History Births on March 20

Anne Bradstreet, Puritan American poet (d. 1672)

#Anne_Bradstreet

Ted Bessell, American actor and director (d. 1996)

#Ted_Bessell

Solomon L. Spink, American lawyer and politician (d. 1881)

#Solomon_L._Spink

Thomas Cooper, British poet (d. 1892)

#Thomas_Cooper_(poet)

Juan de Ribera, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1611)

#Juan_de_Ribera

Marcos Rojo, Argentine footballer

#Marcos_Rojo

Dave Beasant, English footballer and coach

#Dave_Beasant

Tim Yeo, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health

#Tim_Yeo

Usmar Ismail, Indonesian filmmaker (d. 1971)

#Usmar_Ismail

Ralph Hauenstein, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016)

#Ralph_Hauenstein

Vera Lynn, English singer, songwriter and actress

#Vera_Lynn

Ronnie Brewer, American basketball player

#Ronnie_Brewer

Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)

#Nikos_Papazoglou

Willie Brown, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Mayor of San Francisco

#Willie_Brown_(politician)

David Foster, Australian woodchopper

#David_Foster_(woodchopper)

Theresa Russell, American actress

#Theresa_Russell

Nina Kiriki Hoffman, American author

#Nina_Kiriki_Hoffman

Rama I, Thai king (d. 1809)

#Rama_I

Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer

#Fernando_Torres

Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, President of Costa Rica (d. 1845)

#Braulio_Carrillo_Colina

Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2013)

#Con_Martin

Brian Mulroney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Canada

#Brian_Mulroney

John Lavery, Irish painter (d. 1941)

#John_Lavery

Alan Harper, English-Irish archbishop

#Alan_Harper_(bishop)

George Caleb Bingham, American painter and politician, State Treasurer of Missouri (d. 1879)

#George_Caleb_Bingham

Paul Annacone, American tennis player and coach

#Paul_Annacone

Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott, British Labour Party politician and peer

#Peter_Truscott,_Baron_Truscott

Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader (d. 1975)

#Ozzie_Nelson

Malcolm Simmons, English motorcycle racer (d. 2014)

#Malcolm_Simmons

Ramin Bahrani, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Ramin_Bahrani

Fred Rogers, American television host and producer (d. 2003)

#Fred_Rogers

Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player

#Sergei_Kostitsyn

Robertas Javtokas, Lithuanian basketball player

#Robertas_Javtokas

Larry Elgart, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2017)

#Larry_Elgart

Kathy Ireland, American model, actress, and furniture designer

#Kathy_Ireland

Börries von Münchhausen, German poet and activist (d. 1945)

#Börries_von_Münchhausen

A. J. Jacobs, American journalist and author

#A._J._Jacobs

Camille Cosby, American author, producer, and philanthropist

#Camille_Cosby

John de Lancie, American actor

#John_de_Lancie

Mary Roach, American author

#Mary_Roach

Geoff Brabham, Australian race car driver

#Geoff_Brabham

Kenji Kimihara, Japanese runner

#Kenji_Kimihara

Ovid, Roman poet (d. 17)

#Ovid

Jack Bird, Australian rugby league player

#Jack_Bird

Dara Shikoh, Indian prince (d. 1659)

#Dara_Shikoh

Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1984)

#Yigael_Yadin

Norm Magnusson, American painter and sculptor

#Norm_Magnusson

Keven Mealamu, New Zealand rugby player

#Keven_Mealamu

Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (d. 1964)

#Paul_von_Lettow-Vorbeck

Freema Agyeman, English actress

#Freema_Agyeman

Carl Palmer, English drummer, percussionist, and songwriter

#Carl_Palmer

Micha? Kucharczyk, Polish footballer

#Micha?_Kucharczyk

Xavier Beauvois, French actor, director, and screenwriter

#Xavier_Beauvois

Sting (wrestler), American wrestler

#Sting_(wrestler)

Ultra Naté, American singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ, and promoter

#Ultra_Naté

Blake Ferguson, Australian rugby league player

#Blake_Ferguson

Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer-songwriter

#Natacha_Atlas

Frederick Winslow Taylor, American tennis player and engineer (d. 1915)

#Frederick_Winslow_Taylor

John Ehrlichman, American lawyer, 12th White House Counsel (d. 1999)

#John_Ehrlichman

Patrick Jennings, Northern Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1897)

#Patrick_Jennings

Mary Ellen Mark, American photographer and journalist (d. 2015)

#Mary_Ellen_Mark

Catherine Ashton, English politician, Vice-President of the European Commission

#Catherine_Ashton

Yuri Shargin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut

#Yuri_Shargin

Ruby Rose, Australian actress and model

#Ruby_Rose

Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican singer, songwriter, music producer, and inventor

#Lee_"Scratch"_Perry

Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (d. 1968)

#Wendell_Corey

Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (d. 1862)

#Edward_Gibbon_Wakefield

Brent Sherwin, Australian rugby league player

#Brent_Sherwin

Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet and author (d. 1839)

#Karl_August_Nicander

Ippolito d'Este, Italian cardinal (d. 1520)

#Ippolito_d'Este

Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (d. 2007)

#Yelena_Romanova

Abraham Beame, American accountant and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City (d. 2001)

#Abraham_Beame

Lois Lowry, American author

#Lois_Lowry

John Joubert, South African-English composer and academic (d. 2019)

#John_Joubert_(composer)

Hugh MacLennan, Canadian author and educator (d. 1990)

#Hugh_MacLennan

Ray Goulding, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1990)

#Ray_Goulding

Nikolai Stepulov, Russian-Estonian boxer (d. 1968)

#Nikolai_Stepulov

Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author

#Jay_Ingram

Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (d. 2015)

#Douglas_Tompkins

Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate, English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge

#Mark_Saville,_Baron_Saville_of_Newdigate

Morgan Amalfitano, French footballer

#Morgan_Amalfitano

William Hurt, American actor

#William_Hurt

James P. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (d. 2013)

#James_P._Gordon

Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria (d. 2000)

#Rudolf_Kirchschläger

Vernon Ransford, Australian cricketer (d. 1958)

#Vernon_Ransford

Mike Francesa, American radio talk show host and television commentator

#Mike_Francesa

Edoardo Ballerini, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Edoardo_Ballerini

Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (d. 2013)

#Marian_McPartland

Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress

#Vanessa_Bell_Calloway

Dean Geyer, South African-Australian singer-songwriter and actor

#Dean_Geyer

Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat, Hetman of Ukraine (d. 1709)

#Ivan_Mazepa

Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer and manager

#Jesper_Olsen

Charles William Eliot, American mathematician and academic (d. 1926)

#Charles_William_Eliot

Pat Corrales, American baseball player and manager

#Pat_Corrales

Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (d. 1960)

#Maud_Menten

Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1927)

#Payne_Whitney

Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (d. 1348)

#Laurence_Hastings,_1st_Earl_of_Pembroke

Manny Alexander, Dominican baseball player

#Manny_Alexander

Michael Rapaport, American actor, podcast host, and director

#Michael_Rapaport

Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and director

#Xavier_Dolan

Jamal Crawford, American basketball player

#Jamal_Crawford

Carl Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Carl_Reiner

Heinrich Clauren, German author (d. 1854)

#Heinrich_Clauren

Christy Carlson Romano, American actress and singer

#Christy_Carlson_Romano

William Dalrymple, Scottish historian and author

#William_Dalrymple_(historian)

Jerome Biffle, American long jumper and coach (d. 2002)

#Jerome_Biffle

Michael Redgrave, English actor and director (d. 1985)

#Michael_Redgrave

Carl Webb, Australian rugby league player

#Carl_Webb

Alfonso García Robles, Mexican lawyer and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)

#Alfonso_García_Robles

Mattia Destro, Italian footballer

#Mattia_Destro

Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer

#Gerard_Malanga

Josephine Medina, Filipino Paralympic table tennis player

#Josephine_Medina

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian poet, playwright, and director (d. 1906)

#Henrik_Ibsen

Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi Cricketer

#Tamim_Iqbal

Harold Weber, American golfer (d. 1933)

#Harold_Weber

David Malouf, Australian author and playwright

#David_Malouf

Ned Buntline, American journalist, author, and publisher (d. 1886)

#Ned_Buntline

Holly Hunter, American actress and producer

#Holly_Hunter

Giampiero Moretti, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded the Momo company (d. 2012)

#Giampiero_Moretti

Pat Riley, American basketball player and coach

#Pat_Riley

Alex Kapranos, English-Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Alex_Kapranos

Yvette Cooper, English economist and politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

#Yvette_Cooper

José Moreira, Portuguese footballer

#José_Moreira

Spike Lee, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Spike_Lee

Chilly Gonzales, Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

#Chilly_Gonzales

Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894)

#Illarion_Pryanishnikov

Edgar Buchanan, American actor (d. 1979)

#Edgar_Buchanan

Cecily of York (d. 1507)

#Cecily_of_York

Touré, American journalist and author

#Touré_(journalist)

David Thewlis, English-French actor, director, and screenwriter

#David_Thewlis

Jimmie Vaughan, American blues-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jimmie_Vaughan

Liana Kanelli, Greek journalist and politician

#Liana_Kanelli

Pierre Messmer, French lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2007)

#Pierre_Messmer

Napoleon II, French emperor (d. 1832)

#Napoleon_II

Jean Galia, French rugby player and boxer (d. 1949)

#Jean_Galia

Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (d. 1984)

#Jack_Barry_(game_show_host)

Norbert Pohlmann, German computer scientist and academic

#Norbert_Pohlmann

Nicky Boje, South African cricketer

#Nicky_Boje

Marcia Ball, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist

#Marcia_Ball

Shinnosuke Abe, Japanese baseball player

#Shinnosuke_Abe

Carsten Ramelow, German footballer

#Carsten_Ramelow

Chester Bennington, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2017)

#Chester_Bennington

Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish footballer

#Tomasz_Kuszczak

Bobby Orr, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Bobby_Orr

Bettye Washington Greene, American chemist (d. 1995)

#Bettye_Washington_Greene

Jô, Brazilian footballer

#Jô

Douglas B. Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Douglas_B._Green

Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist and composer (d. 1997)

#Sviatoslav_Richter

René Coty, French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France (d. 1962)

#René_Coty

Sloane Stephens, American tennis player

#Sloane_Stephens

Nicolas Lombaerts, Belgian footballer

#Nicolas_Lombaerts

Erwin Blask, German hammer thrower (d. 1999)

#Erwin_Blask

Donald Featherstone, English soldier and author (d. 2013)

#Donald_Featherstone_(wargamer)

Paul Merson, English footballer and manager

#Paul_Merson

George Altman, American baseball player

#George_Altman

Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (d. 1789)

#Abdul_Hamid_I

Román Torres, Panamanian footballer

#Román_Torres

Chris Wedge, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor

#Chris_Wedge

Walter Jakob Gehring, Swiss biologist and academic (d. 2014)

#Walter_Jakob_Gehring

Naoto Takenaka, Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director

#Naoto_Takenaka

Edward Poynter, English painter, illustrator, and curator (d. 1919)

#Edward_Poynter

Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (d. 1876)

#Theodor_von_Heuglin

B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and author (d. 1990)

#B._F._Skinner

Hal Linden, American actor, singer, and director

#Hal_Linden

Ian Moss, Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter

#Ian_Moss

Richard Dowden, English journalist and educator

#Richard_Dowden

sj Miller, American academic, public speaker, and social justice activist

#Sj_Miller

Ethan Lowe, Australian rugby league player

Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer

Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian footballer

Julián Magallanes, Argentinian footballer

Vikram Banerjee, English cricketer

Carolina Padrón, Venezuelan journalist

Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer

Ian Murray, Scottish footballer

Isolde Kostner, Italian skier

Talal Khalifa Aljeri, Kuwaiti Businessman

Natalya Khrushcheleva, Russian runner

Cristel Vahtra, Estonian skier

Marco Sejna, German footballer

Greg Searle, English rower

Fabien Galthie, French rugby player

Carlos Almeida, Cape Verdean runner

Mookie Blaylock, American basketball player

Stephen Sommers, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Sara Wheeler, English author and journalist

Ingrid Arndt-Brauer, German politician

Joe Reaiche, Australian rugby player

Rickey Jackson, American football player

Anne Donahue, American lawyer and politician

Paul Mirabella, American baseball player

Phil Judd, New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter

David Greenaway, English economist and academic

John Boswell, American historian, philologist, and academic (d. 1994)

Henry Bartholomay, American soldier and pilot (d. 2015)

John Cameron, English composer and conductor

Paul Junger Witt, American director and producer (d. 2018)

Stathis Chaitas, Greek footballer and manager

Don Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Gerald Curran, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

Sergei Novikov, Russian mathematician and academic

Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008)

Ian Walsh, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2013)

Lateef Adegbite, Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2012)

Rein Raamat, Estonian director and screenwriter

S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (d. 1998)

Germán Robles, Spanish-Mexican actor and director (d. 2015)

William Andrew MacKay, Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2013)

Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani journalist, author, and activist (d. 2006)

Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1970)

Dušan Pirjevec, Slovenian historian and philosopher (d. 1977)

Rosemary Timperley, English author and screenwriter (d. 1988)

Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (d. 1997)

Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter ace (d. 1983)

Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer (d. 1970)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1973)

Amelia Chopitea Villa, Bolivia's first female physician (d. 1942)

Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian artist (d. 1954)

Fredric Wertham, German-American psychologist and author (d. 1981)

Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter (d. 1974)

Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American tenor and actor (d. 1973)

Amanda Clement, American baseball player, umpire, and educator (d. 1971)

John Jensen, Australian public servant (d. 1970)

Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1966)

Ismail Gasprinski, Ukrainian educator, publisher, and politician (d. 1914)

Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1886)

Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)

Jerome Emser, German theologian and scholar (d. 1527)

Magadu, renamed Wareru, founder of Ramanya Kingdom, renamed Hanthawady Kingdom of Pegu (b. a commoner; d. on a Saturday in January 1307)