Famous people born on 26 January

16 of the people we track were born on 26 January, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Nicolae Ceaușescu 1918Romaniadied aged 71
2. Douglas MacArthur 1880American military officerdied aged 84
3. José Mourinho 1963Portuguese footballerliving, 63
4. Paul Newman 1925American actordied aged 83
5. Ellen DeGeneres 1958American comedian and television actorliving, 68
6. Angela Davis 1944American activist and writerliving, 82
7. Anders Fogh Rasmussen 1953Danish politician who served as Prime Minister of Denmarkliving, 73
8. Charles XIV John 1763Monarch of Norwaydied aged 81
9. Claude Adrien Helvétius 1715French philosopherdied aged 56
10. Wayne Gretzky 1961Canadian ice hockey playerliving, 65
11. ESEdward Sapir 1884American linguist and anthropologistdied aged 55
12. Polykarp Kusch 1911American physicistdied aged 82
13. Jörg Haider 1950Austrian politiciandied aged 58
14. AAAchim von Arnim 1781Prussian poet and novelistdied aged 49
15. Eddie Van Halen 1955Dutch guitaristdied aged 65
16. Sergio Pérez 1990Mexican driverliving, 36