January 26 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on January 26, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Jan 20 – Feb 18
Birth stone
Garnet
Birth flower
Carnation
How common
#301 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous January 26 birthdays
Douglas MacArthur · United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea1880
Edward Sapir · American linguist and anthropologist1884
Bessie Coleman · American aviator1892
Seán MacBride · Irish politician and human rights activist1904
Polykarp Kusch · German-American physicist1911
Philip José Farmer · American writer1918
Paul Newman · American actor1925
Roger Vadim · French filmmaker1928
Angela Davis · American political activist, scholar, and author1944
Jeremy Rifkin · American economist1945
David Strathairn · American actor1949
Jörg Haider · Austrian politician1950
Anders Fogh Rasmussen · Former Prime Minister of Denmark and former Secretary General of NATO1953
Eddie Van Halen · Dutch-American rock guitarist1955
Ellen DeGeneres · American comedian, television host, actress, and writer1958
Wayne Gretzky · Canadian ice hockey player and coach1961
José Mourinho · Portuguese association football manager and former player1963
Vince Carter · American basketball player1977
Sergio Pérez · Mexican racing driver1990
Mercedes Moné · American professional wrestler and actress1992
On this day in history
1945Audie Murphy engaged in action at the Colmar Pocket that won him a Medal of Honor and made him one of the most famous and decorated U.S. soldiers of World War II.
1949The Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory in California, the largest aperture optical telescope in the world for 28 years, saw first light.
1991Somali Rebellion: Factions led by the warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid and his rebel group, the United Somali Congress, ousted President Siad Barre.
1998In a nationally televised press conference, U.S. president Bill Clinton denied having "sexual relations" with intern Monica Lewinsky.
1934Hurtig & Seamon's New Burlesque Theater in New York City reopened as the Apollo Theater, becoming one of the nation's premier venues for African-American performers.
1950Indian independence movement: India became a republic under a new constitution, with Rajendra Prasad as president and Jawaharlal Nehru as prime minister.
1959The 41-acre (17 ha) Chain Island is listed for sale by the California State Lands Commission, with a minimum bid of $5,226.
1966The three Beaumont children disappeared from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.
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