List of Famous people born on January 26th
Varun Grover
Varun Grover is an Indian stand-up comic, writer and poet. He won the award for Best Lyricist at the 63rd National Film Awards in 2015. He is also the co-creator of Aisi Taisi Democracy.
Evil
Takaaki Watanabe is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Evil. He is currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Champion. After debuting in NJPW in 2011, Evil competed in the United States on excursion, working for companies such as Global Force Wrestling (GFW) and Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2014 to 2015. He was one of the three original members of the Los Ingobernables de Japon stable in November 2015, until he turned on them in July 2020 to join Bullet Club.
Nicolò Melli
Nicolò Melli is an Italian-American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the senior Italian national team. He mainly plays at the power forward position, but he has also played at center. Melli earned an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2017.
Anna Schaffelhuber
Anna Katharina Schaffelhuber is a German para-alpine skier. At the 2014 Winter Paralympics she won five gold medals, becoming only the second athlete to sweep the alpine skiing events.
Paula Rego
Dame Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego is a Portuguese-born visual artist who is particularly known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. Rego’s style has evolved from abstract towards representational, and she has favoured pastels over oils for much of her career. Her work often reflects feminism, coloured by folk-themes from her native Portugal.
Benjamín Rausseo
Benjamín Rausseo Rodríguez is a Venezuelan artist, stand-up comedian and career humorist best known for his character El Conde del Guácharo.
MarShon Brooks
MarShon Scitif Brooks is an American professional basketball player for the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Standing at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), he plays at shooting guard and small forward positions. Originally drafted by the Boston Celtics with the 25th pick in the 2011 NBA draft, he was immediately traded to the New Jersey Nets.
Christoph Butterwegge
Christoph Butterwegge is a German political scientist and poverty researcher. From 1998 to 2016 he was Professor of Political Science at the Institute for Comparative Education and Social Sciences at the Humanities Faculty of the University of Cologne and is a member of the Research Center for Intercultural Studies (FiSt).
Celia Keenan-Bolger
Celia Keenan-Bolger is an American actress and singer. She is known for portraying Scout Finch in the successful play To Kill a Mockingbird (2018), which earned her a Tony Award. She has also won three Drama Desk Awards and an Outer Critics Circle Award through her career.
Robert
Robert is an Indian Choreographer who has worked in across India's several regional film industries. He has also appeared as an actor, often portraying villainous roles or by making cameo appearances in songs he has choreographed.