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Famous birthdays for Jan. 26: David Strathairn, Sasha Banks

By UPI Staff   |   Jan. 26, 2022 at 3:00 AM
David Strathairn arrives on the red carpet at the premiere of "Nightmare Alley" on December 1 at at Alice Tully Hall in New York City. The actor turns 73 on January 26. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Venezuelan conductor and violinist Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel attends an unveiling ceremony honoring him with the 2,654th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on January 22, 2019. He turns 41 on January 26. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI. Ellen DeGeneres appears backstage after winning the Carol Burnett Award during the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards on January 5, 2020. The comedian turns 64 on January 26. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius.

They include:

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-- French philosopher Claude Helvetius in 1715

-- First lady Julia Grant in 1826

-- U.S. Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1880

-- Bessie Coleman, first female African American/Native American pilot in 1892

-- Austrian singer Maria von Trapp in 1905

-- Louis Zamperini, American World War II prisoner of war and subject of the film Unbroken, in 1917

-- Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1918

-- Author Philip Jose Farmer in 1918

-- Actor Paul Newman in 1925

-- Cartoonist/playwright/author Jules Feiffer in 1929 (age 93)

-- Sports personality Bob Uecker in 1934 (age 88)

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-- Actor Scott Glenn in 1939 (age 83)

-- Political activist Angela Davis in 1944 (age 78)

-- Film critic Gene Siskel in 1946

-- Actor David Strathairn in 1949 (age 73)

-- Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in 1953 (age 69)

-- Singer Lucinda Williams in 1953 (age 69)

-- Musician Eddie Van Halen in 1955

-- Singer Anita Baker in 1958 (age 64)

-- Comedian Ellen DeGeneres in 1958 (age 64)

-- Hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky in 1961 (age 61)

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-- Soccer coach Brendan Rodgers in 1973 (age 49)

-- Actor Colin O'Donoghue in 1981 (age 41)

-- Conductor Gustavo Dudamel in 1981 (age 41)

-- Wrestler Sasha Banks, born Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varnado, in 1992 (age 30)

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