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History Births on August 20


Bernardo O'Higgins
Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean general and politician, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile (d. 1842)

#Bernardo_O'Higgins

Álvaro Negredo
Álvaro Negredo, Spanish footballer

#Álvaro_Negredo

Andy Strachan
Andy Strachan, Australian drummer and songwriter

#Andy_Strachan

Raymond Poincaré
Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (d. 1934)

#Raymond_Poincaré

Dave Brock
Dave Brock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Dave_Brock

Mario Bernardi
Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor (d. 2013)

#Mario_Bernardi

Albert Chmielowski
Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (d. 1916)

#Albert_Chmielowski

Macauley Chrisantus
Macauley Chrisantus, Nigerian footballer

#Macauley_Chrisantus

Misha Collins
Misha Collins, American actor

#Misha_Collins

Agnes Chan
Agnes Chan, Hong Kong singer and author

#Agnes_Chan

Slavcho Shokolarov
Slavcho Shokolarov, Bulgarian footballer

#Slavcho_Shokolarov

Oregon Kaufusi
Oregon Kaufusi, Australian rugby league player

#Oregon_Kaufusi

Hideki Shirakawa
Hideki Shirakawa, Japanese chemist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Hideki_Shirakawa

Richard Petiot
Richard Petiot, Canadian ice hockey player

#Richard_Petiot

Sarah Borwell
Sarah Borwell, English tennis player

#Sarah_Borwell

Fred Durst
Fred Durst, American singer-songwriter

#Fred_Durst

Slobodan Miloševi?
Slobodan Miloševi?, Serbian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Serbia (d. 2006)

#Slobodan_Miloševi?

Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect and furniture designer, designed the Gateway Arch (d. 1961)

#Eero_Saarinen

Eliel Saarinen
Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect and academic, co-designed the National Museum of Finland (d. 1950)

#Eliel_Saarinen

Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

#Janet_Royall,_Baroness_Royall_of_Blaisdon

Abbas Mirza
Abbas Mirza, Qajar crown prince of Persia (d. 1833)

#Abbas_Mirza

Callum Skinner
Callum Skinner, Scottish track cyclist

#Callum_Skinner

Alberto Martín
Alberto Martín, Spanish tennis player

#Alberto_Martín

Andrei Konchalovsky
Andrei Konchalovsky, Russian director, producer, and screenwriter

#Andrei_Konchalovsky

Thomas Domingo
Thomas Domingo, French rugby player

#Thomas_Domingo

Robert Plant
Robert Plant, English singer-songwriter

#Robert_Plant

Sky Saxon
Sky Saxon, American singer-songwriter and bassist (d. 2009)

#Sky_Saxon

Laurent Fabius
Laurent Fabius, French politician, 158th Prime Minister of France

#Laurent_Fabius

Henry Every
Henry Every, English pirate (d. 1696)

#Henry_Every

Rudolf Bultmann
Rudolf Bultmann, German Lutheran theologian and professor of New Testament at the University of Marburg (d. 1976)

#Rudolf_Bultmann

Maxim Vengerov
Maxim Vengerov, Russian violinist and conductor

#Maxim_Vengerov

Ívar Ingimarsson
Ívar Ingimarsson, Icelandic footballer

#Ívar_Ingimarsson

Jack Teagarden
Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (d. 1964)

#Jack_Teagarden

Els Callens
Els Callens, Belgian tennis player and sportscaster

#Els_Callens

Jack King (footballer, born 1985)
Jack King, English footballer

#Jack_King_(footballer,_born_1985)

Mikio Naruse
Mikio Naruse, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1969)

#Mikio_Naruse

Ellen Roosevelt
Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (d. 1954)

#Ellen_Roosevelt

John Noble
John Noble, Australian actor and director

#John_Noble

Andy Benes
Andy Benes, American baseball player

#Andy_Benes

Youssouf Hersi
Youssouf Hersi, Ethiopian footballer

#Youssouf_Hersi

Amy Adams
Amy Adams, American actress and singer

#Amy_Adams

Gus Macdonald
Gus Macdonald, Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office

#Gus_Macdonald

Louis Bourdaloue
Louis Bourdaloue, French preacher and academic (d. 1704)

#Louis_Bourdaloue

Silas Kiplagat
Silas Kiplagat, Kenyan runner

#Silas_Kiplagat

Dean Winnard
Dean Winnard, English footballer

#Dean_Winnard

Felipe Contepomi
Felipe Contepomi, Argentine rugby player, coach, and physician

#Felipe_Contepomi

Alan Lee (illustrator)
Alan Lee, English painter and illustrator

#Alan_Lee_(illustrator)

Ralf Hütter
Ralf Hütter, German singer and keyboard player

#Ralf_Hütter

Fernando Poe Jr.
Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor and politician (d. 2004)

#Fernando_Poe_Jr.

Byron Saxton
Byron Saxton, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster

#Byron_Saxton

Matt Hague
Matt Hague, American baseball player

#Matt_Hague

Venelin Filipov
Venelin Filipov, Bulgarian footballer

#Venelin_Filipov

George Zuverink
George Zuverink, American baseball player (d. 2014)

#George_Zuverink

Mijaín López
Mijaín López, Cuban wrestler

#Mijaín_López

Bai Yansong
Bai Yansong, Chinese host

#Bai_Yansong

James Marsters
James Marsters, American actor

#James_Marsters

Deniss Rakels
Deniss Rakels, Latvian footballer

#Deniss_Rakels

Tôn ??c Th?ng
Tôn ??c Th?ng, Vietnamese politician, 2nd President of Vietnam (d. 1980)

#Tôn_??c_Th?ng

Christian Mayer (astronomer)
Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (d. 1783)

#Christian_Mayer_(astronomer)

Leroy Burgess
Leroy Burgess, American singer, songwriter, keyboard player, recording artist, and record producer

#Leroy_Burgess

Laura Georges
Laura Georges, French footballer

#Laura_Georges

Vedran Janjetovi?
Vedran Janjetovi?, Croatian-Australian footballer

#Vedran_Janjetovi?

Ben Barnes (actor)
Ben Barnes, English actor

#Ben_Barnes_(actor)

Paul Tillich
Paul Tillich, German-American philosopher and theologian (d. 1965)

#Paul_Tillich

Kal Daniels
Kal Daniels, American baseball player

#Kal_Daniels

Boles?aw Prus
Boles?aw Prus, Polish journalist and author (d. 1912)

#Boles?aw_Prus

Dom Duff
Dom Duff, Breton singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer

#Dom_Duff

Edgar Guest
Edgar Guest, English-American poet and author (d. 1959)

#Edgar_Guest

Roger Wolcott Sperry
Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)

#Roger_Wolcott_Sperry

Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (d. 2008)

#Isaac_Hayes

Roy Gardner (businessman)
Roy Gardner, English businessman

#Roy_Gardner_(businessman)

Joan Allen
Joan Allen, American actress

#Joan_Allen

Jonathan Ke Quan
Jonathan Ke Quan, Vietnamese actor

#Jonathan_Ke_Quan

Matt Eisenhuth
Matt Eisenhuth, Australian rugby league player

#Matt_Eisenhuth

Stephen Ward (footballer)
Stephen Ward, Irish footballer

#Stephen_Ward_(footballer)

Stelvio Cipriani
Stelvio Cipriani, Italian composer

#Stelvio_Cipriani

Don King (boxing promoter)
Don King, American boxing promoter

#Don_King_(boxing_promoter)

Szabolcs Sáfár
Szabolcs Sáfár, Hungarian footballer and coach

#Szabolcs_Sáfár

Jean Gebser
Jean Gebser, German linguist, poet, and philosopher (d. 1973)

#Jean_Gebser

Patricia Rozema
Patricia Rozema, Canadian director and screenwriter

#Patricia_Rozema

Jyrki Jokipakka
Jyrki Jokipakka, Finnish hockey player

#Jyrki_Jokipakka

Paul Johnson (American football coach)
Paul Johnson, American football coach

#Paul_Johnson_(American_football_coach)

Wayne Brown (footballer, born August 1977)
Wayne Brown, English footballer

#Wayne_Brown_(footballer,_born_August_1977)

Luke O'Neill
Luke O'Neill, English footballer

#Luke_O'Neill

Rubén Hinojosa
Rubén Hinojosa, American businessman and politician

#Rubén_Hinojosa

Jacopo Peri
Jacopo Peri, Italian singer and composer (d. 1633)

#Jacopo_Peri

Nigel Dodds
Nigel Dodds, Northern Irish lawyer and politician

#Nigel_Dodds

Enrico Letta
Enrico Letta, Italian lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Italy

#Enrico_Letta

Leigh Griffiths
Leigh Griffiths, Scottish footballer

#Leigh_Griffiths

Gostha Pal
Gostha Pal, Indian footballer (d. 1976)

#Gostha_Pal

John H. Michaelis
John H. Michaelis, American general (d. 1985)

#John_H._Michaelis

Blake DeWitt
Blake DeWitt, American baseball player

#Blake_DeWitt

KRS-One
KRS-One, American rapper and producer

#KRS-One

Judd Trump
Judd Trump, English snooker player

#Judd_Trump

David O. Russell
David O. Russell, American director and screenwriter

#David_O._Russell

Jakub Bart-?išinski
Jakub Bart-?išinski, German poet and playwright (d. 1909)

#Jakub_Bart-?išinski

Bradley Klahn
Bradley Klahn, American tennis player

#Bradley_Klahn

Andrew Greenwood
Andrew Greenwood, English cricketer (d. 1889)

#Andrew_Greenwood

José Zamora
José Zamora, Spanish footballer

#José_Zamora

Peter Horton
Peter Horton, American actor and director

#Peter_Horton

Stefan Aigner
Stefan Aigner, German footballer

#Stefan_Aigner

Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum, English singer-songwriter and pianist

#Jamie_Cullum

Joshua Kennedy
Joshua Kennedy, Australian footballer

#Joshua_Kennedy

Dimebag Darrell
Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2004)

#Dimebag_Darrell

Tarjei Vesaas
Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (d. 1970)

#Tarjei_Vesaas

Simon Donaldson
Simon Donaldson, English mathematician and academic

#Simon_Donaldson

Al López
Al López, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)

#Al_López

Steven Zalewski
Steven Zalewski, American ice hockey player

#Steven_Zalewski

Al Roker
Al Roker, American news anchor, television personality, and author

#Al_Roker

Chris Drury
Chris Drury, American ice hockey player

#Chris_Drury

George J. Mitchell
George J. Mitchell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician

#George_J._Mitchell

Chris Schroder
Chris Schroder, American baseball player

#Chris_Schroder

Brett Finch
Brett Finch, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

#Brett_Finch

Derrick Alston
Derrick Alston, American basketball player

#Derrick_Alston

Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (d. 1848)

#Jöns_Jacob_Berzelius

Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (d. 1991)

#Rajiv_Gandhi

David Walliams
David Walliams, English comedian, actor, and author

#David_Walliams

Vilhelm Moberg
Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian, journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1973)

#Vilhelm_Moberg

Mufaddal Saifuddin
Mufaddal Saifuddin, 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of Fatimid Caliphate ?????? ????????

#Mufaddal_Saifuddin

Juan Becerra Acosta
Juan Becerra Acosta, Mexican journalist

#Juan_Becerra_Acosta

Bernard Tancred
Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer and lawyer (d. 1911)

#Bernard_Tancred

Todd Helton
Todd Helton, American baseball player

#Todd_Helton

Paulo André Cren Benini
Paulo André Cren Benini, Brazilian footballer

#Paulo_André_Cren_Benini

Artur Kotenko
Artur Kotenko, Estonian footballer

#Artur_Kotenko

Arseny Logashov
Arseny Logashov, Russian footballer

#Arseny_Logashov

John Hiatt
John Hiatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#John_Hiatt

Ray Wise
Ray Wise, American actor

#Ray_Wise

Walter Bernstein
Walter Bernstein, American screenwriter and producer

#Walter_Bernstein

Jacqueline Susann
Jacqueline Susann, American actress and author (d. 1974)

#Jacqueline_Susann

Alby Roberts
Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (d. 1978)

#Alby_Roberts

Doug Fieger
Doug Fieger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)

#Doug_Fieger

Liana Liberato
Liana Liberato, American television and film actress

#Liana_Liberato

Joe Vitale (ice hockey)
Joe Vitale, American ice hockey player

#Joe_Vitale_(ice_hockey)

James Prinsep
James Prinsep, English orientalist and scholar (d. 1840)

#James_Prinsep

DeForest Soaries
DeForest Soaries, American minister and politician, 30th Secretary of State of New Jersey

#DeForest_Soaries

Yuri Zhirkov
Yuri Zhirkov, Russian footballer

#Yuri_Zhirkov

N. R. Narayana Murthy
N. R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys

#N._R._Narayana_Murthy

Quinn Buckner
Quinn Buckner, American basketball player and coach

#Quinn_Buckner

Phan Khôi
Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and scholar (d. 1959)

#Phan_Khôi

Nenad Bjelica
Nenad Bjelica, Croatian footballer and manager

#Nenad_Bjelica

Mark Langston
Mark Langston, American baseball player

#Mark_Langston

Thomas Corneille
Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (d. 1709)

#Thomas_Corneille

Demi Lovato
Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress

#Demi_Lovato

Bernard Mendy
Bernard Mendy, French footballer

#Bernard_Mendy

Abdelatif Benazzi
Abdelatif Benazzi, Moroccan-French rugby player

#Abdelatif_Benazzi

Phil Lynott
Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 1986)

#Phil_Lynott

Sneaky Pete Kleinow
Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American country-rock pedal-steel guitarist and songwriter (d. 2007)

#Sneaky_Pete_Kleinow

Bunty Afoa
Bunty Afoa, New Zealand rugby league player

#Bunty_Afoa

Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French cardinal and art collector (d. 1586)

#Antoine_Perrenot_de_Granvelle

Cory Sullivan
Cory Sullivan, American baseball player

#Cory_Sullivan

Enyelbert Soto
Enyelbert Soto, Venezuelan-Japanese baseball player

#Enyelbert_Soto

Jo Ramírez
Jo Ramírez, Mexican race car driver and manager

#Jo_Ramírez

Roger Gale
Roger Gale, English journalist and politician

#Roger_Gale

Andrew Surman
Andrew Surman, South African-English footballer

#Andrew_Surman

Desmond Swayne
Desmond Swayne, English soldier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household

#Desmond_Swayne

Paolo Bianco
Paolo Bianco, Italian footballer

#Paolo_Bianco

Ron Paul
Ron Paul, American captain, physician, and politician

#Ron_Paul

Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison, American general, lawyer, and politician, 23rd President of the United States (d. 1901)

#Benjamin_Harrison

Andrew Garfield
Andrew Garfield, American-English actor

#Andrew_Garfield

Salvatore Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)

#Salvatore_Quasimodo

Sylvester McCoy
Sylvester McCoy, Scottish actor

#Sylvester_McCoy

Amanda Sonia Berry
Amanda Sonia Berry, English businesswoman

#Amanda_Sonia_Berry

Graig Nettles
Graig Nettles, American baseball player and manager

#Graig_Nettles

Jerryd Bayless
Jerryd Bayless, American basketball player

#Jerryd_Bayless

H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, novelist (d. 1937)

#H._P._Lovecraft

Kirko Bangz
Kirko Bangz, American rapper and producer

#Kirko_Bangz

Connie Chung
Connie Chung, American journalist

#Connie_Chung

Mario Jelavic, Croatian footballer
Andrei Peteleu, Romanian footballer
Mario Ti?inovi?, Croatian footballer
Marko Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
Fabien Jarsalé, French footballer
Culoe De Song, South African music producer and DJ
Nebil Gahwagi, Hungarian footballer
Sarah R, Lotfi, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Egon Kaur, Estonian race car driver
Sido Jombati, Portuguese footballer
Mark Washington, American football player
Willie Ripia, New Zealand rugby player
Glen Buttriss, Australian rugby league player
Brant Daugherty, American actor
Ingrid Lukas, Estonian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist
Jamie Hoffmann, American baseball player
Pavel Eismann, Czech footballer
Aílton José Almeida, Brazilian footballer
Brian Schaefering, American football player
Mladen Pelai?, Croatian footballer
Héctor Landazuri, Colombian footballer
Hamza Abdullah, American football player
Barney Rogers, Zimbabwean cricketer
Monty Dumond, South African rugby player
Aleksandr Amisulashvili, Georgian footballer
Cléber Luis Alberti, Brazilian footballer
Craig Ochs, American football player
Emir Mkademi, Tunisian footballer
Aaron Taylor, American baseball player
Josh Pearce, American baseball player
James Ormond, English cricketer
Aaron Hamill, Australian footballer and coach
Stéphane Gillet, Luxembourgian footballer
A. M. Esmonde, Welsh author, director, and producer
Shockmain Davis, American football player
Manuel Contepomi, Argentine rugby player
Fabio Ulloa, Honduran footballer
Marcel Podszus, German footballer
Kristen Miller, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
Tony Grant, Irish footballer
Cornel Fr?sineanu, Romanian footballer
Elijah Williams, American football player and coach
Shaun Newton, English footballer
Marko Martin, Estonian pianist and educator
Marcin Adamski, Polish footballer and manager
Donn Swaby, American actor and screenwriter
José Paniagua, Dominican baseball player
Cameron Mather, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
Scott Goodman, Australian swimmer
Alexandre Finazzi, Brazilian footballer
Alban Bushi, Albanian footballer
Anna Umemiya, Japanese model and actress
Scott Quinnell, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster
Chaney Kley, American actor, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2007)
Melvin Booker, American basketball player
Steve Stone, English footballer and coach
Matt Calland, English rugby player and coach
Mark Holzemer, American baseball player and scout
Billy Gardell, American comedian, actor, and producer
Yuri Shiratori, Japanese voice actress and singer
Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
Brett Angell, English footballer and coach
Liu Chunyan, Chinese host and voice actress
Miguel Albaladejo, Spanish director and screenwriter
Azarias Ruberwa, Congolese lawyer and politician, Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
José Cecena, Mexican baseball player
Uwe Bialon, German footballer and manager
John Stehr, American journalist
Sorin Antohi, Romanian journalist and historian
Jim Calder, Scottish rugby player
Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
Alvin Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer
Tawn Mastrey, American radio host and producer (d. 2007)
Jim Trenton, American radio host and actor
Mike Jackson, American politician
Gerry Bertier, American football player (d. 1981)
Ric Menello, American director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
John Emburey, English cricketer and coach
Nikolas Asimos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1988)
Henryk Broder, Polish-German journalist and author
Fred Norman, American baseball player
Robin Oakley, English journalist and author
William H. Gray, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
Anne Evans, English soprano and actress
Rich Brooks, American football player and coach
Rex Sellers, Indian-Australian cricketer
Mike Velarde, Filipino televangelist and religious leader
Alain Vivien, French politician
Peter Day, English chemist and academic
Tom Mangold, German-English journalist and author
Atholl McKinnon, South African cricketer (d. 1983)
Vasily Aksyonov, Russian physician, author, and academic (d. 2009)
Anthony Ainley, English actor (d. 2004)
Peter Randall, English sergeant (d. 2007)
Kevin Heffernan, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
Peter Oakley, English soldier and blogger (d. 2014)
Fred Kavli, Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded The Kavli Foundation (d. 2013)
Yootha Joyce, English actress (d. 1980)
John Boardman, English archaeologist and historian
Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2014)
Frank Rosolino, American jazz trombonist (d. 1978)
Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964)
Jack Wilson, Australian cricketer (d. 1985)
Keith Froome, Australian rugby league player (d. 1978)
Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer, educator and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2000)
Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–German chess player and chemist (d. 1984)
André Morell, English actor (d. 1978)
Vidrik Rootare, Estonian chess player (d. 1981)
Dino Campana, Italian poet and author (d. 1932)
Aleksander Hellat, Estonian politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1943)
Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer (d. 1785)
Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1761)
Seongjong of Joseon, King of Joseon (d. 1494)
Shahrukh Mirza, ruler of Persia and Transoxiania (d. 1447)
Boles?aw III Wrymouth, Prince of Poland (d. 1138)