January 20th Birthdays

If you were born on this day January 20th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:

Buzz Aldrin is 93 (nee Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.)

American engineer, WWII jet fighter pilot, Apollo 11 and Gemini 12 astronaut, second person to walk on the moon, and author (Reaching for the Moon; Return to Earth; Magnificent Desolation; Look to the Stars; Mission to Mars), born January 20, 1930. (Buzz Aldrin 1969 Photo: NASA)

Jack Grinnage is 92 (nee Jack Eugene Stewart)

American actor of TV (Kolchak: The Night Stalker; Gunsmoke; Wagon Train; The Silent Service; Laredo; The Twilight Zone; The Rifleman; The Beverly Hillbillies; The Munsters; Hotel; Starsky and Hutch; Scrubs; Lou Grant) and movies (Wolf Larsen), born January 20, 1931. (Jack Grinnage 1965 12 O’Clock High)

Carol Heiss is 83 (nee Carol Elizabeth Heiss; married Hayes Alan Jenkins)

World Figure Skating Hall of Fame American figure skater, Ladies World Champion 5 years in a row (1956-1960), 2-time Olympic medalist (1956 silver & 1960 gold), 1st female figure skater to land a double axel, born January 20, 1940. Sister of Nancy Heiss, Bruce Heiss. Carol Heiss Jenkins 1960: UPI)

David Lynch is 77 (ex of Mary Sweeney)

American screenwriter, producer, director of TV (Twin Peaks;) documentaries, and movies (The Elephant Man; Blue Velvet; Mulholland Drive; Eraserhead; Wild at Heart; Lost Highway; Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me; Dune), born January 20, 1946. (David Lynch 1990 Photo: Georges Biard)

Daniel Benzali is 73

Brazilian-American actor of stage (Sunset Boulevard), TV (Ted Hoffman on Murder One; Robert Quinn on The Agency; NYPD Blue; L.A. Law; Theo Hoffman on General Hospital; Jericho; Falcon Crest), and movies (A View to a Kill; Murder at 1600; White Nights; Heist; Screwed; Messenger of Death; Dead Heat), born January 20, 1950.

Blue Deckert is 72 (nee Edward Louis Blue Deckert)

American character actor of TV (Coach Mac McGill on Friday Night Lights; The Event; Private Practice; Dallas; Walker, Texas Ranger) and movies (Black Snow; Getting Even; Lone Star Bar & Grill; Nadine; The Curse of Inferno; The Rookie), born January 20, 1951. (Blue Deckert 1986 Houston: The Legend of Texas)

Paul Stanley is 71 (nee Stanley Bert Eisen; “The Starchild“)

American bass guitarist, songwriter, singer & actor of musical theater (The Phantom of the Opera), with glam-rock band Kiss (Shout It Out Loud; Detroit Rock City; I Was Made for Lovin’ You; Rock and Roll All Nite; Hard Luck Woman), born January 20, 1952. (Paul Stanley 2007 Photo: Phil Konstantin)

Colleen Zenk is 70 (ex of Mark Pinter)

American singer & actress of stage, TV (Barbara Ryan on As the World Turns from 1978-2010; Tainted Dreams; Thurston; Milgram and the Fastwalkers), and movies (Annie; About Scout; The Comedian; American Criminal; Christmas Evil), born January 20, 1953. (Colleen Zenk 1984 Photo) 

Bill Maher is 67 (nee William Maher)

American comedian, actor, political commentator & host of TV (Real Time with Bill Maher; Politically Incorrect; Sara; Charlie Hoover; The Tonight Show with Jay Leno) and movies (Primary Colors; D.C. Cab; House II: The Second Story), born January 20, 1956. (Bill Maher 2007 Photo: David Shankbone)

John Phillips Naber is 67

International Swimming Hall of Fame American retired swimmer and 5-time 1976 Montreal Olympics medalist (gold medal – 100 & 200 m backstroke, 4×200 m freestyle, & 4 x 100m medley; silver medal – 200 m freestyle), born January 20, 1956. (John Phillips Naber 2012 Photo: Mbx)

Elizabeth Stack is 66

American actress of TV (Cherie Manning on Love of Life; Quincy M.E.; Buck Rogers in the 25th Century; The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries; Airwolf) and movies (Rent Control), daughter of actor Robert Stack & actress Rosemarie Bowe, born January 20, 1957. (Elizabeth Stack 1975 Murder on Flight 502)

Lorenzo Lamas-Craig is 65 (Lorenzo Fernando Lamas)

American actor & host of TV (Lance on Falcon Crest; The Bold and the Beautiful; Renegade; Air America; The Immortal; Leave it to Lamas; California Fever) and movies (Body Rock; Snake Eater), son of Fernando Lamas & Arlene Dahl, born January 20, 1958. (Lorenzo Lamas 1989 Photo: Alan Light) 

James Denton is 60 (nee James Thomas Denton Jr.)

American actor of TV (Mike Delfino on Desperate Housewives; Mr. Lyle on The Pretender; Dr. Sam Radford on Good Witch; Philly; Threat Matrix; Devious Maids) & films (Beautiful Dreamer; Primary Colors; That Old Feeling; Face/Off), born January 20, 1963. (James Denton 2006 Photo: Tim Kretschmann)

Rainn Wilson is 57

American producer, comedian & actor of TV (Dwight Schrute on The Office; Six Feet Under; One Life to Live; Backstrom; Mom), movies (Shimmer Lake; The Last Mimzy; America’s Sweethearts; My Super Ex-Girlfriend; Blackbird; The Rocker), born January 20, 1966. (Rainn Wilson 2008 Photo: Romina Espinosa)

Skeet Ulrich is 53 (nee Bryan Ray Trout; ex of Georgina Cates)

American actor of TV (FP Jones on Riverdale; Jericho; Law & Order: LA) & films (The Newton Boys; As Good as It Gets; Ride With the Devil; Touch; Scream; Chill Factor; Nobody’s Baby; The Craft; Boys; Escape Room; Albino Alligator; Chilly Dogs; Takedown), born January 20, 1970. (Skeet Ulrich 2010 Photo: djtomdog)

(Patricia Neal 1949: Screenland | George Burns 1951: Sterling Smith)

Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on January 20th!

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Arte Johnson is 90

American character & voice over actor of movies (That Funny Feeling; Love at First Bite), TV (Don’t Call Me Charlie; Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In; Glitter; General Hospital; Hennesey; Sally; It’s Always Jan; Captiva Island), game shows (The Hollywood Squares) (born Jan. 20, 1929 – died July 3, 2019; age 90). Arte Johnson died of bladder and prostate cancer. (Arte Johnson 1989 Photo)

Peter Donat (nee Pierre Collingwood Donat; ex of Michael Learned)

Canadian-American actor of TV (Flamingo Road; The Brighter Day; Time Trax; The X-Files; Rich Man, Poor Man – Book II) and movies (The Bay Boy; The China Syndrome; The Babe; The Game; The Godfather: Part II; The Hindenburg; The Deep End; Red Corner) (born Jan. 20, 1928 – died Sept. 10, 2018; age 90). Brother of Richard Donat. (Peter Donat 1954 Seaway)

George Burns (nee Nathan Birnbaum; married Gracie Allen)

Academy Award-winning American comedian, producer, and actor of vaudeville, radio, films (The Sunshine Boys; Oh, God!; 18 Again!; We’re Not Dressing; College Swing; International House), and TV (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show) (born Jan. 20, 1896 – died Mar. 9, 1996; age 100). Father of Ronald Burns. (George Burns: Insomnia Cured Here)

Joy Adamson (nee Friederike Viktoria Gessner; married George Adamson)

Austrian-Hungarian artist, African wildlife conservationist, naturalist, and best-selling biographical author (Born Free: A lioness of two worlds; Elsa: The Story of a Lioness; Pippa: The Cheetah and Her Cubs; Joy Adamson’s Africa), (born Jan. 20, 1910 – died Jan. 3, 1980; age 69). Joy Adamson was murdered. (Joy Adamson 1966 Photo: Jac. de Nijs / Dutch National Archives)

Slim Whitman (nee Otis Dewey Whitman Jr.)

Country Music Hall of Fame American folk & western guitarist, singer, and songwriter (Indian Love Call; Keep it a Secret; Rose Marie; China Doll; Secret Love; The Twelfth of Never; Singing Hills; The Cattle Call), and actor in the film Jamboree! (born Jan. 20, 1923 – died June 19, 2013; age 90). Slim Whitman died of heart failure. (Slim Whitman 1968 Photo: Fabry / Wil-Helm Agency)  

DeForest Kelley (nee Jackson DeForest Kelley)

American actor of TV (Dr. Leonard McCoy “Bones” on Star Trek; Bonanza; Zane Grey Theater) & films (Gunfight at the O.K. Corral; Star Trek movies; Fear in the Night; Tension at Table Rock; The Law and Jake Wade; Warlock; Where Love Has Gone; Variety Girl) (born Jan. 20, 1920 – died June 11, 1999; age 79). DeForest Kelley died of stomach cancer. (DeForest Kelley 1959 Black Saddle) 

Patricia Neal (nee Patsy Louise Neal; ex of Roald Dahl)

Tony and Academy Award-winning American actress of stage, TV (The Homecoming: A Christmas Story), and movies (Breakfast at Tiffany’s; Hud; The Subject Was Roses; The Fountainhead; The Hasty Heart; Ghost Story; The Day the Earth Stood Still) (born Jan. 20, 1926 – Aug. 8, 2010; age 84). Patricia Neal died of lung cancer. (Patricia Neal 1952 Photo: Twentieth Century Fox)

Federico Fellini

Italian artist, writer, actor, and multiple Academy Award-winning movie screenwriter & director (La Dolce Vita; Amarcord; 8 1/2; Fellini’s Casanova; Sweet Charity; The Ways of Love; Four Ways Out; The Path of Hope; La Strada; Ginger and Fred) (born Jan. 20, 1920 – died Oct. 31, 1993; age 73). Federico Fellini died of a stroke. (Federico Fellino c 1957 Photo: Unknown)

Dorothy Provine (married Robert Day)

American comedian, dancer, singer, and actress of movies (The Bonnie Parker Story; That Darn Cat!; The Great Race; Good Neighbor Sam; Who’s Minding the Mint?) and TV (Rocky on The Alaskans; Pinky on The Roaring 20’s) (born Jan. 20, 1935 – died Apr. 25, 2010; age 75). Dorothy Provine died of emphysema. (Dorothy Provine 1961 Photo: Warner Bros. Records)

Leon Ames (nee Harry Wycoff)

American actor of TV (Gordon Kirkwood on Mister Ed; Father of the Bride; Life with Father; My Three Sons) & films (East Side Kids; By the Light of the Silvery Moon; Lady in the Lake; On Moonlight Bay; The Happy Years; Meet Me in St. Louis; Little Women; Song of the Thin Man) (born Jan. 20, 1902 – died Oct. 12, 1993; age 91). (Leon Ames 1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice Trailer)

Lead Belly (nee Huddie William Ledbetter)

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American folk, gospel, and blues musician, singer, and songwriter (Goodnight Irene; Cotton Fields; Kisses Sweeter Than Wine; Black Betty; The Midnight Special; Jean Harlow; Tight Like That; John Henry; Dancing With Tears in My Eyes) (born Jan. 20, 1888 – died Dec. 6, 1949; age 61). Lead Belly had ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease before he died. (Lead Belly c. 1942 Photo)

Alex Nicol (nee Alexander Livingston Nicol Jr.)

American movie & TV director (Tarzan; Daniel Boone; The Screaming Skull), and actor of stage, TV (The Law) and films (The Gilded Cage; Great Day in the Morning; The Redhead from Wyoming; Because of You; Air Cadet; Three Came Back; Ape; Bloody Mama) (born Jan. 20, 1916 – died July 29, 2001; age 85). Alex Nicol died of natural causes. (Alex Nicol 1952 Air Cadet)

Matthew Boulton

British movie actor (Adventure in Diamonds; Rage in Heaven; They Met in Bombay; Night Must Fall; Bulldog Drummond in Africa; Nothing But Trouble; Mystery Sea Raider; Two Tickets to London; The Woman in Green; Barbary Pirate) (born Jan. 20, 1893 – died Feb. 10, 1962; age 69). Cause of death for Matthew Boulton is unknown. (Matthew Boulton 1945 The Brighton Strangler)

Chuck Hayward (nee Charles Bert Hayward)

American TV & movie stuntman (The Rat Patrol; She Wore a Yellow Ribbon; The Searchers; High Noon), actor of TV (Gunsmoke; Zane Grey Theater; Wanted: Dead or Alive; Black Saddle; Kung Fu) and films (The Big Country; Night of the Lepus) (born Jan. 20, 1920 – died Feb. 23, 1998; age 78). Chuck Hayward died of Hodgkin’s Disease. (Chuck Hayward 1960 Tombstone Territory)

Roscoe Ates 

American violinist, stuttering comedian & actor of vaudeville stages, films (Cimarron; Fair Exchange; Riders of the Black Hills; She Made Her Bed; Alice in Wonderland; The Cheyenne Kid; The Rainbow Trail; The Champ; The Blazing Forest; Come Next Spring; Chad Hanna), and TV (Lawman; Alfred Hitchcock Presents) (born Jan. 20, 1895 – died Mar. 1, 1962; age 67). (Roscoe Ates 1931)

Mae Busch (nee Annie May Busch; ex of Francis McDonald)

Australian actress of silent films (Camille of the Barbary Coast; The Unholy Three; Name the Man!; While the City Sleeps; Souls For Sale; Foolish Wives) & classic movies (Sons of the Desert; Without Honor; A Man’s Man; Young Desire; Alibi; Cheating Blondes; The Affair of Susan) (born June 18, 1891 – died Apr. 20, 1946; age 54). Ex-lover of Mack Sennett. (Mae Busch 1924: Nikolas Muray)

Colin Clive (nee Colin Clive-Greig; married Jeanne de Casalis)

English 1930s movie actor (Frankenstein; Bride of Frankenstein; Lily Christine; Mad Love; The Girl From 10th Avenue; One More River; Clive of India; Journey’s End; Christopher Strong; The Key; The Stronger Sex; The Right to Live; The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo) (born Jan. 20, 1900 – died June 25, 1937; age 37).Colin Clive died of tuberculosis complications. (Colin Clive 1930)

Julia Morgan

Pioneering American architect (YWCA’s) who used reinforced concrete to build, 1st California licensed female architect, preferred architect for Phoebe Hearst & William Randolph Hearst (Hearst Castle; Los Angeles Examiner Building; Hearst Greek Theatre; Wyntoon) (born Jan. 20, 1872 – died Feb. 2, 1957; age 85) (Julia Morgan 1926: Boyé Studio, San Francisco)

Aristotle Onassis (married Jacqueline Kennedy; ex of Tina Livanos)

Greek-Argentinian businessman (freighters, tankers, whaling) with businesses & properties in Argentina, America, Brazil, Monaco (SBM), Saudi Arabia, Greece (Olympic Airways), etc.; philanthropist (Hellenic Culture Fund; Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation) (born Jan. 20, 1906 – died Mar. 15, 1976; age 69). Lover of Maria Callas. (Aristotle Onassis 1932)

King Carlos III of Spain (nee Carlos Sebastián de Borbón y Farnesio)

Charles I Duke of Parma and Piacenza, Charles VII King of Naples, & Charles V King of Sicily (born Jan. 20, 1716 – died Dec. 14, 1788; age 72). Son of King Philip V of Spain & Elisabeth Farnese (Queen Isabel). Father of King Charles IV of Spain, Ferdinand I King of the Two Sicilies, & Maria Luisa, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Germany, Hungary, & Bohemia. (King Carlos III c. 1760)

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