People born on February 26

Victor Hugo

French novelist, poet, and dramatist (1802–1885)

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

Taras Shevchenko

Ukrainian poet and artist (1814–1861)

Ariel Sharon

Prime Minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006

Johnny Cash

American country singer (1932–2003)

Ahmet Davutoğlu

Turkish politician

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

Nadezhda Krupskaya

Russian revolutionary and politician (1869-1939)

Pepe

Portuguese association football player

François Arago

French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician (1786-1853)

Helen Clark

Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008

Ahmed Zewail

Egyptian scientist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry recipient

Giulio Natta

Italian chemist

Li Na

Chinese tennis player

Kazuyoshi Miura

Japanese association football player