What happened on January 26 ?

1497 - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)

1541 - Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)

1714 - Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (d. 1785)

1716 - George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician (d. 1785)

1722 - Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (d. 1805)

1763 - King Charles XIV of Sweden, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, Napoleonic general (d. 1844)

1781 - Achim von Arnim, German poet (d. 1831)

1813 - Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican founding father (d. 1876)

1826 - Julia Dent Grant, First Lady of the United States (d. 1902)

1857 - the 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875)

1880 - Douglas MacArthur, American general (d. 1964)

1891 - Frank Costello, Italian-born gangster (d. 1973)

1892 - Zara Cully, American actress (d. 1978)

1900 - Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967)

1901 - Stuart Symington, American politician (d. 1988)

1902 - Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (d. 1940)

1904 - Ancel Keys, American scientist (d. 2004)

1904 - Seán MacBride, Irish statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1988)

1905 - Charles Lane, American actor

1905 - Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (d. 1987)

1908 - Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (d. 1997)

1911 - Polykarp Kusch, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)

1913 - James Van Heusen, American songwriter (d. 1990)

1914 - Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (d. 2006)

1915 - William Hopper, American actor (d. 1970)

1918 - Nicolae Ceau?escu, Romanian dictator (d. 1989)

1918 - Philip José Farmer, American writer

1921 - Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (d. 1999)

1922 - Michael Bentine, British comedian (d. 1996)

1923 - Anne Jeffreys, American actress

1924 - Rauf Denktash, Cypriot politician

1924 - Annette Strauss, philanthropist and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1998)

1924 - Alice Babs, Swedish singer

1925 - Joan Leslie, American actress

1925 - Paul Newman, American actor

1927 - José Azcona del Hoyo, President of Honduras (d. 2005)

1928 - Roger Vadim, French film director and actor (d. 2000)

1929 - Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and writer

1932 - Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, Jamaican record producer

1935 - Bob Uecker, baseball player, broadcaster, and actor

1937 - Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leone political leader (d. 2003)

1941 - Scott Glenn, American actor

1941 - Henry Jaglom, English director

1943 - César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (d. 2005)

1943 - Jean Knight, American singer

1944 - Angela Davis, American feminist and activist

1945 - Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987)

1946 - Gene Siskel, American film critic (d. 1999)

1949 - Jonathan Carroll, American author

1950 - Janet Lupo, American model

1953 - Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark

1953 - Lucinda Williams, American singer

1955 - Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-born musician

1958 - Anita Baker, American singer

1958 - Ellen DeGeneres, American actress, comedian, and talk show host

1958 - Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer

1961 - Wayne Gretzky, Canadian hockey player, coach, and team owner

1962 - Oscar Ruggeri, Argentine footballer

1963 - José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager

1963 - Andrew Ridgeley, English musician

1963 - James May, British writer

1965 - Natalia Yurchenko, Soviet gymnast

1970 - Kirk Franklin, American singer

1971 - Dorian Gregory, American actor

1976 - Frankie Rayder, American model

1977 - Vince Carter, American basketball player

1977 - Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player

1978 - Corina Morariu, American tennis player

1978 - Kelly Stables, American actress

1979 - Sara Rue, American actress

1986 - Matt Heafy, Japenese-born musician (Trivium)

1986 - Shantelle Taylor, Canadian professional wrestler

1989 - Emily Hughes, American figure skater

1993 - Cameron Bright, Canadian actor

1995 - Kyle Chavarria, American actress