"It is in pardoning that we are pardoned."
Francis of Assisi
(09/26/1181 – 10/03/1226)
Umbrian saint (died near his birthday)
Francis of Assisi
(09/26/1181 – 10/03/1226)
Umbrian saint (died near his birthday)
"All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife."
Daniel Boone
(ca 11/02/1734 – ca 09/26/1820)
US explorer
Daniel Boone
(ca 11/02/1734 – ca 09/26/1820)
US explorer
T. S. Eliot
(09/26/1888 – 01/04/1965)
US writer
J. Frank Dobie
(09/26/1888 – 09/18/1964)
US writer
"One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge."
Robert Staughton Lynd
(09/26/1892 – 11/01/1970)
US writer
Robert Staughton Lynd
(09/26/1892 – 11/01/1970)
US writer
Pope Paul VI
(09/26/1897 – 08/06/1978)
Italian religious leader
George Gershwin
(09/26/1898 – 07/11/1937)
US composer (brother of Ira)
Jack LaLanne
(09/26/1914 – 01/23/2011)
US exercise maven
Edgar Degas
(07/19/1834 – 09/26/1917)
French painter
Marty Robbins
(09/26/1925 – 12/08/1982)
US singer, songwriter
"Surely the vogue of those twisted and contorted human figures must be as short as it is artificial."
Harriet Monroe
(12/23/1860 – 09/26/1936)
US poet , on the work of Henri Matisse
Harriet Monroe
(12/23/1860 – 09/26/1936)
US poet , on the work of Henri Matisse
Bessie Smith
(04/15/1894 – 09/26/1937)
US singer
"Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away."
Walter Benjamin
(07/15/1892 – 09/26/1940)
German-born writer
Walter Benjamin
(07/15/1892 – 09/26/1940)
German-born writer
Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua
(09/26/1942 – 05/16/2004)
US-Chicana writer
"Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for."
Jane Smiley
(09/26/1949 – )
US writer
Jane Smiley
(09/26/1949 – )
US writer
"They found me basically dead, not breathing, with the gearshift through my chest, and of all the people I'd known and played with, David [Bowie] was the only one who came to the hospital during all that time."
Tony Sales
(09/26/1951 – )
US bassist (Utopia, Stooges, Tin Machine) (son of Soupy Sales)
Tony Sales
(09/26/1951 – )
US bassist (Utopia, Stooges, Tin Machine) (son of Soupy Sales)
George Santayana
(12/16/1863 – 09/26/1952)
Spanish philosopher, writer
"What is good for the country is good for General Motors, and what's good for General Motors is good for the country."
Charles E. Wilson
(07/18/1890 – 09/26/1961)
US corporate president (General Motors) (largest maker of armaments during WWII)
Charles E. Wilson
(07/18/1890 – 09/26/1961)
US corporate president (General Motors) (largest maker of armaments during WWII)
Betty Carter
(05/16/1929 – 09/26/1998)
US singer
George Plimpton
(03/18/1901 – 09/26/2003)
English actor , on dying
Paul Newman
(01/26/1925 – 09/26/2008)
US actor (was married to Joanne Woodward)
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