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People: Famous People born on 01/26 (January)

January 25 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - January 27 All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 8 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For January 26th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on January 13. ()
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Paul Newman(† 83)

Actor | Shaker Heights, Ohio (US)

Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver, auto racing team owner, and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money and eight other nominations, three Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy award, and many honorary awards.He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing. Newman was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity. As of July 2011, these donations exceeded $300 million.

Known for: The Hustler, Road to Perdition, The Verdict, Nobody's Fool
* 01/26/1925

Scott Glenn(83)

Actor | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (US)

Theodore Scott Glenn (born January 26 between 1938 and 1942) is an American actor. His roles have included Pfc Glenn Kelly in Nashville (1975), Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff (1983), Emmett in Silverado (1985), Captain Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), John Adcox in Backdraft (1991), Bill Burton in Absolute Power (1997), Roger in Training Day (2001), Ezra Kramer in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Chris Chenery in Secretariat (movie) (2010), Kevin Garvey Sr. in the HBO series The Leftovers (2014–2017), and as Stick in the Netflix series Daredevil (2015–2016) and The Defenders (2017).

Known for: The Hunt for Red October, The Bourne Legacy, The Silence of the Lambs, Backdraft
* 01/26/1941

Ester Expósito(24)

Actress | Madrid (ES)

Ester Expósito is a Spanish actress and model. She gained recognition playing the starring role of Carla Rosón Caleruega in the Spanish drama series Elite, broadcast on Netflix.

Known for: Venus, Veneno, Someone Has to Die
* 01/26/2000

Taylor James(44)

Actor | Sevenoaks, Kent (GB)

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Known for: The Beekeeper, Samson, Zack Snyder's Justice League, Vikings: Valhalla
* 01/26/1980

David Strathairn(75)

Actor | San Francisco, California (US)

An American film and television actor, best known for his portrayal of journalist Edward R. Murrow in the feature film "Good Night, and Good Luck", for which he was nominated for an Academy Award.

Known for: Good Night, and Good Luck., Lincoln, Godzilla, L.A. Confidential
* 01/26/1949

Sara Rue(45)

Actress | New York City, New York (US)

Sara Rue (born January 26, 1979) is an American television actress. She is best known for her roles on Popular and Less Than Perfect.She hosted Shedding for the Wedding and had a recurring role on Rules of Engagement.

Known for: Pearl Harbor, A Slipping Down Life, Can't Hardly Wait, My Future Boyfriend
* 01/26/1979

William Hopper(† 55)

Actor | New York City, New York (US)

William DeWolf Hopper Jr. (January 26, 1915 – March 6, 1970) was an American stage, film, and television actor. The only child of actor DeWolf Hopper and actress and Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper, he appeared in more than 80 feature films in the 1930s and 1940s. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, he left acting, but was persuaded by director William Wellman in the 1950s to resume his film career. He’s perhaps best known for his portrayal of private detective Paul Drake in the CBS television series Perry Mason.

Known for: 20 Million Miles to Earth, Rebel Without a Cause, The Bad Seed, Perry Mason
* 01/26/1915

Ellen DeGeneres(66)

Actress | Metairie, Louisiana (US)

Ellen DeGeneres is an American stand-up comic, television host, and actress. She hosts the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and was also a judge on American Idol for one year, having joined the show in its ninth season.DeGeneres has hosted both the Academy Awards and the Primetime Emmys. As a film actress, she starred in Mr. Wrong, appeared in EDtv and The Love Letter, and provided the voice of Dory in the Disney-Pixar animated film Finding Nemo, for which she was awarded a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first and only time a voice performance won a Saturn Award.She also starred in two television sitcoms, Ellen from 1994 to 1998 and The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002. During the fourth season of Ellen in 1997, DeGeneres came out publicly as a lesbian in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Shortly afterwards, her character Ellen Morgan also came out to a therapist played by Winfrey, and the series went on to explore various LGBT issues including the coming out process.She has won twelve Emmys and numerous other awards for her work and charitable efforts.

Known for: Finding Nemo, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Ellen
* 01/26/1958

Edwin Hodge(39)

Actor | Onslow County, North Carolina (US)

Edwin Martel Basil Hodge(born January 26, 1985) is anAmericanactor and the older brother of actorAldis Hodge. He is known for portraying Dante Bishop in The Purge film series, and is the only actor to appear in all of the first three films.He played the role of "the Bloody Stranger" in the horror filmThe Purge(2013) and its sequelsThe Purge: Anarchy(2014) andThe Purge: Election Year(2016); "the Bloody Stranger" was revealed to be named Dante Bishop in the third film. He also appeared in the horror filmAs Above, So Below(2014).He's appeared in other films including Die Hard with a Vengeance, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Big Momma's House, Take Me Home Tonight, Red Dawn (2012), Bumblebee, and The Tomorrow War.On TV, he guest starred on an episode of the TNTseriesLeverage, which stars his younger brother Aldis Hodge. His other guest roles include 7th Heaven, Angel, Boston Public, Touched by an Angel, Cold Case, Grey's Anatomy, Ghost Whisperer, Heroes, Bones, One Tree Hill, CSI: Miami, NCIS, Private Practice, NCIS: LA, Rosewood, and All Rise.His major TV recurring roles were as Jamaal Crenshaw on Boston Public, Brett on Invasion, Malcolm Darius Washington on Mental, Wade on Cougar Town, firefighter Rick Newhouse onChicago Fire, Dr. Greg Young on Secrets & Lies, Benjamin Banneker on Sleepy Hollow, and Clayton Poole on For All Mankind.He's starred as Marcus Ride on Jack & Bobby, Robert Chase on SIX, and Dr. Malcolm Kingsley on Good Sam. He stars as Ray Cannon on FBI: Most Wanted, starting in Season 4, fall of 2022.

Known for: The Purge, The Tomorrow War, The Purge: Election Year, Big Momma's House
* 01/26/1985

Bryan Callen(57)

Actor | Manila (PH)

Bryan Callen (born January 26, 1967) is an American actor. Callen is notable for being one of the original cast members on MADtv.

Known for: Warrior, Bad Santa, The Hangover, Old School
* 01/26/1967

María Pedraza(28)

Actress | Madrid (ES)

María Pedraza is a Spanish actress and ballerina best known for portraying Alison Parker in the series Money Heist. She also starred in the Netflix series Élite, playing the role of Marina Nunier Osuna and in the Netflix series Toy Boy, playing the role of Triana.

Known for: Dancing on Glass, Money Heist, Si fueras tú, Toy Boy
* 01/26/1996

Kelly Stables(46)

Actress | St. Louis, Missouri (US)

Kelly Stables is an American actress who has appeared on stage, as well as in film and television. She is known for her television roles, such as Melissa on Two and a Half Men, Eden Konkler on The Exes, Will Vandom in the animated series W.I.T.C.H., and Kelly on Superstore.

Known for: The Ring Two, Source Code, Superstore, The Exes, Two and a Half Men, No Tomorrow
* 01/26/1978
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Toshiyuki Morikawa(57)

Actor | Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture (JP)

Toshiyuki Morikawa is a Japanese voice actor. He was formerly affiliated with Arts Vision until he co-founded his own talent agency Axl One in 2011.Because of his deep voice, he is often cast as imposing characters.

Known for: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train, Berserk, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger
* 01/26/1967

Mercedes Varnado(32)

Actress | Fairfield, California (US)

Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varnado (born January 26, 1992) is an American professional wrestler and actress. She is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) under the ring name Mercedes Moné. Varnado also appears in NJPW's sister promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. She is best known for her time in WWE from 2012 to 2022, where she performed under the ring name Sasha Banks.Varnado began her wrestling career in 2010 on the independent circuit, most notably for Chaotic Wrestling, where she won the Chaotic Wrestling Women's Championship. She signed with WWE in 2012 under the ring name Sasha Banks and was assigned to the developmental territory NXT. She would later win the NXT Women's Championship. Her match against Bayley at NXT TakeOver: Respect in October 2015 was the first women's match to ever headline an NXT TakeOver, the first iron woman match in WWE history, and the longest women's match in WWE history at the time with a length of 30 minutes.[5] Their match was voted by Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) as Match of the Year, with Varnado also being voted as Woman of the Year.In 2015, Varnado was promoted to WWE's main roster, where she went on to hold the Raw Women's Championship five times. In 2016, she and Charlotte Flair became the first women to headline a WWE pay-per-view event, the first women to compete in a Hell in a Cell match, and the first women to win the PWI award for Feud of the Year.[6] In 2019, she won the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Championship with tag team partner, Bayley, at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. In 2020, she won the SmackDown Women's Championship at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view, thus becoming the third-ever WWE Women's Grand Slam Champion and the fourth WWE Women's Triple Crown Champion. That year, she was named Wrestler of the Year by Sports Illustrated.[7] At WrestleMania 37, Varnado and opponent Bianca Belair became the first black women to jointly headline a WrestleMania, WWE's flagship event.[8][9] She was the third most tweeted about female athlete in 2021.[10] After creative issues in 2022, Varnado walked out of WWE and was unable to negotiate a new contract. She then made her debut for NJPW/Stardom at Wrestle Kingdom 17 in January 2023 under the ring name Mercedes Moné.Outside of wrestling, Varnado began an acting career in 2020. Her debut role was the character Koska Reeves in the second season of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian.

Known for: WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1, WWE SmackDown, WWE NXT, WWE Raw
* 01/26/1992

Gustavo Dudamel(43)

Actor | Barquisimeto (VE)

Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez (born January 26, 1981) is a Venezuelan conductor and violinist. He is the music director of the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Known for: West Side Story, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, The Liberator
* 01/26/1981

Go Ayano(42)

Actor | Gifu Prefecture (JP)

Go Ayano (綾野 剛, Ayano Gō, born January 26, 1982) is a Japanese actor.

Known for: Rage, The Light Shines Only There, The Snow White Murder Case, Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
* 01/26/1982

Vito Scotti(† 78)

Actor | San Francisco, California (US)

Vito Giusto Scozzari (January 26, 1918 – June 5, 1996), also known as Vito Scotti, was an American character actor who played both dramatic and comedy roles on Broadway, in films, and later on television, primarily from the late 1930s to the mid-1990s. He was known as a man of a thousand faces for his ability to assume so many divergent roles in more than 200 screen appearances in a career spanning 50 years and for his resourceful portrayals of various ethnic types. Of Italian heritage, he played everything from a Mexican bandit, to a Russian doctor, to a Japanese sailor, to an Indian travel agent.

Known for: The Godfather, The Aristocats, National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1, Get Shorty
* 01/26/1918

Richard Portnow(77)

Actor | Brooklyn, New York (US)

Richard Portnow (born January 26, 1947) is an American actor known for such films and television series as Good Morning, Vietnam, Barton Fink, Kindergarten Cop, Seven, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, The Spirit, Law Abiding Citizen, Private Parts, Fallen Arches, Double Down, Poolhall Junkies, Spring Break '83, The Sopranos, Hannah Montana, The Nanny, Trumbo, Oldboy, Find Me Guilty, Underdogs and Boston Legal.

Known for: Trumbo, Hitchcock, The Sopranos, Seinfeld
* 01/26/1947

Ravi Teja(56)

Actor | Jaggampeta, Andhra Pradesh (IN)

Ravi Teja or popularly known as MassMahaRaja is an Indian film actor known for his work in Telugu cinema. He is widely considered as one of the most popular and highest paid actors of Telugu cinema who has appeared in over a sixty films.

Known for: Khadgam, Neninthe, Disco Raja, Krishna
* 01/26/1968

Cathy Podewell(60)

Actress | Evanston, Illinois (US)

Catherine Ann Podewell (born January 27, 1964) is an American actress known for playing the role of Cally Harper Ewing on Dallas from 1988 to 1991, 2013.

Known for: Night of the Demons, Earth Angel, Dallas, Dallas
* 01/26/1964

Tracy Middendorf(54)

Actress | Miami Beach, Florida (US)

Tracy Middendorf is an actress and producer.

Known for: New Nightmare, Mission: Impossible III, Boy Wonder, Scream: The TV Series
* 01/26/1970

Mary Murphy(† 80)

Actress | Washington, D.C. (US)

Mary Murphy (January 26, 1931 – May 4, 2011) was an American film and television actress of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Known for: The Wild One, The Desperate Hours, Harlow, The Intimate Stranger
* 01/26/1931

Rick Kavanian(53)

Actor | Munich (DE)

Richard "Rick" Horatio Kavanian (born 26 January 1971) is a German actor, comedian, author and voice actor and dubber. He is famous for his cooperation with Michael Herbig, which led to many popular movie comedies and parodies, e.g. Manitou's Shoe.

Known for: Manitou's Shoe, (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1, Bully & Rick, Bullyparade
* 01/26/1971

YaYa Gosselin(15)

Actress

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Known for: We Can Be Heroes, FBI: Most Wanted, 13 Reasons Why, The Purge
* 01/26/2009

Paul Johansson(60)

Actor | Spokane, Washington (US)

Paul Johansson is an American-born Canadian actor, writer and director, best known for playing Dan Scott on One Tree Hill and Nick Wolfe on Highlander: The Raven.

Known for: The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, Atlas Shrugged: Part I, John Q, One Tree Hill
* 01/26/1964

Lee Chung-hyun(34)

Crew | South Korea (KR)

Lee Chung Hyun is a South Korean screenwriter and director.

Known for: The Call, Bargain, Ballerina, Born to Spy
* 01/26/1990

Allison Hossack(59)

Actress | Steinbach, Manitoba (CA)

Allison Hossack (born January 26, 1965) is a Canadian actress.

Known for: Stargate Atlantis, R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour, Stargate SG-1, Fringe
* 01/26/1965

Cameron Bright(31)

Actor | Victoria, British Columbia (CA)

Cameron Bright (born Cameron Douglas Crigger; January 26, 1993) is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in the films The Butterfly Effect, Godsend, Birth, Running Scared, Ultraviolet, X-Men: The Last Stand, Thank You for Smoking and three installments of The Twilight Saga.

Known for: Thank You for Smoking, Running Scared, Birth, Godsend
* 01/26/1993

Akane Fujita(31)

Actress | Shizuoka Prefecture (JP)

Akane Fujita (藤田 茜, Fujita Akane, January 26, 1993) is a Japanese voice actress from Shizuoka. She is affiliated with Ken Production. After passing an audition in 2011, she made her debut as a voice actress in 2012, and she played her first main role in 2016. She is known for her roles as Sagiri Izumi in Eromanga Sensei and Sistine Fibel in Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor.

Known for: BLAME!, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
* 01/26/1993

Dorothy Neumann(† 80)

Actress

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Known for: The Ten Commandments, The Undead, Hot Rod Gang, Private Parts
* 01/26/1914
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