May 26 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is May 26, your zodiac sign is Gemini ♊, your birthstone is Emerald and your birth flower is Lily of the valley or Hawthorn. You share your birthday with John Wayne and Isadora Duncan.
- Zodiac sign
- ♊ Gemini
- Element
- Air
- Ruling planet
- Mercury
- Birthstone
- Emerald
- Birth flower
- Lily of the valley, Hawthorn
- Day of year
- 146th
- Popularity
- 350th of 366
- Half birthday
- November 26
- Next May 26
- May 26
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May 26 zodiac: Gemini ♊
People born on May 26 fall under Gemini, the 3rd sign of the zodiac, which covers birthdays from May 21 to June 20. Gemini is a mutable air sign ruled by Mercury, and its symbol is the twins.
Gemini, the Twins, is the sign of conversation and curiosity. In astrology it is linked with ideas, language and variety, and Geminis are often pictured as lively people who can talk to anyone about anything.
Famous people born on May 26
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on May 26, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1907American actor (1907–1979)
- Born 1877American dancer and choreographer (1877–1927)
- Born 1926American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
- Born 1951American astronaut and physicist (1951–2012)
- Born 1966British actress (born 1966)
- Born 1949British politician, leader of the Labour Party 2015 to 2020
- Born 1968King of Denmark since 2024
- Born 1964American guitarist and singer (born 1964)
- Born 1912Former General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
- Born 1949American computer programmer
- Born 1867Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936
- Born 1667French mathematician (*1667 – †1754)
- Born 1948American singer and songwriter born 1948
- Born 1977Italian association football player (1977-)
- Born 1975American singer and rapper (born 1975)
- Born 1913British actor (1913–1994)
- Born 1988Colombian footballer
- Born 1822French writer and critic (1822–1896)
- Born 1920American singer (1920–2002)
- Born 1971American actor, animator and filmmaker (born 1971)
- Born 1623English scientist, philosopher, statistician and economist (1623-1687)
- Born 1894Hungarian-American actor (1891-1971)
- Born 1941Japanese association football player
- Born 1936Japanese association football player
- Born 1909Scottish football player and manager (1909-1994)
- Born 1949American actress (born 1949)
- Born 1928American pathologist, euthanasia activist (1928-2011)
- Born 191055th President of Mexico
- Born 1602French painter (1602–1674)
- Born 1886American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886–1950)
- Born 1700German protestant religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church (1700-1760)
- Born 1986Spanish-French actress
- Born 1983Dutch association football player (born 1983)
- Born 1881President of Mexico (1881–1955)
- Born 1970British writer, scriptwriter and film director (born 1970)
- Born 1981Romanian footballer (born 1981)
- Born 1988Portuguese association football player
- Born 1900Czech poet, writer and translator (1900–1958)
- Born 1938Russian writer
- Born 1951Marshallese politician and government minister
May 26 birthstone
Emerald (green). Emerald is linked with rebirth, love and wisdom, and it was a favourite of Cleopatra.
May 26 birthday facts
- May 26 is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years), leaving 219 days until the end of the year.
- May 26 is the 350th most common birthday in the U.S., with about 10,425 babies born on an average May 26(7% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, May 26 birthdays fall in spring. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in autumn.
- Babies born on May 26 were most likely conceived around September 3 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is November 26, six months after May 26.
- May 26 always falls after Chinese New Year, so your Chinese zodiac animal is simply the one for your birth year.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is May 26?
May 26 falls under Gemini ♊, which runs from May 21 to June 20.
What is the birthstone for May 26?
The birthstone for May 26 is Emerald, the May birthstone. The May birth flowers are Lily of the valley and Hawthorn.
Who are famous people born on May 26?
Famous people born on May 26 include John Wayne (1907), Isadora Duncan (1877), Miles Davis (1926), Sally Ride (1951), Helena Bonham Carter (1966), Jeremy Corbyn (1949).
How common is a May 26 birthday?
May 26 is the 350th most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 10,425 babies born on an average May 26.
What day of the year is May 26?
May 26 is the 146th day of the year in common years and the 147th day in leap years.