Famous People Born Today, Today's Famous Birthdays
Here is a list who born on date 20 January today. Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day. Today's famous birthdays list for January 20
Who Born Today, Famous Birthdays on January 20
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 225 | Gordian III, Roman emperor (d. 244) |
| 1029 | Alp Arslan, Seljuk sultan (probable; |
| 1292 | Elizabeth of Bohemia, queen consort of Bohemia (d. 1330) |
| 1436 | Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shōgun (d. 1490) |
| 1488 | Sebastian Münster, German scholar, cartographer, and cosmographer (d. 1552) |
| 1499 | Sebastian Franck, German humanist (probable; |
| 1500 | Jean Quintin, French priest, knight and writer (d. 1561) |
| 1502 | Sebastian de Aparicio, Spanish-Mexican rancher and missionary (d. 1600) |
| 1526 | Rafael Bombelli, Italian mathematician (d. 1572) |
| 1554 | Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578) |
| 1569 | Heribert Rosweyde, Jesuit hagiographer (d. 1629) |
| 1573 | Simon Marius, German astronomer and academic (d. 1624) |
| 1586 | Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (d. 1630) |
| 1664 | Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (d. 1718) |
| 1703 | Joseph-Hector Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer (d. 1741) |
| 1716 | Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and numismatist (d. 1795) |
| 1716 | Charles III of Spain (d. 1788) |
| 1732 | Richard Henry Lee, American lawyer and politician, President of the Continental Congress (d. 1794) |
| 1741 | Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Swedish botanist and author (d. 1783) |
| 1755 | Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, English admiral (d. 1824) |
| 1762 | Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny, Belgian-French composer and theorist (d. 1842) |
| 1775 | André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (d. 1836) |
| 1781 | Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician (d. 1848) |
| 1783 | Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860) |
| 1799 | Anson Jones, American physician and politician, 5th President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1858) |
| 1812 | Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896) |
| 1814 | David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (d. 1868) |
| 1819 | Göran Fredrik Göransson, Swedish merchant, ironmaster and industrialist (d. 1900) |
| 1834 | George D. Robinson, American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) |
| 1855 | Ernest Chausson, French composer (d. 1899) |
| 1856 | Harriot Stanton Blatch, U.S. suffragist and organizer (d. 1940) |
| 1865 | Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (d. 1944) |
| 1865 | Wilhelm Ramsay, Finnish geologist and professor (d. 1928) |
| 1870 | Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian pianist and composer (d. 1894) |
| 1873 | Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950) |
| 1874 | Steve Bloomer, English footballer and coach (d. 1938) |
| 1876 | Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (d. 1957) |
| 1878 | Finlay Currie, Scottish-English actor (d. 1968) |
| 1879 | Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and educator (d. 1968) |
| 1880 | Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (d. 1962) |
| 1882 | Johnny Torrio, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1957) |
| 1883 | Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss (d. 1968) |
| 1883 | Forrest Wilson, American journalist and author (d. 1942) |
| 1888 | Lead Belly, American folk/blues musician and songwriter (d. 1949) |
| 1889 | Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer and businessman, founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company (d. 1969) |
| 1891 | Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist (d. 1967) |
| 1893 | Georg Åberg, Swedish triple jumper (d. 1946) |
| 1894 | Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (d. 1968) |
| 1894 | Walter Piston, American composer, theorist, and academic (d. 1976) |
| 1895 | Gábor Szegő, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1985) |
| 1896 | George Burns, American actor, comedian, and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1898 | U Razak, Burmese educator and politician (d. 1947) |
| 1899 | Clarice Cliff, English potter (d. 1972) |
| 1899 | Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese engineer (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Dorothy Annan, English painter, potter, and muralist (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | Colin Clive, English actor (d. 1937) |
| 1902 | Leon Ames, American actor (d. 1993) |
| 1902 | Kevin Barry, Irish Republican Army volunteer (d. 1920) |
| 1906 | Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975) |
| 1907 | Paula Wessely, Austrian actress and producer (d. 2000) |
| 1908 | Fleur Cowles, American author and illustrator (d. 2009) |
| 1909 | Gōgen Yamaguchi, Japanese martial artist (d. 1989) |
| 1910 | Joy Adamson, Austria-Kenyan painter and conservationist (d. 1980) |
| 1913 | W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1915 | Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Pakistani businessman and politician, 7th President of Pakistan (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2002) |
| 1918 | Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (d. 2013) |
| 1920 | Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1993) |
| 1920 | DeForest Kelley, American actor (d. 1999) |
| 1920 | Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian ski jumper and author (d. 2006) |
| 1921 | Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer (d. 2006) |
| 1922 | Ray Anthony, American trumpet player, composer, bandleader, and actor |
| 1922 | Don Mankiewicz, American author and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1923 | Slim Whitman, American country and western singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Yvonne Loriod, French pianist and composer (d. 2010) |
| 1925 | Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2015) |
| 1925 | Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Patricia Neal, American actress (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | David Tudor, American pianist and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1927 | Qurratulain Hyder, Indian-Pakistani journalist and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1928 | Antonio de Almeida, French conductor and musicologist (d. 1997) |
| 1929 | Arte Johnson, American actor and comedian (d. 2019) |
| 1929 | Masaharu Kawakatsu, Japanese biologist |
| 1929 | Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (d. 1964) |
| 1930 | Buzz Aldrin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut |
| 1931 | David Lee, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1931 | Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese pianist and composer (d. 1992) |
| 1932 | Lou Fontinato, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2016) |
| 1934 | Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (d. 2014) |
| 1934 | Tom Baker, English actor |
| 1935 | Dorothy Provine, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2010) |
| 1937 | Bailey Howell, American basketball player |
| 1938 | Derek Dougan, Irish-English footballer and journalist (d. 2007) |
| 1939 | Paul Coverdell, American captain and politician (d. 2000) |
| 1939 | Chandra Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan-English mathematician, astronomer, and biologist |
| 1940 | Carol Heiss, American figure skater and actress |
| 1940 | Krishnam Raju, Indian actor and politician |
| 1940 | Mandé Sidibé, Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (d. 2009) |
| 1942 | Linda Moulton Howe, American journalist and producer |
| 1944 | José Luis Garci, Spanish director and producer |
| 1944 | Farhad Mehrad, Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002) |
| 1944 | Pat Parker, American poet |
| 1945 | Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013) |
| 1945 | Eric Stewart, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
| 1946 | David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1946 | Vladimír Merta, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist |
| 1947 | Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and sportscaster |
| 1948 | Nancy Kress, American author and academic |
| 1948 | Natan Sharansky, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel |
| 1949 | Göran Persson, Swedish lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Sweden |
| 1950 | Daniel Benzali, Brazilian-American actor |
| 1950 | William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance (d. 2014) |
| 1950 | Mahamane Ousmane, Nigerien politician, President of Niger |
| 1951 | Ian Hill, English rock bassist |
| 1951 | Iván Fischer, Hungarian conductor and composer |
| 1952 | Nikos Sideris, Greek psychiatrist and poet |
| 1952 | Paul Stanley, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
| 1952 | John Witherow, South African-English journalist and author |
| 1953 | Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender (d. 2019) |
| 1954 | Alison Seabeck, English lawyer and politician |
| 1955 | McKeeva Bush, Caymanian politician, Premier of the Cayman Islands |
| 1956 | Maria Larsson, Swedish educator and politician, Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs |
| 1956 | Bill Maher, American comedian, political commentator, media critic, television host, and producer |
| 1956 | John Naber, American swimmer |
| 1957 | Andy Sheppard, English saxophonist and composer |
| 1958 | Lorenzo Lamas, American actor, director, and producer |
| 1958 | Amanda Villepastour (née Vincent), Australian-born ethnomusicologist and professional musician |
| 1959 | Tami Hoag, American author |
| 1959 | R. A. Salvatore, American author |
| 1963 | James Denton, American actor |
| 1963 | Mark Ryden, American painter and illustrator |
| 1964 | Ozzie Guillén, Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager |
| 1964 | Ron Harper, American basketball player and coach |
| 1964 | Jack Lewis, American soldier and author |
| 1964 | Kazushige Nojima, Japanese screenwriter and songwriter |
| 1964 | Aquilino Pimentel III, Filipino lawyer and politician |
| 1964 | Fareed Zakaria, Indian-American journalist and author |
| 1965 | Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer and manager |
| 1965 | Sophie, Countess of Wessex |
| 1965 | Warren Joyce, English footballer and manager |
| 1965 | John Michael Montgomery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1965 | Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer |
| 1966 | Rainn Wilson, American actor |
| 1967 | Stacey Dash, American actress and television journalist |
| 1967 | Kellyanne Conway, American political strategist and pundit |
| 1968 | Nick Anderson, American basketball player and sportscaster |
| 1968 | Junior Murray, Grenadian cricketer |
| 1969 | Patrick K. Kroupa, American computer hacker and activist, co-founded MindVox |
| 1969 | Nicky Wire, Welsh singer-songwriter and bass player |
| 1970 | Edwin McCain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1970 | Skeet Ulrich, American actor |
| 1971 | Gary Barlow, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer |
| 1971 | Wakanohana Masaru, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 66th Yokozuna |
| 1972 | Nikki Haley, American accountant and politician, 116th Governor of South Carolina |
| 1973 | Stephen Crabb, Scottish-Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales |
| 1973 | Queen Mathilde of Belgium |
| 1974 | David Dei, Italian footballer and coach |
| 1975 | Norberto Fontana, Argentinian racing driver |
| 1975 | Zac Goldsmith, English journalist and politician |
| 1976 | Kirsty Gallacher, Scottish television presenter |
| 1976 | Michael Myers, American football player |
| 1976 | Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater |
| 1977 | Paul Adams, South African cricketer and coach |
| 1978 | Salvatore Aronica, Italian footballer |
| 1978 | Sonja Kesselschläger, German heptathlete |
| 1978 | Allan Søgaard, Danish footballer |
| 1979 | Choo Ja-hyun, South Korean actress |
| 1979 | Will Young, English singer-songwriter and actor |
| 1980 | Karl Anderson, American wrestler |
| 1980 | Philippe Cousteau, Jr., American-French oceanographer and journalist |
| 1980 | Philippe Gagnon, Canadian swimmer |
| 1980 | Kim Jeong-hoon, South Korean singer and actor |
| 1980 | Petra Rampre, Slovenian tennis player |
| 1981 | Freddy Guzmán, Dominican baseball player |
| 1981 | Owen Hargreaves, English footballer |
| 1981 | Jason Richardson, American basketball player |
| 1982 | Ruchi Sanghvi, Indian computer engineer |
| 1982 | Fredrik Strømstad, Norwegian footballer |
| 1983 | Geovany Soto, Puerto Rican-American baseball player |
| 1984 | Toni Gonzaga, Filipino singer and television personality[40] |
| 1987 | Janin Lindenberg, German sprinter |
| 1987 | Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2011) |
| 1988 | Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé, Nigerian footballer |
| 1988 | Jeffrén Suárez, Spanish footballer |
| 1989 | Nick Foles, American football player |
| 1989 | Washington Santana da Silva, Brazilian footballer |
| 1989 | Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, New Zealand rugby league player |
| 1990 | Ray Thompson, Australian rugby league player |
| 1991 | Ciara Hanna, American actress and model |
| 1991 | Tom Cairney, Scottish footballer |
| 1991 | Polona Hercog, Slovenian tennis player |
| 1993 | Lorenzo Crisetig, Italian footballer |
| 1994 | Seán Kavanagh, Irish footballer |
| 1994 | Lucas Piazon, Brazilian footballer |
| 1995 | Joey Badass, American rapper and actor |
| 1995 | Calum Chambers, English footballer |
| 2003 | Antonia Ružić, Croatian tennis player[48] |
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