| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
|---|
| 1517 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle |
French church leader (d. 1586) |
| 1561 |
August 20 |
Monday |
Jacopo Peri |
Italian composer (d. 1633) |
| 1625 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Thomas Corneille |
French dramatist (d. 1709) |
| 1632 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Louis Bourdaloue |
French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) |
| 1710 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Thomas Simpson |
British mathematician (d. 1761) |
| 1719 |
August 20 |
Sunday |
Charles-Francois de Broglie‚ marquis de Ruffec |
French soldier and diplomat (d. 1791) |
| 1719 |
August 20 |
Sunday |
Christian Mayer |
Czech astronomer (d. 1783) |
| 1778 |
August 20 |
Thursday |
Bernardo O'Higgins |
South American revolutionary (d. 1842) |
| 1779 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Jons Jakob Berzelius |
Swedish chemist (d. 1848) |
| 1833 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Benjamin Harrison |
23rd President of the United States (d. 1901) |
| 1845 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
St. Albert Chmielowski |
Polish Catholic Saint (d. 1916) |
| 1847 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Andrew Greenwood |
England cricketer (d. 1889) |
| 1847 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Boles?aw Prus |
Polish writer (d. 1912) |
| 1856 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Jakub Bart-?isinski |
Sorbian writer (d. 1909) |
| 1860 |
August 20 |
Monday |
Raymond Poincare |
French statesman (d. 1934) |
| 1865 |
August 20 |
Sunday |
Bernard Tancred |
South African cricketer (d. 1911) |
| 1868 |
August 20 |
Thursday |
Ellen Roosevelt |
American tennis player (d. 1954) |
| 1873 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen |
Finnish architect (d. 1950) |
| 1881 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Edgar Guest |
English poet (d. 1959) |
| 1886 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Paul Tillich |
German-American theologian (d. 1965) |
| 1890 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
H. P. Lovecraft |
American writer (d. 1937) |
| 1897 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Tarjei Vesaas |
Norwegian writer (d. 1970) |
| 1898 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Vilhelm Moberg |
Swedish author and historian (d. 1973) |
| 1901 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Salvatore Quasimodo |
Italian writer‚ Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968) |
| 1905 |
August 20 |
Sunday |
Jean Gebser |
German-born author‚ linguist‚ and poet (d. 1973) |
| 1905 |
August 20 |
Sunday |
Jack Teagarden |
American musician (d. 1964) |
| 1907 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Alan Reed |
original voice of Fred Flintstone. (d. 1977) |
| 1908 |
August 20 |
Thursday |
Al Lopez |
American baseball player and manager (d. 2005) |
| 1909 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Alby Roberts |
New Zealand cricketer (d. 1978) |
| 1910 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Eero Saarinen |
Finnish architect (d. 1961) |
| 1913 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Roger Wolcott Sperry |
American neurobiologist‚ recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1994) |
| 1916 |
August 20 |
Sunday |
Paul Felix Schmidt |
Estonian German chess player (d. 1984) |
| 1918 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Jacqueline Susann |
American novelist (d. 1974) |
| 1921 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Jack Wilson |
Australian cricketer (d. 1985) |
| 1923 |
August 20 |
Monday |
Jim Reeves |
US country music singer (d.1964) |
| 1924 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
George Zuverink |
American baseball player |
| 1926 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Nobby Wirkowski |
American and Canadian football player and coach |
| 1927 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Geriatric1927 |
English video blogger |
| 1927 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Yootha Joyce |
English actress (d. 1980) |
| 1929 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Kevin Heffernan |
Gaelic footballer |
| 1930 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Mario Bernardi |
Canadian conductor |
| 1931 |
August 20 |
Thursday |
Don King |
American boxing promoter |
| 1932 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Anthony Ainley |
British actor (d. 2004) |
| 1932 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Vasily Aksyonov |
Russian novelist (d. 2009) |
| 1932 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Atholl McKinnon |
South African cricketer (d. 1983) |
| 1933 |
August 20 |
Sunday |
George J. Mitchell |
former United States Senator |
| 1934 |
August 20 |
Monday |
Armi Kuusela |
Finnish beauty queen |
| 1935 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Ron Paul |
US Congressman‚ 1988 and 2008 presidential candidate |
| 1936 |
August 20 |
Thursday |
Hideki Shirakawa |
Japanese chemist‚ Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1937 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Jim Bowen |
English comedian |
| 1937 |
August 20 |
Friday |
El Fary |
Spanish singer and actor (d. 2007) |
| 1937 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Andrei Konchalovsky |
Russian film director |
| 1938 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Alain Vivien |
French politician |
| 1939 |
August 20 |
Sunday |
Fernando Poe Jr. |
Filipino actor and politician (d. 2004) |
| 1940 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Ruben Hinojosa |
American politician |
| 1940 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Rex Sellers |
Australian cricketer |
| 1941 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Dave Brock |
British musician and founder of Hawkwind |
| 1941 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Rich Brooks |
American football coach |
| 1941 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Slobodan Milosevi? |
President of Serbia and of Yugoslavia (d. 2006) |
| 1941 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Robin Oakley |
British journalist |
| 1941 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Jo Ramirez |
Mexican motor racing team manager and author |
| 1942 |
August 20 |
Thursday |
Isaac Hayes |
American singer‚ songwriter‚ and actor (d. 2008) |
| 1942 |
August 20 |
Thursday |
Fred Norman |
American baseball player |
| 1943 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Sylvester McCoy |
Scottish actor |
| 1944 |
August 20 |
Sunday |
Rajiv Gandhi |
Prime Minister of India (d. 1991) |
| 1944 |
August 20 |
Sunday |
Graig Nettles |
American baseball player |
| 1946 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Connie Chung |
American journalist |
| 1946 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Ralf Htter |
German musician (Kraftwerk) |
| 1946 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
N.R. Narayana Murthy |
Indian businessman |
| 1947 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Alan Lee |
English conceptual artist |
| 1948 |
August 20 |
Friday |
John Noble |
Australian actor |
| 1948 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Robert Plant |
British Musician (Led Zeppelin) |
| 1949 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Nikolas Asimos |
Greek composer and singer (d. 1988) |
| 1949 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Norman Featherstone |
South African cricketer |
| 1949 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Alan Hardwick |
English TV presenter |
| 1949 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Phil Lynott |
Irish musician (d. 1986) |
| 1951 |
August 20 |
Monday |
Greg Bear |
American author |
| 1952 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
John Emburey |
English cricketer |
| 1952 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Doug Fieger |
American musician (The Knack) (d. 2010) |
| 1952 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
John Hiatt |
American musician |
| 1953 |
August 20 |
Thursday |
Gerry Bertier |
American wheelchair Olympian (d. 1981) |
| 1954 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Quinn Buckner |
American basketball player and coach |
| 1954 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Tawn Mastrey |
American disc jockey (d. 2007) |
| 1954 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Al Roker |
American television personality |
| 1954 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Don Stark |
American actor |
| 1955 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Agnes Chan |
Hong Kong singer and writer |
| 1956 |
August 20 |
Monday |
Joan Allen |
American actress |
| 1956 |
August 20 |
Monday |
Alvin Greenidge |
West Indian cricketer |
| 1957 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Finlay Calder |
Scottish rugby player |
| 1958 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Patricia Rozema |
Canadian film director and screenwriter |
| 1958 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
John Stehr |
American journalist |
| 1961 |
August 20 |
Sunday |
Greg Egan |
Australian author |
| 1961 |
August 20 |
Sunday |
Joe Pasquale |
English comedian |
| 1962 |
August 20 |
Monday |
Sophie Aldred |
English actress |
| 1962 |
August 20 |
Monday |
James Marsters |
American actor |
| 1962 |
August 20 |
Monday |
Dong-Wook Song |
South Korean tennis player |
| 1965 |
August 20 |
Friday |
KRS-One |
American rapper |
| 1966 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Dimebag Darrell |
American guitarist (Pantera and Damageplan) (d. 2004) |
| 1967 |
August 20 |
Sunday |
Andy Benes |
American baseball player |
| 1967 |
August 20 |
Sunday |
Colin Cunningham |
American actor |
| 1967 |
August 20 |
Sunday |
Terri Poch |
American yogini and professional wrestler |
| 1968 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Klas Ingesson |
Swedish footballer |
| 1968 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Yuri Shiratori |
Japanese voice actress and singer |
| 1969 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Duke Droese |
American professional wrestler |
| 1970 |
August 20 |
Thursday |
Els Callens |
Belgian tennis player |
| 1970 |
August 20 |
Thursday |
John D. Carmack |
American computer game programmer |
| 1970 |
August 20 |
Thursday |
Fred Durst |
American singer (Limp Bizkit) |
| 1971 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Jonathan Ke Quan |
Vietnamese/American actor |
| 1971 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Steve Stone |
English footballer |
| 1971 |
August 20 |
Friday |
David Walliams |
British comedian |
| 1972 |
August 20 |
Sunday |
Chaney Kley |
American actor |
| 1973 |
August 20 |
Monday |
Todd Helton |
American baseball player |
| 1974 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Amy Adams |
American actress |
| 1974 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Big Moe |
American rapper (d. 2007) |
| 1974 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Szabolcs Safar |
Hungarian footballer |
| 1974 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Andy Strachan |
Australian musician (The Living End) |
| 1974 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Maxim Vengerov |
Russian violinist |
| 1974 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Misha Collins |
American actor and producer |
| 1975 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Marcus Mastin |
American author |
| 1976 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Chris Drury |
American hockey player |
| 1977 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Felipe Contepomi |
Argentine rugby player |
| 1977 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Manuel Contepomi |
Argentine rugby player |
| 1977 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Ivar Ingimarsson |
Icelandic footballer |
| 1977 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Mayra Veronica |
Cuban model and actress |
| 1977 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
James Ormond |
England cricketer |
| 1977 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Wayne Brown |
English footballer |
| 1979 |
August 20 |
Monday |
Jamie Cullum |
British musician |
| 1979 |
August 20 |
Monday |
Cory Sullivan |
American baseball player |
| 1979 |
August 20 |
Monday |
Haha |
South Korean entertainer |
| 1980 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Corey Carrier |
American actor |
| 1980 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Rochelle Gadd |
British actress |
| 1981 |
August 20 |
Thursday |
Ben Barnes |
English actor |
| 1981 |
August 20 |
Thursday |
Bernard Mendy |
French footballer |
| 1982 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Cleber Luis Alberti |
Brazilian footballer |
| 1982 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Youssouf Hersi |
Ethiopian footballer |
| 1982 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Joshua Kennedy |
Australian footballer |
| 1982 |
August 20 |
Friday |
Barney Rogers |
Zimbabwean cricketer |
| 1983 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Brian Schaefering |
American football player |
| 1984 |
August 20 |
Monday |
Mirai Moriyama |
Japanese actor |
| 1986 |
August 20 |
Wednesday |
Robert Clark |
Canadian actor |
| 1987 |
August 20 |
Thursday |
C?t?lina Ponor |
Romanian gymnast |
| 1988 |
August 20 |
Saturday |
Jerryd Bayless |
American basketball player |
| 1990 |
August 20 |
Monday |
Barney Rogers |
Zimbabwean cricketer |
| 1990 |
August 20 |
Monday |
Ranomi Kromowidjojo |
Dutch swimmer |
| 1991 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Marko ?okovi? |
Serbian tennis player |
| 1991 |
August 20 |
Tuesday |
Luke O'Neill |
English footballer |
| 1992 |
August 20 |
Thursday |
Demi Lovato |
American actress and singer |
| 1992 |
August 20 |
Thursday |
Matej Dela? |
Croatian footballer |
| 1995 |
August 20 |
Sunday |
Liana Liberato |
American actress |
