According to Gregory calendar, January 26 is the day number 26 in a given year. Find List of Famous People Born on January 26 in India and the World: Here you can find the names of famous people born on January 26 in India and the World along with their date of birth, their profession and the country they belong to, etc. From World history, you will know about famous people like emperor, king, pundit, historian, explorer etc. And famous people born in modern world history include actors, actresses, filmmakers, businessmen, cricketers as well as players from other sports. This chapter is important as questions related to the birth of famous people are often asked in competitive exams.
Famous People's Birthdays on January 26 😀
| Birth Year | Name/Category/Country/Lived |
|---|---|
| 1467 | Guillaume Budé / Scholar / France |
| 1493 | Giovanni Poggio / Diplomat / Italy |
| 1541 | Florent Chrestien / Poet / France |
| 1549 | Jakob Ebert / Poet / Germany |
| 1595 | Antonio Maria Abbatini / Composer / Italy |
| 1708 | William Hayes / Composer / United Kingdom |
| 1714 | Jean-Baptiste Pigalle / Educator / France |
| 1716 | George Germain / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1722 | Alexander Carlyle / Author / Scotland |
| 1781 | Ludwig Achim von Arnim / Poet / Germany |
| 1813 | Juan Pablo Duarte / Philosopher / Dominican Republic |
| 1832 | George Shiras / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 1842 | François Coppée / Poet / France |
| 1852 | Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza / Explorer / Italy |
| 1861 | Louis Anquetin / Painter / France |
| 1864 | József Pusztai / Poet / Hungary |
| 1866 | John Cady / Golfer / United States of America |
| 1878 | Dave Nourse / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
| 1880 | Douglas MacArthur / General / United States of America |
| 1885 | Michael Considine / Politician / Ireland |
| 1885 | Harry Ricardo / Engineer / United Kingdom |
| 1887 | François Faber / Cyclist / France |
| 1887 | Marc Mitscher / Pilot / United States of America |
| 1887 | Dimitris Pikionis / Academic / Greece |
| 1891 | Frank Costello / Criminal / Italy |
| 1891 | August Froehlich / Priest / Germany |
| 1891 | Wilder Penfield / Surgeon / United States of America |
| 1892 | Bessie Coleman / Pilot / United States of America |
| 1893 | Giuseppe Genco Russo / Criminal / Italy |
| 1899 | Günther Reindorff / Illustrator / Russia |
| 1900 | Karl Ristenpart / Conductor / Germany |
| 1902 | Menno ter Braak / Author / Netherlands |
| 1904 | Ancel Keys / Physiologist / United States of America |
| 1904 | Seán MacBride / Politician / Ireland |
| 1905 | Charles Lane / Actor / United States of America |
| 1905 | Maria von Trapp / Singer / United States of America |
| 1907 | Henry Cotton / Golfer / United Kingdom |
| 1907 | Dimitrios Holevas / Priest / Greece |
| 1908 | Jill Esmond / Actress / United Kingdom |
| 1908 | Rupprecht Geiger / Painter / Germany |
| 1908 | Stéphane Grappelli / Violinist / France |
| 1910 | Jean Image / Director / France |
| 1911 | Polykarp Kusch / Academic / United States of America |
| 1911 | Norbert Schultze / Composer / Germany |
| 1913 | Jimmy Van Heusen / Composer / United States of America |
| 1915 | William Hopper / Actor / United States of America |
| 1917 | Louis Zamperini / Runner / United States of America |
| 1918 | Nicolae Ceaușescu / Politician / Romania |
| 1918 | Philip José Farmer / Author / United States of America |
| 1918 | B. D. Sharma / Politician / India |
| 1919 | Valentino Mazzola / Footballer / Italy |
| 1919 | Bill Nicholson / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1920 | Hans Holzer / Author / United States of America |
| 1921 | Eddie Barclay / Producer / France |
| 1921 | Akio Morita / Business Man / Japan |
| 1922 | Michael Bentine / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1922 | Seán Flanagan / Politician / Ireland |
| 1922 | Gil Merrick / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1923 | Patrick J. Hannifin / Army Officer / United States of America |
| 1923 | Anne Jeffreys / Actress / United States of America |
| 1924 | Annette Strauss / Politician / United States of America |
| 1925 | David Jenkins / Bishop / United Kingdom |
| 1925 | Joan Leslie / Actress / United States of America |
| 1925 | Paul Newman / Actor / United States of America |
| 1925 | Ben Pucci / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1925 | Claude Ryan / Politician / Canada |
| 1926 | Farman Fatehpuri / Linguist / Pakistan |
| 1926 | Joseph Bacon Fraser / Business Man / United States of America |
| 1927 | José Azcona del Hoyo / Politician / Honduras |
| 1927 | Bob Nieman / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1927 | Hubert Schieth / Footballer / Germany |
| 1928 | Roger Vadim / Actor / France |
| 1929 | Jules Feiffer / Educator / United States of America |
| 1933 | Anil Ganguly / Director / India |
| 1934 | Roger Landry / Business Man / Canada |
| 1934 | Charles Marowitz / Director / United States of America |
| 1934 | Huey "Piano" Smith / Writer / United States of America |
| 1935 | Corrado Augias / Politician / Italy |
| 1935 | Henry Jordan / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1935 | Bob Uecker / Actor / United States of America |
| 1935 | Paula Rego / Artist / United Kingdom |
| 1936 | Sal Buscema / Illustrator / United States of America |
| 1937 | Joseph Saidu Momoh / Politician / Sierra Leone |
| 1940 | Séamus Hegarty / Bishop / Ireland |
| 1941 | Scott Glenn / Actor / United States of America |
| 1941 | Henry Jaglom / Writer / United States of America |
| 1943 | Jack Warner / Politician / Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1944 | Angela Davis / Activist / United States of America |
| 1944 | Jerry Sandusky / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1945 | Jacqueline du Pré / Cellist / United Kingdom |
| 1945 | David Purley / Racing Car Driver / United Kingdom |
| 1946 | Christopher Hampton / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1946 | Gene Siskel / Journalist / United States of America |
| 1946 | Susan Friedlander / Mathematician / United States of America |
| 1947 | Patrick Dewaere / Actor / France |
| 1947 | Les Ebdon / Academic / United Kingdom |
| 1947 | Redmond Morris / Director / Ireland |
| 1947 | Michel Sardou / Actor / France |
| 1949 | Jonathan Carroll / Author / United States of America |
| 1949 | David Strathairn / Actor / United States of America |
| 1950 | Jörg Haider / Politician / Austria |
| 1951 | David Briggs / Writer / Australia |
| 1951 | Andy Hummel / Writer / United States of America |
| 1951 | Anne Mills / Academic / United Kingdom |
| 1953 | Alik L. Alik / Politician / Micronesia |
| 1953 | Anders Fogh Rasmussen / Politician / Denmark |
| 1953 | Lucinda Williams / Writer / United States of America |
| 1954 | Kim Hughes / Cricketer / Australia |
| 1955 | Eddie Van Halen / Writer / United States of America |
| 1956 | Diana Edulagee / Cricketer / India |
| 1958 | Anita Baker / Writer / United States of America |
| 1958 | Ellen DeGeneres / Actress / United States of America |
| 1961 | Wayne Gretzky / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1961 | Tom Keifer / Writer / United States of America |
| 1962 | Guo Jian / Painter / Australia |
| 1962 | Tim May / Cricketer / Australia |
| 1962 | Oscar Ruggeri / Footballer / Argentina |
| 1963 | José Mourinho / Footballer / Portugal |
| 1963 | Simon O'Donnell / Cricketer / Australia |
| 1963 | Tony Parks / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1963 | Andrew Ridgeley / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1964 | Adam Crozier / Business Man / Scotland |
| 1965 | Thomas Östros / Politician / Sweden |
| 1965 | Natalia Yurchenko / Gymnast / Russia |
| 1966 | Kazushige Nagashima / Baseball Player / Japan |
| 1967 | Anatoly Komm / Business Man / Russia |
| 1967 | Col Needham / Business Man / United Kingdom |
| 1969 | George Dikeoulakos / Basketball Player / Romania |
| 1970 | Kirk Franklin / Writer / United States of America |
| 1973 | Melvil Poupaud / Actor / France |
| 1973 | Brendan Rodgers / Footballer / Ireland |
| 1973 | Mayu Shinjo / Author / Japan |
| 1977 | Vince Carter / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1977 | Justin Gimelstob / Tennis Player / United States of America |
| 1978 | Corina Morariu / Tennis Player / United States of America |
| 1981 | José de Jesús Corona / Footballer / Mexico |
| 1981 | Juan José Haedo / Cyclist / Argentina |
| 1981 | Colin O'Donoghue / Actor / Ireland |
| 1982 | Reggie Hodges / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1983 | Petri Oravainen / Footballer / Finland |
| 1983 | Eric Werner / Ice Hockey Player / United States of America |
| 1984 | Ryan Hoffman / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1984 | Iain Turner / Footballer / Scotland |
| 1984 | Luo Xuejuan / Swimmer / China |
| 1985 | Heather Stanning / Rower / United Kingdom |
| 1986 | Gerald Green / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1986 | Mustapha Yatabaré / Footballer / France |
| 1987 | Sebastian Giovinco / Footballer / Italy |
| 1988 | Dimitrios Chondrokoukis / High Jumper / Greece |
| 1989 | MarShon Brooks / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1989 | Emily Hughes / Skater / United States of America |
| 1990 | Peter Sagan / Cyclist / Slovakia |
| 1990 | Nina Zander / Tennis Player / Germany |
| 1992 | Sasha Banks / Wrestler / United States of America |
| 1993 | Florian Thauvin / Footballer / France |
| 1995 | Sione Katoa / Rugby Player / New Zealand |
| 1997 | Gedion Zelalem / Footballer / Germany |
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