August 20 - Births

Births

• 1517 – Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French church leader (d. 1586)
• 1561 – Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (d. 1633)
• 1625 – Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (d. 1709)
• 1632 – Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)
• 1710 – Thomas Simpson, British mathematician (d. 1761)
• 1719 – Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1791)
• 1719 – Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer (d. 1783)
• 1778 – Bernardo O'Higgins, South American revolutionary (d. 1842)
• 1779 – Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (d. 1848)
• 1833 – Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (d. 1901)
• 1845 – St. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic Saint (d. 1916)
• 1847 – Andrew Greenwood, England cricketer (d. 1889)
• 1847 – Bolesław Prus, Polish writer (d. 1912)
• 1856 – Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Sorbian writer (d. 1909)
• 1860 – Raymond Poincaré, French statesman (d. 1934)
• 1865 – Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer (d. 1911)
• 1868 – Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (d. 1954)
• 1873 – Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect (d. 1950)
• 1881 – Edgar Guest, English poet (d. 1959)
• 1885 – Dino Campana, Italian poet (d. 1932)
• 1886 – Paul Tillich, German-American theologian (d. 1965)
• 1890 – H. P. Lovecraft, American writer (d. 1937)
• 1897 – Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian writer (d. 1970)
• 1898 – Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author and historian (d. 1973)
• 1901 – Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
• 1905 – Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist, and poet (d. 1973)
• 1905 – Jack Teagarden, American musician (d. 1964)
• 1907 – Alan Reed, original voice of Fred Flintstone. (d. 1977)
• 1908 – Al Lopez, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
• 1909 – Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1978)
• 1910 – Eero Saarinen, Finnish architect (d. 1961)
• 1913 – Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neurobiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1994)
• 1916 – Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–German chess player (d. 1984)
• 1918 – Jacqueline Susann, American novelist (d. 1974)
• 1919 – Walter Bernstein, American screenwriter
• 1921 – Jack Wilson, Australian cricketer (d. 1985)
• 1923 – Jim Reeves, US country music singer (d. 1964)
• 1924 – George Zuverink, American baseball player
• 1926 – Nobby Wirkowski, American and Canadian football player and coach
• 1927 – Geriatric1927, English video blogger
• 1927 – Yootha Joyce, English actress (d. 1980)
• 1929 – Kevin Heffernan, Gaelic footballer
• 1930 – Mario Bernardi, Canadian conductor
• 1931 – Don King, American boxing promoter
• 1932 – Anthony Ainley, British actor (d. 2004)
• 1932 – Vasily Aksyonov, Russian novelist (d. 2009)
• 1932 – Atholl McKinnon, South African cricketer (d. 1983)
• 1933 – George J. Mitchell, former United States Senator
• 1934 – Armi Kuusela, Finnish beauty queen
• 1935 – Ron Paul, US Congressman, 1988 and 2008 presidential candidate
• 1936 – Hideki Shirakawa, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 – Jim Bowen, English comedian
• 1937 – El Fary, Spanish singer and actor (d. 2007)
• 1937 – Andrei Konchalovsky, Russian film director
• 1938 – Alain Vivien, French politician
• 1939 – Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor and politician (d. 2004)
• 1940 – Rubén Hinojosa, American politician
• 1940 – Rex Sellers, Australian cricketer
• 1941 – Dave Brock, British musician and founder of Hawkwind
• 1941 – Rich Brooks, American football coach
• 1941 – Slobodan Milošević, President of Serbia and of Yugoslavia (d. 2006)
• 1941 – Robin Oakley, British journalist
• 1941 – Jo Ramirez, Mexican motor racing team manager and author
• 1942 – Isaac Hayes, American singer, songwriter, and actor (d. 2008)
• 1942 – Fred Norman, American baseball player
• 1943 – Sylvester McCoy, Scottish actor
• 1944 – Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (d. 1991)
• 1944 – Graig Nettles, American baseball player
• 1946 – Connie Chung, American journalist
• 1946 – Ralf Hütter, German musician (Kraftwerk)
• 1946 – N.R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman
• 1947 – Alan Lee, English conceptual artist
• 1948 – John Noble, Australian actor
• 1948 – Robert Plant, British Musician (Led Zeppelin)
• 1949 – Nikolas Asimos, Greek composer and singer (d. 1988)
• 1949 – Norman Featherstone, South African cricketer
• 1949 – Alan Hardwick, English TV presenter
• 1949 – Phil Lynott, Irish musician (d. 1986)
• 1951 – Greg Bear, American author
• 1952 – John Emburey, English cricketer
• 1952 – Doug Fieger, American musician (The Knack) (d. 2010)
• 1952 – John Hiatt, American musician
• 1953 – Gerry Bertier, American wheelchair Olympian (d. 1981)
• 1954 – Quinn Buckner, American basketball player and coach
• 1954 – Tawn Mastrey, American disc jockey (d. 2007)
• 1954 – Al Roker, American television personality
• 1954 – Don Stark, American actor
• 1955 – Agnes Chan, Hong Kong singer and writer
• 1956 – Joan Allen, American actress
• 1956 – Alvin Greenidge, West Indian cricketer
• 1957 – Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
• 1958 – Patricia Rozema, Canadian film director and screenwriter
• 1958 – John Stehr, American journalist
• 1961 – Greg Egan, Australian author
• 1961 – Joe Pasquale, English comedian
• 1962 – Sophie Aldred, English actress
• 1962 – James Marsters, American actor
• 1962 – Dong-Wook Song, South Korean tennis player
• 1963 – Uwe Bialon, German footballer
• 1965 – KRS-One, American rapper
• 1966 – David Rees Snell, American actor (The Shield)
• 1966 – Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist (Pantera and Damageplan) (d. 2004)
• 1967 – Andy Benes, American baseball player
• 1967 – Colin Cunningham, American actor
• 1967 – Terri Poch, American yogini and professional wrestler
• 1968 – Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer
• 1968 – Yuri Shiratori, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1969 – Duke Droese, American professional wrestler
• 1970 – Els Callens, Belgian tennis player
• 1970 – John D. Carmack, American computer game programmer
• 1970 – Fred Durst, American singer (Limp Bizkit)
• 1971 – Jonathan Ke Quan, Vietnamese/American actor
• 1971 – Steve Stone, English footballer
• 1971 – David Walliams, British comedian
• 1972 – Chaney Kley, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1973 – Todd Helton, American baseball player
• 1974 – Amy Adams, American actress
• 1974 – Big Moe, American rapper (d. 2007)
• 1974 – Szabolcs Sáfár, Hungarian footballer
• 1974 – Andy Strachan, Australian musician (The Living End)
• 1974 – Maxim Vengerov, Russian violinist
• 1974 – Misha Collins, American actor and producer
• 1975 – Marcus Mastin, American author
• 1976 – Chris Drury, American hockey player
• 1977 – Felipe Contepomi, Argentine rugby player
• 1977 – Manuel Contepomi, Argentine rugby player
• 1977 – Ivar Ingimarsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1977 – Mayra Veronica, Cuban model and actress
• 1977 – James Ormond, England cricketer
• 1977 – Wayne Brown, English footballer
• 1979 – Jamie Cullum, British musician
• 1979 – Cory Sullivan, American baseball player
• 1979 – Haha, South Korean entertainer
• 1980 – Corey Carrier, American actor
• 1980 – Rochelle Gadd, British actress
• 1980 – Samuel Dumoulin, French cyclist
• 1981 – Ben Barnes, English actor
• 1981 – Bernard Mendy, French footballer
• 1982 – Cléber Luis Alberti, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Youssouf Hersi, Ethiopian footballer
• 1982 – Joshua Kennedy, Australian footballer
• 1982 – Barney Rogers, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1983 – Brian Schaefering, American football player
• 1984 – Mirai Moriyama, Japanese actor
• 1984 – Tsokye Karchung, Bhutanese beauty queen, Miss Bhutan 2008
• 1986 – Robert Clark, Canadian actor
• 1987 – Cătălina Ponor, Romanian gymnast
• 1988 – Jerryd Bayless, American basketball player
• 1990 – Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Dutch swimmer
• 1991 – Marko Đoković, Serbian tennis player
• 1991 – Luke O'Neill, English footballer
• 1992 – Demi Lovato, American actress and singer
• 1992 – Matej Delač, Croatian footballer
• 1995 – Liana Liberato, American actress