March 20 - Births

Births

• 43 BC – Ovid, Roman poet (d. 17 AD)
• 1469 – Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)
• 1477 – Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)
• 1502 – Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)
• 1644 – Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)
• 1725 – Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)
• 1735 – Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (d. 1784)
• 1737 – Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (d. 1809)
• 1741 – Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (d. 1828)
• 1770 – Friedrich Hölderlin, German writer (d. 1843)
• 1799 – Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (d. 1839)
• 1800 – Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican Head of State (d. 1845)
• 1811 – Napoleon II of France, (d. 1832)
• 1823 – Ned Buntline, American publisher (d. 1886)
• 1828 – Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (d. 1906)
• 1831 – Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman (d. 1881)
• 1834 – Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University (d. 1926)
• 1836 – Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American politician (d. 1886)
• 1836 – Sir Edward Poynter, British painter (d. 1919)
• 1840 – Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894)
• 1856 – Sir John Lavery, Irish artist (d. 1941)
• 1856 – Frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor (d. 1915)
• 1870 – Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (d. 1964)
• 1874 – Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (d. 1945)
• 1876 – Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1927)
• 1879 – Maud Menten, Canadian biochemist (d. 1960)
• 1882 – René Coty, French President (d. 1962)
• 1890 – Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (d. 1957)
• 1890 – Lauritz Melchior, Danish tenor (d. 1973)
• 1895 – Fredric Wertham, German-born psychologist (d. 1981)
• 1897 – Ruby Muhammad, American matriarch of Black Islam
• 1903 – Edgar Buchanan, American actor (d. 1979)
• 1904 – B. F. Skinner, American psychologist (d. 1990)
• 1905 – Jean Galia, French rugby footballer (d. 1949)
• 1906 – Abraham Beame, American politician (d. 2001)
• 1906 – Ozzie Nelson, American bandleader and actor (d. 1975)
• 1908 – Michael Redgrave, English actor (d. 1985)
• 1911 – Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and Nobel laureate (d. 1991)
• 1914 – Wendell Corey, American actor (d. 1968)
• 1915 – Rudolf Kirchschläger, President of Austria (d. 2000)
• 1915 – Sviatoslav Richter, Soviet pianist (d. 1997)
• 1916 – Pierre Messmer, French politician and Prime Minister (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Vera Lynn, English actress and singer
• 1918 – Jack Barry, American TV host (d. 1984)
• 1918 – Donald Featherstone, British writer and wargamer
• 1918 – Marian McPartland, British jazz pianist
• 1920 – Pamela Harriman, British-American diplomat (d. 1997)
• 1921 – Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer (d. 1973)
• 1921 – Dušan Pirjevec, Slovenian resistance fighter, philosopher and literary historian (d. 1977)
• 1922 – Larry Elgart, American saxophonist and bandleader
• 1922 – Ray Goulding, American comedian (d. 1990)
• 1922 – Carl Reiner, American film director
• 1923 – Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani Author, Journalist and Political Activist (d. 2006)
• 1924 – Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (d. 1998)
• 1925 – John Ehrlichman, American political figure (d. 1999)
• 1927 – John Joubert, South African-born British composer
• 1928 – Fred Rogers, American TV host (d. 2003)
• 1929 – Germán Robles, Spanish actor
• 1931 – Hal Linden, American actor
• 1933 – George Altman, American baseball player
• 1933 – Alexander Gorodnitsky, Russian geologist and poet
• 1934 – Willie Brown, American politician
• 1934 – David Malouf, Australian author
• 1935 – Ted Bessell, American actor (d. 1996)
• 1936 – Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican Reggae artist
• 1936 – Vaughn Meader, American comedian (d. 2004)
• 1937 – Lois Lowry, American children's author
• 1937 – Jerry Reed, American singer and actor (d. 2008)
• 1938 – Sergei Novikov, Russian Mathematician, Fields Medalist
• 1939 – Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada
• 1941 – Pat Corrales, American baseball player
• 1941 – Kenji Kimihara, Japanese long-distance runner
• 1943 – Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer
• 1943 – Naima Neidre, Estonian graphic artist
• 1943 – Paul Junger Witt, American TV producer
• 1945 – Henry Bartholomay, American fighter pilot
• 1945 – Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author
• 1945 – Pat Riley, American basketball player and coach
• 1947 – John Boswell, American historian (d. 1994)
• 1948 – John de Lancie, American actor
• 1948 – Marva Wright, American blues singer (d. 2010)
• 1948 – Bobby Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1949 – Marcia Ball, American singer and pianist
• 1950 – William Hurt, American actor
• 1950 – Carl Palmer, English drummer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
• 1951 – Curt Smith, American author and media host
• 1951 – Jimmie Vaughan, American blues guitarist
• 1952 – Geoff Brabham, Australian racing driver
• 1954 – Mike Francesa, American sports talk show host
• 1954 – Liana Kanelli, Greek journalist and politician
• 1956 – Catherine Ashton, British politician
• 1956 – Anne Donahue, Vermont state representative
• 1957 – Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress
• 1957 – David Foster, Australian woodchopper
• 1957 – Spike Lee, American film director
• 1957 – Theresa Russell, American actress
• 1957 – Chris Wedge, American animator
• 1958 – Phil Anderson, Australian cyclist
• 1958 – Holly Hunter, American actress
• 1958 – Stephen Sommers, American film director
• 1959 – Dave Beasant, English football goalkeeper
• 1959 – Steve McFadden, British actor
• 1959 – Sting, American professional wrestler
• 1961 – Ingrid Arndt-Brauer, German politician
• 1961 – Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer
• 1961 – Slim Jim Phantom, American musician (Stray Cats)
• 1963 – Paul Annacone, American tennis player
• 1963 – Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (d. 2007)
• 1963 – David Thewlis, British actor
• 1963 – Kathy Ireland, American model and actress
• 1964 – Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer
• 1965 – William Dalrymple, Writer and Historian
• 1966 – Alka Yagnik, Indian singer
• 1967 – Mookie Blaylock, American basketball player
• 1968 – A. J. Jacobs, American journalist and author
• 1968 – Paul Merson, English footballer
• 1968 – Liza Snyder, American actress
• 1969 – Caroline Brunet, Quebec kayaker
• 1969 – Mannie Fresh, American producer
• 1970 – Michael Rapaport, American actor
• 1970 – Michele Jaffe, American novelist
• 1971 – Manny Alexander, Dominican baseball player
• 1971 – Ingrid Kavelaars, Canadian actress
• 1971 – Touré, American writer
• 1972 – Alexander Kapranos, Greek-British musician (Franz Ferdinand)
• 1973 – Jane March, English actress
• 1973 – Jung Woo-sung, South Korean actor
• 1973 – Cedric Yarbrough, American actor
• 1974 – Paula Garces, Colombian actress
• 1974 – Andrzej Pilipiuk, Polish writer
• 1976 – Chester Bennington, American musician (Linkin Park)
• 1979 – Silvia Abascal, Spanish actress
• 1979 – Freema Agyeman, British actress
• 1979 – Bianca Lawson, American actress
• 1979 – Keven Mealamu, New Zealand rugby player
• 1979 – Bernard O'Connor, Gaelic Footballer
• 1979 – Molly Jenson, American musician
• 1979 – Fiona Wade, British actress
• 1980 – Jamal Crawford, American basketball player
• 1980 – Ock Ju-Hyun, South Korean singer
• 1981 – Ian Murray, Scottish football player
• 1982 – Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1982 – Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish footballer
• 1982 – José Moreira, Portuguese footballer
• 1984 – Valtteri Filppula, Finnish ice-hockey player
• 1984 – Markus Niemelä, Finnish racing driver
• 1984 – Christy Carlson Romano, American actress
• 1984 – Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
• 1984 – Marcus Vick, American football player
• 1984 – Winta, Norwegian musician
• 1985 – Ronnie Brewer, American basketball player
• 1985 – Yoan Merlo, French e-sport gamer
• 1986 – Dean Geyer, Australian singer and actor
• 1986 – Ruby Rose Langenheim, Australian VJ
• 1986 – Julián Magallanes, Argentine footballer
• 1987 – Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian football player
• 1987 – Patrick Boyle, Scottish footballer
• 1987 – Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 – Jô, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 – Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian hockey player
• 1987 – Kangana Ranaut, Indian actress
• 1988 – Louie Vito, American snowboarder
• 1989 – Catherine McNeil, Australian model
• 1989 – Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1991 – Mattia Destro, Italian footballer