Births on 20 January
2000s
J. J. McCarthy
2003
American football player (born 2003)
Antonia Ružić
2003
Croatian tennis player (born 2003)
Arnaud Kalimuendo
2002
French footballer (born 2002)
Tyler Herro
2000
American basketball player (born 2000)
1900s
Joey Badass
1995
American rapper and actor (born 1995)
Calum Chambers
1995
English association football player
José María Giménez
1995
Uruguayan footballer (born 1995)
Sergi Samper
1995
Spanish footballer (born 1995)
Kim So-hee (singer, born 1995)
1995
South Korean singer (born 1995)
Seán Kavanagh
1994
Irish footballer
Hampus Lindholm
1994
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1994)
Lucas Piazon
1994
Brazilian footballer (born 1994)
Lorenzo Crisetig
1993
Italian footballer (born 1993)
Cat Janice
1993
American musician (1993–2024)
DeVante Parker
1993
American football player (born 1993)
Tom Cairney
1991
Scottish footballer (born 1991)
Ciara Hanna
1991
American actress and model
Polona Hercog
1991
Slovenian tennis player (born 1991)
Jumpol Adulkittiporn
1991
Thai actor, model and host (born 1991)
Nick Foles
1989
American football player (born 1989)
Alex Grant (ice hockey)
1989
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1989)
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
1989
New Zealand international rugby league footballer (born 1989)
Elderson Echiéjilé
1988
Nigerian footballer
Jan Muršak
1988
Slovenian ice hockey player (born 1988)
Evan Peters
1987
American actor (born 1987)
Kevin Parker
1986
Australian musician (born 1986)
Nabil Boukili
1985
Belgian politician (born 1985)
Toni Gonzaga
1984
Filipino actress and host (born 1984)
Bonnie McKee
1984
American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1984)
Geovany Soto
1983
Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1983)
Ruchi Sanghvi
1982
Indian-American computer engineer and businesswoman
Fredrik Strømstad
1982
Norwegian footballer (born 1982)
Freddy Guzmán
1981
Dominican baseball player (born 1981)
Owen Hargreaves
1981
England footballer and TV pundit (born 1981)
Jason Richardson
1981
American basketball player (born 1981)
Karl Anderson
1980
American professional wrestler (born 1980)
Philippe Cousteau Jr.
1980
American environmental conservationist
Philippe Gagnon (swimmer)
1980
Canadian Paralympic swimmer
Kim Jeong-hoon
1980
South Korean singer and actor (born 1980)
Rob Bourdon
1979
American former drummer (born 1979)
Will Young
1979
British singer and actor (born 1979)
Sonja Kesselschläger
1978
German heptathlete
Allan Søgaard
1978
Danish footballer (born 1978)
Paul Adams (cricketer)
1977
South African cricketer
Sid Wilson
1977
American DJ and keyboardist
Kirsty Gallacher
1976
British television & radio presenter and model (born 1976)
Gretha Smit
1976
Dutch speed skater
David Eckstein
1975
American baseball player (born 1975)
Norberto Fontana
1975
Argentine racing driver (born 1975)
Zac Goldsmith
1975
British politician and journalist (born 1975)
Ira Newble
1975
American basketball player (born 1975)
Stephen Crabb
1973
British politician
Queen Mathilde of Belgium
1973
Queen of the Belgians since 2013
Nikki Haley
1972
American politician and diplomat (born 1972)
Gary Barlow
1971
British musician and songwriter (born 1971)
Wakanohana Masaru
1971
Japanese sumo wrestler
Questlove
1971
American hip hop musician (born 1971)
Skeet Ulrich
1970
American actor (born 1970)
Reno Wilson
1969
American actor
Nicky Wire
1969
Welsh musician and songwriter
Nick Anderson (basketball)
1968
American basketball player (born 1968)
Junior Murray
1968
West Indian cricketer
Stacey Dash
1967
American actress (born 1967)
Chris Morris (basketball)
1966
American basketball player (born 1966)
Rainn Wilson
1966
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1966)
Colin Calderwood
1965
Scottish association football player and manager
Greg K.
1965
American bassist (born 1965)
John Michael Montgomery
1965
American country music singer (born 1965)
Heather Small
1965
British singer (born 1965)
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh
1965
Member of the British royal family (born 1965)
Anton Weissenbacher
1965
Romanian footballer
Ozzie Guillén
1964
Venezuelan baseball player and manager (born 1964)
Ron Harper
1964
American basketball former player (born 1964)
Kazushige Nojima
1964
Japanese video game writer (born 1964)
Koko Pimentel
1964
Filipino politician (born 1964)
Fareed Zakaria
1964
Indian-American journalist and author (born 1964)
James Denton
1963
American actor
Mark Ryden
1963
American painter (born 1963)
Janey Godley
1961
Scottish actor, writer and comedian (1961–2024)
Yolanda González (activist)
1961
Spanish militant (1961–1980)
Tami Hoag
1959
American novelist (born 1959)
Lorenzo Lamas
1958
American actor (born 1958)
Andy Sheppard
1957
British jazz saxophonist and composer
Maria Larsson (politician)
1956
Swedish politician (born 1956)
Bill Maher
1956
American comedian and television host (born 1956)
Richard Morecroft
1956
Australian radio announcer, TV newsreader and presenter, and conservationist (born 1956)
John Naber
1956
American swimmer (born 1956)
McKeeva Bush
1955
Caymanian politician
Mohammad Dawran
1954
Former Commander of the Afghan Air Force
Ken Page
1954
American actor and singer (1954–2024)
Jeffrey Epstein
1953
American financier and child sex offender (1953–2019)
Nikos Sideris
1952
Greek psychiatrist, translator, poet and writer
Paul Stanley
1952
American musician and frontman of Kiss (born 1952)
John Witherow
1952
British newspaper editor (born 1952)
Iván Fischer
1951
Hungarian conductor and composer
William Mgimwa
1950
Tanzanian politician
Mahamane Ousmane
1950
President of Niger from 1993 to 1996
Göran Persson
1949
Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006
Nancy Kress
1948
American science fiction writer (born 1948)
Natan Sharansky
1948
Israeli politician and refusenik (born 1948)
Cyrille Guimard
1947
French cyclist and commentator
David Lynch
1946
American filmmaker (1946–2025)
Vladimír Merta
1946
Czech musician (born 1946)
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
1945
English cricketer, broadcaster and journalist
Eric Stewart
1945
English musician (born 1945)
José Luis Garci
1944
Spanish film director
Farhad Mehrad
1944
Iranian singer and guitarist (1944–2002)
Pat Parker
1944
American poet and activist
Linda Moulton Howe
1942
American journalist
Carol Heiss
1940
American figure skater and actress (born 1940)
Krishnam Raju
1940
Indian actor and politician (1940–2022)
Mandé Sidibé
1940
Paul Coverdell
1939
American politician (1939–2000)
Chandra Wickramasinghe
1939
British astronomer (born 1939)
Derek Dougan
1938
Northern Irish footballer and manager (1938–2007)
Bailey Howell
1937
American basketball player (born 1937)
Dorothy Provine
1935
American singer, dancer, actress (1935–2010)
Hennie Aucamp
1934
Tom Baker
1934
English actor (born 1934)
Lou Fontinato
1932
Canadian ice hockey player (1932–2016)
David Lee (physicist)
1931
Physicist and Nobel Prize winner from the United States
Hachidai Nakamura
1931
Musical artist
Buzz Aldrin
1930
American astronaut (born 1930)
Arte Johnson
1929
American comic actor (1929–2019)
Masaharu Kawakatsu
1929
Japanese zoologist (born 1929)
Fireball Roberts
1929
American racing driver (1929–1964)
Antonio de Almeida (conductor)
1928
French conductor and musicologist
Qurratulain Hyder
1927
Indian Urdu writer (1928-2007)
Patricia Neal
1926
American stage and film actress (1926–2010)
David Tudor
1926
American pianist and composer (1926–1996)
Jamiluddin Aali
1925
Pakistani poet, writer, and scholar (1926–2015)
Ernesto Cardenal
1925
Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician (1925-2020)
Yvonne Loriod
1924
French musician (1924–2010)
Slim Whitman
1923
American country musician (1923–2013)
Ray Anthony
1922
American bandleader and trumpeter (born 1922)
Don Mankiewicz
1922
American screenwriter (1922–2015)
Telmo Zarra
1921
Spanish footballer (1921–2006)
Federico Fellini
1920
Italian filmmaker (1920–1993)
DeForest Kelley
1920
American actor (1920–1999)
Thorleif Schjelderup
1920
Norwegian ski jumper
Juan García Esquivel
1918
Mexican composer (1918–2002)
Nevin S. Scrimshaw
1918
American food scientist
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
1915
President of Pakistan from 1988 to 1993
Joy Adamson
1910
Naturalist, artist and author (1910–1980)
Gōgen Yamaguchi
1909
Japanese karateka
Paula Wessely
1907
Austrian actress (1907–2000)
Aristotle Onassis
1906
Greek business magnate (1906–1975)
Leon Ames
1902
American actor (1902–1993)
Kevin Barry
1902
Irish republican (1902–1920)
Dorothy Annan
1900
British painter
Colin Clive
1900
English actor
1800s
Clarice Cliff
1899
English artist
Kenjiro Takayanagi
1899
Japanese pioneer in the development of television (1899–1990)
U Razak
1898
Burmese politician
George Burns
1896
American entertainer (1896–1996)
Gábor Szegő
1895
Hungarian mathematician (1895–1985)
Harold Gray
1894
American cartoonist (1894–1968)
Walter Piston
1894
American composer (1894–1976)
Georg Åberg
1893
Swedish long and triple jumper
Mischa Elman
1891
Russian-American violinist (1891–1967)
Allan Lockheed
1889
American aviation engineer and industrialist (1889–1969)
Lead Belly
1888
American folk and blues musician (1888–1949)
Enoch L. Johnson
1883
American political boss and mobster (1883–1968)
Forrest Wilson
1883
American journalist (1883-1942)
Johnny Torrio
1882
Italian mob boss
Walter W. Bacon
1880
American politician (1880–1962)
Ruth St. Denis
1879
American modern dancer (1879–1968)
Finlay Currie
1878
Scottish actor (1878–1968)
Josef Hofmann
1876
Polish-American pianist (1876–1957)
Steve Bloomer
1874
English footballer and manager (1874–1938)
Johannes V. Jensen
1873
Danish author (1873–1950)
Guillaume Lekeu
1870
Belgian composer (1870–1894)
Yvette Guilbert
1865
French cabaret singer
Wilhelm Ramsay
1865
Finnish geologist (1865–1928)
Harriot Stanton Blatch
1856
American writer and suffragist
Ernest Chausson
1855
French composer (1855–1899)
George D. Robinson
1834
American politician (1834–1896)
Göran Fredrik Göransson
1819
Swedish merchant, ironmaster and industrialist (1819–1900)
David Wilmot (politician)
1814
American politician and judge (1814–1868)
William Fox (New Zealand politician)
1812
Premier of New Zealand (1812–1893)
Thomas Meik
1812
Scottish engineer
Before 1800
Anson Jones
1799
Texian politician
Friedrich Dotzauer
1783
German cellist and composer
Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg
1781
Politician from Austria (1781–1848)
André-Marie Ampère
1775
French physicist and mathematician (1775–1836)
Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny
1762
Belgian/French composer and music theorist (1762–1842)
Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet
1755
Royal Navy Admiral (1755–1824)
Carl Linnaeus the Younger
1741
Swedish naturalist (1741–1783)
Richard Henry Lee
1732
American statesman and Founding Father (1732–1794)
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy
1716
French writer and numismatist (1716–1795)
Charles III of Spain
1716
King of Spain from 1759 to 1788
Joseph-Hector Fiocco
1703
Belgian composer and violinist
Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina
1664
Italian writer and jurist (1664–1718)
Johann Hermann Schein
1586
German composer (1586–1630)
Simon Marius
1573
German astronomer (1573–1625)
Heribert Rosweyde
1569
Jesuit hagiographer
Sebastian, King of Portugal
1554
King of Portugal from 1557 to 1578
Rafael Bombelli
1526
16th-century Italian mathematician (1526–1572)
Sebastián de Aparicio
1502
Beatified Franciscan
Jean Quintin
1500
French priest, knight of the Order of St John and writer
Sebastian Franck
1499
German freethinker, humanist and radical reformer
Sebastian Münster
1488
German cartographer, cosmographer, and scholar (1488–1552)
Ashikaga Yoshimasa
1436
Military ruler of Japan from 1436 to 1490
Elizabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330)
1292
Queen consort of Bohemia
Alp Arslan
1029
Sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1063 to 1072
Gordian III
225
Roman emperor from 238 to 244