Celebrities Who Were Born on 26th January
January 26, 1497 – Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)
January 26, 1541 – Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)
January 26, 1714 – Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (d. 1785)
January 26, 1722 – Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (d. 1805)
January 26, 1763 – Charles XIV John of Sweden, Napoleonic general (d. 1844)
January 26, 1781 – Achim von Arnim, German poet (d. 1831)
January 26, 1813 – Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican founding father (d. 1876
January 26, 1826 – Julia Dent Grant, First Lady of the United States (d. 1902)
January 26, 1832 – George Shiras Jr., U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1924)
January 26, 1842 – Francois Coppee, French poet and novelist (d. 1908)
January 26, 1857 – the 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875)
January 26, 1868 – Juventino Rosas, Mexican composer (d. 1894)
January 26, 1887 – Francois Faber, Luxembourgian cyclist (d. 1915)
January 26, 1887 – Marc Mitscher, American Navy Admiral (d. 1947)
January 26, 1891 – Frank Costello, Italian-born gangster (d. 1973)
January 26, 1891 – Wilder Penfield, American-born Canadian neurosurgeon (d. 1976)
January 26, 1892 – Zara Cully, American actress (d. 1978)
January 26, 1892 – Bessie Coleman, American pioneer aviator (d. 1926)
January 26, 1893 – Giuseppe Genco Russo, Sicilian mafioso (d. 1976)
January 26, 1900 – Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967)
January 26, 1901 – Stuart Symington, American politician (d. 1988)
January 26, 1902 – Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (d. 1940)
January 26, 1904 – Ancel Keys, American scientist (d. 2004)
January 26, 1904 – Sean MacBride, Irish statesman, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988)
January 26, 1905 – Charles Lane, American actor (d. 2007)
January 26, 1905 – Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (d. 1987)
January 26, 1908 – Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (d. 1997)
January 26, 1908 – Jill Esmond, English actress (d. 1990)
January 26, 1910 – Jean Image, Hungarian-born French animator (d. 1989)
January 26, 1911 – Norbert Schultze, German composer and songwriter (d. 2002)
January 26, 1913 – Jimmy Van Heusen, American songwriter (d. 1990)
January 26, 1914 – Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (d. 2006)
January 26, 1915 – William Hopper, American actor (d. 1970)
January 26, 1918 – Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian dictator (d. 1989)
January 26, 1918 – Philip Jose Farmer, American writer
January 26, 1921 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (d. 1999)
January 26, 1921 – Eddie Barclay, French producer (Barclay Records) (d. 2005)
January 26, 1922 – Michael Bentine, British comedian (d. 1996)
January 26, 1923 – Anne Jeffreys, American actress
January 26, 1924 – Rauf Denktas, Cypriot politician
January 26, 1924 – Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician (d. 1998)
January 26, 1924 – Alice Babs, Swedish singer
January 26, 1925 – Joan Leslie, American actress
January 26, 1925 – Claude Ryan, Quebec newspaper editor (d. 2004)
January 26, 1926 – Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani scholar
January 26, 1927 – Jose Azcona del Hoyo, President of Honduras (d. 2005)
January 26, 1927 – Bob Nieman, American baseball player (d. 1985)
January 26, 1928 – Roger Vadim, French film director and actor (d. 2000)
January 26, 1929 – Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and writer
January 26, 1929 – Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (d. 2000)
January 26, 1931 – Mary Murphy, American film actress
January 26, 1932 – Coxsone Dodd, Jamaican record producer
January 26, 1933 – Ercole Baldini, Italian cyclist
January 26, 1934 – Roger Landry, Quebec businessman and newspaper publisher
January 26, 1935 – Bob Uecker, American baseball player and broadcaster
January 26, 1937 – Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leone political leader (d. 2003)
January 26, 1941 – Scott Glenn, American actor
January 26, 1941 – Henry Jaglom, English director
January 26, 1943 – Cesar Gutierrez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2005)
January 26, 1943 – Jean Knight, American singer
January 26, 1944 – Angela Davis, American feminist and activist
January 26, 1945 – Jacqueline du Pre, English cellist (d. 1987)
January 26, 1946 – Gene Siskel, American film critic (d. 1999)
January 26, 1947 – Michel Sardou, French singer
January 26, 1947 – Patrick Dewaere, French actor (d. 1982)
January 26, 1949 – Jonathan Carroll, American author
January 26, 1949 – David Strathairn, American actor
January 26, 1950 – Janet Lupo, American model
January 26, 1953 – Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
January 26, 1953 – Lucinda Williams, American singer
January 26, 1954 – Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer
January 26, 1955 – Eddie Van Halen, Dutch musician
January 26, 1958 – Anita Baker, American singer
January 26, 1958 – Ellen DeGeneres, American actress and comedian
January 26, 1958 – Salvador Sanchez, Mexican boxer
January 26, 1960 – Road Warrior Animal, American professional wrestler
January 26, 1960 – Charlie Gillingham, American musician (Counting Crows)
January 26, 1961 – Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player
January 26, 1962 – Oscar Ruggeri, Argentine footballer
January 26, 1963 – Jose Mourinho, Portuguese football manager
January 26, 1963 – Andrew Ridgeley, English musician
January 26, 1964 – Paul Johansson, American actor
January 26, 1965 – Natalia Yurchenko, Soviet gymnast
January 26, 1965 – Thomas Östros, Swedish politician
January 26, 1967 – Pradip Somasundaran, Indian playback singer
January 26, 1968 – Ravi Teja, Tollywood film actor
January 26, 1970 – Kirk Franklin, American singer
January 26, 1971 – Bryan Callen, American actor
January 26, 1971 – Dorian Gregory, American actor
January 26, 1973 – Mayu Shinjo, Japanese mangaka
January 26, 1974 – Shannon Hale, American author
January 26, 1976 – Frankie Rayder, American model
January 26, 1976 – Willie Adler, American guitar player
January 26, 1977 – Vince Carter, American basketball player
January 26, 1977 – Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player
January 26, 1978 – Esteban German, Dominican baseball player
January 26, 1978 – Corina Morariu, American tennis player
January 26, 1978 – Kelly Stables, American actress
January 26, 1979 – Sara Rue, American actress
January 26, 1981 – Juan Jose Haedo, Argentinian Cyclist
January 26, 1984 – Layla Kayleigh, British television personality
January 26, 1984 – Iain Turner, Scottish footballer
January 26, 1984 – Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer
January 26, 1986 – Gerald Green, American basketball player
January 26, 1986 – Matt Heafy, American musician (Trivium)
January 26, 1986 – Shantelle Taylor, Canadian professional wrestler
January 26, 1987 – Vladimir Garin, Russian actor (d. 2003)
January 26, 1988 – Mia Rose, British-Portuguese singer
January 26, 1989 – Emily Hughes, American figure skater
January 26, 1993 – Cameron Bright, Canadian actor
January 26, 1994 – David Stintzi, American Basketball Player
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