List of Famous people born on January 20th

Ezel Akay is a Turkish film actor, film director and film producer.

Louis Boyer (1901–1999) was a French astronomer who worked at the Algiers Observatory, North Africa, where he discovered 40 asteroids between 1930 and 1952.

Grégoire Puel is a French footballer who plays as a right back.

Jean-Louis Martinoty was a French opera director and writer. Renowned for his stagings of baroque operas in the eighties, he was also General Administrator of the Paris Opera (1986–1989).

Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, was a Danish nobleman.

Rudy La Scala is a singer-songwriter and record producer, born in Rocca di Papa, Lazio, Italy. At a young age, La Scala migrated to Venezuela, where he completed his primary and secondary studies, while learning piano and guitar. He began his career with a short lived band named Las Explosiones de Goma in the 1960s. In 1971 he was presented as a solo artist under the name Flavio, finally presenting himself as Rudy La Scala in 1974. His work as a songwriter has been very successful, including songs recorded by Karina, María Conchita Alonso, Guillermo Dávila, Kiara, Ruddy Rodríguez, Proyecto M, Carlos Mata, Las Payasitas Nifu Nifa and Gerardo Mora.

Selma Rosane Santos Arruda is a Brazilian politician and retired judge. Although born in Rio Grande do Sul, she has spent her political career representing Mato Grosso, having served as state senator in 2019.

Oscar Fredrick Dronjak is a Swedish guitarist and founder of the heavy metal band HammerFall. Prior to the success of HammerFall, he also played and released albums with the death metal acts Ceremonial Oath and Crystal Age.

Marta Blanco, was a Chilean award winning writer and journalist.

Katie Leigh Zelem is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for FA WSL club Manchester United, which she also captains. She has been called up to the England national team.