On this day · Aquarius

January 26 birthdays

284 notable historical figures were born on January 26, and 195 died on this day. Everyone born on January 26 is a Aquarius.

18% of January 26 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (73) than any other country.

Born on January 26

• Paul Newman (1925 to 2008. American actor and filmmaker (1925–2008))
• Ellen DeGeneres (born 1958. American comedian and television host (born 1958))
• José Mourinho (born 1963. Portuguese football manager (born 1963))
• Douglas MacArthur (1880 to 1964. American general (1880–1964))
• Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918 to 1989. Leader of Romania from 1965 to 1989)
• Angela Davis (born 1944. American academic and political activist (born 1944))
• Charles XIV John (1763 to 1844. King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 to 1844)
• Eyal Zamir (born 1966. Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces)
• Bessie Coleman (1892 to 1926. Afro-Indigenous pioneer in aviation (1892–1926))
• Callie Siskel (1946 to 1999. American film critic (1946–1999))
• Charles Lee (general) (1731 to 1782. British-born American army officer (1732–1782))
• Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 1953. Danish politician (born 1953))
• Wendy Melvoin (born 1964. American guitarist and singer-songwriter (born 1964))
• Stéphane Grappelli (1908 to 1997. French jazz violinist (1908–1997))
• Seán MacBride (1904 to 1988. Irish republican activist, politician, and diplomat (1904–1988))
• Juan Pablo Duarte (1813 to 1876. Dominican Republic's Father of the Nation (1813–1876))
• 12th Dalai Lama (1857 to 1875. Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1860 to 1875)
• Nuri Bilge Ceylan (born 1959. Turkish film director, screenwriter, film producer and photographer (born 1959))
• Edward Sapir (1884 to 1939. American linguist and anthropologist (1884–1939))
• Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970) (born 1970. Prime Minister of Iceland in 2017 and 2024)
• Sara Zaafarani (born 1963. Tunisian engineer and politician (born 1963))
• Charles François Dumouriez (1739 to 1823. French politician and military officer (1739–1823))
• Wilder Penfield (1891 to 1976. Canadian neurosurgeon)
• Sonexay Siphandone (born 1966. Politician)
• Paula Rego (1935 to 2022. Portuguese visual artist (1935–2022))
• Jimmy Van Heusen (1913 to 1990. American composer (1913–1990))
• Emperor Go-Nara (1495 to 1557. Emperor of Japan from 1526 to 1557)
• Wayne Gretzky (born 1961. Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1961))
• Walter Krueger (1881 to 1967. United States Army general (1881–1967))
• Mark Welsh (born 1953. American general and university administrator (born 1954))
• George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716 to 1785. British Army officer and politician (1716–1785))
• Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852 to 1905. Italian-French explorer (1852–1905))
• Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715 to 1771. French philosopher (1715–1771))
• Rani Gaidinliu (1915 to 1993. Indian freedom fighter (1915 – 1993))
• Lady Zhen (183 to 221. Wife of Cao Pi, ruler of Cao Wei (183–221))
• Joseph Saidu Momoh (1937 to 2003. President of Sierra Leone from 1985-92)
• (born 1990. Mexican racing driver (born 1990))
• Imroz (painter) (1926 to 2023. Indian artist and poet (1926–2023))
• Kenan Malik (born 1960. British writer)
• Heinrich Anton de Bary (1831 to 1888. German surgeon, botanist, microbiologist and mycologist (1831–1888))
• Maxime Rodinson (1915 to 2004. French historian, sociologist and orientalist (1915–2004))
• Napoleon Abueva (1930 to 2018. Filipino sculptor (1930–2018))
• Polykarp Kusch (1911 to 1993. German-American physicist (1911–1993))
• Michael Marmot (born 1945. British medicine and public health academic (born 1945))
• Maria Lugones (1944 to 2020. Argentine feminist philosopher (1944–2020))
• Achim von Arnim (1781 to 1831. German poet and novelist (1781–1831))
• Kevin McCarthy (born 1965. American politician (born 1965))
• Yva (1900 to 1944. German photographer)
• Brendan Rodgers (born 1973. Northern Irish football manager (born 1973))
• Howard Cannon (1912 to 2002. American politician (1912–2002))
• Émile Clapeyron (1799 to 1864. French engineer and physicist)
• Susan Griffin (1943 to 2025. American writer (1943–2025))
• Giovanni Lanfranco (1582 to 1647. Italian painter (1582–1647))
• Eddie Van Halen (1955 to 2020. American rock guitarist and songwriter (1955–2020))
• Joan A. Steitz (born 1941. American biochemist)
• Kawin Thamsatchanan (born 1990. Thai footballer (born 1990))
• Ēriks Ešenvalds (born 1977. Latvian composer)
• Guillaume Budé (1467 to 1540. French scholar, humanist and administrator (1467–1540))
• Vladimir Makovsky (1846 to 1920. Russian painter (1846–1920))
• François Faber (1887 to 1915. Luxembourgish racing cyclist)

Died on January 26

• Kobe Bryant (1978 to 2020. American basketball player (1978–2020))
• Edward Jenner (1749 to 1823. English physician (1749–1823))
• Charles George Gordon (1833 to 1885. British general (1833–1885))
• Bear Bryant (1913 to 1983. American football coach (1913–1983))
• Duke of Västerbotten (1906 to 1947. Swedish prince (1906–1947))
• Ludovika of Bavaria (1808 to 1892. Duchess in Bavaria)
• Muhammad al-Baqir (677 to 733. Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams)
• Michel Legrand (1932 to 2019. French film score composer (1932–2019))
• Marcian (392 to 457. Eastern Roman emperor from 450 to 457)
• M. N. Roy (1887 to 1954. Indian revolutionary and political theorist (1887–1954))
• Théodore Géricault (1791 to 1824. French painter (1791–1824))
• Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895 to 1952. Leader of Mongolia from 1939 to 1952)
• Amar Singh I (1559 to 1620. Maharana of Mewar from 1597 to 1620)
• Nikolai Vavilov (1887 to 1943. Russian botanist and geneticist (1887–1943))
• Lewis Mumford (1895 to 1990. American scholar and writer (1895–1990))
• Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914 to 2003. English historian (1914–2003))
• Khusrau Mirza (1587 to 1622. Mughal prince (1587–1622))
• Gérard de Nerval (1808 to 1855. French writer, poet, essayist and translator (1808–1855))
• Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908 to 1979. Vice President of the United States from 1974 to 1977)
• Amélie of Leuchtenberg (1812 to 1873. Empress of Brazil from 1829 to 1831)
• Arthur Cayley (1821 to 1895. English mathematician (1821–1895))
• Supriya Devi (1933 to 2018. Indian actress (1933–2018))
• Ismat ad-Din Khatun (Wife of Saladin (died 1186))
• Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1920 to 2016. Pakistani politician and military officer)
• Jan Gies (1905 to 1993. Dutch Resistance member who helped hide Anne Frank)
• Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889 to 1977. German Catholic philosopher (1889-1977))
• Ulrich von Liechtenstein (1200 to 1275. German singer and poet (c. 1200–1275))
• Kâzım Karabekir (1882 to 1948. Turkish general and politician (1882–1948))
• Eadgyth of England (910 to 946. Queen of Germany from 936 to 946)
• Louis Nirenberg (1925 to 2020. Canadian-American mathematician (1925–2020))

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