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January 26 Birthdays in History - January 26 Deaths - January 26 Events
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January 26, 1984 Sasha Cohen, American Athlete January 26, 1978 Reesa Starr, Jr. January 26, 1977 Cindy Cesar, Miss Mauritius Universe 1997 January 26, 1977 Justin Gimelstob, New Jersey, tennis star, 1994 doubles USTA Bakersfield January 26, 1977 Vince Carter, American Athlete January 26, 1976 Paul Byrne, Australian 800m ruuner 1996 Olympics January 26, 1973 Mark Brook, WLAF LB for the Rhein Fire January 26, 1973 Tatsuki Katayama, hockey defenseman, Team Japan 1998 January 26, 1973 Tony Ramirez, tackle, Detroit Lions January 26, 1973 Seth MacFarlane, American Cartoonist January 26, 1972 Harrison Houston, NFL wide receiver for the Chicago Bears January 26, 1971 Jon Heidenreich, WLAF G for the Frankfurt Galaxy January 26, 1971 Lamar Mills, WLAF DE for the Amsterdam Admirals January 26, 1971 Lee Naylor, Australian 400m runner 1996 Olympics January 26, 1971 Min Tang, Hunan China, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Canberra AUS January 26, 1970 Dan Carlson, U.S. baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants January 26, 1970 Dean Malkoc, Vancouver, NHL defenseman, Vancouver Canucks January 26, 1970 Ronald Moore, NFL running back, New York Jets, St. Louis Rams, Az Cardinals January 26, 1968 Eric Davis, NFL cornerback, San Francisco 49ers, Carolina Panthers January 26, 1968 Reggie Jordan, NBA guard, Minnesota Timberwolves January 26, 1967 Jeff Branson, U.S. baseball infielder, Cincinnati Reds January 26, 1967 Katie Peterson-Parker, Bethesda, Maryland, LPGA golfer, 1995 Oldsmobile-5th January 26, 1967 Tim Pugh, Lake Tahoe California, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals January 26, 1967 Keith Urban, American Musician January 26, 1965 Allison Hossack, Manitoba, actress, Olivia-Another World January 26, 1965 Lou Frazier, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Montreal Expos January 26, 1965 Tim McDonald, safety for the San Francisco 49ers January 26, 1963 Andrew Ridgeley, England, rock guitarist, Wham-Wake Me Up January 26, 1963 Jazzie B, [Beresford Romeo], English rapper, Soul II Soul-Feel Free January 26, 1963 Simon O'Donnell, cricketer, Deniliquin NSW ODI all-rounder 1985-90 January 26, 1963 Jose Mourinho, Portuguese Coach January 26, 1962 Roshan Guneratne, cricketer, wicketless in only Test SL vs. Aust 1983 January 26, 1962 Tim May, cricketer, Australian off-spinner 1987-95 January 26, 1962 Tom Keifer, rock guitarist and vocalist, Cinderella-Heartbreak Station January 26, 1961 Wayne Gretzky, Brantford Ont, NHL great scorer, Oiler, King, Rangers January 26, 1960 Gary Plummer, NFL linebacker, San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers January 26, 1960 Jeanette Bolden, born in Los Angeles, California, 4x100m runner 1984 Olympics gold January 26, 1958 Anita Baker, born in Toledo, Ohio, singer, Giving You the Best That I Got January 26, 1958 B James Lowry, rocker, Boys Band January 26, 1958 Dave Rummells, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Nike golfer, 1993 Buick-2nd January 26, 1958 Ellen DeGeneres, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, comediene, Ellen Morgan-Ellen January 26, 1958 Norman Lamont Hassan, British reggae musician, UB40-Red Red Wine January 26, 1958 Geoff Davis, American Politician January 26, 1958 Rita Wilson, American Actress January 26, 1957 Ashok Malhotra, cricketer, Indian batsman in 7 Tests 1982-84 January 26, 1957 Eddie Van Halen, Nijmegan Neth, rock guitarist, Van Halen-Jump, 1984 January 26, 1957 Shivlal Yadav, cricketer, Indian off-spinner 102 Test wickets 1979-87 January 26, 1956 Lisa Boray, [Schulte Nordholt], Dutch singer, Lovers Until the End January 26, 1956 Simon Howard, English large landowner, Castle Howard January 26, 1956 David Sedaris, American Writer January 26, 1955 Lucia Mendez, Mexico, spanish singer, Lucia es Luna Moreno January 26, 1954 Kim Hughes, cricketer, brilliant Australian batsman 1977-84 January 26, 1954 Martin Dunn, British editor, Today January 26, 1954 Stephen Carter, American Lawyer January 26, 1953 Andree C van Es, Dutch MP, PSP January 26, 1953 Bert Heerink, Amsterdam, rock vocalist January 26, 1953 Lucinda Williams, singer January 26, 1953 Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish Statesman January 26, 1952 Mario Runco, Jr., born in Bronx, New York, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 44, 54, 77 January 26, 1952 Thomas Edward Henderson, South Carolina, basketballer 1972 Olympics silver January 26, 1952 Andrew Motion, English Poet January 26, 1951 Andy Hummell, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock bassist, Big Star January 26, 1951 David Briggs, rock guitarist, Little River Band-Help is on it's Way January 26, 1951 Jarmila Kratochvilova, Czechoslovakia, 400m/800m runner 1980 Olympics silver January 26, 1951 Walt Willey, Ottawa, Illinois, actor, Jackson Montgomery-All My Children January 26, 1950 David Strathairn, actor, LA Confidential, Eight Men Out January 26, 1950 Jorg Haider, Austrian polical leader, Austrian Freedom Pary January 26, 1950 Jack Youngblood, American Athlete January 26, 1949 Derek Holt, rocker, Climax Blues Band January 26, 1949 Paul Nurse, dr/director-general elect, Imperial Cancer Research Fund January 26, 1949 Jonathan Carroll, American Author January 26, 1948 Corky Laing, rocker, Mountain January 26, 1947 Patrick Dewaere, [PJMH Bordeaux], France, actor, Les Valseuses January 26, 1947 Mark Dayton, American Politician January 26, 1946 Christopher Hampton, Azores, playwright, Oviri, Hotel du Lac January 26, 1946 Gene Siskel, movie critic, Siskel and Ebert January 26, 1946 Timothy Clifford, director, National Galleries of Scotland January 26, 1945 Jacqueline du Pree, Oxford England, cellist January 26, 1945 Mick Hill, cricketer, NSW all-rounder 1964-75 January 26, 1944 Angela Davis, American Activist January 26, 1944 Emanuel Cleaver, American Politician January 26, 1943 Jean Knight, vocalist, Mr Big Stuff January 26, 1943 Peter Kenton Winkler, composer January 26, 1943 Sherian Grace Cadoria, brigadier general January 26, 1943 Jerry Kleczka, American Politician January 26, 1942 Nigel Walmsley, chairman, Carlton U.K. Television January 26, 1942 Scott Glenn, Pittsburgh, actor, Right Stuff, Personal Best, Backdraft January 26, 1942 William McLennan, CEO, Central Statistical Office January 26, 1942 Gray Davis, American Politician January 26, 1941 Henry Jaglom, born in London, England, actor, Eating, Lucky Ducks, Always January 26, 1940 Phil Spector, American Businessman January 26, 1939 Marshall Lieb, rocker, Teddy Bears January 26, 1938 Margaret Daly, British MEP January 26, 1938 Porter Goss, American Public Servant January 26, 1937 Gerrit Gerritse, Dutch MP, CDA January 26, 1937 Joseph Saidu Momoh, gen/president, Sierra Leone January 26, 1937 S J B Langdale, Headmaster, Shrewsbury School January 26, 1937 Gnassingbe Eyadema, Togolese Statesman January 26, 1936 Noel Harrison, London, singer and actor, Mark-Girl from UNCLE January 26, 1936 Shelley Morrison, American Actress January 26, 1935 Bob Uecker, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, catcher/actor, Mr Belvedere January 26, 1935 Henry Jordan, Emporia, Virginia, NFL defensive tackle, Cleveland, Green Bay January 26, 1935 Peter Ronnefeld, composer January 26, 1935 Zbigniew Penherski, composer January 26, 1934 Huey "Piano" Smith, pianist, Having a Good Time January 26, 1932 Christopher Price, Director, Leeds Metropolitan U January 26, 1932 George H Clements, famous African January 26, 1932 Ronald Allison, British author/broadcaster January 26, 1931 Mary Murphy, Washington D.C., actress, A Man Alone, Maggie-Investigators January 26, 1930 A N Solomons, chairman, Singer and Friedlander January 26, 1930 Anne Macfarlane, Master, Court of Protection January 26, 1930 Harry "Buddy" Melges, Jr., Wisconsin, yachter, Oly-gold/bronze-1964, 72 January 26, 1929 Jules Feiffer, New York City, cartoonist, Passionella, /author, Little Murders January 26, 1929 M R Turner, publisher January 26, 1928 Eartha Kitt, South Carolina, singer and actress, Catwoman-Batman January 26, 1928 Gene Snyder, Rep-R-KY, 1963-65, 67- January 26, 1928 Philip Jose Farmer, Indiana, science fiction novelist, Riverworld January 26, 1928 Roger Vadim, born in France, director, And God Created Women, Barbarella January 26, 1927 Jose Simon Azcona Hoyo, president of Honduras, 1986-90 January 26, 1927 William Redfield, New York City, actor, Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop, Marriage January 26, 1926 Charles Tidbury, former chairman, Whitbread and Company January 26, 1926 Jose Maria Valverde, philosopher poet/translator January 26, 1926 Ronnie Hilton, singer, Moonraker January 26, 1925 David Jenkins, Bishop, Durham January 26, 1925 Desmond Cassidi, British admiral January 26, 1925 Joan Leslie, Detroit, actress, High Sierra, Yankee Doodle Dandy January 26, 1925 Paul Newman, Cleve, racer/popcorn mogul/actor, Hud, Hombre, Hustler January 26, 1924 Warren Frank Benson, composer January 26, 1923 Anne Jeffreys, North Carolina, actress, Dick Tracy, Topper, General Hospital January 26, 1922 Michael Bentine, England, author/comedian, Reluctant Jester January 26, 1921 Akio Morita, Kasugaya Japan, CEO, Sony January 26, 1921 Frantisek Chaun, composer January 26, 1921 Johannes Driessler, composer January 26, 1921 Eddie Barclay, French Musician January 26, 1920 Derek Bond, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actor, Nicholas Nickelby January 26, 1920 John Logan Gorlay, journalist January 26, 1920 Daniel Petrie, Canadian Director January 26, 1919 K C Ibrahim, cricketer, batted in 4 Tests India vs. WI 1948-49 January 26, 1919 Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Royalty January 26, 1918 Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian president, 1967-90 January 26, 1917 Rose Mary Woods, American Celebrity January 26, 1916 Lothar Jensch, composer January 26, 1915 William Hopper, New York City, actor, Paul Drake-Perry Mason January 26, 1914 Kaye Webb, English writer/publisher, Puffin Club January 26, 1913 Jimmy Van Heusen, songwriter, Love and Marriage January 26, 1913 William Prince, Nichols, New York, actor, City in Fear, Cyrano de Bergerac January 26, 1912 Cora Baird, New York City, puppeteer, Kukla, Fran and Ollie January 26, 1911 Norbert Schultze, composer January 26, 1911 Polykarp Kusch, U.S., nuclear physicist: Nobel 1955 January 26, 1910 Elmar Klos, Czech director, Adrift January 26, 1910 Marijan Lipovsek, composer January 26, 1908 Stephane Grappelli, British jazz/violinist January 26, 1907 Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orch leader, Don McNeill TV Club January 26, 1907 Henry Cotton, English golfer, British Open 1934, 1937, 1948 January 26, 1905 Charles Lane, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Homer-Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show January 26, 1905 John Carmel Heenan, Essex, cardinal archbp of Westminster, 1963-75 January 26, 1905 Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austria, singer, inspired "Sound of Music" January 26, 1905 Marquess of Bath, English large landowner/multi-millionaire January 26, 1904 Douglas Evans, actor, South Pacific Trail January 26, 1904 Sean MacBride, Dublin, statesman/Amnesty International co-founder, Nobel '74 January 26, 1904 Alejo Carpentier, Cuban Novelist January 26, 1902 Laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer January 26, 1902 Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer/essayist, Carnaval of the Citizens January 26, 1902 Romney Brent, Saltillo Mexico, actor and writer, Dinner at the Ritz January 26, 1901 Ervin Major, composer January 26, 1899 Wyllis Cooper, Pekin, Illinois, TV narrator, Volume One January 26, 1895 William Griffith Wilson, American Celebrity January 26, 1893 Bessie Coleman, 1st black airplane pilot January 26, 1891 Ilya G Ehrenburg, born in Kiev, Ukraine, writer, Fall of Paris, The Thaw January 26, 1887 Enrique E Ecker, Curacao, bacteriologist January 26, 1887 Marc A. "Pete" Mitscher, U.S. lt-admiral, WW II-Task Force 58 January 26, 1886 Joannes A. Veraart, Dutch economist/MP, Jews of the Netherlands January 26, 1884 Edward Sapir, Germany, linguist/antropologist, indians January 26, 1884 Roy Chapman Andrews, U.S., scientist/explorer January 26, 1883 Napolean Hill, American Author January 26, 1880 Douglas MacArthur, Little Rock, Arkansas, general, WW II, he did return! January 26, 1880 Elton Mayo, Australian Psychologist January 26, 1879 Ludovicus H [Lode] Baekelmans, Flemish, stage, author, Tille January 26, 1878 A. W. "Dave" Nourse, cricketer, "Grand Old Man" of South African cricket January 26, 1878 R. A. Schrocker, writer January 26, 1877 Kees van Dongen, Netherland, French painter January 26, 1876 Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud, Saudi Arabian Statesman January 26, 1871 Warner Fabian, [Samuel H Adams], U.S. journalist and writer, Average Jones January 26, 1855 Arthur Hervey, composer January 26, 1852 Frederick Corder, composer January 26, 1852 Pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator, French Africa January 26, 1847 John Bates Clark, American Economist January 26, 1846 C. P. Scott, British Journalist January 26, 1831 Mary Mapes Dodge, New York City, writer, Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates January 26, 1828 Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer January 26, 1827 Ellen G. White, American Writer January 26, 1827 Ellen White, American Writer January 26, 1826 Julia Dent Grant, 1st lady, 1862-76 January 26, 1816 Lloyd Tilghman, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1863 January 26, 1814 Rufus King, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1876 January 26, 1786 Benjamin Robert Haydon, Plymouth, painter, Waiting for The Times January 26, 1781 Achim vs. Arnim, writer January 26, 1781 Ludwig Joachim "Achim" von Arnim, German poet, Des Knaben Wunderhorn January 26, 1778 Ugo Foscolo, Italian poet, Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis January 26, 1771 Jacob Andries van Braam, colonial director, Suriname January 26, 1770 Alexander Carlyle, Moderator of General Assembly January 26, 1763 Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden and Norway, 1818-44 January 26, 1759 Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary January 26, 1751 Lord George Gordon, British Politician January 26, 1748 Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer January 26, 1742 Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer January 26, 1722 Prestonpans January 26, 1716 George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville January 26, 1715 Claude Helvetius, Paris, France, philosopher January 26, 1715 Claud-Adrian Helvetius, Philosopher January 26, 1714 Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor, Child with Bird Cage January 26, 1708 William Hayes, composer January 26, 1667 Henricus Zwaardecroon, Governor-General of Neth-Indies January 26, 1613 Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer |