List of Famous people born on January 20th
Laura Ester
Laura Ester Ramos is a Spanish female water polo goalkeeper. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Spain women's national water polo team in the women's event, winning the silver medal. She also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is 5 ft 7 inches tall.
Cheng Wei-yuan
Cheng Wei-yuan was a Taiwanese politician. He was the only Minister of National Defense (1987-1989) with the complete personal achievements in all the 4 power systems in the ROC history. Being one of the few top-rank KMT generals sympathizing the victims by the Martial Law operation during White Terror and supporting the democratic modernization trend of the state; he kept the open-mind policy of communication to cooperate with the demands of parliament, media and societies, including the subtle relation with the newly founded Democratic Progressive Party.
Thomas Kessler
Thomas Kessler is a German footballer who last played for 1. FC Köln.
Nancy Contreras
Nancy Yareli Contreras Reyes is a female track cyclist from Mexico, who represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2004. She won a bronze medal in the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Branka Katić
Branka Katić is a Serbian actress known for appearing in the films Black Cat, White Cat and Public Enemies, and the TV series Big Love.
Aleksandr Pavlenko
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Pavlenko is a Russian football official and a former player.
Olivier Strebelle
Olivier Strebelle was a Belgian sculptor.
Abdusalom Azizov
Abdusalom Abdumavlonovich Azizov is an Uzbek military leader who was the Minister of Defence of Uzbekistan from September 4, 2017 to February 11, 2019. He now serves as head of the State Security Service.
Tom Christian Merkens
Tom Christian Merkens is a German footballer who currently plays for TSV Havelse.
Szolem Mandelbrojt
Szolem Mandelbrojt was a Polish-French mathematician who specialized in mathematical analysis. He was a Professor at the Collège de France from 1938 to 1972, where he held the Chair of Analytical Mechanics and Celestial Mechanics.