Births and Deaths on 20 January

• 1896
• George Burns was born in New York, US
• 1922
• Ray Anthony(The Peter Gunn Theme) was born in Pennsylvania, US
• 1923
• Slim Whitman(Rose Marie) was born in Florida, US
• 1931
• Earl Grant(The End (Jeder Tag Geht Zu Ende)) was born in Oklahoma, US
• 1932
• King Coleman(Do The Hully Gully) was born in Florida, US
• 1933
• Gerry Monroe(Sally) was born in England, UK
• 1934
• Tammy Grimes(The Greener Side) was born in Massachusetts, US
• 1939
• Jimmy Thomas(Where There's A Will There's A Way) was born in Arkansas, US
• 1942
• Billy Powell(The O'Jays) was born in Ohio, US
• 1943
• Rick Evans(Zager & Evans) was born in Nebraska, US
• 1945
• Eric Stewart(The Mindbenders/Hotlegs/10CC) was born in England, UK
• 1946
• Jimmy Chambers(Londonbeat) was born in Unknown
• 1950
• Paul Stanley(Tonight, You Belong To Me) was born in New York, US
• 1958
• Lorenzo Lamas(Fools Like Me) was born in California, US
• 1965
• John Michael Montgomery(Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)) was born in Kentucky, US
• Heather Small(Proud) was born in England, UK
• 1966
• Lewis Taylor(Lucky) was born in England, UK
• 1969
• Nicky Wire(Break My Heart Slowly) was born in Wales, UK
• 1970
• Edwin McCain(I Could Not Ask For More) was born in South Carolina, US
• 1971
• Gary Barlow(Let Me Go) was born in England, UK
• 1974
• Charles 'Packy' Axton(The Mar-Keys/The Packers) died in Tennessee, US
• 1979
• Will Young(Leave Right Now) was born in England, UK
• Rob Bourdon(Linkin Park) was born in California, US
• 1984
• Bonnie McKee(American Girl) was born in California, US
• 1985
• Brantley Gilbert(Hard Days) was born in Georgia, US
• 1996
• Buster Benton(That's The Reason) died in Illinois, US
• 1997
• Blueface(Daddy) was born in California, US
• 1999
• Bill Albaugh(The Lemon Pipers) died in Unknown
• 2000
• Ray Jones(The Dakotas) died in England, UK
• 2003
• David Battey(The Rutles) died in England, UK
• 2012
• Etta James(At Last) died in California, US
• 2013
• Ann Rabson(Love Song (Ode To George)) died in Virginia, US
• 2015
• Rose Marie McCoy(Dippin' In My Business) died in Illinois, US
• 2018
• Jim Rodford(The Kinks/Argent/The Zombies/The Swinging Blue Jeans) died in England, UK
• 2022
• Meat Loaf(Bat Out Of Hell) died in Tennessee, US
• 2023
• Nick Todd(At The Hop) died in Unknown
• 2025
• Bob Kuban(The Cheater) died in Unknown