Famous Birthdays for 24th January 2026

76 – Hadrian, Roman Emperor (117-138) and builder of Hadrian’s Wall, born in Italica (d. 138)
1828 – Adam Jacoby Slemmer, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (d. 1868)
1912 – Ken Weekes, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests, top score 137; first Test cricketer born in US), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
1916 – Marvin Creamer, American mariner, 1st recorded person to sail around the world without navigational instruments, born near Vineland, New Jersey (d. 2020)
1940 – Dave Getz, American drummer (Big Brother and The Holding Company), born in Brooklyn, New York City
1949 – Bart Gordon, American politician (Rep-D-TN, 1985-2011), born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee,
1950 – William A. Henry III, American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (Boston Globe), arts critic (Time Magazine), and author, born in South Orange, New Jersey (d. 1994)
1951 – Murray Sinclair, Canadian and Anishinaabe senator and lawyer, led the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission, born in Selkirk, Manitoba (d. 2024)
1954 – Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1986)
1976 – Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist, born in Veurne, Belgium

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