page_title: 1926
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 1926 / Births / July
caption_attribution_description: Photo of James Best from the television program Frontier. The episode is "The Return of Jubal Dolan".
context_page_description: 1926 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1926th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 926th year of the 2nd millennium, the 26th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1920s decade.
context_section_description: July 1
  Fernando J. Corbató, American computer scientist (d. 2019)
  Robert Fogel, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
  Carl Hahn, German automotive executive, chairman of Volkswagen
  Hans Werner Henze, German composer (d. 2012)
  July 2
  Liu Dajun, Chinese agricultural scientist, educator and an academician (d. 2016)
  Alfons Oehy, Swiss swimmer (d. 1977)
  Carlo Rolandi, Italian sailor
  July 3
  Rae Allen, American actress, director, and singer
  María Lorenza Barreneche, former First Lady of Argentina (d. 2016)
  July 4
  Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-born footballer (d. 2014)
  Amos Elon, Israeli writer (d. 2009)
  Lopön Tenzin Namdak, Tibetan religious leader
  Mary Stuart, American soap actress (d. 2002)
  July 5
  Roy Hawes, American first baseman in Major League Baseball (d. 2017)
  Viola Harris, American actress (d. 2017)
  Salvador Jorge Blanco, President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2010)
  Diana Lynn, American actress (d. 1971)
  Mario Picone. American pitcher (d. 2013)
  Anthony Purssell, English brewing executive and rower
  July 6 – Serge Roullet, French film director and screenwriter
  July 7
  Yvonne Ciannella, American coloratura soprano in opera and concert
  Armand Lemieux, Canadian professional hockey player (d. 2015)
  Thorkild Simonsen, Danish politician
  Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician, 31st Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 2019)
  Mel Clark, American Major League Baseball outfielder (d. 2014)
  July 8
  David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher (d. 2014)
  Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist (d. 2004)
  July 9
  Jens Juul Eriksen, Danish cyclist
  Mathilde Krim, founding chairman of amfAR, the American Foundation for AIDS Research (d. 2018)
  Ben Roy Mottelson, American-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
  July 10
  Carleton Carpenter, American actor and dancer
  Donald Geary, American ice hockey player (d. 2015)
  Fred Gwynne, American actor and author (d. 1993)
  Harry MacPherson, American pitcher (d. 2017)
  Tony Settember, American racing driver (d. 2014)
  Aldo Tortorella, Italian journalist, former politician and partisan
  July 11
  Frederick Buechner, American author and theologian
  Joe Houston, American saxophonist (d. 2015)
  July 12
  Abe Addams, American soccer player (d. 2017)
  Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, spouse of Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
  July 13
  Cheng Chi-sen, Taiwanese sports shooter
  T. Loren Christianson, American politician (d. 2019)
  Thomas Clark, American politician (d. 2020)
  July 14
  Wallace Jones, American professional basketball player (d. 2014)
  Harry Dean Stanton, American film and television actor (d. 2017)
  July 15
  Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet, English diplomat (d. 2019)
  Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine dictator (d. 2003)
  Raymond Gosling, English physicist (d. 2015)
  July 16
  Emile Degelin, Belgian film director and novelist (d. 2017)
  Paul M. Ellwood Jr., prominent figure in American health care
  Michael Otedola, Nigerian politician (d. 2014)
  Irwin Rose, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 2015)
  Stef Wertheimer, German-born Israeli industrialist, investor, philanthropist and former politician
  July 17
  Édouard Carpentier, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2010)
  William Pierson, American television, motion picture and stage actor (d. 2004)
  Charles Zwick, American civil servant (d. 2018)
  July 18
  Maunu Kurkvaara, Finnish film director and screenwriter
  Bernard Pons, French politician and medical doctor
  Nita Bieber, American actress (d. 2019)
  July 19
  Terry Cavanagh, Canadian politician (d. 2017)
  Helen Gallagher, American actress, dancer, and singer
  Robert E. Lavender, American judge (d. 2020)
  July 20
  Charles David Ganao, Congolese politician (d. 2012)
  Odd Kallerud, Norwegian politician
  July 21
  Otto Beyeler, Swiss cross country skier
  Norman Jewison, Canadian film director
  July 22 – Bryan Forbes, English film director (d. 2013)
  July 24 – Hans Günter Winkler, German show jumping rider (d. 2018)
  July 25
  Whitey Lockman, American player, coach, manager (d. 2009)
  Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (d. 2018)
  Ray Solomonoff, American inventor (d. 2009)
  July 26
  James Best, American actor and acting coach (
caption: James Best
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