Famous people born on 26 January

• Nicolae CeaușescuDictator of Romania from 1965 to 1989 · 1918–1989
  71 yrs
• Douglas MacArthurUnited States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea · 1880–1964
  84 yrs
• Paul NewmanAmerican actor · 1925–2008
  83 yrs
• Charles XIV John of SwedenKing of Sweden and Norway between 1818–1844. Prince of Ponte Corvo 1806–1810 and French field marshal · 1763–1844
  81 yrs
• Claude Adrien HelvétiusFrench philosopher; · 1715–1771
  56 yrs
• Edward SapirAmerican linguist and anthropologist · 1884–1939
  55 yrs
• Polykarp KuschGerman-American physicist · 1911–1993
  82 yrs
• Ilya Ehrenburg ↗Soviet writer, Bolshevik revolutionary, journalist and historian · 1891–1967
  76 yrs
• Jörg Haider ↗Austrian politician · 1950–2008
  58 yrs
• Eddie Van Halen ↗Dutch-American rock guitarist · 1955–2020
  65 yrs
• Ludwig Achim von Arnim ↗German poet and novelist · 1781–1831
  49 yrs
• Roger Vadim ↗French filmmaker · 1928–2000
  72 yrs
• Dōgen ↗Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher · 1200–1253
  53 yrs
• Seán MacBride ↗Irish politician and human rights activist · 1904–1988
  83 yrs
• Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron ↗French physicist · 1799–1864
  65 yrs
• Eugène Sue ↗French writer · 1804–1857
  53 yrs
• Akio Morita ↗Japanese businessman · 1921–1999
  78 yrs
• Kees van Dongen ↗Dutch painter · 1877–1968
  91 yrs
• François Coppée ↗French poet and novelist · 1842–1908
  66 yrs
• Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza ↗Italian explorer · 1852–1905
  53 yrs
• Bessie Coleman ↗American aviator · 1892–1926
  34 yrs
• Patrick Dewaere ↗French actor · 1947–1982
  35 yrs
• Stéphane Grappelli ↗French jazz violinist · 1908–1997
  89 yrs
• Frederick III of Saxony ↗Elector and Duke of Saxony · 1463–1525
  62 yrs
• Julia Grant ↗First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877 · 1826–1902
  76 yrs
• Jacqueline du Pré ↗British cellist · 1945–1987
  42 yrs
• Trinle Gyatso ↗12th Dalai Lama of Tibet · 1857–1875
  18 yrs
• Philip José Farmer ↗American writer · 1918–2009
  91 yrs
• Antonio del Pollaiuolo ↗Italian painter, sculptor and engraver · 1429–1498
  69 yrs
• Valentino Mazzola ↗Italian footballer · 1919–1949
  30 yrs
• Hans Selye ↗Austro-Hungarian Canadian endocrinologist · 1907–1982
  75 yrs
• Charles François Dumouriez ↗French general · 1739–1823
  84 yrs
• John Bates Clark ↗American neoclassical economist · 1847–1938
  91 yrs

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