Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/January 20

Births

 * 1775 - André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836) (pictured)
 * 1896 - George Burns, American actor, comedian (d. 1996)
 * 1920 - Federico Fellini, Italian film director (d. 1993)
 * 1930 - Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., astronaut
 * 1956 - Bill Maher, American actor, comedian, and political analyst

Deaths

 * 1900 - John Ruskin, art critic (b. 1819)
 * 1971 - Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, American actor, director, writer, and producer (b. 1880)
 * 1984 - Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)
 * 1993 - Audrey Hepburn, Anglo-Dutch actress (b. 1929)