Famous People Born on May 26

• Bonham Carter, Helena (1966)

  Queen Elizabeth in The King's Speech

• Cushing, Peter (1913)

  The horror film legend who was Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars

• Davis, Miles (1926)

  Composer/performer of Kind of Blue

• Douglas, Aaron (1899)

  The Harlem Renaissance muralist who did 'Aspects of Negro Life'

• Duncan, Isadora (1877)

  Free-spirited modern dancer of the early 1900s

• Grier, Pam (1949)

  Star of the 1970s cult hit Foxy Brown

• Kravitz, Lenny (1964)

  The pop singer who plays Cinna in The Hunger Games

• Lee, Peggy (1920)

  Singer of "Fever"

• Nicks, Stevie (1948)

  Singer for the rock band Fleetwood Mac 1975-2001

• Ride, Sally (1951)

  The first American woman in space

• Salahi, Tareq (1968)

  One half of the 2009 White House gate-crashing couple

• Wayne, John (1907)

  Western movie icon and star of True Grit

See also: Died on May 26