Jadwiga Staniszkis (82)
April 26th, 1942

Polish sociologist, opinion journalist – Jadwiga Staniszkis was born in Warsaw (Capital and largest city of Poland) on April 26th, 1942 and is 82 years old today.

Other personalities born on April 26

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Duane Eddy

American guitarist

*April 26th, 1938, Corning

84

Giorgio Moroder

Italian record producer and composer

*April 26th, 1940, Urtijëi

87

Zvi Yavetz

Israeli historian, professor

*April 26th, 1925, Chernivtsi †January 7th, 2013, Tel Aviv

36

Amelia Alicia Anscelly

Malaysian badminton player

*April 26th, 1988, Kota Kinabalu

91

Carol Burnett

American actress, comedian and singer

*April 26th, 1933, San Antonio

54

Melania Trump

First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

66

Giancarlo Esposito

American actor

*April 26th, 1958, Copenhagen

81

Peter Zumthor

Swiss architect

*April 26th, 1943, Basel

69

Peter Neururer

German association football manager

*April 26th, 1955, Marl

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

62

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

*April 26th, 1889, Neuwaldegg †April 29th, 1951, Cambridge

44

Channing Tatum

American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)

*April 26th, 1980, Cullman

46

Stana Katic

Canadian actress

*April 26th, 1978, Hamilton

61

Jet Li

Chinese-Singaporean martial artist and actor (born 1963)

*April 26th, 1963, Beijing

68

Diethard Prengel

German cinematographer

*April 26th, 1956, Celle

63

Anthony Cumia

American talk radio broadcaster

*April 26th, 1961, Elwood

78

Patrick Bricard

French actor

*April 26th, 1940, Caen †January 26th, 2019, Vernon

35

Luke Bracey

Australian actor

*April 26th, 1989, Sydney

60

Regine Hildebrandt

German biologist and politician (1941-2001)

*April 26th, 1941, Berlin †November 26th, 2001, Woltersdorf

71

Howard Davies

British theatre and television director (1945-2016)

*April 26th, 1945, Durham †October 25th, 2016

81

Ina Albowitz

German politician

*April 26th, 1943, Weimar

64

Allan Peiper

Road cyclist

*April 26th, 1960, Alexandra

84

Dietmar Hopp

German businessman

*April 26th, 1940, Heidelberg

45

Ernst Udet

German flying ace (1896–1941)

*April 26th, 1896, Frankfurt †November 17th, 1941, Berlin

78

Marilyn Nelson

American writer

*April 26th, 1946, Cleveland

59

Kevin James

American actor and comedian

*April 26th, 1965, Mineola

79

Winfried Glatzeder

German actor

*April 26th, 1945, Sopot

69

Toni Iwobi

Italian politician

*April 26th, 1955, Gusau

90

Arno Allan Penzias

German-born American physicist

*April 26th, 1933, Munich †January 22nd, 2024, San Francisco

63

Joan Chen

Chinese-American actress and director

*April 26th, 1961, Shanghai

Also born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

71

Bob Hoskins

British actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

82

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

81

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

Jadwiga Staniszkis