January 20: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is January 20th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on January 20th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

January 20th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

January 20th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Federico Fellini, Italian screenwriter (Open City and Paisan), film director (8 ½, Amarcord, City of Women, La Dolce Vita, Fellini Satyricon, Ginger and Fred, Juliet of the Spirits, Nights of Cabiria, La Strada, I Vitelloni and Voices of the Moon) and Academy Award winner (1954, 1957, 1963 and 1973), was born on January 20, 1920.

Harold Lincoln Gray, American cartoonist (Little Orphan Annie), was born on January 20, 1894.

American film director David Lynch (Blue Velvet, Dune, The Elephant Man, Eraserhead, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, The Straight Story, Twin Peaks and Wild at Heart) was born on January 20, 1946.

American classical music composer and author (Counterpoint, Harmony, Orchestration and Principles of Harmonic Analysis) Walter Piston was born on January 20, 1894.

Johannes Schein, German classical music composer, was born on January 20, 1586.

John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, British painter (Andromeda, Flora, Love and the Maiden, Nymph, Penelope and The Waters of Lethe by the Plains of Elysium), was born on January 20, 1829.

January 20th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Murle Lindstrom Breer, American professional golfer, was born on January 20, 1939.

David Mark (X Factor) Eckstein, American professional baseball player (San Diego Padres), was born on January 20, 1975.

American professional golfer Lionel P. Hebert was born on January 20, 1928. Lionel Hebert was brother to professional golfer Jay Hebert.

Carol Elizabeth Heiss Jenkins, American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist (1960), was born on January 20, 1940.

Cuban professional baseball player Camilo Alberto Pascual Lus (Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins and Washington Senators) was born on January 20, 1934.

John Phillips Naber, American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1976), was born on January 20, 1956.

Isao Okano, Japanese judoku and Olympic gold medalist (1964), was born on January 20, 1944.

Milton Ross (Milt) Plum, American professional football player (Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams and New York Giants), was born on January 20, 1935.

Edward Glenn (Fireball) Roberts, Jr., American racecar driver, was born on January 20, 1929.

Puerto Rican professional baseball player Geovany Soto (Chicago Cubs) was born on January 20, 1983.

January 20th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Australian author Friederike Viktoria (Joy Adamson) Gessner (Born Free, Forever Free and Living Free) was born on January 20, 1910.

William (Bill) Maher, Jr., American comedian, political commentator and talk show host (Politically Incorrect and Real Time with Bill Maher), was born on January 20, 1956.

January 20th Birthdays: Famous Performers

Raymond (Ray Anthony) Antonini, American Big Band trumpeter (Glenn Miller Band), bandleader (Ray Anthony Orchestra), songwriter ("The Bunny Hop" and The Hokey Pokey"), television personality (The Ray Anthony Show) and actor (Daddy Long Legs, The Five Pennies, Girls Town and High School Confidential), was born on January 20, 1922. Ray Anthony married actress Mamie Van Doren.

British pop pianist, singer and songwriter Gary Barlow (Take That) was born on January 20, 1971.

Daniel Benzali, Brazilian-American actor (The Agency, By Dawn's Early Light, The Grey Zone, Jericho, L.A. Law, Murder at 1600 and Murder One), was born on January 20, 1950.

Nathan (George Burns) Birnbaum, American comedian, vaudevillian, radio personality, television personality (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show and The George Burns Show), author (All My Best Friends and Gracie: A Love Story), actor (18 Again, The Big Broadcast, The Big Broadcast of 1936, College Holiday, College Humor, A Damsel in Distress, Going in Style, Honolulu, International House, Just You and Me Kid, Oh God, Oh God Book II, Oh God You Devil, Radioland Murders, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Six of a Kind and The Sunshine Boys) and Academy Award winner (1975, was born on January 20, 1896. George Burns was married to comedienne and actress Gracie Allen.

American rock drummer and singer Robert Gregory Bourdon (Linkin Park) was born on January 20, 1979.

Stacey Dash, American actress (Clueless, Cold Around the Heart, Illegal in Blue, Moving, Mo' Money, Renaissance Man and The Strip), was born on January 20, 1966.

James Thomas Denton, Jr., American actor (Australia, Custody, Desperate Housewives, The Drew Carey Show, Face/Off, JAG, Philly, The Pretender, Primary Colors and Reba and Threat Matrix), was born on January 20, 1963.

American hard rock guitarist and singer Steve Harvey (Paul Stanley) Eisen (Kiss) was born on January 20, 1952.

Earl Grant, American pianist, organist, singer ("At the End of a Rainbow," "Ebb Tide," "The End," "Eternally," "The House of Bamboo" and "Swingin' Gently"), actor (Tender Is the Night) and television personality (The Ed Sullivan Show and Juke Box Rhythm), was born on January 20, 1931.

George Grantham, American rock drummer and singer (Poco), was born on January 20, 1947.

British rock bassist Ian Frank Hill (Judas Priest) was born on January 20, 1951.

American comedian, television personality (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In) and actor (Evil Toons and Love at First Bite) Arthur Stanton Eric (Arte) Johnson was born on January 20, 1929.

American actor DeForest Kelley (Apache Uprising, Fear in the Night, Gunfight at O.K. Corral, The Law and Jake Wade, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and Star Trek) was born on January 20, 1920.

Wes King, American contemporary Christian singer ("By His Wounds," "I Believe," "Life Is Precious" and "Move to the Moon"), was born on January 20, 1967.

Gregory David (Greg K) Kriesel, American punk rock bass guitarist and singer (The Offspring), was born on January 20, 1965.

American actor (Bad Blood, The Bold and the Beautiful, Falcon Crest, Renegade and Snake Eater) and television personality (Are You Hot) Lorenzo Lamas was born on January 20, 1958.

Edwin McCain, American alternative rock singer and songwriter (Edwin McCain Band), was born on January 20, 1970.

John Michael Montgomery, American country music singer ("Be My Baby Tonight," "I Can Love You Like That," "I Love the Way You Love Me," "I Swear," "If You've Got Love," "The Little Girl" and "Sold - The Grundy County Auction Incident"), was born on January 20, 1965. John Michael Montgomery's brother is country music singer Eddie Montgomery (of Montgomery Gentry).

American actress (All Quiet on the Western Front, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Breaking Point, Bright Leaves, Cookie's Fortune, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Diplomatic Courier, A Face in the Crowd, The Fountainhead, Ghost Story, Happy Mother's Day, Heidi, Hud, In Harm's Way, John Loves Mary, Shattered Glory and The Subject Was Roses) and Academy Award winner (1963) Patsy Louise (Patricia) Neal was born on January 20, 1926. Patricia Neal married author Roald Dahl.

Evan Peters, American actor (An American Crime, Clipping Adam, The Days, Gardens of the Night, Invasion, Mama's Boy, One Tree Hill, Phil of the Future and Sleepover), was born on January 20, 1987.

American comedienne and actress Dorothy Provine (The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock, The Alaskans, The Bonnie Parker Story, Good Neighbor Sam, The Great Race, It's a Mad - Mad - Mad - Mad World, Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die, The Roaring Twenties and Who's Minding the Mint) was born on January 20, 1937. Dorothy Provine married film director Robert Day.

Melissa Warburg (Melissa Rivers) Rosenberg, American television personality (Academy Awards Preshow, Celebrity Apprentice, Celebrity Family Feud and Tom Green Live) and actress (Beverly Hills 90210, The Comeback, The L Word and Silk Stalkings), was born on January 20, 1968. Melissa Rivers is the daughter of comedienne Joan Rivers.

British rock guitarist, singer and songwriter Eric Stewart (10cc and The Mindbenders) was born on January 20, 1945.

Ron Townson, American pop singer (The 5^th Dimension), was born on January 20, 1933.

American actor Brian Ray (Skeet Ulrich) Trout (Albino Alligator, The Craft,Jericho and Last Dance) was born on January 20, 1970.

Otis Dewey (Slim) Whitman, Jr., American country music singer and songwriter ("Cattle Call," "China Doll," "I Remember You," "I'm Casting My Lasso Towards The Sky," "Indian Love Call," "Lovesong of the Waterfall," "Rose Marie," "Serenade," "There's a Rainbow in Every Teardrop," "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Una Paloma Blanca"), was born on January 20, 1924.

American actor Rainn Dietrich Wilson (The Office, The Rocker and Six Feet Under) was born on January 20, 1966.

January 20th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

American astronaut Edwin Eugene (Buzz) Aldrin, Jr., was born on January 20, 1930. Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon with Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969, as part of the first lunar landing expedition (Apollo 11).

January 20th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

Carlos III, King of Spain, was born on January 20, 1716.

Johan A. (Jopie) Pengel, Surinamean Premier, was born on January 20, 1916.

Rhodesian Premier Roy Welensky was born on January 20, 1907.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on January 20th?

If you know additional notable people (including yourself) who may be celebrating a birthday on January 20th, please indicate so in a comment below. Thank you!

Happy Birthday, January 20th.

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