History Births on January 20

Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (d. 1964)
#Fireball_Roberts

Göran Persson, Swedish lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Sweden
#Göran_Persson

Krishnam Raju, Indian actor and politician
#Krishnam_Raju

David Lee, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
#David_Lee_(physicist)

Nikos Sideris, Greek psychiatrist and poet
#Nikos_Sideris

Harriot Stanton Blatch, U.S. suffragist and organizer (d. 1940)
#Harriot_Stanton_Blatch

Mari Yaguchi, Japanese singer and actress
#Mari_Yaguchi

Jolyon Palmer, English race car driver
#Jolyon_Palmer

David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (d. 1868)
#David_Wilmot

Polona Hercog, Slovenian tennis player
#Polona_Hercog

Lorenzo Lamas, American actor, director, and producer
#Lorenzo_Lamas
Eugène Sue, French author and politician (d. 1857)
#Eugène_Sue

Matthew Tuck, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Matthew_Tuck

Mahamane Ousmane, Nigerien politician, President of Niger
#Mahamane_Ousmane

Stephen Crabb, Scottish-Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales
#Stephen_Crabb

Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender (d. 2019)
#Jeffrey_Epstein

Buzz Aldrin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
#Buzz_Aldrin

Sophie, Countess of Wessex
#Sophie,_Countess_of_Wessex

Edwin McCain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Edwin_McCain

Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and numismatist (d. 1795)
#Jean-Jacques_Barthélemy

Anson Jones, American physician and politician, 5th President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1858)
#Anson_Jones

Andy Sheppard, English saxophonist and composer
#Andy_Sheppard

Geovany Soto, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
#Geovany_Soto

Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and sportscaster
#Cyrille_Guimard

Natan Sharansky, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
#Natan_Sharansky

Nikki Haley, American accountant and politician, 116th Governor of South Carolina
#Nikki_Haley

Philippe Gagnon, Canadian swimmer
#Philippe_Gagnon_(swimmer)

José Luis Garci, Spanish director and producer
#José_Luis_Garci
Petra Rampre, Slovenian tennis player
#Petra_Rampre

Malek Jaziri, Tunisian tennis player
#Malek_Jaziri

James Denton, American actor
#James_Denton

Nick Foles, American football player
#Nick_Foles

Nicky Wire, Welsh singer-songwriter and bass player
#Nicky_Wire

Rafael Bombelli, Italian mathematician (d. 1572)
#Rafael_Bombelli

Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (d. 1967)
#Josef_Hofmann

Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)
#Sebastian_of_Portugal

Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013)
#Christopher_Martin-Jenkins
Dorothy Provine, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2010)
#Dorothy_Provine

Kevin Barry, Irish Republican Army volunteer (d. 1920)
#Kevin_Barry

Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (d. 2014)
#Hennie_Aucamp

Joey Badass, American rapper and actor
#Joey_Badass

André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (d. 1836)
#André-Marie_Ampère
Karl Anderson, American wrestler
#Karl_Anderson

Choo Ja-hyun, South Korean actress
#Choo_Ja-hyun

Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny, Belgian-French composer and theorist (d. 1842)
#Jérôme-Joseph_de_Momigny

Paula Wessely, Austrian actress and producer (d. 2000)
#Paula_Wessely

Mark Ryden, American painter and illustrator
#Mark_Ryden

Yvonne Loriod, French pianist and composer (d. 2010)
#Yvonne_Loriod

Kim Jeong-hoon, South Korean singer and actor
#Kim_Jeong-hoon

Ozzie Guillén, Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager
#Ozzie_Guillén

Skeet Ulrich, American actor
#Skeet_Ulrich

Chandra Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan-English mathematician, astronomer, and biologist
#Chandra_Wickramasinghe

Wakanohana Masaru, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 66th Yokozuna
#Wakanohana_Masaru

Linda Moulton Howe, American journalist and producer
#Linda_Moulton_Howe

Carol Heiss, American figure skater and actress
#Carol_Heiss

Gordian III, Roman emperor (d. 244)
#Gordian_III

Scott Thunes, American bass player
#Scott_Thunes

Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975)
#Aristotle_Onassis

Sonja Kesselschläger, German heptathlete
#Sonja_Kesselschläger

Alp Arslan, Seljuk sultan (probable; d. 1072)
#Alp_Arslan

Kirsty Gallacher, Scottish journalist and sportscaster
#Kirsty_Gallacher

Paul Coverdell, American captain and politician (d. 2000)
#Paul_Coverdell
Fredrik Strømstad, Norwegian footballer
#Fredrik_Strømstad

Will Wright, American video game designer, co-founded Maxis
#Will_Wright_(game_designer)

Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician (d. 1848)
#Joseph_Hormayr,_Baron_zu_Hortenburg

Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist (d. 1967)
#Mischa_Elman

Steve Bloomer, English footballer and coach (d. 1938)
#Steve_Bloomer

Ernest Chausson, French composer (d. 1899)
#Ernest_Chausson
Lou Fontinato, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2016)
#Lou_Fontinato

Gary Barlow, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
#Gary_Barlow

Sebastian Münster, German scholar, cartographer, and cosmographer (d. 1552)
#Sebastian_Münster

Joseph-Hector Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer (d. 1741)
#Joseph-Hector_Fiocco

Ron Harper, American basketball player and coach
#Ron_Harper
Richard Henry Lee, American lawyer and politician, President of the Continental Congress (d. 1794)
#Richard_Henry_Lee

Arte Johnson, American actor and comedian (d. 2019)
#Arte_Johnson

Eric Stewart, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
#Eric_Stewart

Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (d. 1944)
#Yvette_Guilbert

Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and educator (d. 1968)
#Ruth_St._Denis

Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician
#Ernesto_Cardenal
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, New Zealand rugby league player
#Jared_Waerea-Hargreaves

G?gen Yamaguchi, Japanese martial artist (d. 1989)
#G?gen_Yamaguchi

Ray Anthony, American trumpet player, composer, bandleader, and actor
#Ray_Anthony
Jack Lewis, American soldier and author
#Jack_Lewis_(author)

Vladimír Merta, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist
#Vladimír_Merta

Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian pianist and composer (d. 1894)
#Guillaume_Lekeu

Finlay Currie, Scottish-English actor (d. 1968)
#Finlay_Currie

Sebastian de Aparicio, Spanish-Mexican rancher and missionary (d. 1600)
#Sebastian_de_Aparicio

Tanel Sokk, Estonian basketball player
#Tanel_Sokk

Nancy Kress, American author and academic
#Nancy_Kress

Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)
#Charles_III_of_Spain

John Naber, American swimmer
#John_Naber

Zac Goldsmith, English journalist and politician
#Zac_Goldsmith

Lorenzo Crisetig, Italian footballer
#Lorenzo_Crisetig

George D. Robinson, American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
#George_D._Robinson

Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer (d. 2006)
#Telmo_Zarra

Patricia Neal, American actress (d. 2010)
#Patricia_Neal

Apa Sherpa, Nepalese-American mountaineer
#Apa_Sherpa

Colin Clive, English actor (d. 1937)
#Colin_Clive

Jason Richardson, American basketball player
#Jason_Richardson

Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2011)
#Marco_Simoncelli
Rainn Wilson, American actor
#Rainn_Wilson

John Michael Montgomery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#John_Michael_Montgomery

Maria Larsson, Swedish educator and politician, Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs
#Maria_Larsson

Lead Belly, American folk/blues musician and songwriter (d. 1949)
#Lead_Belly

Derrick Green, American singer
#Derrick_Green

Questlove, American drummer, DJ, and producer
#Questlove

Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1993)
#Federico_Fellini

Jeffrén Suárez, Spanish footballer
#Jeffrén_Suárez
Slim Whitman, American country and western singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2013)
#Slim_Whitman

Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (d. 1630)
#Johann_Hermann_Schein

Iván Fischer, Hungarian conductor and composer
#Iván_Fischer

John Witherow, South African-English journalist and author
#John_Witherow

Fareed Zakaria, Indian-American journalist and author
#Fareed_Zakaria

Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860)
#Friedrich_Dotzauer

Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese sh?gun (d. 1490)
#Ashikaga_Yoshimasa

Sebastian Franck, German humanist (probable; d. 1543)
#Sebastian_Franck

Johnny Torrio, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1957)
#Johnny_Torrio

Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Swedish botanist and author (d. 1783)
#Carl_Linnaeus_the_Younger

Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese engineer (d. 1990)
#Kenjiro_Takayanagi

Georg Åberg, Swedish triple jumper (d. 1946)
#Georg_Åberg

Will Young, English singer-songwriter and actor
#Will_Young

Salvatore Aronica, Italian footballer
#Salvatore_Aronica

Owen Hargreaves, English footballer
#Owen_Hargreaves
Paul Stanley, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
#Paul_Stanley

Kellyanne Conway, American political strategist and pundit
#Kellyanne_Conway

Clarice Cliff, English potter (d. 1972)
#Clarice_Cliff

Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian ski jumper and author (d. 2006)
#Thorleif_Schjelderup

Stacey Dash, American actress and television journalist
#Stacey_Dash

Ruchi Sanghvi, Indian computer engineer
#Ruchi_Sanghvi

Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (d. 1718)
#Giovanni_Vincenzo_Gravina

Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater
#Gretha_Smit

David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter
#David_Lynch

McKeeva Bush, Caymanian politician, Premier of the Cayman Islands
#McKeeva_Bush

Nick Anderson, American basketball player and sportscaster
#Nick_Anderson

DeForest Kelley, American actor (d. 1999)
#DeForest_Kelley

Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
#Johannes_V._Jensen

Janin Lindenberg, German sprinter
#Janin_Lindenberg

Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer and manager
#Colin_Calderwood

Bill Maher, American comedian, political commentator, media critic, television host, and producer
#Bill_Maher

R. A. Salvatore, American author
#R._A._Salvatore

Ciara Hanna, American actress and model
#Ciara_Hanna

Jung Woong-in, South Korean actor
#Jung_Woong-in

Leon Ames, American actor (d. 1993)
#Leon_Ames
George Burns, American actor, comedian, and producer (d. 1996)
#George_Burns
U Razak, Burmese educator and politician (d. 1947)
#U_Razak

Queen Mathilde of Belgium
#Queen_Mathilde_of_Belgium

Tom Baker, English actor
#Tom_Baker

Simon Marius, German astronomer and academic (d. 1624)
#Simon_Marius