| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
|---|
| 524 |
September 20 |
Thursday |
Kan B'alam I |
ruler of Maya state of Palenque (d. 583) |
| 1486 |
September 20 |
Tuesday |
Arthur‚ Prince of Wales |
son of King Henry VII of England (d. 1502) |
| 1599 |
September 20 |
Tuesday |
Christian the Younger |
German Protestant military leader (d. 1623) |
| 1778 |
September 20 |
Sunday |
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen |
Russian naval officer and explorer (d. 1852) |
| 1831 |
September 20 |
Tuesday |
Kate Harrington |
American teacher‚ writer and poet (d. 1917) |
| 1833 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta |
Italian pacifist‚ recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1918) |
| 1842 |
September 20 |
Tuesday |
James Dewar |
Scottish chemist (d. 1923) |
| 1844 |
September 20 |
Friday |
William H. Illingworth |
American photographer (d. 1893) |
| 1851 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Henry Arthur Jones |
English writer (d. 1929) |
| 1853 |
September 20 |
Tuesday |
Rama V |
King of Thailand (d. 1910) |
| 1861 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Herbert Putnam |
Librarian of Congress (d. 1955) |
| 1872 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Maurice Gamelin |
French army general (d. 1958) |
| 1873 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Sidney Olcott |
Canadian film director (d. 1949) |
| 1873 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Ferenc Szisz |
Hungarian race car driver (d. 1944) |
| 1878 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Upton Sinclair |
American writer (d. 1968) |
| 1880 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Louise Peete |
American murderess (d. 1947) |
| 1884 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Maxwell Perkins |
American editor and publisher (d. 1947) |
| 1885 |
September 20 |
Sunday |
Jelly Roll Morton |
American jazz pianist‚ bandleader and composer (d. 1941) |
| 1886 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Charles Williams |
British author (d. 1945) |
| 1889 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Charles Reidpath |
American athlete (d. 1975) |
| 1899 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
Leo Strauss |
German-born philosopher (d. 1973) |
| 1902 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Stevie Smith |
British poet (d. 1971) |
| 1911 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
Shriram Sharma Acharya |
Indian spiritual leader (d. 1991) |
| 1914 |
September 20 |
Sunday |
Kenneth More |
English actor (d. 1982) |
| 1916 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
Malik Meraj Khalid |
Former Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 2003) |
| 1917 |
September 20 |
Thursday |
Red Auerbach |
American basketball coach (d. 2006) |
| 1917 |
September 20 |
Thursday |
Fernando Rey |
Spanish-born actor (d. 1994) |
| 1917 |
September 20 |
Thursday |
Don Starr |
American-born actor (d. 2005) |
| 1920 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Jay Ward |
American animated cartoonist (d. 1989) |
| 1920 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Alberto de Lacerda |
Portuguese poet (d. 2007) |
| 1922 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
William Kapell |
American pianist (d. 1953) |
| 1923 |
September 20 |
Thursday |
Geraldine Clinton Little |
Irish-born poet (d. 1997) |
| 1924 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Akkineni Nageswara Rao |
Indian Telugu actor |
| 1924 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Gogi Grant |
American singer |
| 1925 |
September 20 |
Sunday |
Ananda Mahidol |
King of Thailand (d. 1946) |
| 1925 |
September 20 |
Sunday |
Bobby Nunn |
American singer (The Coasters) (d. 1986) |
| 1927 |
September 20 |
Tuesday |
Johnny Dankworth |
English musician and composer (d. 2010) |
| 1927 |
September 20 |
Tuesday |
Rachel Roberts |
English actress (d. 1980) |
| 1928 |
September 20 |
Thursday |
Kirsten Rolffes |
Danish actress (d. 2000) |
| 1928 |
September 20 |
Thursday |
Donald Hall |
American poet and US Poet Laureate |
| 1929 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Anne Meara |
American comic and actress |
| 1931 |
September 20 |
Sunday |
Cherd Songsri |
Thai filmmaker (d. 2006) |
| 1933 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
Dennis Viollet |
English former footballer (d. 1999) |
| 1934 |
September 20 |
Thursday |
Sophia Loren |
Italian actress |
| 1934 |
September 20 |
Thursday |
Takayuki Kubota |
martial artist and founder of the Gosoku-ryu style of karate |
| 1935 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Jim Taylor |
American football player |
| 1935 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Keith Roberts |
British science fiction author (d. 2000) |
| 1935 |
September 20 |
Friday |
David Pegg |
English footballer (d. 1958) |
| 1937 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Birgitta Dahl |
Swedish politician |
| 1937 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Monica Zetterlund |
Swedish actress and singer (d. 2005) |
| 1939 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
Robert L. Gerry III |
American businessman |
| 1940 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Taro Aso |
Prime Minister of Japan |
| 1941 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Dale Chihuly |
American glass artist |
| 1942 |
September 20 |
Sunday |
Gerald Tremblay |
Quebec politician |
| 1947 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Mia Martini |
Italian singer (d. 1995) |
| 1947 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Bruce Pasternack |
American CEO |
| 1947 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Steve Gerber |
American comics writer (d. 2008) |
| 1948 |
September 20 |
Monday |
George R. R. Martin |
American writer |
| 1948 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Chuck Panozzo |
American musician (Styx) |
| 1948 |
September 20 |
Monday |
John Panozzo |
American musician (Styx) (d. 1996) |
| 1949 |
September 20 |
Tuesday |
Mahesh Bhatt |
Indian film director |
| 1949 |
September 20 |
Tuesday |
Anthony Denison |
American actor |
| 1949 |
September 20 |
Tuesday |
John W. Henry |
American MLB team owner |
| 1951 |
September 20 |
Thursday |
Guy Lafleur |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1951 |
September 20 |
Thursday |
Javier Marias |
Spanish author‚ translator and academic |
| 1954 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Henry Samueli |
American NHL team owner |
| 1956 |
September 20 |
Thursday |
Gary Cole |
American actor |
| 1957 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Alannah Currie |
New Zealander musician (Thompson Twins) |
| 1957 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Michael Hurst |
New Zealand actor |
| 1957 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Rich DiSilvio |
American new media developer & artist |
| 1958 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Arn Anderson |
American wrestler |
| 1959 |
September 20 |
Sunday |
Danny Devos |
Belgian artist |
| 1960 |
September 20 |
Tuesday |
Deborah Roberts |
American journalist and TV reporter |
| 1961 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
Lisa Bloom |
American lawyer and television personality |
| 1963 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Velcrow Ripper |
Canadian documentary filmmaker |
| 1964 |
September 20 |
Sunday |
Maggie Cheung |
Hong Kong actress |
| 1964 |
September 20 |
Sunday |
Randy Bradbury |
American musician (Pennywise) |
| 1965 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Robert Rusler |
American actor |
| 1966 |
September 20 |
Tuesday |
Nuno Bettencourt |
Portuguese rock musician |
| 1967 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
Martin Harrison |
American football player |
| 1967 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
Kristen Johnston |
American actress |
| 1967 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
Gunnar Nelson |
American musician (Nelson) |
| 1967 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
Matthew Nelson |
American musician (Nelson) |
| 1968 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Leah Pinsent |
Canadian actress |
| 1968 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Darrell Russell |
American race car driver (d. 2004) |
| 1968 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Tim Rogers |
Australian singer / songwriter |
| 1968 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Vik Foxx |
American rock musician |
| 1969 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Victoria Dillard |
American actress |
| 1969 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Megumi Kudo |
Japanese pro-wrestler |
| 1969 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Richard Witschge |
former Dutch footballer |
| 1971 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Henrik Larsson |
Swedish footballer |
| 1971 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Masashi Hamauzu |
Japanese composer |
| 1971 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Todd Blackadder |
New Zealand rugby player |
| 1971 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Dominika Peczynski |
Swedish singer (Army of Lovers) |
| 1973 |
September 20 |
Thursday |
Ronald McKinnon |
American football player |
| 1974 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Michael Waddington |
American defense lawyer |
| 1975 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Asia Argento |
Italian actress |
| 1975 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Moon Bloodgood |
American actress |
| 1975 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Juan Pablo Montoya |
Colombian race car driver |
| 1976 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Agata Buzek |
Polish actress |
| 1976 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Yo Hitoto |
Japanese pop singer |
| 1976 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Yui Horie |
Japanese seiyuu |
| 1976 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Enuka Okuma |
Canadian actress |
| 1976 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Reuben Singh |
British entrepreneur |
| 1977 |
September 20 |
Tuesday |
Namie Amuro |
Japanese pop singer |
| 1977 |
September 20 |
Tuesday |
Chris Mooney |
American writer |
| 1978 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
Jason Bay |
Canadian baseball player |
| 1978 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
Patrizio Buanne |
Italian singer |
| 1978 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
Sarit Hadad |
Israeli singer |
| 1978 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
T.J. Tucker |
American baseball player |
| 1978 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
Dante Hall |
American football player |
| 1979 |
September 20 |
Thursday |
Sean Davis |
English footballer |
| 1980 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Mariacarla Boscono |
Italian fashion model |
| 1980 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Vladimir Karpets |
Russian cyclist |
| 1980 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Jonathan Le Billon |
British actor |
| 1980 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Mehrzad Marashi |
German singer |
| 1980 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Madison Young |
founder of Femina Potens Art Gallery |
| 1981 |
September 20 |
Sunday |
Joanie Dodds |
America's Next Top Model contestant |
| 1981 |
September 20 |
Sunday |
Feliciano Lpez |
Spanish tennis player |
| 1981 |
September 20 |
Sunday |
Jordan Tata |
American baseball player |
| 1982 |
September 20 |
Monday |
Brian Fortuna |
Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer |
| 1983 |
September 20 |
Tuesday |
Yuna Ito |
Japanese singer and actress |
| 1983 |
September 20 |
Tuesday |
angel Sanchez |
Puerto Rican baseball player |
| 1984 |
September 20 |
Thursday |
Brian Joubert |
French figure skater |
| 1987 |
September 20 |
Sunday |
Jack Lawless |
American drummer for the Jonas Brothers |
| 1987 |
September 20 |
Sunday |
Tito Tebaldi |
Italian rugby player |
| 1990 |
September 20 |
Thursday |
John Tavares |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1990 |
September 20 |
Thursday |
Marilou |
Quebec pop singer |
| 1991 |
September 20 |
Friday |
Spencer Locke |
American actress |
| 1995 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
Sammi Hanratty |
American actress |
| 1995 |
September 20 |
Wednesday |
Laura Dekker |
Dutch Solo Sailor |
| 2003 |
September 20 |
Saturday |
Princess Jennah bint Al Ghazi |
member of the Jordanian Royal Family |
