Miguel Borja

Colombian association football player.

Born January 26th, 1993 (age 33 years) in La Paz.

Hans Selye

Austro-hungarian canadian endocrinologist.

Born January 26th, 1907 in Vienna.

Died October 16th, 1982 at 75 years old in Montreal.

Leonardo Balerdi

Argentine-italian footballer.

Born January 26th, 1999 (age 27 years) in Villa Mercedes.

Richard Portnow

American actor.

Born January 26th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Brooklyn.

Sam Greenwood

English footballer.

Born January 26th, 2002 (age 24 years) in Sunderland. ^[ref]

Nemanja Maksimović

Serbian association football player.

Born January 26th, 1995 (age 31 years) in Banja Koviljača.

Jimmy Van Heusen

American composer (1913-1990).

Born January 26th, 1913 in Syracuse.

Died February 7th, 1990 at 77 years old in Rancho Mirage. ^[ref]

Wu Xuan Yi

Chinese singer and actress.

Born January 26th, 1995 (age 31 years) in Haikou.

Melvil Poupaud

French actor (born 1973).

Born January 26th, 1973 (age 53 years) in 8th arrondissement of Paris.

Ilya Ehrenburg

Soviet writer, bolshevik revolutionary, journalist and historian (1891–1967).

Born January 26th, 1891 in Kyiv. ^[ref]

Died August 31st, 1967 at 76 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).

Trinle Gyatso

12th dalai lama of tibet (1857-1875).

Born January 26th, 1857 in Tibet.

Died April 25th, 1875 at 18 years old in Lhasa.

Phil Dalhausser

American volleyball player.

Born January 26th, 1980 (age 46 years) in Baden.

Philip José Farmer

American writer (1918–2009).

Born January 26th, 1918 in Terre Haute.

Died February 25th, 2009 at 91 years old in Peoria. ^[ref]

Jules Feiffer

American cartoonist, screenwriter and playwright (1929–2025).

Born January 26th, 1929 in The Bronx. ^[ref]

Died January 17th, 2025 at 95 years old in Richfield Springs. ^[ref]

Rani Gaidinlu

Indian independence activist (1915–1993).

Born January 26th, 1915 in British Raj.

Died February 17th, 1993 at 78 years old in Manipur.

Seán MacBride

Irish politician and human rights activist (1904-1988).

Born January 26th, 1904 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Died January 15th, 1988 at 83 years old in Dublin.

Oscar Ruggeri

Argentine footballer and manager.

Born January 26th, 1962 (age 64 years) in Corral de Bustos.

Nicolò Melli

Italian basketball player.

Born January 26th, 1991 (age 35 years) in Reggio Emilia.

Rigoberto Urán

Road bicycle racer.

Born January 26th, 1987 (age 39 years) in Urrao.

Jesse Malin

American musician.

Born January 26th, 1968 (age 58 years) in New York City.

Vijay Shankar

Indian cricketer.

Born January 26th, 1991 (age 35 years) in Tirunelveli. ^[ref]

José de Jesús Corona

Mexican association football player.

Born January 26th, 1981 (age 45 years) in Guadalajara.

I.M

South korean rapper.

Born January 26th, 1996 (age 30 years) in Suwon.

DJ Arafat

Ivorian musician, singer and record producer (1986-2019).

Born January 26th, 1986 in Yopougon. ^[ref]

Died August 12th, 2019 at 33 years old in Abidjan (traffic collision). ^[ref]

Marc Mitscher

United states admiral (1887–1947).

Born January 26th, 1887 in Hillsboro.

Died February 3rd, 1947 at 60 years old (coronary thrombosis).