| 72991 | June 26 | Birth | 1922 – Eleanor Parker, American actress and singer (d. 2013) |
| 72992 | June 26 | Birth | 1922 – Dick Smith, American make-up artist (d. 2014) |
| 72993 | June 26 | Birth | 1923 – Franz-Paul Decker, German conductor (d. 2014) |
| 72994 | June 26 | Birth | 1923 – Barbara Graham, American murderer (d. 1955) |
| 72995 | June 26 | Birth | 1924 – Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher and author (d. 2010) |
| 72996 | June 26 | Birth | 1925 – Pavel Belyayev, Russian soldier, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1970) |
| 72997 | June 26 | Birth | 1925 – Wolfgang Unzicker, German chess player (d. 2006) |
| 72998 | June 26 | Birth | 1927 – Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (d. 2011) |
| 72999 | June 26 | Birth | 1928 – Jacob Druckman, American composer and academic (d. 1996) |
| 73000 | June 26 | Birth | 1928 – Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor |
| 73001 | June 26 | Birth | 1929 – Fred Bruemmer, Latvian-Canadian photographer and author (d. 2013) |
| 73002 | June 26 | Birth | 1929 – Milton Glaser, American illustrator and graphic designer |
| 73003 | June 26 | Birth | 1930 – Jackie Fargo, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2013) |
| 73004 | June 26 | Birth | 1931 – Colin Wilson, English philosopher and author (d. 2013) |
| 73005 | June 26 | Birth | 1933 – Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor and politician (d. 2014) |
| 73006 | June 26 | Birth | 1933 – Gene Green, American baseball player (d. 1981) |
| 73007 | June 26 | Birth | 1934 – Dave Grusin, American pianist and composer |
| 73008 | June 26 | Birth | 1935 – Carlo Facetti, Italian race car driver |
| 73009 | June 26 | Birth | 1935 – Dwight York, American singer (Passion) |
| 73010 | June 26 | Birth | 1936 – Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (d. 2014) |
| 73011 | June 26 | Birth | 1936 – Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart, Scottish politician |
| 73012 | June 26 | Birth | 1936 – Edith Pearlman, American author |
| 73013 | June 26 | Birth | 1936 – Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (d. 2015) |
| 73014 | June 26 | Birth | 1936 – Nancy Willard, American author and poet |
| 73015 | June 26 | Birth | 1937 – Sombat Metanee, Thai actor and director |
| 73016 | June 26 | Birth | 1937 – Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 73017 | June 26 | Birth | 1937 – Reggie Workman, American bassist and composer (The Jazz Messengers) |
| 73018 | June 26 | Birth | 1938 – Neil Abercrombie, American sociologist and politician, 7th Governor of Hawaii |
| 73019 | June 26 | Birth | 1938 – Billy Davis, Jr., American singer (The 5th Dimension) |
| 73020 | June 26 | Birth | 1938 – Margret Göbl, German figure skater (d. 2013) |