuda Bauer Historian, 1926
- Zig Ziglar Motivational Speaker, 1926