Famous Birthdays for 20th January 2026

1758 – Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, French chemist (worked with husband Antoine Lavoisier), born in Montbrison, France (d. 1836)
1809 – Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish-Basque composer (La Paloma), born in Lanciego, Álava, Spain (d. 1865)
1825 – Henry G. Blasdel, American politician (1st Governor of Nevada, 1864-71), and miner, born in Cambridge, Indiana (d. 1900)
1898 – U Razak, Burmese politician, one of 19 independence leaders assassinated on Martyr’s Day, born in Meiktila, British Burma, (d. 1947)
1906 – Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentine business magnate, owner of world’s largest shipping fleet, and second husband of Jacqueline Kennedy, born in Konak, Turkey (d. 1975)
1928 – Peter Donat, Canadian-American actor (Flamingo Road, Different Story), born in Kentville, Nova Scotia (d. 2018)
1930 – Raymond Van Gestel, Belgian soccer winger (5 caps; Lyra) and athlete (Belgian long jump champion), born in Mol, Belgium (d. 2020)
1955 – Hiromi Ōta, Japanese pop singer (Momen no handkerchief), born in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
1959 – Bernard Tyson, American healthcare advocate and 1st African American CEO of Kaiser Permanente, born in San Francisco Bay Area, California
1997 – Blueface [Johnathan Jamall Porter], American rapper (Respect My Cryppin; Thotiana), born in Los Angeles, California

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