Births on 26 January
2000s
YaYa Gosselin
2009
American actress (born 2009)
Suleman octuplets
2009
American octuplets conceived via in vitro fertilization
Darya Astakhova
2002
Russian tennis player (born 2002)
Latalia Bevan
2001
Welsh artistic gymnast (born 2001)
Isaac Okoro
2001
Nigerian-American basketball player (born 2001)
Ester ExpĂłsito
2000
Spanish actress and model (born 2000)
Darius Garland
2000
American basketball player (born 2000)
1900s
Leonardo Balerdi
1999
Argentine footballer (born 1999)
Travis Etienne
1999
American football player (born 1999)
Moonbin
1998
South Korean singer and actor (1998–2023)
Gedion Zelalem
1997
Professional soccer player
Zakaria Bakkali
1996
Belgian footballer (born 1996)
Hwang Hee-chan
1996
South Korean footballer (born 1996)
Jean-Charles Castelletto
1995
Footballer (born 1995)
Sione Katoa (rugby league, born 1995)
1995
Tonga international rugby league footballer
Montrezl Harrell
1994
American basketball player (born 1994)
Miguel Borja
1993
Colombian footballer (born 1993)
Lana Clelland
1993
Scottish footballer
Kevin Pangos
1993
Canadian basketball player (born 1993)
Alice Powell
1993
British racing driver
Florian Thauvin
1993
French footballer (born 1993)
Mercedes Moné
1992
American professional wrestler (born 1992)
Esteban Andrada
1991
Argentine football goalkeeper (born 1991)
Nicolò Melli
1991
Italian basketball player (born 1991)
Alex Sandro
1991
Brazilian footballer (born 1991)
Manti Teʻo
1991
American football player (born 1991)
Brandon Bolden
1990
American football player (born 1990)
Sergio PĂ©rez
1990
Mexican racing driver (born 1990)
Peter Sagan
1990
Slovak cyclist
MarShon Brooks
1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
Emily Hughes
1989
American figure skater
Torrey Smith
1989
American football player (born 1989)
Dan Bailey (American football)
1988
American football player (born 1988)
Dimitrios Chondrokoukis
1988
Greek-Cypriot high jumper (born 1988)
Sebastian Giovinco
1987
Italian footballer
HĂ©ctor NoesĂ
1987
Dominican baseball player (born 1987)
Gerald Green
1986
American basketball player (born 1986)
Kim Jae-joong
1986
South Korean singer and actor (born 1986)
Mustapha Yatabaré
1986
Malian footballer (born 1986)
Heather Stanning
1985
British rower
Ryan Hoffman
1984
Australia international rugby league footballer
Iain Turner
1984
Scottish footballer and coach (born 1984)
Luo Xuejuan
1984
Chinese swimmer (born 1984)
Petri Oravainen
1983
Finnish footballer (born 1983)
Eric Werner
1983
American ice hockey player (born 1983)
José de Jesús Corona
1981
Mexican footballer (born 1981)
Gustavo Dudamel
1981
Venezuelan conductor and violinist (born 1981)
Juan José Haedo
1981
Argentine cyclist (born 1981)
Colin O'Donoghue
1981
Irish actor (born 1981)
Sara Rue
1979
American actress (born 1979)
Esteban Germán
1978
Dominican baseball player (born 1978)
Corina Morariu
1978
American tennis player (born 1978)
Andrés Torres (baseball)
1978
American baseball player (born 1978)
Vince Carter
1977
American basketball player (born 1977)
Justin Gimelstob
1977
American tennis player
Gilles Marini
1976
French actor (born 1976)
Jennifer Crystal Foley
1973
American actress (born 1973)
Larissa Lowing
1973
Canadian artistic gymnast
Melvil Poupaud
1973
French actor (born 1973)
Brendan Rodgers
1973
Northern Irish football manager (born 1973)
Mayu Shinjo
1973
Japanese manga artist (born 1973)
Nate Mooney
1972
American actor (born 1972)
Kirk Franklin
1970
American gospel musician (born 1970)
George Dikeoulakos
1969
Greek basketball coach (born 1969)
Jupiter Apple
1968
Brazilian musician (1968–2015)
Bryan Callen
1967
American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster
Anatoly Komm
1967
Russian chef and restaurateur
Col Needham
1967
English entrepreneur
Kazushige Nagashima
1966
Japanese baseball player, actor, and sports commentator
Kevin McCarthy
1965
American politician (born 1965)
Thomas Ă–stros
1965
Swedish economist and politician
Natalia Yurchenko
1965
Soviet artistic gymnast
Adam Crozier
1964
Scottish businessman (born 1964)
Paul Johansson
1964
Canadian actor (born 1964)
Jazzie B
1963
British DJ (born 1963)
José Mourinho
1963
Portuguese football manager (born 1963)
Simon O'Donnell
1963
Australian sportsman
Tony Parks
1963
English footballer & coach (born 1963)
Andrew Ridgeley
1963
English musician (born 1963)
Guo Jian
1962
Chinese-Australian artist
Tim May
1962
Australian cricketer
Oscar Ruggeri
1962
Argentine footballer (born 1962)
Wayne Gretzky
1961
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1961)
Tom Keifer
1961
American rock musician
Charlie Gillingham
1960
American musician (born 1960)
Anita Baker
1958
American singer-songwriter (born 1958)
Ellen DeGeneres
1958
American comedian and television host (born 1958)
Road Warrior Hawk
1957
American professional wrestler (1957–2003)
Eddie Van Halen
1955
American rock guitarist (1955–2020)
Kim Hughes
1954
Australian cricketer (born 1954)
Alik Alik
1953
Micronesian diplomat and politician
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
1953
Danish politician (born 1953)
Lucinda Williams
1953
American musician (born 1953)
Tom Henderson (basketball)
1952
American basketball player
David Briggs (Australian musician)
1951
Australian musician and record producer
Andy Hummel
1951
American singer and songwriter
Anne Mills
1951
British authority on health economics
Jörg Haider
1950
Austrian politician (1950–2008)
Ivan Hlinka
1950
Czech ice hockey player and coach (1950–2004)
Jack Youngblood
1950
American football player (born 1950)
Jonathan Carroll
1949
American fiction writer (born 1949)
David Strathairn
1949
American actor (born 1949)
Alda Facio
1948
Costa Rican feminist jurist, writer and teacher
Corky Laing
1948
Canadian rock drummer (born 1948)
Jennifer von Mayrhauser
1948
American costume designer
Patrick Dewaere
1947
French film actor (1947–1982)
Les Ebdon
1947
English chemist and academic (born 1947)
Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin
1947
Irish film producer (born 1947)
Richard Portnow
1947
American actor
Michel Sardou
1947
French singer (born 1947)
Susan Friedlander
1946
American mathematician
Christopher Hampton
1946
British playwright, screenwriter and translator (born 1946)
Gene Siskel
1946
American film critic (1946–1999)
Jacqueline du Pré
1945
British cellist (1945–1987)
David Purley
1945
British racing driver (1945–1985)
Angela Davis
1944
American academic and political activist (born 1944)
Jerry Sandusky
1944
American college football coach and convicted child sex offender (born 1944)
César Gutiérrez
1943
Venezuelan baseball player (1943–2005)
Jack Warner (football executive)
1943
Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician (born 1943)
SĂ©amus Hegarty
1940
Irish Catholic prelate (1940–2019)
Frank Large
1940
English footballer (1940–2003)
Henry Jaglom
1938
English-American filmmaker (1938–2025)
Joseph Saidu Momoh
1937
President of Sierra Leone from 1985-92
Sal Buscema
1936
American comic book artist (1936–2026)
Corrado Augias
1935
Italian journalist, writer and television presenter (born 1935)
Henry Jordan
1935
American football player (1935–1977)
Paula Rego
1935
Portuguese visual artist (1935–2022)
Roger Landry
1934
Canadian businessman (1934–2020)
Charles Marowitz
1934
American dramatist
Huey "Piano" Smith
1934
American R&B pianist (1934–2023)
Bob Uecker
1934
American baseball player and broadcaster (1934–2025)
Oldo Hlaváček
1934
Slovak actor (1934–2025)
Donald Sarason
1933
American mathematician (1933–2017)
Jules Feiffer
1929
American cartoonist and author (1929–2025)
Roger Vadim
1928
French filmmaker (1928–2000)
José Azcona del Hoyo
1927
President of Honduras from 1986 to 1990
Bob Nieman
1927
American baseball player and scout (1927–1985)
Hubert Schieth
1927
German footballer (1927–2013)
Farman Fatehpuri
1926
Pakistani Urdu linguist, researcher and writer (1926–2013)
Joseph Bacon Fraser Jr.
1926
American architect
David Jenkins (bishop)
1925
Bishop of Durham from 1984 to 1994
Joan Leslie
1925
American actress (1925–2015)
Paul Newman
1925
American actor (1925–2008)
Ben Pucci
1925
American football player (1925–2013)
Claude Ryan
1925
Canadian journalist and politician (1925-2004)
Alice Babs
1924
Swedish jazz and schlager singer (1924–2014)
Anahid Ajemian
1924
American violinist (1924–2016)
Annette Strauss
1924
American politician from Texas
Patrick J. Hannifin
1923
American Navy vice admiral (1923-2014)
Anne Jeffreys
1923
American actress and singer (1923–2017)
Michael Bentine
1922
British comedian (1922–1996)
Seán Flanagan
1922
Irish politician (1922–1993)
Gil Merrick
1922
English footballer
Eddie Barclay
1921
French music producer (1921–2005)
Akio Morita
1921
Japanese entrepreneur (1921–1999)
Veikko Uusimäki
1921
Finnish actor
Hans Holzer
1920
American writer and parapsychologist
Valentino Mazzola
1919
Italian footballer (1919–1949)
Bill Nicholson (footballer)
1919
English footballer & manager (1919–2004)
Hyun Soong-jong
1919
South Korean politician (1919–2020)
Philip José Farmer
1918
American science fiction and fantasy writer (1918–2009)
Louis Zamperini
1917
American athlete and army officer (1917–2014)
William Hopper
1915
American actor (1915–1970)
DĂĽrrĂĽĹźehvar Sultan
1914
Ottoman princess (1914–2006)
Jimmy Van Heusen
1913
American composer (1913–1990)
Polykarp Kusch
1911
German-American physicist (1911–1993)
Norbert Schultze
1911
German composer
Jean Image
1910
French filmmaker
Jill Esmond
1908
English actress (1908–1990)
Rupprecht Geiger
1908
German artist (1908–2009)
Stéphane Grappelli
1908
French jazz violinist (1908–1997)
Robert Halperin
1908
American sailor
Rex Connor
1907
Australian politician (1907–1977)
Dimitrios Holevas
1907
Charles Lane (actor, born 1905)
1905
American actor (1905–2007)
Maria von Trapp
1905
Matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers (1905–1987)
Ancel Keys
1904
American physiologist (1904–2004)
Seán MacBride
1904
Irish Republican activist, politician, and diplomat (1904–1988)
Menno ter Braak
1902
Dutch writer (1902–1940)
Karl Ristenpart
1900
German conductor
1800s
GĂĽnther Reindorff
1899
Estonian artist and graphic designer (1889–1974)
Giuseppe Genco Russo
1893
Italian mafioso and politician (1893–1976)
Bessie Coleman
1892
Afro-Indigenous pioneer in aviation (1892–1926)
Frank Costello
1891
Italian-American mobster (1891-1973)
August Froehlich
1891
Wilder Penfield
1891
Canadian neurosurgeon
François Faber
1887
Luxembourgish racing cyclist
Marc Mitscher
1887
United States Navy admiral (1887–1947)
Harry Ricardo
1885
British engineer (1885-1974)
Per Thorén
1885
Swedish figure skater (1885–1962)
Douglas MacArthur
1880
American general (1880–1964)
Kees van Dongen
1877
Dutch painter (1877–1968)
John Cady (golfer)
1866
American golfer (1866–1933)
JĂłzsef Pusztai
1864
Slovene writer, poet, journalist, teacher and cantor (1864–1934)
Charles Wade
1863
Australian politician
Louis Anquetin
1861
French painter (1861–1932)
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
1852
Italian-French explorer (1852–1905)
François Coppée
1842
French poet and novelist (1842–1908)
George Shiras Jr.
1832
US Supreme Court justice from 1892 to 1903
Emil Czyrniański
1824
Polish chemist (1824–1888)
Juan Pablo Duarte
1813
Dominican Republic's Father of the Nation (1813–1876)
Before 1800
Achim von Arnim
1781
German poet and novelist (1781–1831)
Charles XIV John
1763
King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 to 1844
Alexander Carlyle
1722
Scottish church leader and autobiographer
George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
1716
British Army officer and politician (1716–1785)
Claude Adrien Helvétius
1715
French philosopher (1715–1771)
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
1714
French sculptor (1714–1785)
William Wake
1657
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1716 to 1737
Giovanni Lanfranco
1582
Italian painter (1582–1647)
Jakob Ebert
1549
German theologian and poet
Florent Chrestien
1541
French writer (1541–1596)
Lady Zhen
183
Wife of Cao Pi, ruler of Cao Wei (183–221)