Birthday twins

People Born on March 26

March 26 is the birthday of 68 notable people we've found so far, including authors, actors, creators and scientists, and 4 of them are billionaires.

4
billionaires
joint #32 of 366 birthdays
11
founders & entrepreneurs
joint #134 of 366 birthdays
68
notable people
#5 of 366 birthdays
$383B
combined wealth
#2 of 366 birthdays

What the data says

Your birthday has some company.

  • The people we list for this date were born across 237 years, from 1753 to 1990.
  • Authors are the most common group among people born on March 26: 24 of 68.
  • People born on this day come from 21 countries, most often United States (31 of 65).
  • Larry Page is the wealthiest person we list for March 26, with an estimated $334B reported as of 2026.
  • Founders born on March 26 started companies including Google, Gucci and Puma.
  • With 4 billionaires, this date has well above the average of 2.3 per birthday.
  • Larry Page accounts for more than half of the documented wealth among people born on this day.
  • March 26 birthdays span at least four well-represented fields, including billionaires, entrepreneurs, founders and scientists.
  • 41% of the people we list for this date are historical figures who are no longer living.
  • Together, the 4 people with sourced estimates born on March 26 hold a reported $383B, the #2 total among all 366 birthdays.
  • 5 Nobel laureates were born on March 26, including Gary Ruvkun and Carl Wieman.

💰 Richest person born on March 26

Larry Page
Marcin Mycielski, European Parliament (Stansfield), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
billionaire

Larry Page

Entrepreneur · Google · technology

1973 · United States

$334Breported estimate as of 2026 · Forbes

Lawrence Edward Page is an American businessman and computer scientist who co-founded Google with Sergey Brin. Page is a centibillionaire and among the richest people in the world.

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Reported estimate as of 2026: $334B. Wealth changes; this is not a live figure.

Against the other 365

How March 26 ranks

Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every March birthday · battle March 26 against another date · all rankings

The March 26 wealth profile

Billionaires born on March 26

$383B
combined wealth
low-bound sum, newest as of 2026
4
sourced estimates
4
billionaires
joint #32 of 366
#2
of 366 for wealth

Ranked by the low end of each reported estimate; bars use a log scale.

billionaire

Koo Bon-neung

Entrepreneur

1949 · South Korea

$1.1Bolder estimate, as of April 2024 · Forbes

Koo Bon-neung is a South Korean businessman. He is part of the Koo family of the chaebol LG and has served in various executive roles in the related company Heesung Group. He served as commissioner of the Korea Baseball Organization from 2011 to 2017.

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Who shares March 26

What kind of people are born on March 26?

Share of the 68 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.

  • Authors35% (24 people)
  • Actors25% (17 people)
  • Creators21% (14 people)
  • Scientists18% (12 people)
  • Entrepreneurs16% (11 people)
  • Politicians15% (10 people)
  • Musicians13% (9 people)

Countries

21 countries, most often United States

Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.

  • United States31 (31 people)
  • United Kingdom6 (6 people)
  • Italy4 (4 people)
  • France3 (3 people)
  • Germany3 (3 people)
  • India2 (2 people)
  • South Korea2 (2 people)

Life timeline

What were people born on March 26 doing at your age?

Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.

By 25

  1. 25Larry PageFounded Google (1998)
  2. ~15Mikel ArtetaJoined FC Barcelona (1997)
  3. ~22John StocktonJoined Utah Jazz (1984)
  4. ~21Romain SaïssJoined Clermont Foot 63 (2011)

26 to 30

  1. ~29Mikel ArtetaJoined Arsenal F.C. (2011)
  2. ~26Simon KjærJoined Fenerbahçe Istanbul (2015)
  3. ~28Morgan De SanctisJoined Italy men's national association football team (2005)
  4. ~26Almir de Souza FragaJoined São Paulo FC (1995)

31 to 40

  1. ~34Tennessee WilliamsReceived the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1948)
  2. 35Martin McDonaghReceived the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film (2006)
  3. ~40Guccio GucciFounded Gucci (1921)
  4. 36William HagueBecame Leader of the Opposition (1997)

41 to 50

  1. ~50Robert FrostReceived the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1924)
  2. ~50Carl WiemanReceived the Nobel Prize in Physics (2001)
  3. 42Larry PageFounded Alphabet Inc. (2015)
  4. 50Rudolf DasslerFounded Puma (1948)

After 50

  1. ~68Diana RossReceived the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2012)
  2. 72Alan ArkinReceived the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (2007)
  3. ~72Gary RuvkunReceived the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024)
  4. ~65Anthony James LeggettReceived the Nobel Prize in Physics (2003)

The standouts

The most successful people born on March 26

Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.

Keira Knightley
actor

Keira Knightley

Top tier

Actor

1985 · United Kingdom

Keira Christina Knightley is an English actress.

Andrea Raffin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Diana Ross
actor

Diana Ross

Top tier

Actor

1944 · United States

Diana Ernestine Ross is an American singer and actress. She was the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown's most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time.

Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Martin Short
actor

Martin Short

Top tier

Actor

1950 · Canada

Martin Hayter Short is a Canadian comedian, actor, singer, and writer. He is known as an energetic comedian who gained prominence for his roles in sketch comedy. He has also acted in numerous films and television shows.

Library of Congress Life, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Nancy Pelosi
author

Nancy Pelosi

Top tier

Politician

1940 · United States

Nancy Patricia Pelosi is an American politician who was the 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023.

John Harrington, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Mikel Arteta
athlete

Mikel Arteta

Top tier

Athlete

1982 · Spain

Mikel Arteta Amatriain is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Premier League club Arsenal.

Prime Video AU & NZ, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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James Caan
actor

James Caan

Top tier

Actor

1940–2022 · United States

James Edmund Caan was an American actor. He came to prominence playing Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1978.

Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)

Builders

Entrepreneurs born on March 26

Guccio Gucci
founder

Guccio Gucci

Entrepreneur · Gucci · fashion

1881–1953 · Italy

Guccio Giovanbattista Giacinto Dario Maria Gucci was an Italian businessman and fashion designer and founder of the fashion house Gucci.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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founder

Rudolf Dassler

Entrepreneur · Puma · fashion

1898–1974 · Germany

Rudolf "Rudi" Dassler was a German cobbler, inventor and businessman who founded the sportswear company Puma.

Sources (2)
Margareta of Romania
entrepreneur

Margareta of Romania

Entrepreneur

1949 · Switzerland

Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown is the eldest daughter of King Michael I and Queen Anne of Romania. She assumed her father's duties in March 2016, upon his retirement, and has claimed the headship of the House of Romania since his death on 5 December 2017.

Nuță Lucian from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Armand Peugeot
entrepreneur

Armand Peugeot

Entrepreneur

1849–1915 · France

Armand Peugeot was a French industrialist, pioneer of the automobile industry and the man who transformed Peugeot into a manufacturer of bicycles and, later, of automobiles. He was accepted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1999.

Peugeot A., 1889., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Clive Palmer
entrepreneur

Clive Palmer

Entrepreneur

1954 · Australia

Clive Frederick Palmer is an Australian billionaire businessman and politician. He has iron ore, nickel, and coal holdings, and owns various mining and resort businesses.

ClivePalmerChristmasCharityLunch2012withVolunteer.JPG: Benjamin J MacDonald derivative work: IgnorantArmies, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Dato Sri Tahir
entrepreneur

Dato Sri Tahir

Entrepreneur

1952 · Indonesia

Dato' Sri Tahir, born Ang Tjoen Ming is an Indonesian billionaire, and a banking and property magnate. He is the founder of the Mayapada Group. On 13 December 2019, President Joko Widodo appointed Tahir to the Presidential Advisory Council.

Presidential Advisory Council, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)

March 26 in history

What else happened on March 26

  1. 590Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
  2. 1552Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru.
  3. 1885The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
  4. 1942The Holocaust: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
  5. 1979An Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 10.

Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

More birthday twins

Famous people born on March 26

Steven Tyler
actor

Steven Tyler

Actor

1948 · United States

Steven Victor Tallarico, known professionally as Steven Tyler, is an American singer and songwriter. Tyler is best known as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the keyboards, harmonica, and percussion.

Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jonathan Groff
actor

Jonathan Groff

Actor

1985 · United States

Jonathan Drew Groff is an American actor and singer. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he has received several accolades including a Tony Award and a Grammy Award as well as a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.

Alan Light, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Leonard Nimoy
actor

Leonard Nimoy

Actor

1931–2015 · United States

Leonard Simon Nimoy was an American actor and director, famous for playing Spock in the Star Trek franchise for over 40 years.

CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Michael Imperioli
actor

Michael Imperioli

Actor

1966 · United States

Michael Imperioli is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti in the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos (1999–2007), which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004.

PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Richard Dawkins
scientist

Richard Dawkins

Actor

1941 · United Kingdom

Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator, noted atheist, and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford.

Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jennifer Grey
actor

Jennifer Grey

Actor

1960 · United States

Jennifer Grey is an American actress. She made her acting debut with the film Reckless (1984), and had her breakthrough with the teen comedy film Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).

Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Tennessee Williams
author

Tennessee Williams

Creator

1914–1983 · United States

Thomas Lanier Williams III, known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama.

Orlando Fernandez, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Alan Arkin
actor

Alan Arkin

Actor

1934–2023 · United States

Alan Wolf Arkin was an American actor, filmmaker and musician. In a career spanning seven decades, he received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for six Emmy Awards.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Elaine Chao
scientist

Elaine Chao

Politician

1953 · United States

Elaine Lan Chao is an American businesswoman and former government official who served as United States secretary of labor in the administration of George W.

United States Department of Transportation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sources (2)
Catherine Keener
actor

Catherine Keener

Actor

1959 · United States

Catherine Keener is an American actress. Keener is known for her portrayals of disgruntled, melancholic and sympathetic women in independent films, as well as her supporting roles in studio films.

Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Amy Smart
actor

Amy Smart

Actor

1976 · United States

Amy Lysle Smart is an American actress and former model. Her first role in film was in Martin Kunert's anthology horror film Campfire Tales, followed by a minor part in Starship Troopers, directed by Paul Verhoeven. In 1998, Smart played a role in Dee Snider's Strangeland.

Brian Solis, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
author

Viktor Frankl

Author

1905–1997 · Austria

Viktor Emil Frankl was an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher, and Holocaust survivor, who founded logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy that describes a search for a life's meaning as the central human motivational force.

Sources (2)
Maxim Gorky
author

Maxim Gorky

Politician

1868–1936 · Soviet Union

Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, popularly known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, and proponent of socialism. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Herman Mishkin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Syngman Rhee
author

Syngman Rhee

Politician

1875–1965 · South Korea

Syngman Rhee was a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 until his resignation in 1960.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
John Stockton
athlete

John Stockton

Athlete

1962 · United States

John Houston Stockton is an American former professional basketball player. Regarded as one of the greatest point guards of all time, he spent his entire NBA career (1984–2003) with the Utah Jazz. The team made the playoffs in each of his 19 seasons.

All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Paul Erdős
scientist

Paul Erdős

Scientist

1913–1996 · Hungary

Paul Erdős was a Hungarian mathematician. He was one of the most prolific mathematicians and producers of mathematical conjectures of the 20th century.

Topsy Kretts, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sterling Hayden
actor

Sterling Hayden

Actor

1916–1986 · United States

Sterling Walter Hayden was an American actor.

Wikiwatcher1 at en.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Joseph Campbell
scientist

Joseph Campbell

Author

1904–1987 · United States

Joseph John Campbell was an American writer. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human condition.

Joan Halifax, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Bob Woodward
author

Bob Woodward

Author

1943 · United States

Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist. He started working for The Washington Post as a reporter in 1971 and now holds the honorific title of associate editor there, though the Post no longer employs him.

Bob Woodward, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Francis Lawrence
creator

Francis Lawrence

Creator

1971 · United States

Francis Lawrence is an American filmmaker and producer.

Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Erica Jong
musician

Erica Jong

Musician

1942 · United States

Erica Jong is an American novelist, satirist, and poet known particularly for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying.

Wes Washington, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Alan Silvestri
actor

Alan Silvestri

Actor

1950 · United States

Alan Anthony Silvestri is an American composer, conductor, orchestrator and music producer of film scores. He has received two Grammy Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.

Anthony Skelton at https://www.flickr.com/people/17955537@N00, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Tinto Brass
actor

Tinto Brass

Actor

1933 · Italy

Giovanni "Tinto" Brass is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In the 1960s and 1970s, he directed many critically acclaimed avant-garde films of various genres.

Gorupdebesanez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
William Hague
author

William Hague

Politician

1961 · United Kingdom

William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond is a British politician and life peer who was Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001 and Deputy Leader from 2005 to 2010.

U.S. Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Simon Kjær
athlete

Simon Kjær

Athlete

1989 · Kingdom of Denmark

Simon Thorup Kjær is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Дмитрий Садовников, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sources (2)
musician

Pierre Boulez

Musician

1925–2016 · France

Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war contemporary classical music.

Sources (2)

More profiles born on March 26

Sources and method for this page

This page lists 68 people born on March 26, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 4 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of 2026. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on March 26. Read the full methodology.

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