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Who Was Born on January 20?

January 20 is the birthday of 43 notable people we've found so far, including authors, actors, politicians and creators, and 1 of them is a billionaire.

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1
billionaires
joint #241 of 366 birthdays
8
founders & entrepreneurs
joint #263 of 366 birthdays
43
notable people
joint #286 of 366 birthdays
$3.1B
combined wealth
#293 of 366 birthdays

What the data says

Your birthday has some company.

  • The people we list for this date were born across 422 years, from 1573 to 1995.
  • People born on this day come from 18 countries, most often United States (23 of 43).
  • David Baszucki is the wealthiest person we list for January 20, with an estimated $3.1B reported as of September 2026.
  • January 20 birthdays span at least four well-represented fields, including entrepreneurs, actors, musicians and artists.
  • 42% of the people we list for this date are historical figures who are no longer living.
  • 2 Nobel laureates were born on January 20, including Johannes V. Jensen and David Lee.

💰 Richest person born on January 20

David Baszucki
Village Global, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
billionaire

David Baszucki

Entrepreneur

1963 · United States

$3.1Breported estimate as of September 2026 · Forbes

David Brent Baszucki is a Canadian-born American entrepreneur, engineer, and software developer. He is best known for his works around the Roblox Corporation. He co-founded and was the CEO of Knowledge Revolution, which was acquired by MSC Software in December 1998.

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Reported estimate as of September 2026: $3.1B. Wealth changes; this is not a live figure.

Against the other 365

How January 20 ranks

Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every January birthday · battle January 20 against another date · all rankings

Who shares January 20

What kind of people are born on January 20?

Share of the 43 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.

  • Authors28% (12 people)
  • Actors26% (11 people)
  • Politicians23% (10 people)
  • Creators21% (9 people)
  • Scientists21% (9 people)
  • Entrepreneurs19% (8 people)
  • Musicians19% (8 people)

Countries

18 countries, most often United States

Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.

  • United States23 (23 people)
  • France2 (2 people)
  • Germany2 (2 people)
  • United Kingdom2 (2 people)
  • Armenia1 (1 people)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina1 (1 people)
  • Bulgaria1 (1 people)

Life timeline

What were people born on January 20 doing at your age?

Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.

By 25

  1. ~18Owen HargreavesJoined FC Bayern Munich II (1999)
  2. ~17José María GiménezJoined Danubio F.C. (2012)
  3. ~18Ilian StoyanovJoined PFC CSKA Sofia (1995)
  4. ~18Thomas KesslerJoined 1. FC Köln (2004)

26 to 30

  1. 30Gennadiy BogolyubovFounded PrivatBank (1992)
  2. ~26Owen HargreavesJoined Manchester United F.C. (2007)
  3. ~28Ilian StoyanovJoined JEF United Chiba (2005)

31 to 40

  1. 38Patricia NealReceived the Academy Award for Best Actress (1964)
  2. ~37Federico FelliniReceived the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (1957)
  3. 36Volodymyr HroismanBecame Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014)
  4. 39Thomas KesslerBecame CEO of 1. FC Köln (2025)

41 to 50

  1. 45Nikki HaleyBecame United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2017)
  2. 49Dean PhillipsBecame United States representative (2019)
  3. 43Željko KomšićBecame Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007)
  4. ~44David LynchNamed Palme d'Or (1990)

After 50

  1. ~74David LynchReceived the Academy Honorary Award (2020)
  2. ~71Federico FelliniReceived the Academy Honorary Award (1991)
  3. 80George BurnsReceived the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (1976)
  4. 51QuestloveReceived the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film (2022)

The standouts

The most successful people born on January 20

Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.

Jeffrey Epstein
investor

Jeffrey Epstein

Top tier

Investor

1953–2019 · United States

Jeffrey Edward Epstein was an American financier and child sex offender. He began his career as a math teacher at the Dalton School in New York City, before entering the banking and finance sector.

State of Florida, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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David Lynch
actor

David Lynch

Top tier

Actor

1946–2025 · United States

David Keith Lynch was an American filmmaker and artist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, with his films often characterized by a distinctive surrealist sensibility that gave rise to the adjective "Lynchian".

Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Buzz Aldrin
entrepreneur

Buzz Aldrin

Top tier

Entrepreneur

1930 · United States

Buzz Aldrin is an American former astronaut, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. He was the second person to walk on the Moon after mission commander Neil Armstrong.

NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Evan Peters
actor

Evan Peters

Top tier

Actor

1987 · United States

Evan Thomas Peters is an American actor. He made his acting debut in the 2004 drama film Clipping Adam and starred in the ABC science fiction series Invasion from 2005 to 2006.

Cacahuate1995, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Bill Maher
actor

Bill Maher

Top tier

Actor

1956 · United States

William Maher is an American television host, comedian, actor and political commentator. Known for his political satire, he is the host of the HBO political talk show Real Time with Bill Maher (2003–present) and podcast Club Random (2022–present).

Angela George at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Builders

Entrepreneurs born on January 20

Nikki Haley
entrepreneur

Nikki Haley

Entrepreneur

1972 · United States

Nimarata Nikki Haley is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 116th governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017 and as the 29th U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 2017 to 2018.

United States Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Robert Morris
entrepreneur

Robert Morris

Entrepreneur

1734–1806 · United States

Robert Morris Jr. was a British-born American merchant, investor, and politician, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Morris served in the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate.

Robert Edge Pine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Gennadiy Bogolyubov
founder

Gennadiy Bogolyubov

Entrepreneur · PrivatBank · finance

1962 · United Kingdom

Gennadiy Bogolyubov is a Ukrainian-born oligarch based in the United Kingdom. He controlled Privat Group, along with Ihor Kolomoyskyi and Oleksiy Martynov.

YouTube-канал «Менора». https://www.youtube.com/@MENORAyoutube, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Olga Buzova
entrepreneur

Olga Buzova

Entrepreneur

1986 · Russia

Olga Igorevna Buzova is a Russian media personality and singer. She is regarded as one of the most successful Russian contemporary entertainers. Buzova is known for appearing on Dom-2, a Russian reality TV show.

Передача До 17 и старше, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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entrepreneur

Valerie Mars

Entrepreneur

1959 · United States

Valerie Anne Mars is an American billionaire heiress and businesswoman. As of June 2021, Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated her wealth to be $11.5 billion.

Sources (2)

January 20 in history

What else happened on January 20

  1. 250Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
  2. 1576The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almanza.
  3. 1874The Treaty of Pangkor is signed between the British and Sultan Abdullah of Perak, paving the way for further British colonization of Malaya.
  4. 1942World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish question".
  5. 1986In the United States, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.

Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

More birthday twins

Famous people born on January 20

Rainn Wilson
actor

Rainn Wilson

Actor

1966 · United States

Rainn Percival Dietrich Wilson is an American actor. He starred as Dwight Schrute on NBC's American adaptation of The Office from 2005 to 2013 and received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for the role.

John Manard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Paul Stanley
musician

Paul Stanley

Musician

1952 · United States

Paul Stanley is an American musician and songwriter. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and a founding member of the hard rock band Kiss, which was active from 1973 to 2023. He was the writer or co-writer of many of the band's most popular songs.

U.S. Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Omar Sy
actor

Omar Sy

Actor

1978 · France

Omar Sy is a French actor. Sy was initially best known in France for his comedy sketches with Fred Testot on the Service après-vente des émissions television show on Canal+ (2005–2012).

Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Federico Fellini
author

Federico Fellini

Creator

1920–1993 · Italy

Federico Fellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style that blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness.

Walter Albertin, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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George Burns
actor

George Burns

Actor

1896–1996 · United States

George Burns was an American comedian, actor, writer, and singer, and one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film, and television. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks.

Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Owen Hargreaves
athlete

Owen Hargreaves

Athlete

1981 · United Kingdom

Owen Lee Hargreaves is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played with Calgary Foothills as a youth before beginning his professional football career in Germany with Bayern Munich.

Gordon Flood from Trim, Ireland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Fareed Zakaria
scientist

Fareed Zakaria

Author

1964 · United States

Fareed Rafiq Zakaria is an Indian-born American journalist, political commentator, and author. He is the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and writes a weekly column for The Washington Post.

World Economic Forum from Cologny, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Rob Bourdon
musician

Rob Bourdon

Musician

1979 · United States

Robert Gregory Bourdon is an American musician, best known as a co-founding member and the former drummer of the rock band Linkin Park. He performed on the band's first seven albums until their hiatus in 2017, and was succeeded by Colin Brittain upon their reunion.

Stefan Brending (2eight), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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DeForest Kelley
actor

DeForest Kelley

Actor

1920–1999 · United States

Jackson DeForest Kelley was an American actor, screenwriter, poet, and singer. He was known for his roles in film and television Westerns and achieved international fame as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy of the USS Enterprise in the television and film series Star Trek (1966–1991).

Alan C. Teeple User:ACT1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Questlove
actor

Questlove

Actor

1971 · United States

Ahmir Khalib Thompson, known professionally as Questlove, is an American drummer, record producer, disc jockey, filmmaker, music journalist, and actor. He is the drummer and joint frontman for the hip-hop band the Roots.

Jason Melcher, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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scientist

Elena Ceaușescu

Politician

1919–1989 · Kingdom of Romania

Elena Ceaușescu was a Romanian politician and doctor of chemistry who was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania. She was also the Deputy Prime Minister of Romania.

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Ken Page
actor

Ken Page

Actor

1954–2024 · United States

Kenneth Page was an American actor and cabaret singer who created the part of Ken in the original Broadway production of Ain't Misbehavin' and played Old Deuteronomy in the original Broadway and filmed stage adaptation of Cats.

Florida Supercon, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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André-Marie Ampère
inventor

André-Marie Ampère

Inventor

1775–1836 · France

André-Marie Ampère was a French physicist and mathematician who was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as electrodynamics. He made also important contributions in chemistry and philosophy.

AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Dean Phillips
politician

Dean Phillips

Politician

1969 · United States

Dean Benson Phillips is an American politician, businessman, and former presidential candidate who served from 2019 to 2025 as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 3rd congressional district.

Eric Connolly, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
politician

Željko Komšić

Politician

1964 · Bosnia and Herzegovina

Željko Komšić is a Bosnian Croat politician serving as the 6th and current Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2018, having served from 2006 to 2014 as well. Previously, he was a member of the national House of Representatives from 2014 to 2018.

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Ghulam Ishaq Khan
investor

Ghulam Ishaq Khan

Investor

1915–2006 · Pakistan

Ghulam Ishaq Khan, commonly known by his initials GIK, was a Pakistani bureaucrat, politician, and statesman who served as the seventh president of Pakistan from 1988 to 1993.

pavilion7, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Richard Rockefeller

Family physician in Falmouth

1949–2014 · United States

Richard Gilder Rockefeller was an American heir and family physician in Falmouth, Maine, who practiced and taught medicine in Portland, Maine, from 1982 to 2000. He was a son of David Rockefeller, a grandson of financier and philanthropist John D.

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Ernesto Cardenal
artist

Ernesto Cardenal

Politician

1925–2020 · Nicaragua

Ernesto Cardenal Martínez was a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, revolutionary, poet, and politician. He was a liberation theologian and the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands, where he lived for more than ten years (1965–1977).

HerbertErwin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Józef Kazimierz Hofmann
inventor

Józef Kazimierz Hofmann

Inventor

1876–1957 · United States

Josef Casimir Hofmann was a Polish-American pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor.

Unknown (Bain News Service, publisher), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Simon Marius
scientist

Simon Marius

Scientist

1573–1624 · Principality of Ansbach

Simon Marius was a German astronomer. He was born in Gunzenhausen, near Nuremberg, but spent most of his life in the city of Ansbach.

Artist unidentified, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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inventor

Manfred von Ardenne

Inventor

1907–1997 · Germany

Manfred Baron von Ardenne was a German researcher, autodidact in applied physics, and an inventor. He took out approximately 600 patents in fields including electron microscopy, medical technology, nuclear technology, plasma physics, and radio and television technology.

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Edward Feigenbaum
inventor

Edward Feigenbaum

Inventor

1936 · United States

Edward Albert Feigenbaum is an American computer scientist working in the field of artificial intelligence, and with Raj Reddy he won the 1994 ACM Turing Award. He is often called the "father of expert systems".

United States Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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David Lee
scientist

David Lee

Scientist

1931 · United States

David Morris Lee is an American physicist who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert C. Richardson and Douglas Osheroff "for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3."

Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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politician

Chhatrapal Singh

Politician

1956 · India

Chhatrapal Singh, also known as Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar, is an Indian politician currently serving as Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha, and former minister of state for revenue of Uttar Pradesh. He was a member of the Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.

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Silva Kaputikyan
author

Silva Kaputikyan

Author

1919–2006 · Armenia

Silva Kaputikyan was an Armenian poet and political activist. One of the best-known Armenian writers of the twentieth century, she is recognized as "the leading poetess of Armenia" and "the grand lady of twentieth century Armenian poetry".

Tzolag Hovsepian, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Ilian Stoyanov
athlete

Ilian Stoyanov

Athlete

1977 · Bulgaria

Ilian Stoyanov is a former Bulgarian football defender. In Bulgaria he is also known as Collovati, because of his haircut in the past, reminiscent of that of former Italian midfielder Fulvio Collovati.

BikeMike, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sources and method for this page

This page lists 43 people born on January 20, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 1 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of September 2026. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on January 20. Read the full methodology.

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