January 26: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is January 26th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on January 26th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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January 26th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

January 26th Birthdays: Famous Artists

American film score composer (All the Way, Call Me Irresponsible, High Hopes, My Kind of Town, Second Time Around and Swinging on a Star) and Academy Award winner (1944, 1957, 1959 and 1963) Edward Chester (Jimmy Van Heusen) Babcock was born on January 26, 1913.

Barbara Kruger, American graphic artist (I Shop Therefore I Am), was born on January 26, 1945.

American designer and architect Julia Morgan (Hearst Castle) was born on January 26, 1872.

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French Rococo sculptor (Mercury Attaching His Wings,), was born on January 26, 1714.

French journalist and filmmaker Roger (Vadim) Vladimir Plemiannikov (And God Created Woman, Barbarella Queen of the Galaxy, Blackmailed, Blood and Roses, Don Juan 73, La Ronde - Circle of Love, Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Dangerous Liaisons, Pretty Maids All in a Row, Safari, Spirits of the Dead and Surprise Party) was born on January 26, 1928. Roger Vadim was married to actresses Bridgitte Bardot, Marie-Christine Barrault, Catherine Deneuve, Jane Fonda and Annette Stroyberg.

Cornelis Theodorus Maria (Kees) van Dongen, Dutch painter (In the Plaza, Salon d'Automne and Woman with Large Hat), was born on January 26, 1877.

January 26th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Jeanette Bolden, American runner and Olympic gold medalist (1984), was born on January 26, 1960.

Vincent Lamar (Vince) Carter, American professional basketball player (Golden State Warriors, New Jersey Nets and Toronto Raptors), was born on January 26, 1977.

Canadian professional hockey player Wayne Douglas Gretsky (Edmonton Oilers, Indianapolis Racers, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues) was born on January 26, 1961. Wayne Gretsky married actress Janet Jones.

American professional basketball player Thomas (Tom) Henderson (Houston Rockets) was born on January 26, 1952.

Emily Hughes, American figure skater, was born on January 26, 1989. Emily Hughes' sister is figure skater and 2002 Olympic gold medalist Sarah Hughes.

Harry (Buddy) Melges, Jr., American yachtsman and Olympic gold medalist (1964), was born on January 26, 1930.

Robert George (Bob) Uecker, American professional baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals), radio and television sportscaster and actor (Major League), was born on January 26, 1935.

American professional football player Herbert Jackson (Jack) Youngblood, III (Los Angeles Rams), was born on January 26, 1950.

January 26th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Samuel Hopkins Adams, American journalist and author (Average Jones, Canal Town, The Clarion, The Flying Death, Grandfather Stories, The Great American Fraud, The Harvey Girls, The Health Master, Incredible Era, Our Square and the People in It, Revelry, The Secret of Lonesome Cove, Siege, Success, Tenderloin and The Unspeakable Perk), was born on January 26, 1871.

American political activist and author Angela Yvonne Davis (Women Culture and Politics and Women Race, and Class) was born on January 26, 1944.

Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist (Village Voice), author (Ackroyd, A Bad Friend, Carnal Knowledge, The Explainers, Feiffer's Album, Feiffer's Children, Grown Ups, Harry: The Rat with Women, I Lost My Bear, I'm Not Bobby, Jules Feiffer's America, Little Murders, The Man in the Ceiling, Popeye, A Room with a Zoo and Sick Sick Sick), animator, Pulitzer Prize winner (1986) and Academy Award winner (1961), was born on January 26, 1929.

French philosopher and author Claude-Adrien Helvatius (Le Bonheur) was born on January 26, 1715.

American film critic (Chicago Sun-Times and The Chicago Tribune) and television personality (Siskel & Ebert at the Movies.) Eugene Kal (Gene) Siskel was born on January 26, 1946.

January 26th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

Bessie Coleman, American aviation pioneer, was born on January 26, 1926. Bessie Coleman was the first female and African- American pilot. The United States Postal Service honored Bessie Coleman by featuring her on a 32-cent first class postage stamp in 1995.

January 26th Birthdays: Famous Performers

Cora Baird, American puppeteer (The Baird Marionettes), was born on January 26, 1912.

American R&B singer Anita Baker ("Ain't No Need to Worry," "Angel," "Caught Up in the Rapture," "Fairy Tales," "Giving You the Best That I Got," "Soul Inspiration" and "Sweet Love") was born on January 26, 1958.

British actor Derek William Douglas Bond (Bond Street, The Captive Heart, Christopher Columbus, The Hand, Nicholas Nickleby, Press for Time, Scott of the Antarctic, Svengali and Wonderful Life) was born on January 26, 1920.

Joan (Leslie) Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel, American vaudevillian and actress (Born to be Bad, Camille, High Sierra, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, Rhapsody in Blue, Sergeant York, The Sky's the Limit, Yankee Doodle Dandy and The Wagons Roll at Night), was born on January 26, 1925.

Walter Page Cavanaugh, American jazz pianist (Page Cavanaugh Trio), was born on January 26, 1922.

American actress Jennifer Crystal (The American President, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, House M.D., Losing Isaiah and Once and Again) was born on January 26, 1973.

American comedienne, television personality (The Ellen DeGeneres Showand The Ellen Show), voice-over artist (Finding Nemo), actress (Ellen, If These Walls Could Talk 2, Mr. Wrong, The Love Letter and Open House) and author (The Funny Thing Is and My Point...And I Do Have One) Ellen DeGeneres was born on January 26, 1958.

Kirk Franklin, American soul and Gospel singer and worship leader (The Family, God's Property and 1NC - One Nation Crew), was born on January 26, 1970.

American actor Theodore Scott Glenn (Absolute Power, Apocalypse Now, Backdraft, The Bourne Ultimatum, Courage Under Fire, Freedom Writers, The Hunt for Red October, The Keep, Lesser Prophets, Night of the Running Man, Nights in Rodanthe, Off Limits, Reckless, The Right Stuff, The River, The Silence of the Lambs, Silverado, Sons of Anarchy and Urban Cowboy) was born on January 26, 1941.

Norman Hassan, British reggae trombonist, percussionist and singer (UB40), was born on January 26, 1958.

Christopher River Hesse, American rock drummer (Hoobastank), was born on January 26, 1974.

American actor William DeWolf Hopper (20 Million Miles to Earth, The Bad Seed, The Footloose Heiress, The High and the Mighty, The King Steps Out, Knute Rockne All American, The Maltese Falcon, Myra Breckinridge, Mystery House, Over the Goal, Perry Mason, Public Wedding, Rebel Without a Cause, Stagecoach, Sunshine Dad, Track of the Cat and Yankee Doodle Dandy) was born on January 26, 1915. William Hopper married actress Jane Gilbert.

Anne Carmichael Jeffreys, American model, singer and actress (Baywatch, The Delphi Bureau, Dick Tracy, Finder of Lost Loves, General Hospital, I Married an Angel, Port Charles, Step Lively and Topper), was born on January 26, 1923. Anne Jeffreys married actor Robert Sterling.

Canadian-American actor Paul Joseph Otto Johansson (Alpha Dogs, Highlander: The Raven, Highlander: The Series, John Q, Novel Romance, One Tree Hill, Santa Barbara and Soapdish) was born on January 26, 1964.

Jean Knight, American R&B and funk singer ("Mr. Big Stuff"), was born on January 26, 1943.

Canadian hard rock drummer Laurence Gordon (Corky) Laing (Mountain) was born on January 26, 1948.

Michael Martin, American country music singer (Marshall Dyllon), was born on January 26, 1983.

American actress Mary Murphy (40 Pounds of Trouble, A Man Alone, Carrie, The Desperate Hours, Houdini, The Investigators, Ironside, I Spy, Junior Bonner, Perry Mason and The Wild One) was born on January 26, 1931.

Paul Mutebi, Ugandan Gospel singer (Limit X), was born on January 26, 19--.

American actor (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Color of Money, Cool Hand Luke, Exodus, Hud, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Hustler, The Sting and The Verdict), film director (Harry and Son, Rachel, Rachel and

Sometimes a Great Notion), race car driver and Academy Award winner (1986) Paul Newman was born on January 26, 1925. Paul Newman, who was married to actress Joanne Woodward, received an honorary Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1985.

William LeRoy Prince, American actor (A World Apart, Another World, As the World Turns, Cyrano de Bergerac, Destination Tokyo, The Edge of Night, Gideon's Trumpet, Network, Objective Burma, Spies Like Us, The Portrait, The Taking of Beverly Hills and Young Dr. Malone), was born on January 26, 1913. William Prince married actress Augusta Dabney.

Andrew John Ridgeley, British pop-rock guitarist and singer (Wham), was born on January 26, 1963.

British R&B and soul singer Trevor (Jazzie B) Beresford Romeo (Soul II Soul) was born on January 26, 1963.

Sara Rue Schlackman, American actress (Less than Perfect and Popular), was born on January 26, 1979.

David Strathairn, American actor (The Brother from Another Planet, Eight Men Out, Fracture, Good Night and Good Luck, L.A. Confidential, A League of Their Own, The Notorious Bettie Page, Passion Fish, The Return of the Secaucus 7, The River Wild, The Sensation of Sight, Sneakers, The Sopranos and We Are Marshall), was born on January 26, 1949.

American Gospel keyboardist, singer and songwriter Tye Tribbett (Tye Tribbett & Greater Awakening) was born on January 26, 1977.

Edward Lodewijk (Eddie) Van Halen, American hard rock guitarist, keyboardist, singer and songwriter (Van Halen) was born on January 26, 1957. Eddie Van Halen was married to actress Valerie Bertinelli.

American country music guitarist, singer and songwriter Lucinda Williams ("Can't Let Go," "Get Right with God" and "Passionate Kisses") was born on January 26, 1953.

January 26th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Polykarp Kusch, American nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1955), was born on January 26, 1911.

January 26th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

Romanian President and dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was born on January 26, 1918.

Charles XIV (Charles John - Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, King of Sweden and Norway, was born on January 26, 1763.

Julia Dent Grant, American First Lady (to 18^th President Ulysses S. Grant), was born on January 26, 1826.

Douglas MacArthur, American Army general and World War II and Korean War hero, was born on January 26, 1880.

Sean MacBride, Irish statesman, Amnesty International co-founder and Nobel Prize winner (1974), was born on January 26, 1904.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on January 26th?

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Happy Birthday, January 26th.

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