History Births on December 20

David Bohm, American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher (d. 1992)

#David_Bohm

Sandra Cisneros, American author and poet

#Sandra_Cisneros

Billy Bragg, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Billy_Bragg

David Nedohin, Canadian curler and sportscaster

#David_Nedohin

Marta Russell, American author and activist (d. 2013)

#Marta_Russell

Arturo Márquez, Mexican-American composer

#Arturo_Márquez

David Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#David_Cook_(singer)

Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (d. 1853)

#Pietro_Raimondi

Elsie de Wolfe, American actress and interior decorator (d. 1950)

#Elsie_de_Wolfe

Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Economics (d. 2009)

#Otto_Graf_Lambsdorff

Kim Ki-duk, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter

#Kim_Ki-duk

Andrei Markov, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player

#Andrei_Markov_(ice_hockey)

Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)

#Branch_Rickey

Audrey Totter, American actress (d. 2013)

#Audrey_Totter

Kylian Mbappé, French footballer

#Kylian_Mbappé

Andrew Mackenzie, Scottish geologist and businessman

#Andrew_Mackenzie_(businessman)

Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1992)

#Bill_O'Reilly_(cricketer)

Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic (d. 1980)

#Yitzhak_Baer

Lissy Arna, German film actress (d. 1964)

#Lissy_Arna

David Wright, American baseball player

#David_Wright

Israel Castro, Mexican footballer

#Israel_Castro

Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)

#Ferdinand_Buisson

Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (d. 2002)

#Bob_Hayes

Urban Hjärne, Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician (d. 1724)

#Urban_Hjärne

Martin Schulz, German politician

#Martin_Schulz

Binali Y?ld?r?m, Turkish lawyer and politician, Turkish Minister of Transport

#Binali_Y?ld?r?m

Prince George, Duke of Kent (d. 1942)

#Prince_George,_Duke_of_Kent

Fabian Schär, Swiss footballer

#Fabian_Schär

Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1978)

#Robert_Menzies

Ashley Cole, English footballer

#Ashley_Cole

Charley Grapewin, American actor (d. 1956)

#Charley_Grapewin

Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (d. 1936)

#Mehmet_Akif_Ersoy

Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo

#Infanta_Elena,_Duchess_of_Lugo

Ramón Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American actor and dancer

#Ramón_Rodríguez_(actor)

Kathryn Joosten, American actress (d. 2012)

#Kathryn_Joosten

Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer

#Nikolaos_Karabelas

Michael P. Johnson, American sociologist

#Michael_P._Johnson

Joe Cornish, English actor, director, and screenwriter

#Joe_Cornish

Anthony da Silva, French-Portuguese footballer

#Anthony_da_Silva

Royal Ivey, American basketball player

#Royal_Ivey

Freddie Spencer, American motorcycle racer

#Freddie_Spencer

Oscar Gamble, American baseball player (d. 2018)

#Oscar_Gamble

Arthur Lee, American physician and diplomat (d. 1792)

#Arthur_Lee_(diplomat)

Chris Robinson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Chris_Robinson_(singer)

Mike Watt, American singer-songwriter and bass player

#Mike_Watt

Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager (d. 1958)

#Fred_Merkle

Jonah Hill, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Jonah_Hill

Alister McRae, Scottish race car driver

#Alister_McRae

George Roy Hill, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)

#George_Roy_Hill

James Thomson, American biologist and academic

#James_Thomson_(cell_biologist)

Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea (d. 2015)

#Kim_Young-sam

Sonny Perdue, American captain and politician, 81st Governor of Georgia

#Sonny_Perdue

Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (d. 1871)

#Martín_Carrera

Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German scholar and politician (d. 1692)

#Veit_Ludwig_von_Seckendorff

Vakkom Majeed, Indian journalist and politician (d. 2000)

#Vakkom_Majeed

David Breashears, American mountaineer, director, and producer

#David_Breashears

Cory Stillman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Cory_Stillman

Mike Keneally, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Mike_Keneally

Yoon Kye-sang, South Korean singer (g.o.d)

#Yoon_Kye-sang

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian general and politician, President of Mauritania

#Mohamed_Ould_Abdel_Aziz

Fitz Hall, English footballer

#Fitz_Hall

Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer

#Bartosz_Bosacki

Oronce Finé, French mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555)

#Oronce_Finé

Jörg Schmidt, German footballer

#Jörg_Schmidt_(footballer)

David DeJesus, American baseball player

#David_DeJesus

James Shields, American baseball player

#James_Shields_(baseball)

Yvonne Arnaud, French pianist, actress and singer (d. 1958)

#Yvonne_Arnaud

Grant Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach

#Grant_Flower

Karl Wendlinger, Austrian race car driver

#Karl_Wendlinger

Hildegard Körner, German runner

#Hildegard_Körner

Kim Weston, American soul singer

#Kim_Weston

Anna Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actress

#Anna_Vissi

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player and businessman (d. 1974)

#Hazel_Hotchkiss_Wightman

Jenny Agutter, English actress

#Jenny_Agutter

Peter Criss, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer

#Peter_Criss

Mark Coleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler

#Mark_Coleman

Harry F. Byrd Jr., American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (d. 2013)

#Harry_F._Byrd_Jr.

Erik Almlöf, Swedish triple jumper (d. 1971)

#Erik_Almlöf

Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (d. 1684)

#Pieter_de_Hooch

Olavi Salonen, Finnish runner

#Olavi_Salonen

Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer-songwriter

#Gigliola_Cinquetti

Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1984)

#Spud_Davis

Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic, invented the Van de Graaff generator (d. 1967)

#Robert_J._Van_de_Graaff

Henry Kimball Hadley, American composer and conductor (d. 1937)

#Henry_Kimball_Hadley

Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (d. 1926)

#Ivana_Kobilca

Jean-Claude Trichet, French banker and economist

#Jean-Claude_Trichet

Anders Odden, Norwegian guitarist, songwriter, and producer

#Anders_Odden

Jean Carnahan, American author and politician

#Jean_Carnahan

Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (d. 2015)

#Rana_Bhagwandas

Uri Geller, Israeli-English magician and psychic

#Uri_Geller

Jim Simpson, American sportscaster (d. 2016)

#Jim_Simpson_(sportscaster)

Nalo Hopkinson, Jamaican-Canadian author and educator

#Nalo_Hopkinson

Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)

#Jaroslav_Heyrovský

Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian, author, and academic (d. 1948)

#Kan'ichi_Asakawa

Jean Marchand, Canadian trade union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1988)

#Jean_Marchand

Dick Wolf, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Dick_Wolf

Alain de Botton, Swiss-English philosopher and author

#Alain_de_Botton

Matt Neal, English race car driver

#Matt_Neal

Alan Parsons, English keyboard player and producer

#Alan_Parsons

Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish physicist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Poland

#Kazimierz_Marcinkiewicz

John Hillerman, American actor (d. 2017)

#John_Hillerman

Bouabdellah Tahri, French runner

#Bouabdellah_Tahri

Irene Dunne, American actress and singer (d. 1990)

#Irene_Dunne

Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French politician and diplomat, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1787)

#Charles_Gravier,_comte_de_Vergennes

Lloyd Mumphord, American football player

#Lloyd_Mumphord

Ksenia Makarova, Russian-American figure skater

#Ksenia_Makarova

Sarah Jones, British politician

#Sarah_Jones_(politician)

Blanche Baker, American actress and screenwriter

#Blanche_Baker

Soumaïla Cissé, Malian engineer and politician

#Soumaïla_Cissé

Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist

#Rik_Van_Looy

Mala Powers, American actress (d. 2007)

#Mala_Powers

Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2015)

#Geoffrey_Howe

Martín Demichelis, Argentinian footballer

#Martín_Demichelis

Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer

#Suzuka_Nakamoto

Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (d. 1994)

#Dennis_Morgan

Ray Martin, Australian television host and journalist

#Ray_Martin_(television_presenter)

Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, English engineer and politician (d. 2016)

#Michael_Beaumont,_22nd_Seigneur_of_Sark

Lara Stone, Dutch supermodel

#Lara_Stone

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French painter and educator (d. 1845)

#Nicolas_Toussaint_Charlet

Paul Linger, English footballer

#Paul_Linger

Michael Rogers, Australian cyclist

#Michael_Rogers_(cyclist)

Jillian Rose Reed, American actress

#Jillian_Rose_Reed

Maarja Kangro, Estonian author and poet

#Maarja_Kangro

JoJo, American singer and actress

#JoJo_(singer)

John III, king of Sweden (d. 1592)

#John_III_of_Sweden

Ferdinand Bonn, German actor (d. 1933)

#Ferdinand_Bonn

Michel Chartrand, Canadian trade union leader and activist (d. 2010)

#Michel_Chartrand

Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian, author, and educator (d. 1926)

#Edwin_Abbott_Abbott

Rich Gannon, American football player and sportscaster

#Rich_Gannon

Anita Ward, American disco/R&B singer

#Anita_Ward

Robeisy Ramírez, Cuban boxer

Darren Sammy, Saint Lucian cricketer

Kasper Klausen, Danish footballer

Mohammad Asif, Pakistani cricketer

Darya Pchelnik, Belarusian hammer thrower

Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer

Nenad Vu?kovi?, Croatian footballer

Jacqui Oatley, British sports presenter

Die, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Gen Urobuchi, Japanese writer

Anja Rücker, German sprinter

Roger J. Beaujard, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Bobby Phills, American basketball player (d. 2000)

Zahra Ouaziz, Moroccan runner

Veronica Pershina, Russian-American figure skater and coach

Robert Cavanah, Scottish actor and director

Mohammad Fouad, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor

Trent Tucker, American basketball player and sportscaster

Jackie Fox, American bass player (The Runaways)

George Coupland, Scottish scientist

Doug Nordquist, American high jumper

Junji Hirata, Japanese wrestler

Guy Babylon, American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2009)

Michael Badalucco, American actor

Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan, Northern Irish academic and police ombudsman

Mitsuko Uchida, Japanese-British pianist

Carol Smart, English sociologist and academic

Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and author (d. 2010)

Bobby Colomby, American drummer and producer

Pat Chapman, English chef and author, founded The Curry Club

Khalid Ibadulla, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster

Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer (d. 2007)

Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1980)

Charlie Callas, American actor and comedian (d. 2011)

Beverly Pepper, American sculptor and painter

Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (d. 1997)

Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (d. 1995)

Hortense Calisher, American author (d. 2009)

Paul Francis Webster, American soldier and songwriter (d. 1984)

Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (d. 1977)

Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author (d. 1989)

Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Welsh preacher and physician (d. 1981)

Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and politician, 156th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1973)

Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (d. 1938)

Laura M. Hawley Thurston, American poet and educator (d. 1842)

John Sarkander, Moravian priest and saint (d. 1620)

Joseph ha-Kohen, historian and physician (d. 1575)