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

Denis Mukhametdinov, Russian footballer

Jorge Zárate, Mexican footballer

Ray Thompson, Australian rugby league player

Washington Santana da Silva, Brazilian footballer

Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé, Nigerian footballer

Marina Inoue, Japanese voice actress and singer

Freddy Guzmán, Dominican baseball player

Philippe Cousteau, Jr., American-French oceanographer and journalist

Allan Søgaard, Danish footballer

Paul Adams, South African cricketer and coach

Michael Myers, American football player

Norberto Fontana, Argentinian race car driver

David Dei, Italian footballer and coach

Ger McDonnell, Irish mountaineer and engineer (d. 2008)

Patrick K. Kroupa, American computer hacker and activist, co-founded MindVox

Junior Murray, Grenadian cricketer

Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer

Warren Joyce, English footballer and manager

Aquilino Pimentel III, Filipino lawyer and politician

Kazushige Nojima, Japanese screenwriter and songwriter

Tami Hoag, American author

Alison Seabeck, English lawyer and politician

William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance (d. 2014)

Daniel Benzali, Brazilian-American actor

Farhad Mehrad, Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)

Mandé Sidibé, Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (d. 2009)

Derek Dougan, Irish-English footballer and journalist (d. 2007)

Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese pianist and composer (d. 1992)

Masaharu Kawakatsu, Japanese biologist

Antonio de Almeida, French conductor and musicologist (d. 1997)

Qurratulain Hyder, Indian-Pakistani journalist and academic (d. 2007)

David Tudor, American pianist and composer (d. 1996)

Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2015)

Don Mankiewicz, American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)

Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (d. 2013)

Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2002)

Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Pakistani businessman and politician, 7th President of Pakistan (d. 2006)

W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (d. 2006)

Joy Adamson, Austria-born Kenyan painter and author (d. 1980)

Fleur Cowles, American author and illustrator (d. 2009)

Dorothy Annan, English painter, potter, and muralist (d. 1983)

Gábor Szeg?, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1985)

Walter Piston, American composer, theorist, and academic (d. 1976)

Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (d. 1968)

Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer and businessman, founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company (d. 1969)

Forrest Wilson, American journalist and author (d. 1942)

Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss (d. 1968)

Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (d. 1962)

Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896)

Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, English admiral (d. 1824)

Heribert Rosweyde, Jesuit hagiographer (d. 1629)

John George, Marquess of Montferrat, Italian noble (d. 1533)

Elizabeth of Bohemia, queen consort of Bohemia (d. 1330)