Famous birthdays for Jan. 23: Mariska Hargitay, Chesley Sullenberger

Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius.

They include:

-- American patriot John Hancock in 1737

-- French author Stendhal, a pseudonym for Marie-Henri Beyle, in 1783

-- French Impressionist painter Edouard Manet in 1832

-- Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein in 1898

-- Actor Dan Duryea in 1907

-- Comedian Ernie Kovacs in 1919

-- Actor/singer Chita Rivera in 1933 (age 85)

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-- Actor Gil Gerard in 1943 (age 75)

-- Actor Rutger Hauer in 1944 (age 74)

-- Actor Richard Dean Anderson in 1950 (age 68)

-- Airline pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who in 2009 safely landed a disabled airliner carrying 155 people in the Hudson River, in 1951 (age 67)

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-- Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in 1953 (age 65)

-- Princess Caroline of Monaco in 1957 (age 61)

-- Actor Gail O'Grady in 1963 (age 55)

-- Actor Mariska Hargitay in 1964 (age 54)

-- Actor Tiffani Thiessen in 1974 (age 44)

-- Actor Julia Jones in 1981 (age 37)

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