January 20 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on January 20, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Jan 20 – Feb 18
Birth stone
Garnet
Birth flower
Carnation
How common
#333 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous January 20 birthdays
Johannes V. Jensen · Danish author1873
George Burns · American comedian, actor, writer and singer1896
Federico Fellini · Italian filmmaker1920
DeForest Kelley · American actor1920
Patricia Neal · American stage and film actress1926
Buzz Aldrin · American astronaut1930
David Lee · American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate1931
David Lynch · American filmmaker1946
Göran Persson · Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 20061949
Paul Stanley · American rock musician1952
Ken Page · American actor1954
Bill Maher · American stand-up comedian and television host1956
Fareed Zakaria · Indian-American journalist and author1964
Rainn Wilson · American actor, comedian, producer, and writer1966
Nikki Haley · American politician and diplomat1972
Omar Sy · French actor and comedian1978
Rob Bourdon · American drummer1979
Owen Hargreaves · English association football player1981
Evan Peters · American actor1987
On this day in history
1986In the United States, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
1990The Soviet Red Army violently cracked down on Azeri pro-independence demonstrations in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR.
2001President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent four-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
2009In Washington, D.C., Barack Obama was inaugurated as the first African-American president of the United States.
1726J. S. Bach led the first performance of his cantata Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen on the second Sunday after the Epiphany.
1843Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná, became the de facto first prime minister of the Empire of Brazil.
1887The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
1954In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
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