1809 – Veer Surendra Sai, Indian freedom fighter and tribal leader, born in Sambalpur district, India (d. 1884)
1830 – Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet, French general and Minister of War (1899-1900), born in Paris, France (d. 1909)
1889 – Franklin Pangborn, American actor (My Best Gal, Hats Off, Easy Living), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1958)
1893 – Frank Carlson, American politician (Gov/Rep/Sen-R-Ks), born in Cloud County, Kansas (d. 1987)
1932 – Bud Shuster, American politician (Rep-R-PA, 1973- ), born in Glassport, Pennsylvania
1943 – Jimmy Castor, American pop and funk musician (Troglodyte (Cave Man), Jimmy Castor Bunch), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
1964 – Frank Winters, American NFL center (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31), born in Hoboken, New Jersey
1969 – Ariadna Gil, Spanish actress, born in Barcelona, Spain
1974 – Tiffani Theissen, American actress (Saved by Bell, 90210), born in Long Beach, California
1989 – Yani Tseng, Taiwanese golfer (5 major titles; British Open 2010-11), born in Guishan, Republic of China
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 22nd January 2020
1891 – Moise Kisling, Polish/French painter (La Souris Boiteuse)
1892 – Marcel Dassault, [Bloch], French airplane builder
1897 – Rosa Ponselle, opera diva (Casta Diva, La Forza del Destino)
1916 – Henri Dutilleux, French composer (Tout un monde lointain, L’arbre des songes), born in Angers, France (d. 2013)
1951 – Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (d. 1989)
1954 – Tully Blanchard, American professional wrestler, born in Calgary, Canada
1957 – Rene Requiestas, Filipino actor and comedian, born in Tondo, Philippines (d. 1993)
1962 – Choi Min-sik, South Korean actor, born in Seoul, South Korea
1972 – Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan racing driver, born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 1999)
1980 – Lizz Wright, American jazz and gospel singer, born in Hahira, Georgia
Famous Birthdays for 21st January 2020
1338 – King Charles V, (Charles the Wise), of France (1364-80)
1801 – Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer
1933 – William Wrigley III, American chewing gum mogul (Wrigleys)
1950 – Richie Ranno, American rocker (Starz), born in The Bronz, New York
1952 – Louis Menand, American writer and critic
1965 – Brian Bradley, NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning), born in Kitchener, Ontario
1969 – Ted Long, CFL slot back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1981 – Gillian Chung Yan-tung, Hong Kong singer (Twins)
1983 – Moritz Volz, German footballer
1994 – Laura Robson, British tennis player (Olympics mixed doubles silver 2012), born Melbourne, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 20th January 2020
1732 – Richard H Lee, US farmer (signed US Declaration of Independence)
1907 – Roy Welensky, Northern Rhodesian politician, born in Harare, Zimbabwe (d. 1991)
1914 – Wensley Pithey, South-African actor (Oliver!, The Saint, Little Women), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1993)
1915 – Ghulam Ishaq Khan, President of Pakistan, born in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (d. 2006)
1921 – Bernt Engelmann, German writer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1994)
1948 – Natan Sharansky, Israeli politician and human rights activist, born in Donetsk, Ukraine
1959 – Lea Antonoplis, American tennis player, born in West Covina, California
1965 – John Michael Montgomery, American country music singer, born in Danville, Kentucky
1970 – Skeet Ulrich, American actor (Scream), born in Lynchburg, Virginia
1970 – Mitch Benn, English comedian and musician, born in Liverpool, United Kingdom
Famous Birthdays for 19th January 2020
1544 – Francis II, King of France (1559-60) and husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, born in Château de Fontainebleau, France (d. 1560)
1897 – René Victor, Flemish lawyer/knight (Rechtskundig Weekblad)
1912 – Leonid V Kantorovich, economist (Nobel), born in St Petersburg, Russia
1913 – Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author
1922 – Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer (great lefty opening batsman), born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 2015)
1943 – Janis Joplin, American rocker and blues singer-songwriter (Down on Me), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 1970)
1960 – Alfrederick Joyner, American triple jumper (Olympic gold 1984), born in East St. Louis, Illinois
1969 – Predrag Mijatović, Yugoslavian footballer, born in Podgorica, Montenegro
1972 – Drea de Matteo, American actress (Swordfish, The Sopranos), born in Queens, New York
1976 – Tarso Marques, Brazilian racing driver, born in Paraná, Brazil
Famous Birthdays for 18th January 2020
1685 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized
1818 – Johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist
1849 – Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (1900-03)
1892 – Paul Rostock, German surgeon, born in Kręcko, Poland (d. 1956)
1947 – Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor (The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, Fireworks), born in Tokyo, Japan
1960 – Mark Rylance [David Mark Rylance Waters], English actor (Bridge of Spies) and theatre director, born in Ashford, Kent
1965 – Dave Attell, American writer and comedian, born in Brooklyn, New York
1971 – Seamus O’Regan, Canadian politician and television personality, born in St. John’s, Canada
1971 – Jonathan Davis, American singer (Korn), born in Bakersfield, California
1977 – Richard Archer, British singer (lead singer of Hard-Fi), born in Staines, United Kingdom
Famous Birthdays for 17th January 2020
1517 – Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes)
1712 – John Stanley, English blind composer and organist, born in London (d. 1786)
1759 – Paul Cuffe, Mass, merchant/shipbuilder/African American nationalist
1842 – Anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman Philology in Netherlands)
1871 – David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty and British Admiral of the Fleet during World War I (Battle of Jutland), born in Nantwich, England (d. 1936)
1887 – Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)
1933 – Bruno Schroder, British baron/banker/multi-millionaire
1964 – Michelle Obama, 1st African-American US First Lady (2009-16), born in DeYoung, Illinois
1977 – Leigh Whannell, Australian screenwriter and actor, born in Melbourne, Australia
1981 – Scott Mechlowicz, American actor, born in New York
Famous Birthdays for 16th January 2020
1749 – Vittorio Alfieri, Italian count, dramatist and poet (Maria Stuarda) who is considered the founder of Italian tragedy, born in Asti, Italy (d. 1803)
1872 – Henri-Paul Busser, composer
1916 – Frederick Stewart, Scottish geologist, born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 2001)
1929 – Allard Lowenstein, radical (Students for Democratic Action)
1937 – Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver, born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2011)
1937 – Conny Vandenbos, Dutch singer (My rose, my little rose), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2002)
1959 – Juanita Bynum, American televangelist, born in Chicago, Illinois
1962 – Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian Labor Party politician, born in Bellingen, Australia
1963 – James May, English television presenter, born in Bristol, United Kingdom
1971 – Junior Bryant, American NFL defensive end (SF 49ers), born in Omaha, Nebraska
Famous Birthdays for 15th January 2020
1879 – Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author, born in Newmarket, Canada (d. 1961)
1906 – Rezso Kokai, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest (d. 1962)
1938 – Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer, born in Kishoreganj District, Bangladesh
1943 – Mike Marshall, MLB pitcher (1974 Cy Young Award), born in Adrian, Michigan
1947 – Pete Waterman, English record producer (Stock Aitken and Waterman-Road Block), born in Stoke Heath, Coventry
1961 – Yves P. Pelletier, Canadian comedian and film director, born in Laval, Canada
1981 – Howie Day, American singer, born in Bangor, Maine
1983 – Jermaine Pennant, English footballer, born in Nottingham, United Kingdom
1987 – Aria C Jalali, American musician
1990 – Fernando Forestieri, Italian footballer, born in Rosario, Argentina
Famous Birthdays for 14th January 2020
1741 – Benedict Arnold, American general and turncoat (American Revolutionary War), born in Norwich, Connecticut (d. 1801)
1806 – Matthew Fontaine Maury, Naval Commander (Confederacy), born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia (d. 1873)
1907 – Derek Richter, British neuroscientist (learning and memory), born in bath, United Kingdom (d. 1995)
1924 – Guy Williams [Armando Joseph Catalano], American actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), born in NYC, New York (d. 1989)
1937 – Billie Jo Spears, American country singer, born in Beaumont, Texas (d. 2011)
1943 – Holland Taylor, American actress (Bossom Buddies, Camilla-Naked Truth), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1948 – Joseph Henry “T Bone” Burnett, American musician and producer, born in St. Louis, Missouri
1952 – Sydney Biddle Barrows, American madam and author (Mayflower Madam), born in Hopewell, New Jersey
1983 – Maxime Monfort, Belgian cyclist, born in Bastogne, Belgium
1988 – Jack P. Shepherd, English actor (Coronation Street), born in Pudsey, United Kingdom