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