People born on January 20 198
Gordian III
b. 225 – d. 244
Gordian III, Roman emperor (b. 225)
Alp Arslan
b. 1029 – d. 1072
Alp Arslan, Seljuk sultan (d. 1072)
Elizabeth of Bohemia (1292-1330)
b. 1292 – d. 1330
Elizabeth of Bohemia, queen consort of Bohemia (d. 1330)
Ashikaga Yoshimasa
b. 1436 – d. 1490
Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435)
John George, Marquess of Montferrat
b. 1488 – d. 1533
John George, Marquess of Montferrat, Italian noble (d. 1533)
Sebastian Münster
b. 1488 – d. 1552
Sebastian Münster, German cartographer and cosmographer (b. 1488)
Sebastian Franck
b. 1499 – d. 1543
Sebastian Franck, German humanist. (d. 1543)
Sebastian de Aparicio
b. 1502 – d. 1600
Sebastian de Aparicio, Spanish colonial industrialist and saint (b. 1502)
Rafael Bombelli
b. 1526 – d. 1572
Rafael Bombelli, Italian mathematician (d. 1572)
Sebastian of Portugal
b. 1554 – d. 1578
Sebastian of Portugal (b. 1554)
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Heribert Rosweyde
b. 1569 – d. 1629
Heribert Rosweyde, Jesuit hagiographer (b. 1569)
Johann Schein
b. 1586 – d. 1630
Johann Schein, German composer (d. 1630)
Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina
b. 1664 – d. 1718
Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (d. 1718)
Joseph-Hector Fiocco
b. 1703 – d. 1741
Joseph-Hector Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer (d. 1741)
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy
b. 1716 – d. 1795
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and author (b. 1716)
Charles III of Spain
b. 1716 – d. 1788
Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)
Richard Henry Lee
b. 1732 – d. 1794
Richard Henry Lee, American lawyer and politician, President of the Continental Congress (d. 1794)
Carl Linnaeus the Younger
b. 1741 – d. 1783
Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Swedish botanist and author (d. 1783)
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Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet
b. 1755 – d. 1824
Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, English admiral (d. 1824)
Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny
b. 1762 – d. 1842
Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny, Belgian-French composer and theorist (d. 1842)
André-Marie Ampère
b. 1775 – d. 1836
André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg
b. 1781 – d. 1848
Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician (b. 1781)
Friedrich Dotzauer
b. 1783 – d. 1860
Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860)
Anson Jones
b. 1798 – d. 1858
Anson Jones, American physician and politician, 5th President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1858)
Eugène Sue
b. 1804 – d. 1857
Eugène Sue, French author and politician (b. 1804)
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Thomas Meik
b. 1812 – d. 1896
Thomas Meik, English engineer, founded Halcrow Group (b. 1812)
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David Wilmot
b. 1814 – d. 1868
David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (d. 1868)
George D. Robinson
b. 1834 – d. 1896
George D. Robinson, American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
Ernest Chausson
b. 1855 – d. 1899
Ernest Chausson, French composer (b. 1855)
Yvette Guilbert
b. 1865 – d. 1944
Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
Guillaume Lekeu
b. 1870 – d. 1894
Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian pianist and composer (d. 1894)
Johannes V. Jensen
b. 1873 – d. 1950
Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
Steve Bloomer
b. 1874 – d. 1938
Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
Josef Hofmann
b. 1876 – d. 1957
Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
Finlay Currie
b. 1878 – d. 1968
Finlay Currie, Scottish-English actor (d. 1968)
Ruth St. Denis
b. 1878 – d. 1968
Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)
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Walter W. Bacon
b. 1880 – d. 1962
Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (d. 1962)
Johnny Torrio
b. 1882 – d. 1957
Johnny Torrio, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1957)
Enoch L. Johnson
b. 1883 – d. 1968
Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss (d. 1968)
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Forrest Wilson
b. 1883 – d. 1942
Forrest Wilson, American journalist and author (d. 1942)
Allan Haines Loughead
b. 1889 – d. 1969
Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer, co-founded the Lockheed Corporation (b. 1889)
Mischa Elman
b. 1891 – d. 1967
Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist (b. 1891)
Georg Åberg
b. 1893 – d. 1946
Georg Åberg, Swedish triple jumper (d. 1946)
Harold Gray
b. 1894 – d. 1968
Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (b. 1894)
Walter Piston
b. 1894 – d. 1976
Walter Piston, American composer, theorist, and academic (d. 1976)
Gábor Szegő
b. 1895 – d. 1985
Gábor Szegő, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1985)
George Burns
b. 1896 – d. 1996
George Burns, American actor, comedian, and producer (d. 1996)
U Razak
b. 1898 – d. 1947
U Razak, Burmese educator and politician (b. 1898)
Clarice Cliff
b. 1899 – d. 1972
Clarice Cliff, English potter (d. 1972)
Kenjiro Takayanagi
b. 1899 – d. 1990
Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese engineer (b. 1899)
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Dorothy Annan
b. 1900 – d. 1983
Dorothy Annan, English painter, potter, and muralist (d. 1983)
Colin Clive
b. 1900 – d. 1937
Colin Clive, British actor (b. 1900)
Leon Ames
b. 1902 – d. 1993
Leon Ames, American actor (d. 1993)
Kevin Barry
b. 1902 – d. 1920
Kevin Barry, Irish Republican Army volunteer (d. 1920)
Paula Wessely
b. 1907 – d. 2000
Paula Wessely, Austrian actress and producer (d. 2000)
Fleur Cowles
b. 1908 – d. 2009
Fleur Cowles, American author and illustrator (d. 2009)
Gōgen Yamaguchi
b. 1909 – d. 1989
Gōgen Yamaguchi, Japanese martial artist (d. 1989)
Joy Adamson
b. 1910 – d. 1980
Joy Adamson, Austria-born Kenyan painter and author (d. 1980)
W. Cleon Skousen
b. 1913 – d. 2006
W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (d. 2006)
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
b. 1915 – d. 2006
Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Pakistani businessman and politician, 7th President of Pakistan (d. 2006)
Juan García Esquivel
b. 1918 – d. 2002
Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2002)
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Nevin Scrimshaw
b. 1918 – d. 2013
Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (b. 1918)
Federico Fellini
b. 1920 – d. 1993
Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1993)
DeForest Kelley
b. 1920 – d. 1999
DeForest Kelley, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)
Thorleif Schjelderup
b. 1920 – d. 2006
Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian ski jumper and author (b. 1920)
Telmo Zarra
b. 1921 – d. 2006
Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer (b. 1921)
Ray Anthony
b. 1922
Ray Anthony, American trumpet player, composer, bandleader, and actor
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Don Mankiewicz
b. 1922 – d. 2015
Don Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and novelist (b. 1922)
Slim Whitman
b. 1923 – d. 2013
Slim Whitman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
Yvonne Loriod
b. 1924 – d. 2010
Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1924)
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Jamiluddin Aali
b. 1925 – d. 2015
Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2015)
Ernesto Cardenal
b. 1925
Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician
Patricia Neal
b. 1926 – d. 2010
Patricia Neal, American actress (b. 1926)
David Tudor
b. 1926 – d. 1996
David Tudor, American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
Qurratulain Hyder
b. 1927 – d. 2007
Qurratulain Hyder, Indian-Pakistani journalist and academic (d. 2007)
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Antonio de Almeida (conductor)
b. 1928 – d. 1997
Antonio de Almeida, French conductor and musicologist (d. 1997)
Arte Johnson
b. 1929
Arte Johnson, American actor and comedian
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Masaharu Kawakatsu
b. 1929
Masaharu Kawakatsu, Japanese biologist
Fireball Roberts
b. 1929 – d. 1964
Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
Buzz Aldrin
b. 1930
Buzz Aldrin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
David Lee (physicist)
b. 1931
David Lee, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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Hachidai Nakamura
b. 1931 – d. 1992
Hachidai Nakamura, Chinese-Japanese pianist and composer (b. 1931)
Lou Fontinato
b. 1932 – d. 2016
Lou Fontinato, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2016)
Hennie Aucamp
b. 1934 – d. 2014
Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (d. 2014)
Tom Baker
b. 1934
Tom Baker, English actor
Dorothy Provine
b. 1935 – d. 2010
Dorothy Provine, American actress and singer (b. 1935)
Derek Dougan
b. 1938 – d. 2007
Derek Dougan, Irish-English footballer and journalist (d. 2007)
Paul Coverdell
b. 1939 – d. 2000
Paul Coverdell, American captain and politician (d. 2000)
Chandra Wickramasinghe
b. 1939
Chandra Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan-English mathematician, astronomer, and biologist
Carol Heiss
b. 1940
Carol Heiss, American figure skater and actress
Krishnam Raju
b. 1940
Krishnam Raju, Indian actor and politician
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Mandé Sidibé
b. 1940 – d. 2009
Mandé Sidibé, Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1940)
Linda Moulton Howe
b. 1942
Linda Moulton Howe, American journalist and producer
José Luis Garci
b. 1944
José Luis Garci, Spanish director and producer
Farhad Mehrad
b. 1944 – d. 2002
Farhad Mehrad, Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
b. 1945 – d. 2013
Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013)
Eric Stewart
b. 1945
Eric Stewart, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
David Lynch
b. 1946
David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Vladimír Merta
b. 1946
Vladimír Merta, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist
Cyrille Guimard
b. 1947
Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and sportscaster
Nancy Kress
b. 1948
Nancy Kress, American author and academic
Mahamane Ousmane
b. 1948
Mahamane Ousmane, Nigerian politician, President of Niger
Natan Sharansky
b. 1948
Natan Sharansky, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
Nigel Williams (author)
b. 1948
Nigel Williams, English author, playwright, and screenwriter
Göran Persson
b. 1949
Göran Persson, Swedish lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Sweden
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Daniel Benzali
b. 1950
Daniel Benzali, Brazilian-American actor
William Mgimwa
b. 1950 – d. 2014
William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance (d. 2014)
Iván Fischer
b. 1951
Iván Fischer, Hungarian conductor and composer
Nikos Sideris
b. 1952
Nikos Sideris, Greek psychiatrist and poet
Paul Stanley
b. 1952
Paul Stanley, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
John Witherow
b. 1952
John Witherow, South African-English journalist and author
Jeffrey Epstein
b. 1953
Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and philanthropist
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Alison Seabeck
b. 1954
Alison Seabeck, English lawyer and politician
McKeeva Bush
b. 1955
McKeeva Bush, Caymanian politician, Premier of the Cayman Islands
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Maria Larsson
b. 1956
Maria Larsson, Swedish educator and politician, Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs
Bill Maher
b. 1956
Bill Maher, American comedian, political commentator, media critic, television host, and producer
John Naber
b. 1956
John Naber, American swimmer
Andy Sheppard
b. 1957
Andy Sheppard, English saxophonist and composer
Lorenzo Lamas
b. 1958
Lorenzo Lamas, American actor, director, and producer
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Tami Hoag
b. 1959
Tami Hoag, American author
R. A. Salvatore
b. 1959
R. A. Salvatore, American author
Apa Sherpa
b. 1960
Apa Sherpa, Nepalese-American mountaineer
Scott Thunes
b. 1960
Scott Thunes, American bass player
Will Wright (game designer)
b. 1960
Will Wright, American video game designer, co-founded Maxis
James Denton
b. 1963
James Denton, American actor
Mark Ryden
b. 1963
Mark Ryden, American painter and illustrator
Ozzie Guillén
b. 1964
Ozzie Guillén, Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager
Ron Harper
b. 1964
Ron Harper, American basketball player and coach
Jack Lewis (author)
b. 1964
Jack Lewis, American soldier and author
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Kazushige Nojima
b. 1964
Kazushige Nojima, Japanese screenwriter and songwriter
Aquilino Pimentel III
b. 1964
Aquilino Pimentel III, Filipino lawyer and politician
Fareed Zakaria
b. 1964
Fareed Zakaria, Indian-American journalist and author
Colin Calderwood
b. 1965
Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer and manager
Sophie, Countess of Wessex
b. 1965
Sophie, Countess of Wessex
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Warren Joyce
b. 1965
Warren Joyce, English footballer and manager
John Michael Montgomery
b. 1965
John Michael Montgomery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Anton Weissenbacher
b. 1965
Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer
Rainn Wilson
b. 1966
Rainn Wilson, American actor
Stacey Dash
b. 1967
Stacey Dash, American actress and television journalist
Kellyanne Conway
b. 1967
Kellyanne Conway, American political strategist and pundit
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Nick Anderson
b. 1968
Nick Anderson, American basketball player and sportscaster
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Junior Murray
b. 1968
Junior Murray, Grenadian cricketer
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Patrick K. Kroupa
b. 1969
Patrick K. Kroupa, American computer hacker and activist, co-founded MindVox
Nicky Wire
b. 1969
Nicky Wire, Welsh singer-songwriter and bass player
Edwin McCain
b. 1970
Edwin McCain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Skeet Ulrich
b. 1970
Skeet Ulrich, American actor
Derrick Green
b. 1971
Derrick Green, American singer
Gary Barlow
b. 1971
Gary Barlow, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
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Ger McDonnell
b. 1971 – d. 2008
Ger McDonnell, Irish mountaineer and engineer (d. 2008)
Jung Woong-in
b. 1971
Jung Woong-in, South Korean actor
Questlove
b. 1971
Questlove, American drummer, DJ, and producer
Wakanohana Masaru
b. 1971
Wakanohana Masaru, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 66th Yokozuna
Nikki Haley
b. 1972
Nikki Haley, American accountant and politician, 116th Governor of South Carolina
Stephen Crabb
b. 1973
Stephen Crabb, Scottish-Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales
Queen Mathilde of Belgium
b. 1973
Queen Mathilde of Belgium
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David Dei
b. 1974
David Dei, Italian footballer and coach
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Norberto Fontana
b. 1975
Norberto Fontana, Argentinian race car driver
Zac Goldsmith
b. 1975
Zac Goldsmith, English journalist and politician
Kirsty Gallacher
b. 1976
Kirsty Gallacher, Scottish journalist and sportscaster
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Michael Myers (American football)
b. 1976
Michael Myers, American football player
Gretha Smit
b. 1976
Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater
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Paul Adams (cricketer)
b. 1977
Paul Adams, South African cricketer and coach
Salvatore Aronica
b. 1978
Salvatore Aronica, Italian footballer
Sonja Kesselschläger
b. 1978
Sonja Kesselschläger, German heptathlete
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Allan Søgaard
b. 1978
Allan Søgaard, Danish footballer
Choo Ja-hyun
b. 1979
Choo Ja-hyun, South Korean actress
Will Young
b. 1979
Will Young, English singer-songwriter and actor
Karl Anderson
b. 1980
Karl Anderson, American wrestler
Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
b. 1980
Philippe Cousteau, Jr., American-French oceanographer and journalist
Philippe Gagnon (swimmer)
b. 1980
Philippe Gagnon, Canadian swimmer
Kim Jeong-hoon
b. 1980
Kim Jeong-hoon, South Korean singer and actor
Petra Rampre
b. 1980
Petra Rampre, Slovenian tennis player
Matthew Tuck
b. 1980
Matthew Tuck, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Freddy Guzmán
b. 1981
Freddy Guzmán, Dominican baseball player
Owen Hargreaves
b. 1981
Owen Hargreaves, English footballer
Jason Richardson
b. 1981
Jason Richardson, American basketball player
Ruchi Sanghvi
b. 1982
Ruchi Sanghvi, Indian computer engineer
Fredrik Strømstad
b. 1982
Fredrik Strømstad, Norwegian footballer
Geovany Soto
b. 1983
Geovany Soto, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
Mari Yaguchi
b. 1983
Mari Yaguchi, Japanese singer and actress
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Marina Inoue
b. 1985
Marina Inoue, Japanese voice actress and singer
Tanel Sokk
b. 1985
Tanel Sokk, Estonian basketball player
Janin Lindenberg
b. 1987
Janin Lindenberg, German sprinter
Marco Simoncelli
b. 1987 – d. 2011
Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2011)
Evan Peters
b. 1987
Evan Peters, American actor
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Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé
b. 1988
Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé, Nigerian footballer
Jeffrén Suárez
b. 1988
Jeffrén Suárez, Spanish footballer
Nick Foles
b. 1989
Nick Foles, American football player
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Washington Santana da Silva
b. 1989
Washington Santana da Silva, Brazilian footballer
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
b. 1989
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, New Zealand rugby league player
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Ray Thompson (rugby league)
b. 1990
Ray Thompson, Australian rugby league player
Ciara Hanna
b. 1991
Ciara Hanna American actress and model
Polona Hercog
b. 1991
Polona Hercog, Slovenian tennis player
Jolyon Palmer
b. 1991
Jolyon Palmer, English race car driver
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Jorge Zárate
b. 1992
Jorge Zárate, Mexican footballer
Lorenzo Crisetig
b. 1993
Lorenzo Crisetig, Italian footballer
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Denis Mukhametdinov
b. 1994
Denis Mukhametdinov, Russian footballer
Sergi Samper
b. 1995
Sergi Samper, Spanish footballer