History Births on July 20

Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian politician and diplomat (d. 1811)

#Garsevan_Chavchavadze

Heinie Manush, American baseball player and manager (d. 1971)

#Heinie_Manush

Javier Cortés, Mexican footballer

#Javier_Cortés

Chuck Daly, American basketball player and coach (d. 2009)

#Chuck_Daly

Kim Carnes, American singer-songwriter

#Kim_Carnes

Kool G Rap, American hip-hop artist

#Kool_G_Rap

Pete Hamilton, American race car driver

#Pete_Hamilton

Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (d. 1940)

#Philomène_Belliveau

Chris Cornell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)

#Chris_Cornell

Charlotte Hatherley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Charlotte_Hatherley

Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden (d. 1663)

#Johan_Björnsson_Printz

Stone Gossard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Stone_Gossard

Birgitta Ohlsson, Swedish journalist and politician, 5th Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs

#Birgitta_Ohlsson

Augustin Daly, American playwright and manager (d. 1899)

#Augustin_Daly

Carlos Santana, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Carlos_Santana

Vitamin C, American singer-songwriter

#Vitamin_C_(singer)

Josh Holloway, American actor

#Josh_Holloway

Adrian P?unescu, Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (d. 2010)

#Adrian_P?unescu

David Mundy, Australian footballer

#David_Mundy

Arnaud d'Ossat, French cardinal (d. 1604)

#Arnaud_d'Ossat

Jozef Stümpel, Slovak ice hockey player

#Jozef_Stümpel

Viktoria Ladõnskaja, Estonian journalist and politician

#Viktoria_Ladõnskaja

Sandra Oh, Canadian actress

#Sandra_Oh

Julianne Hough, American singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer

#Julianne_Hough

Rajendra Kumar, Pakistani-Indian actor and producer (d. 1999)

#Rajendra_Kumar

Otto Schily, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of the Interior

#Otto_Schily

Don Chuy, American football player (d. 2014)

#Don_Chuy

Chris Amon, New Zealand race car driver (d. 2016)

#Chris_Amon

Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor and composer (d. 2019)

#Michael_Gielen

Giovanni Lombardi, Italian cyclist

#Giovanni_Lombardi

Moses Leota, New Zealand rugby league player

#Moses_Leota

Erik Hagen, Norwegian footballer

#Erik_Hagen

Kiki Musampa, Congolese footballer

#Kiki_Musampa

Matt Gilroy, American ice hockey player

#Matt_Gilroy

Alexander the Great, Macedonian king (d. 323 BC)

#Alexander_the_Great

Thomas N'Kono, Cameroonian footballer

#Thomas_N'Kono

Alexi Casilla, Dominican baseball player

#Alexi_Casilla

Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (d. 1892)

#Richard_Owen

Dave Evans, Welsh-Australian singer-songwriter

#Dave_Evans_(singer)

William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (d. 1709)

#William_Bentinck,_1st_Earl_of_Portland

Thomas Friedman, American journalist and author

#Thomas_Friedman

Niall McGinn, Irish footballer

#Niall_McGinn

Ian P. Howard, English-Canadian psychologist and academic (d. 2013)

#Ian_P._Howard

Stephen Strasburg, American baseball player

#Stephen_Strasburg

Peter Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player and manager

#Peter_Forsberg

Alex Yoong, Malaysian race car driver

#Alex_Yoong

Elliott Yamin, American singer-songwriter

#Elliott_Yamin

Yves Niaré, French shot putter (d. 2012)

#Yves_Niaré

Desmond Douglas, Jamaican-English table tennis player

#Desmond_Douglas

Jeff Rawle, English actor and screenwriter

#Jeff_Rawle

Lola Albright, American actress and singer (d. 2017)

#Lola_Albright

Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pilot (d. 1932)

#Alberto_Santos-Dumont

Jess Walter, American journalist and author

#Jess_Walter

Deniz Baykal, Turkish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey

#Deniz_Baykal

Will Solomon, American basketball player

#Will_Solomon

Erik Ullenhag, Swedish jurist and politician

#Erik_Ullenhag

Mel Daniels, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)

#Mel_Daniels

Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal (d. 2013)

#Ersilio_Tonini

Roberto Orci, Mexican-American screenwriter and producer

#Roberto_Orci

Paul Cook, English drummer

#Paul_Cook

Judy Chicago, American painter and sculptor

#Judy_Chicago

Eric Rowan, South African cricketer (d. 1993)

#Eric_Rowan

Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1839)

#Mahmud_II

Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway

#Haakon,_Crown_Prince_of_Norway

Olivier de Kersauson, French sailor

#Olivier_de_Kersauson

Jamie Ainscough, Australian rugby league player

#Jamie_Ainscough

Claudio Reyna, American soccer player

#Claudio_Reyna

Muse Watson, American actor and producer

#Muse_Watson

Kira Kazantsev, Miss America 2015

#Kira_Kazantsev

T. G. Sheppard, American country music singer-songwriter

#T._G._Sheppard

Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter (d. 1964)

#Giorgio_Morandi

Osric Chau, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Osric_Chau

Sebastiano Rossi, Italian footballer

#Sebastiano_Rossi

Sally Ann Howes, English-American singer and actress

#Sally_Ann_Howes

Óscar Elías Biscet, Cuban physician and activist, founded the Lawton Foundation

#Óscar_Elías_Biscet

Petrarch, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1374)

#Petrarch

Maurice Leyland, English cricketer and coach (d. 1967)

#Maurice_Leyland

Jay Jay French, American guitarist and producer

#Jay_Jay_French

Hazel Hawke, Australian social worker and pianist, 23rd Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2013)

#Hazel_Hawke

Hami Mand?ral?, Turkish footballer and manager

#Hami_Mand?ral?

Tony Oliva, Cuban-American baseball player and coach

#Tony_Oliva

John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (d. 1971)

#John_Reith,_1st_Baron_Reith

Diana Rigg, English actress

#Diana_Rigg

Sudesh Berry, Indian actor

#Sudesh_Berry

Julie Bindel, English journalist, author, and academic

#Julie_Bindel

Yazid I, Arabian caliph (d. 683)

#Yazid_I

Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1932)

#Theo_Heemskerk

Leonidas Berry, American gastroenterologist (d. 1995)

#Leonidas_Berry

Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo, English businessman and art collector

#Peter_Palumbo,_Baron_Palumbo

Antoine Vermette, Canadian ice hockey player

#Antoine_Vermette

Natalie Wood, American actress (d. 1981)

#Natalie_Wood

Elliot Richardson, American lieutenant and politician, 11th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1999)

#Elliot_Richardson

Alban Roe, English Benedictine martyr (d. 1642)

#Alban_Roe

John Tiptoft, 2nd Baron Tibetot (d. 1367)

#John_Tiptoft,_2nd_Baron_Tibetot

Larry Craig, American soldier and politician

#Larry_Craig

Pavel Datsyuk, Russian ice hockey player

#Pavel_Datsyuk

Chiyosh?ma Fujio, Mongolian sumo wrestler

#Chiyosh?ma_Fujio

Gregor Mendel, Austro-German monk, geneticist and botanist (d. 1884)

#Gregor_Mendel

Lars Unnerstall, German footballer

#Lars_Unnerstall

Shahram Mahmoudi, Iranian volleyball player

#Shahram_Mahmoudi

Nicola Benedetti, Scottish violinist

#Nicola_Benedetti

Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian model, fashionista, and businesswoman

#Gisele_Bündchen

Pope Innocent IX (d. 1591)

#Pope_Innocent_IX

Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (d. 1643)

#Anne_Hutchinson

Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic (d. 1944)

#Otto_Blumenthal

Gerd Binnig, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Gerd_Binnig

William Paine Lord, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Oregon (d. 1911)

#William_Paine_Lord

Jim Prentice, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Alberta (d. 2016)

#Jim_Prentice

Jem Finer, English banjo player and songwriter

#Jem_Finer

Yusuf ?im?ek, Turkish footballer and manager

#Yusuf_?im?ek

Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (d. 1913)

#Ruggero_Oddi

Max Liebermann, German painter and academic (d. 1935)

#Max_Liebermann

Jacques Delors, French economist and politician, 8th President of the European Commission

#Jacques_Delors

Ben Simmons, Australian basketball player

#Ben_Simmons

Cristian Pasquato, Italian footballer

#Cristian_Pasquato

Radney Foster, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Radney_Foster

Ryan James, Australian rugby league player

#Ryan_James_(rugby_league)

Steven Adams, New Zealand basketball player

#Steven_Adams

Heather Chasen, English actress

#Heather_Chasen

Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexican lawyer and politician, 57th President of Mexico

#Enrique_Peña_Nieto

Judy Greer, American actress and producer

#Judy_Greer

Moira Harris, American actress

#Moira_Harris

Antoine Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher and academic (d. 1836)

#Antoine_Destutt_de_Tracy

Roger Hunt, English footballer

#Roger_Hunt

Carlos Alazraqui, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Carlos_Alazraqui

Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (d. 2008)

#Edmund_Hillary

John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath, English noble (d. 1539)

#John_Bourchier,_1st_Earl_of_Bath

Terri Irwin, American-Australian zoologist and author

#Terri_Irwin

Robert Anderson Van Wyck, American lawyer and politician, 91st Mayor of New York City (d. 1918)

#Robert_Anderson_Van_Wyck

Bernd Schneider, German race car driver

#Bernd_Schneider_(racing_driver)

Andrew Stockdale, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Andrew_Stockdale

Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)

#Erik_Axel_Karlfeldt

Józef Czyrek, Polish economist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2013)

#Józef_Czyrek

Tom Crean, Irish sailor and explorer (d. 1938)

#Tom_Crean_(explorer)

Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author (d. 2013)

#Henri_Alleg

Auguste de Marmont, French general (d. 1852)

#Auguste_de_Marmont

Omar Epps, American actor

#Omar_Epps

Ray Allen, American basketball player and actor

#Ray_Allen

Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, English civil servant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 1928)

#Sir_George_Trevelyan,_2nd_Baronet

Marcia Hines, American-Australian singer and actress

#Marcia_Hines

Courtney Taylor-Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Courtney_Taylor-Taylor

Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian philanthropist (d. 2018)

#Dobri_Dobrev

László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1946)

#László_Moholy-Nagy

George Llewelyn Davies, English soldier (d. 1915)

#George_Llewelyn_Davies

Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (d. 2005)

#Charilaos_Florakis

Cormac McCarthy, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter

#Cormac_McCarthy

Mike Ilitch, American businessman, co-founded Little Caesars (d. 2017)

#Mike_Ilitch

Barbara Mikulski, American social worker and politician

#Barbara_Mikulski

Edward Leigh, English lawyer and politician

#Edward_Leigh

John Francis Daley, American actor and screenwriter

#John_Francis_Daley

Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)

#Tadeusz_Reichstein

Alistair MacLeod, Canadian novelist and short story writer (d. 2014)

#Alistair_MacLeod

John Lodge, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

#John_Lodge_(musician)

Erica Hill, American journalist

#Erica_Hill

Buddy Knox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)

#Buddy_Knox

Merxat, Chinese actor

Philipp Reiter, German mountaineer and runner

Tesfaye Bramble, English-Montserratian footballer

David Ortega, Spanish swimmer

Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (d. 2004)

Ieva Zunda, Latvian runner and hurdler

Alessandro Santos, Brazilian-Japanese footballer

Debashish Mohanty, Indian cricketer and coach

Jason Raize, American singer and actor

Nixon McLean, Caribbean cricketer

Charles Johnson, American baseball player

Tobi Vail, American singer and guitarist

Joon Park, South Korean-American singer

Kreso Kovacec, Croatian-German footballer

Jimmy Carson, American ice hockey player

Frank Whaley, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Giovanna Amati, Italian race car driver

Prvoslav Vuj?i?, Serbian-Canadian poet and philosopher

Claudio Langes, Italian race car driver

Mick MacNeil, Scottish keyboard player and songwriter

René-Daniel Dubois, Canadian actor and playwright

Randal Kleiser, American actor, director, and producer

Bo Rein, American football player and coach (d. 1980)

W. Cary Edwards, American politician (d. 2010)

Wendy Richard, English actress (d. 2009)

Bob McNab, English footballer

Kurt Raab, German actor, screenwriter, and production designer (d. 1988)

Periklis Korovesis, Greek author and journalist

Rex Williams, English snooker player

Nam June Paik, American artist (d. 2006)

Tony Marsh, English race car driver (d. 2009)

William H. Goetzmann, American historian and author (d. 2010)

Giannis Agouris, Greek journalist and author (d. 2006)

David Tonkin, Australian politician, 38th Premier of South Australia (d. 2000)

Belaid Abdessalam, Prime Minister of Algeria

Barbara Bergmann, American economist and academic (d. 2015)

Frantz Fanon, French-Algerian psychiatrist and philosopher (d. 1961)

Mort Garson, Canadian-American songwriter and composer (d. 2008)

Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (d. 2014)

Stanis?aw Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (d. 2005)

Alan Stephenson Boyd, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Transportation

Jacquemine Charrott Lodwidge, English writer

Cindy Walker, American singer-songwriter and dancer (d. 2006)

George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (d. 1970)

José Zabala-Santos, Filipino author and illustrator (d. 1985)

Baqa Jilani, Indian cricketer (d. 1941)

Vilém Tauský, Czech-English conductor and composer (d. 2004)

Joseph Levis, American foil fencer (d. 2005)

Eugenio Lopez Sr., Filipino businessman and founder of the Lopez Group of Companies (d. 1975)

Vehbi Koç, Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded Koç Holding (d. 1996)

Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (d. 1960)

Verna Felton, American actress (d. 1966)

Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1937)

Miron Cristea, Romanian cleric and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1939)

Jakob Haibel, Austrian tenor and composer (d. 1826)

Nikolaes Heinsius the Elder, Dutch poet and scholar (d. 1681)

Robert Wallop, English politician (d. 1667)

Margaret, Countess of Pembroke, daughter of King Edward III of England (d. 1361)

Taich?, Japanese monk and scholar (d. 767)