Born in 1926
People born in 1926 turn 100 in 2026. A dollar in 1926 buys what $19.04 buys in September 2026, and about 2.00 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 1926
1926
What things cost in 1926
| U.S. average | 1926 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $19.04 | CPI-U |
1926 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED. Average retail prices are only published from 1976 on; 1926 has the CPI alone.
Who was in charge in 1926
- United States
- Calvin Coolidge (President)
- United Kingdom
- George V (King); Stanley Baldwin (Prime minister)
- Soviet Union
- Joseph Stalin (General Secretary); Mikhail Kalinin (Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets); Alexei Rykov (Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars)
- Republic of China (1916–1949)
- Wellington Koo (Acting President); Wellington Koo (Acting Premier)
- French Third Republic
- Gaston Doumergue (President); Aristide Briand, then Édouard Herriot, then Raymond Poincaré (President of the Council of ministers)
- Weimar Republic of Germany
- Paul von Hindenburg (President); Hans Luther, then Wilhelm Marx (Chancellor)
- Empire of Japan
- Taishō, then Hirohito (Emperor); Katō Takaaki, then Wakatsuki Reijirō (Prime minister)
From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 20th century (1901–1950) (revision 1377869146), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 1926 →
Famous people born in 1926
- August 13 – Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician (died 2016) source
- April 21 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (died 2022) source
- May 8 – Sir David Attenborough, British broadcaster, naturalist, and producer source
- August 15 – Sukanta Bhattacharya, Bengali poet and playwright (died 1947) source
- 8 February – Sonja Ziemann, actress (died 2020) source
- January 3 – Sir George Martin, English record producer (died 2016) source
- 12 March – Gudrun Ure, actress (died 2024) source
- March 12 – George Ariyoshi, American politician, lawyer (died 2026) source
- 3 January – W. Michael Blumenthal, German-American economist and politician source
- December 29 – Amelita Ramos, First Lady of the Philippines source
- March 16 – Jerry Lewis, American comedian, humanitarian and philanthropist (known for The Nutty Professor) (died 2017) source
- September 3 – Uttam Kumar, Bengali actor (died 1980) source
- 6 January – Walter Sedlmayr, actor (died 1990) source
- January 6 – Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian actor, bodybuilder (died 2006) source
- 31 October – Jimmy Savile, disc jockey, broadcast presenter, philanthropist and serial sex offender (died 2011) source
What happened in 1926
- January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. source
- January 31 – British and Belgian troops leave Cologne. source
- 1 January – Law of Property Act 1925 and Administration of Estates Act 1925 come into effect modernising the laws on real estate and intestacy. source
- 7 January – Deutschlandsender, a radio transmitter, is opened for the first time. source
- Imperial Airways open an ordinary passenger service between Cairo and Baghdad via Gaza. source
- March 6 – The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon (England) is destroyed by fire. source
- January 8 – Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne as Bảo Đại, the last monarch of the Nguyễn dynasty of the Kingdom of Vietnam. source
- 6 January – Deutsche Luft Hansa is formed by the merger of Deutsche Aero Lloyd and Junkers Luftverkehr source