Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 26:
Cartoonist Jules Feiffer is 96.
Sports announcer-actor Bob Uecker is 91.
Actor Scott Glenn is 86.
Activist Angela Davis is 81.
Actor Richard Portnow (``Trumbo,'' ''The Sopranos``) is 78.
Drummer Corky Laing of Mountain is 77.
Actor David Strathairn is 76.
Producer-director Mimi Leder is 73.
Musician Lucinda Williams is 72.
R&B singer Anita Baker is 67.
Actress-comedian-talk show Ellen DeGeneres is 67.
Keyboardist Charlie Gillingham of Counting Crowes is 65.
Hockey Hall of Fame centre Wayne Gretzky is 64.
Rock singer Tom Keifer (Cinderella) is 64.
Guitarist Andrew Ridgeley (Wham!) is 62.
Soccer manager Jose Mourinho is 62.
Actor Paul Johansson (``One Tree Hill'') is 61.
Actor Bryan Callen (``The Goldbergs'') is 58.
Gospel singer Kirk Franklin is 55.
Actor Nate Mooney (``American Odyssey,'' ''It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia``) is 53.
Actress Jennifer Crystal Foley is 52.
Actor Gilles Marini (``Sex and the City'') is 49.
Gospel singer Tye Tribbett is 49.
NBA player Vince Carter is 48.
Actress Sara Rue (``Less Than Perfect'') is 47.
Actor Colin O'Donoghue (``Once Upon a Time'') is 44.
Soccer player Sebastian Giovinco is 38.
Actor Christopher Massey is 35.
NFL linebacker Manti Te'o is 34.
Actor Cameron Bright is 32.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1859, pioneer Canadian composer W.O. Forsyth. (May 7, 1937)
In 1880, U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur. (April 5, 1964)
In 1891, famed Montreal (art surgeon Dr. Wilder Penfield. (April 5, 1976)
In 1899, poet May Miller. (Feb. 8, 1995)
In 1900, fiddler Clayton McMichen of the early country group, the Skillet Lickers. (Jan. 4, 1970)
In 1905, Trapp Family Singers matriarch Maria von Trapp. (March 28, 1987)
In 1908, French jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli. (Dec. 1, 1997)
In 1918, Romamian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. (Dec. 25, 1989)
In 1922, jazz pianist and singer Page Cavanaugh. (Dec. 19, 2008)
In 1923, actress Anne Jeffreys. (Sept. 27, 2017)
In 1925, actor Paul Newman. (Sept. 26, 2008)
In 1925, actress Joan Leslie. (Oct. 12, 2015)
In 1925, journalist-politician Claude Ryan. (Feb. 9, 2004)
In 1926, British crooner Ronnie Hilton. (Feb. 21, 2001)
In 1934, '50's rock 'n' roller Huey (Piano) Smith. (Feb. 13, 2023)
In 1941, Canadian politician Keith Norton. (Jan. 31, 2010)
In 1943, songwriter-producer Thom Bell. (Dec. 22, 2022)
In 1943, singer Jean Knight. (Nov. 22, 2023)
In 1946, film critic Gene Siskel. (Feb. 20, 1999)
In 1946, '60s soul singer Deon Jackson. (April 18, 2014)
In 1955, guitarist Eddie Van Halen. (Oct. 6, 2020)
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