History Births on May 20

Goh Chok Tong, Singaporean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Singapore

#Goh_Chok_Tong

Šárka Kašpárková, Czech triple jumper and coach

#Šárka_Kašpárková

Tony Stewart, American race car driver

#Tony_Stewart

Ron Reagan, American journalist and radio host

#Ron_Reagan

Francis Cotes, English painter and academic (d. 1770)

#Francis_Cotes

Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor and architect (d. 1714)

#Andreas_Schlüter

Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach (d. 2009)

#Sam_Etcheverry

Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer and manager

#Roger_Milla

Petr ?ech, Czech footballer

#Petr_?ech

James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997)

#James_Stewart

Stéphane Mbia, Cameroonian footballer

#Stéphane_Mbia

Edith Fellows, American actress (d. 2011)

#Edith_Fellows

Graham Brady, English politician

#Graham_Brady

Ondina Valla, Italian sprinter and hurdler (d. 2006)

#Ondina_Valla

Gardner Fox, American author (d. 1986)

#Gardner_Fox

Teodoro Fernández, Peruvian footballer (d. 1996)

#Teodoro_Fernández

Malcolm Nokes, English hammer and discus thrower (d. 1986)

#Malcolm_Nokes

Constance Towers, American actress and singer

#Constance_Towers

Mike Havenaar, Japanese footballer

#Mike_Havenaar

Brian Kelly, Australian rugby league player

#Brian_Kelly_(rugby_league)

Jayson Werth, American baseball player

#Jayson_Werth

Michael Wills, English politician, British Minister of Justice

#Michael_Wills

Joel Moon, Australian rugby league player

#Joel_Moon

Mauro Rafael da Silva, Brazilian footballer

#Mauro_Rafael_da_Silva

Zbigniew Preisner, Polish composer and producer

#Zbigniew_Preisner

Anthony Zerbe, American actor

#Anthony_Zerbe

Hristos Banikas, Greek chess player

#Hristos_Banikas

Wolfgang Borchert, German author and playwright (d. 1947)

#Wolfgang_Borchert

R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B (d. 1937)

#R._J._Mitchell

Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (d. 1910)

#Henri-Edmond_Cross

Gabriele Muccino, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter

#Gabriele_Muccino

Mark Winterbottom, Australian race car driver

#Mark_Winterbottom

Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (d. 1989)

#Giuseppe_Siri

Carlos Hathcock, American sergeant and sniper (d. 1999)

#Carlos_Hathcock

David Hedison, American actor (d. 2019)

#David_Hedison

Susan Cowsill, American singer-songwriter

#Susan_Cowsill

Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (d. 2016)

#Franciszek_Macharski

William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (d. 1828)

#William_Thornton

Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (d. 1981)

#Max_Euwe

Sumitranandan Pant, Indian poet and author (d. 1977)

#Sumitranandan_Pant

John Marshall Harlan II, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1971)

#John_Marshall_Harlan_II

Louis Theroux, Singaporean-English journalist and producer

#Louis_Theroux

Balu Mahendra, Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

#Balu_Mahendra

Faisal I of Iraq (d. 1933)

#Faisal_I_of_Iraq

Andrew Scheer, Canadian politician, 35th Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada

#Andrew_Scheer

Jane Wiedlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

#Jane_Wiedlin

Jack Gleeson, Irish actor

#Jack_Gleeson

Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer (d. 1862)

#Simon_Fraser_(explorer)

Edin Osmanovi?, Slovenian footballer, coach, and manager

#Edin_Osmanovi?

Robert Morin, Canadian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter

#Robert_Morin

Allison Amend, American novelist and short story writer

#Allison_Amend

Óscar Cardozo, Paraguayan footballer

#Óscar_Cardozo

Raymond Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States

#Raymond_Chrétien

Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)

#Sigrid_Undset

Nils Schumann, German runner

#Nils_Schumann

Yoshihiko Noda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 62nd Prime Minister of Japan

#Yoshihiko_Noda

Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (d. 1850)

#Honoré_de_Balzac

Julian Wright, American basketball player

#Julian_Wright

Matt Czuchry, American actor

#Matt_Czuchry

Hal Newhouser, American baseball player and scout (d. 1998)

#Hal_Newhouser

David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (d. 2014)

#David_Chavchavadze

David Paterson, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of New York

#David_Paterson

Bastian Baker, Swiss singer, songwriter, and performer

#Bastian_Baker

Albano Carrisi, Italian singer, actor, and winemaker

#Albano_Carrisi

Austin Kearns, American baseball player

#Austin_Kearns

Kassim Osgood, American football player

#Kassim_Osgood

Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player

#Lindsay_Taylor

Greg Dyke, English journalist and academic

#Greg_Dyke

José Mujica, Uruguayan guerrilla leader and politician, 40th President of Uruguay

#José_Mujica

Antoinette Brown Blackwell, the first woman to be ordained as a mainstream Protestant minister in the U.S. (d. 1921)

#Antoinette_Brown_Blackwell

Jamie Chadwick, English race car driver

#Jamie_Chadwick

Dave Thomas, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Dave_Thomas_(actor)

Clive Allen, English footballer and manager

#Clive_Allen

Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist (d. 1619)

#Hieronymus_Fabricius

Cadmus M. Wilcox, Confederate States Army general (d. 1890)

#Cadmus_M._Wilcox

Jules Méline, French lawyer and politician, 65th Prime Minister of France (d. 1925)

#Jules_Méline

Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal, poet, and scholar (d. 1547)

#Pietro_Bembo

Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman, co-founded Red Bull GmbH

#Dietrich_Mateschitz

Thomas Akers, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut

#Thomas_Akers

Annie M. G. Schmidt, Dutch author and playwright (d. 1995)

#Annie_M._G._Schmidt

Jessica Raine, English actress

#Jessica_Raine

Dexter Blackstock, English footballer

#Dexter_Blackstock

Stan Mikita, Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 2018)

#Stan_Mikita

Road Dogg, American wrestler, producer, and soldier

#Road_Dogg

Stirling Mortlock, Australian rugby player

#Stirling_Mortlock

Robert Doyle, Australian educator and politician, 103rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne

#Robert_Doyle

Hector Malot, French author (d. 1907)

#Hector_Malot

Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray Sports Club (d. 1951)

#Ali_Sami_Yen

Eduard Buchner, German chemist, zymologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)

#Eduard_Buchner

Mike Crapo, American lawyer and politician

#Mike_Crapo

Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist (d. 2004)

#Carl_Mydans

Lynn Davies, Welsh sprinter and long jumper

#Lynn_Davies

George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (d. 1937)

#George_Prendergast

John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher (d. 1873)

#John_Stuart_Mill

Bud Grant, American football player and coach

#Bud_Grant

Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) (d. 1854)

#Pedro_María_de_Anaya

Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1981)

#Moshe_Dayan

Timothy Olyphant, American actor and producer

#Timothy_Olyphant

David Wells, American baseball player and sportscaster

#David_Wells

Vladimiro Montesinos, Peruvian intelligence officer

#Vladimiro_Montesinos

Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player

#Tomoya_Satozaki

Chris Froome, Kenyan-English cyclist

#Chris_Froome

Leo Franco, Argentinian footballer

#Leo_Franco

Dave Hill, American golfer (d. 2011)

#Dave_Hill_(golfer)

Brendon Goddard, Australian footballer

#Brendon_Goddard

Nick Heyward, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Nick_Heyward

Pavla Hamá?ková-Rybová, Czech pole vaulter

#Pavla_Hamá?ková-Rybová

Boudewijn de Groot, Indonesian-Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Boudewijn_de_Groot

Hans Meerwein, German chemist (d. 1965)

#Hans_Meerwein

Cher, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

#Cher

Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1887)

#Alfred_Domett

Christophe Dominici, French rugby player

#Christophe_Dominici

Tony Goldwyn, American actor and director

#Tony_Goldwyn

Busta Rhymes, American rapper, producer, and actor

#Busta_Rhymes

Emile Berliner, German-American inventor, invented the Gramophone record (d. 1929)

#Emile_Berliner

Bonne of Luxembourg, first wife of John II of France (d. 1349)

#Bonne_of_Luxembourg

Vesa Toskala, Finnish ice hockey player

#Vesa_Toskala

Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1912)

#Frédéric_Passy

Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets (d. 1828)

#Sir_William_Congreve,_2nd_Baronet

Iker Casillas, Spanish footballer

#Iker_Casillas

John Strasberg, American actor and teacher

#John_Strasberg

Matt Langridge, English rower

#Matt_Langridge

Levinus Lemnius, Dutch writer (d. 1568)

#Levinus_Lemnius

K?ichir? Genba, Japanese politician, 80th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs

#K?ichir?_Genba

Cate Campbell, Malawian-Australian swimmer

#Cate_Campbell

Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan-American baseball player

#Ramón_Hernández

Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter (d. 2014)

#Joe_Cocker

Reinaldo Merlo, Argentinian footballer and coach

#Reinaldo_Merlo

Ken Boyer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1982)

#Ken_Boyer

Enes Kanter, Turkish basketball player

#Enes_Kanter

Ted Allen, American television host and author

#Ted_Allen

Frew McMillan, South African tennis player

#Frew_McMillan

Angela Goethals, American actress

#Angela_Goethals

Rachel Platten, American singer and songwriter

#Rachel_Platten

Robert Heath, English judge and politician (d. 1649)

#Robert_Heath

Nam Nguyen, Canadian figure skater

#Nam_Nguyen

Caroline Zhang, American figure skater

#Caroline_Zhang

Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2008)

#Bobby_Murcer

Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian-German author and critic

#Ingvar_Ambjørnsen

Henry Bolte, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Victoria (d. 1990)

#Henry_Bolte

Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, English journalist and author

#Charles_Spencer,_9th_Earl_Spencer

William Fargo, American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express (d. 1881)

#William_Fargo

Sam Selvon, Trinidad-born writer (d. 1994)

#Sam_Selvon

Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian guru and scholar (d. 1994)

#Chandrashekarendra_Saraswati

Sadaharu Oh, Japanese-Taiwanese baseball player and manager

#Sadaharu_Oh

Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Indian film director, wrier and actor

#Shiboprosad_Mukherjee

Emre Colak, Turkish footballer

Siosia Vave, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

Ji?ina Svobodová, Czech pole vaulter

Keith Grennan, American football player

Patrick Ewing, Jr., American basketball player

Daniel Ribeiro, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter

Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer

Juan Minujín, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter

Nathan Long, Australian rugby league player

Michael Diamond, Australian shooter

Terrell Brandon, American basketball player

Dan Abrams, American journalist and author

Stu Grimson, Canadian ice hockey player, sportscaster, and lawyer

Douglas Preston, American journalist and author

Steve George, American keyboard player and songwriter (Mr. Mister)

Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway, Scottish lawyer and judge

Andy Johns, English-American engineer and producer (d. 2013)

Michèle Roberts, English author and poet

Steve Currie, English bass player (d. 1981)

Keith Fletcher, English cricketer and manager

Deryck Murray, Trinidadian cricketer

Shorty Long, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1969)

Louis Smith, American trumpeter (d. 2016)

Gilles Loiselle, Canadian politician and diplomat, 33rd Canadian Minister of Finance

Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956)

Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (d. 2001)

Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (d. 1976)

Hao Wang, Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician (d. 1995)

John Cruickshank, Scottish lieutenant and banker, Victoria Cross recipient

George Gobel, American comedian (d. 1991)

Edward B. Lewis, American biologist, geneticist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)

Alexandra Boyko, Russian tank commander (d. 1996)

Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1967)

Tony Cliff, Israeli-English author and activist (d. 2000)

Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (d. 2001)

Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (d. 2015)

Joff Ellen, Australian comedian and actor (d. 1999)

Peter Copley, English actor (d. 2008)

William Redington Hewlett, American engineer, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 2001)

Francis Raymond Fosberg, American botanist and author (d. 1993)

Louis Daquin, French actor and director (d. 1980)

Margery Allingham, English author of detective fiction (d. 1966)

Doris Fleeson, American journalist (d. 1970)

Aleksandr Deyneka, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1969)

Eduard Ole, Estonian painter (d. 1995)

Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (d. 1983)

Pat Leahy, Irish-American jumper (d. 1927)

Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower (d. 1953)

Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (d. 1835)

Thado Minsaw of Ava, Viceroy of Ava (d. 1584)