Famous Personalities Born In January - 20
Wednesday, 03 September 2025
1292 Elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330) was born on January - 20.
1358 Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382) was born on this day in history.
1435 On January - 20 birth of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490)
1554 On this day in history birth of king Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)
1586 On this day in history birth of johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel)
1622 On January - 20 birth of susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns
1654 On this day in history birth of michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet
1664 Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718) was born on this day in history.
1681 Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer was born on January - 20.
1703 Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer was born on this day in history.
1716 Carlos III, king of Naples/Spain (1759-88) Pompei/Jesuits was born on January - 20.
1716 On this day in history birth of king Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)
1716 On January - 20 birth of jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795)
1732 Richard H Lee, US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on January - 20.
1743 On this day in history birth of pascal Boyer, composer
1761 Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer was born on January - 20.
1762 On this day in history birth of jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer
1763 Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot was born on this day in history.
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 On January - 20 birth of johan B J F S, archduke of Austria
1783 Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.
1798 Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858) was born on this day in history.
1804 On this day in history birth of eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)
1806 On this day in history birth of nathaniel Willis, writer/editor/founder (American Monthly Mag)
1809 On this day in history birth of sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (La Paloma)
1812 On January - 20 birth of ralph Pomeroy Buckland, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892
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 January - 20.
1834 On this day in history birth of george D. Robinson, 34th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
1837 David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.
1843 Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London) was born on this day in history.