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Jan. 26 (UPI) —<\/span> Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius.<\/p>\n

They include:\n<\/p>\n

— U.S. Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1880<\/p>\n

— Aviator Bessie Coleman in 1892<\/p>\n

— Musician Maria von Trapp in 1905<\/p>\n

— Louis Zamperini, American World War II prisoner of war and subject of the film Unbroken<\/em>, in 1917<\/p>\n

— Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1918<\/p>\n

— Writer Philip Jose Farmer in 1918<\/p>\n

— Actor Paul Newman in 1925<\/p>\n

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— Cartoonist\/writer Jules Feiffer in 1929<\/p>\n

— Sports personality Bob Uecker in 1934<\/p>\n

— Actor Scott Glenn in 1939 (age 86)<\/p>\n

— Political activist Angela Davis in 1944 (age 82)<\/p>\n

— Musician Ashley Hutchings (Fairport Convention) in 1945 (age 81)<\/p>\n

— Film critic Gene Siskel in 1946<\/p>\n

— Actor David Strathairn in 1949 (age 77)<\/p>\n

— Musician Lucinda Williams in 1953 (age 73)<\/p>\n

— Musician Eddie Van Halen in 1955<\/p>\n

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— Musician Anita Baker in 1958 (age 68)<\/p>\n

— Comedian\/TV personality Ellen DeGeneres in 1958 (age 68)<\/p>\n

— Musician Norman Hassan (UB40) in 1958 (age 68)<\/p>\n

— Hockey Hall of Fame member Wayne Gretzky in 1961 (age 65)<\/p>\n

— Musician Charlie Gillingham (Counting Crows) in 1960 (age 65)<\/p>\n

— Musician Andrew Ridgeley (Wham!) in 1963 (age 62)<\/p>\n

— Musician Kirk Franklin in 1970 (age 56)<\/p>\n

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— Soccer coach\/player Brendan Rodgers in 1973 (age 53)<\/p>\n

— Musician Chris Hesse (Hoobastank) in 1974 (age 52)<\/p>\n

— Actor Sara Rue in 1979 (age 47)<\/p>\n

— Actor Colin O’Donoghue in 1981 (age 45)<\/p>\n

— Conductor Gustavo Dudamel in 1981 (age 45)<\/p>\n

— Wrestler Mercedes Mon\u00e9, formerly known as Sasha Banks, in 1992 (age 34)<\/p>\n

— Actor Joseph Quinn in 1994 (age 32)<\/p>\n

— Actor Drake Rodger in 1999 (age 27)<\/p>\n

— Musician sullyoon (Nmixx) in 2004 (age 22)<\/p>\n

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\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.upi.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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