Famous Personalities Born In January - 20
Monday, 20 October 2025
1292 On this day in history birth of elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330)
1358 Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382) was born on January - 20.
1435 On January - 20 birth of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490)
1554 King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578) was born on January - 20.
1586 Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel) was born on this day in history.
1622 Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns was born on January - 20.
1654 On January - 20 birth of michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet
1664 Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718) was born on January - 20.
1681 Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer was born on this day in history.
1703 On this day in history birth of joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer
1716 On January - 20 birth of carlos III, king of Naples/Spain (1759-88) Pompei/Jesuits
1716 King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788) was born on January - 20.
1716 Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795) was born on January - 20.
1732 On January - 20 birth of richard H Lee, US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence)
1743 On this day in history birth of pascal Boyer, composer
1761 Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer was born on this day in history.
1762 On this day in history birth of jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer
1763 On this day in history birth of theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot
1775 André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.
1781 On this day in history birth of joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848)
1782 Johan B J F S, archduke of Austria was born on this day in history.
1783 On January - 20 birth of justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860)
1798 Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858) was born on January - 20.
1804 On this day in history birth of eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)
1806 Nathaniel Willis, writer/editor/founder (American Monthly Mag) was born on this day in history.
1809 On this day in history birth of sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (La Paloma)
1812 Ralph Pomeroy Buckland, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.
1812 Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896) was born on January - 20.
1813 Jacon Gartner Lauman, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 was born on this day in history.
1820 Anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women was born on January - 20.
1831 Pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa) was born on this day in history.
1834 On this day in history birth of george D. Robinson, 34th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
1837 On this day in history birth of david Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)
1843 Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London) was born on this day in history.