Authors Born on August 26
- Gerald Kersh Writer, 1912
- Geraldine Ferraro Politician, 1935
- H. Chandler Elliott Physician, 1909
- Hayley Hasselhoff Actress, 1992
- Hutton Gibson Writer, 1918
- Jamal Lewis American Football Player, 1979
- James Harden Basketball Player, 1989
- Jeon So-yeon Rapper, 1998
- Jimmy Rushing Singer, 1901
- Johann Heinrich Lambert Polymath, 1728
- John Buchan Novelist, 1875
- John Cabrera Screenwriter, 1975
- John Mulaney Comedian, 1982
- Jorge Paulo Lemann Entrepreneur, 1939
- Jules Romains Poet, 1885
- Justin Scott Rapper, 1986
- Karl Murray Football Player, 1982
- Katherine Johnson Mathematician, 1918
- Keke Palmer Actress, 1993
- Kyle D. Pruett Author, 1943
- Lee De Forest Inventor, 1873
- Leon Redbone Singer-Songwriter, 1949
- Macaulay Culkin Film Actor, 1980
- Madhur Bhandarkar Film Director, 1968
- Marcus du Sautoy Mathematician, 1965
- Marguerite Young Writer, 1908
- Maria das Gracas Silva Foster Business Executive, 1953
- Mel Watt Politician, 1945
- Melissa McCarthy Actress, 1970
- Meredith Eaton Actress, 1974
- Michael Gove Politician, 1967
- Michael Jeter Actor, 1952
- Mike Colter Actor, 1976
- Mitch Malloy Singer-Songwriter, 1961
- Mother Teresa Missionary, 1910
- Nico Muhly Composer, 1981
- Nikky Finney Poet, 1957
- Pansy Ho Television Actor, 1962
- Rhonda Byrne Producer, 1945
- Robert Walpole Statesman, 1676