History Births on April 20

Alan Beith, English academic and politician
#Alan_Beith

Michael Brandon, American actor and director
#Michael_Brandon

Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
#Kai_Siegbahn

Cally-Jo, English fine artist and tattoo artist
#Cally-Jo

Nate Marquardt, American mixed martial artist
#Nate_Marquardt

Johnny Tillotson, American singer-songwriter
#Johnny_Tillotson

Viktor Suvorov, Russian intelligence officer, historian, and author
#Viktor_Suvorov

Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot (d. 1952)
#Wop_May

Ludovic Magnin, Swiss footballer and coach
#Ludovic_Magnin
David Chalmers, Australian philosopher and academic
#David_Chalmers

Nina Davuluri, Miss America 2014
#Nina_Davuluri

Julia Peng, Taiwanese singer
#Julia_Peng

Adolf Hitler, Austrian born German politician, Führer of Nazi Germany (d. 1945)
#Adolf_Hitler

Carlos Valdes, Colombian-American actor and singer
#Carlos_Valdes_(actor)

Dinah Craik, English author and poet (d. 1887)
#Dinah_Craik

Gregory Itzin, American actor
#Gregory_Itzin

Cornelius Harnett, American merchant, farmer, and politician (d. 1781)
#Cornelius_Harnett

Kakha Bendukidze, Georgian economist and politician
#Kakha_Bendukidze

Brandon Belt, American baseball player
#Brandon_Belt

Naftali Temu, Kenyan runner (d. 2003)
#Naftali_Temu

Felix Baumgartner, Austrian skydiver and BASE jumper
#Felix_Baumgartner

Ji?í Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2011)
#Ji?í_Dienstbier

Manfred Kinder, German runner
#Manfred_Kinder

Danny Granger, American basketball player
#Danny_Granger

Daniel Chester French, American sculptor, designed the Lincoln statue (d. 1931)
#Daniel_Chester_French

Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1983)
#Joan_Miró

Dave Bancroft, American baseball player and manager (d. 1972)
#Dave_Bancroft

Thein Sein, Burmese general and politician, 8th President of Burma
#Thein_Sein

Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian minister and diplomat (d. 1794)
#Florimond_Claude,_Comte_de_Mercy-Argenteau

Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist (d. 1826)
#Philippe_Pinel

Sandro Chia, Italian painter and sculptor
#Sandro_Chia

Nicholas Lyndhurst, English actor
#Nicholas_Lyndhurst

Paul Poiret, French fashion designer (d. 1944)
#Paul_Poiret

Willi Hennig, German biologist and entomologist (d. 1976)
#Willi_Hennig

Rosalynn Sumners, American figure skater
#Rosalynn_Sumners

Ronald Speirs, American colonel (d. 2007)
#Ronald_Speirs

Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
#Luther_Vandross

Peter S. Beagle, American author and screenwriter
#Peter_S._Beagle

Marko Meerits, Estonian footballer
#Marko_Meerits

Jessica Lange, American actress
#Jessica_Lange

Bárbara Lennie, Spanish actress
#Bárbara_Lennie

William Bedloe, English spy (d. 1680)
#William_Bedloe

Sebastian Faulks, English journalist and author
#Sebastian_Faulks

Stephen Marley, American singer, guitarist, and producer
#Stephen_Marley_(musician)

Don Mattingly, American baseball player, coach, and manager
#Don_Mattingly

Ismail Rasheed, Maldivian actor
#Ismail_Rasheed

Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (d. 1873)
#Napoleon_III
Heinrich Göbel, German-American mechanic and engineer (d. 1893)
#Heinrich_Göbel

John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor and director
#John_Eliot_Gardiner

Nelson Évora, Ivorian-Portuguese triple jumper
#Nelson_Évora

K. Alex Müller, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
#K._Alex_Müller

Myriam Bru, French actress
#Myriam_Bru

Will Hodgman, Australian politician, 45th Premier of Tasmania
#Will_Hodgman

David Filo, American businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
#David_Filo

Olga Karlatos, Greek actress and Bermudian lawyer
#Olga_Karlatos

Stian Barsnes-Simonsen, Norwegian actor and television host
#Stian_Barsnes-Simonsen

Richard Hillary, Australian lieutenant and pilot (d. 1943)
#Richard_Hillary

William Lawless, Irish revolutionary and French general (d. 1824)
#William_Lawless

Adolf Schärf, Austrian soldier and politician, 6th President of Austria (d. 1965)
#Adolf_Schärf

Roger Rochard, French runner (d. 1993)
#Roger_Rochard

Tito Puente, American drummer and producer (d. 2000)
#Tito_Puente

Donald Pettit, American engineer and astronaut
#Donald_Pettit

Massimo D'Alema, Italian journalist and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Italy
#Massimo_D'Alema

Chris Mason, Canadian ice hockey player
#Chris_Mason_(ice_hockey)

Rachel Whiteread, English sculptor
#Rachel_Whiteread

Julia Morris, Australian entertainer
#Julia_Morris

Damian McKenzie, New Zealand rugby union player
#Damian_McKenzie

N. Chandrababu Naidu, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
#N._Chandrababu_Naidu

Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (d. 1959)
#Maurice_Duplessis

Urmas Paet, Estonian journalist and politician, 26th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
#Urmas_Paet
Emile Christian, American trombonist and composer (d. 1973)
#Emile_Christian

Curt Hawkins, American wrestler
#Curt_Hawkins

Henry de Montherlant, French essayist, novelist, and dramatist (d. 1972)
#Henry_de_Montherlant

Oliver Kirk, American boxer (d. 1960)
#Oliver_Kirk

Siegmund Lubin, Polish-American businessman, founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company (d. 1923)
#Siegmund_Lubin

Maurício Gugelmin, Brazilian race car driver
#Maurício_Gugelmin

Peter Snow, British historian and journalist
#Peter_Snow

Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (d. 1999)
#Betty_Lou_Gerson

Robert Byrne, American chess player and author (d. 2013)
#Robert_Byrne_(chess_player)

Mike Portnoy, American drummer and songwriter
#Mike_Portnoy

John Paul Stevens, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 2019)
#John_Paul_Stevens

Johannes Agricola, German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)
#Johannes_Agricola

Charles Plumier, French botanist and author (d. 1704)
#Charles_Plumier

Božidar Maljkovi?, Serbian basketball player and coach
#Božidar_Maljkovi?

Beatrice Ask, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for Justice
#Beatrice_Ask

Chun Woo-hee, South Korean actress
#Chun_Woo-hee

Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and illustrator (d. 2008)
#Irene_Lieblich

Louise Jameson, English actress
#Louise_Jameson

Leslie Phillips, English actor and producer
#Leslie_Phillips

Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (d. 2014)
#Dwight_Gustafson

Miranda Kerr, Australian model
#Miranda_Kerr

Emperor Go-K?my? of Japan (d. 1654)
#Emperor_Go-K?my?

Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (d. 1918)
#Prince_Erik,_Duke_of_Västmanland

David Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747)
#David_Brainerd

Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter
#Betty_Cuthbert

Lionel Hampton, African-American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor (d. 2002)
#Lionel_Hampton

Carmen Electra, American model and actress
#Carmen_Electra
Elena Verdugo, American actress (d. 2017)
#Elena_Verdugo

Veronica Cartwright, English-American actress
#Veronica_Cartwright

Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)
#Alan_Arnett_McLeod

Louka Katseli, Greek economist and politician
#Louka_Katseli

Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian physician and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Norway
#Gro_Harlem_Brundtland

John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician
#John_Eccles,_2nd_Viscount_Eccles

Željko Joksimovi?, Serbian singer-songwriter and producer
#Željko_Joksimovi?

Phil Hill, American race car driver (d. 2008)
#Phil_Hill

Jenna Shoemaker, American triathlete
#Jenna_Shoemaker

Allan Houston, American basketball player and manager
#Allan_Houston

Carol I of Romania, King of Romania (d. 1914)
#Carol_I_of_Romania

Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (d. 1916)
#Odilon_Redon

Ryan O'Neal, American actor
#Ryan_O'Neal

Renata of Lorraine, Duchess consort of Bavaria (d. 1602)
#Renata_of_Lorraine

Shemar Moore, American actor
#Shemar_Moore

Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1966)
#Princess_Beatrice_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha

Brent Seabrook, Canadian ice hockey player
#Brent_Seabrook

Harold Lloyd, American actor, comedian, and producer (d. 1971)
#Harold_Lloyd

Matthias Kuhle, German geographer and academic (d. 2015)
#Matthias_Kuhle

Fatin Rü?tü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician (d. 1961)
#Fatin_Rü?tü_Zorlu

Andy Serkis, English actor and director
#Andy_Serkis

Jean Marie Dongou, Cameroonian footballer
#Jean_Marie_Dongou
Crispin Glover, American actor
#Crispin_Glover

Vladimir Vidri?, Croatian poet and lawyer (d. 1909)
#Vladimir_Vidri?

Holland Smith, American general (d. 1967)
#Holland_Smith

Bogoslav Šulek, Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer (d. 1895)
#Bogoslav_Šulek

Peter Chelsom, English film director, writer, and actor
#Peter_Chelsom

Avishai Cohen, Israeli singer-songwriter and bassist
#Avishai_Cohen_(bassist)

Marie-Antoinette de Geuser, French mystic (d. 1918)
#Marie-Antoinette_de_Geuser
Guy Rocher, Canadian sociologist and academic
#Guy_Rocher

Alexander Lebed, Russian general and politician (d. 2002)
#Alexander_Lebed

Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (d. 2008)
#Nina_Foch

Shay Given, Irish footballer and manager
#Shay_Given

Eszter Tamási, Hungarian actress (d. 1991)
#Eszter_Tamási

George Takei, American actor
#George_Takei

Clement Isong, Nigerian banker and politician, Governor of Cross River State (d. 2000)
#Clement_Isong

Killer Mike, American rapper and activist
#Killer_Mike

Gunta Baško, Latvian basketball player
#Gunta_Baško

Daniel Varoujan, Armenian poet and educator (d. 1915)
#Daniel_Varoujan

Léa Fazer, Swiss film director, screenwriter and actress
#Léa_Fazer

Viacheslav Fetisov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
#Viacheslav_Fetisov

Raymond van Barneveld, Dutch darts player
#Raymond_van_Barneveld

Nasiba Zeynalova, Azerbaijani actress (d. 2004)
#Nasiba_Zeynalova

Rose of Lima, Peruvian mystic and saint (d. 1617)
#Rose_of_Lima

Eric Pickles, English politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
#Eric_Pickles

Jacqueline Govaert, Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist
#Jacqueline_Govaert

Bruce Cabot, American actor (d. 1972)
#Bruce_Cabot

Toller Cranston, Canadian-Mexican figure skater and painter (d. 2015)
#Toller_Cranston

Jasmin Wagner, German singer and actress
#Jasmin_Wagner

Arto Paasilinna, Finnish journalist and author
#Arto_Paasilinna

Pat Roberts, American captain, journalist, and politician
#Pat_Roberts

Adrián Fernández, Mexican race car driver
#Adrián_Fernández

Isabel dos Santos, Angolan businesswoman and first African woman billionaire
#Isabel_dos_Santos