Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include Roman Catholic St. Thomas Aquinas in 1225; Canadian Prime Minister and statesman Alexander MacKenzie in 1822; British explorer Henry Morton Stanley in 1841; Cuban revolutionary and poet Jose Marti in 1853; French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette in 1873; concert pianist Arthur Rubinstein in 1887; abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock in 1912; musician Acker Bilk in 1929; sculptor Claes Oldenburg in 1929 ; actor Alan Alda in 1936 ; actor Susan Howard in 1944 ; former Liberian leader Charles Taylor in 1948 ; ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov in 1948 ; former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 1955 ; singer Sarah McLachlan in 1968 ; comedian Mo Rocca in 1969 ; actor Elijah Wood in 1981 ; singer Joey Fatone in 1977 ; singer Nick Carter in 1980 .