1926

1926 was the 55th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Individuals

Births

Lurleen Wallace, born September 19, 1926

• February 3: Richard Yates, author and educator
• February 8: Rosamond McDuff, Birmingham police officer and computer programmer
• March 27: Solomon Zarzour, owner of Sol's Hot Dogs
• April 3: Alex Grammas, professional baseball player
• April 4: Pearl Carlile, co-founder of Carlile's Barbecue
• April 5: Glenn Ireland II, Vulcan Materials executive and Glenwood Health Services founder
• April 14: Harry Gilmer, NFL quarterback
• June 28: Jack Shannon, investment banker and developer
• August 8: Urbie Green, jazz trombonist
• September 10: Arthur Jazwinski, traffic engineer
• September 19: Lurleen Wallace, Governor of Alabama
• September 25: Wink Chapman, Center Point City Council member
• September 28: Oliver Dillard, U.S. Army Major General
• October 13: Robert Bell, scholar, librarian and novelist
• October 14: Bill Justis, musician, songwriter and record producer
• Gabby Bell, Birmingham Barons play-by-play announcer
• Roosevelt Bell, Birmingham City Council member
• Tom Caldwell, pediatrician and amateur historian
• David Crenshaw, steelworker and social activist
• Angela Hernández, math professor
• Raymond Josof, owner of Raymond's Five Points Market
• Kathryn Lacey, owner of Oak Hill Kindergarten
• Scotty McCallum, UAB president and Mayor of Vestavia Hills
• Chris McNair, photographer, Alabama State Representative and Jefferson County Commission member
• Clarke Stallworth, newspaper editor, columnist and writing coach
• Jack Voorhies, radio announcer, ad producer and comedian
• Cordell Wynn, president of Stillman College

Deaths

• June 1: Mel Drennen, Mayor of Birmingham
• September 16: Robert Jemison Sr, president of the Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company and real estate developer
• October 27: W. G. Lunsford, building contractor
• Joseph Turner, architect

Context

1926

The top-grossing films of 1926 were

Notables born in 1926 include

Among those who died in 1926 were

1920s

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