How many days until August 26?
There are 4 days until August 26, 2026, which lands on a Wednesday. Watch it tick down live, and share the countdown with everyone who should be counting too.
Counting down to August 26
August 26 birthday facts
Born on August 26? That makes you a Virgo — thoughtful, precise and secretly the one holding it all together. Your birthstone is the peridot, your birth flower is the gladiolus, and your half-birthday lands on February 26 — worth celebrating too. See everything about being born in August, get the full picture with the birthday personality tool, or work out your exact age with the age calculator.
Famous birthdays on August 26
Anyone celebrating a August 26 birthday is in famous company — these are the best-known people born on this exact date:
- Mother Teresa (1910) — Nobel Peace Prize-winning missionary
- Macaulay Culkin (1980) — Home Alone star
- Chris Pine (1980) — actor
August 26 is also Women's Equality Day (U.S.), so a birthday on this date shares the calendar with a celebration the whole world already knows.
What makes a August 26 birthday special
August 26 is the 238th day of the year, which means a August 26 birthday arrives with 127 days of the year still to go. It falls on the 4th day of Virgo season — thoughtful, precise and secretly the one holding it all together. August was renamed for Emperor Augustus — and legend says it was given 31 days so it wouldn’t be shorter than Julius Caesar’s July.
What day of the week is August 26?
| Year | August 26 falls on |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Wednesday |
| 2027 | Thursday |
| 2028 | Saturday |
| 2029 | Sunday |
| 2030 | Monday |
Quick answers
- How many days until August 26?
- There are 4 days until August 26, 2026. It falls on a Wednesday.
- What zodiac sign is August 26?
- People born on August 26 are Virgo — typically thoughtful, precise and secretly the one holding it all together.
- What are the birthstone and birth flower for August 26?
- The August birthstone is Peridot and the birth flower is the Gladiolus.
- Which famous people were born on August 26?
- Famous August 26 birthdays include Mother Teresa, Macaulay Culkin, Chris Pine.