Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 26

Births

 * 1865 - Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912) (pictured)
 * 1911 - Mahalia Jackson, American singer (d. 1972)
 * 1914 - Jackie Coogan, American actor (d. 1984)
 * 1946 - Pat Sajak, American game show host
 * 1947 - Hillary Clinton, First Lady of the United States and United States Senator
 * 1947 - Jaclyn Smith, American actress
 * 1962 - Cary Elwes, British actor
 * 1967 - Keith Urban, New Zealand singer

Deaths

 * 899 - Alfred the Great
 * 1902 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist and suffragette (b. 1815)
 * 1952 - Hattie McDaniel, American singer (b. 1895)
 * 1972 - Igor Sikorsky, Ukrainian-born inventor (b. 1889)