January 20, 1965

1965Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer and manager^[†]

Colin Calderwood is a Scottish professional football manager and former player.

1965Warren Joyce, English footballer and manager^[†]

Warren Garton Joyce is an English football manager and former player, who is currently the lead coach of Nottingham Forest's U21 squad.

1965Greg K., American musician and songwriter^[†]

Gregory David Kriesel known by his stagename Greg K., is an American retired musician and the founding bassist of the rock band the Offspring. He is also the co-founder of the record label Nitro Records.

1965John Michael Montgomery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist^[†]

John Michael Montgomery is an American country music singer. Active from 1992 to 2025, he has had more than 30 singles on the Billboard country charts. This total includes seven number-one singles: "I Love the Way You Love Me", "I Swear", "Be My Baby Tonight", "If You've Got Love", "I Can Love You Like That", "Sold ", and "The Little Girl". "I Swear" and "Sold" were ranked as the number-one songs on the Billboard Year-End charts for country music in 1994 and 1995, respectively. Several of Montgomery's singles crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100, his highest peak there having been achieved by "Letters from Home" in 2004. Montgomery has released ten studio albums: seven through Atlantic Records Nashville, two via parent company Warner Records Nashville, and one on his own Stringtown label. His first three albums, Life's a Dance (1992), Kickin' It Up (1994), and John Michael Montgomery (1995) are all certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); 1996's What I Do the Best is certified platinum; while Leave a Mark (1998) and Brand New Me (2000) are certified gold. Montgomery has won four Academy of Country Music awards and two Country Music Association awards.

1965Heather Small, English singer-songwriter^[†]

Heather Marguerita Small is an English soul singer and lead vocalist of the band M People. Her subsequent debut solo studio album, Proud, was released in 2000. Her second and third studio albums Close to a Miracle and Colour My Life were released in 2006 and 2022, respectively.

1965Sophie, Countess of Wessex^[†]

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh is a member of the British royal family. She is married to Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, the youngest sibling of King Charles III.

1965Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer^[†]

Anton Weissenbacher is a former Romanian football right back who was part of Steaua București's squad that won the European Cup in 1986, also playing in the Intercontinental Cup final of the same year. When he left Romania, during the early 1990s he went to play in Germany in an amateur league and there he finished his career. Afterwards he coached several amateur teams in Germany, including SV Mehring.

1965Alan Freed, American radio host (born 1922)^[†]

Albert James "Alan" Freed was an American disc jockey. He also produced and promoted large traveling concerts with various acts, helping to spread the importance of rock and roll music throughout North America, including popularizing the term "rock and roll".