Famous Births on 20 Apr

Famous Births on 20 Apr

1494 - Johannes Agricola, German Protestant reformer (d. 1566)
1586 - Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)
1633 - Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)
1646 - Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)
1650 - William Bedloe, English informer (d. 1680)
1668 - Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (d. 1739)
1718 - David Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747)
1723 - Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1781)
1745 - Philippe Pinel, French physician (d. 1826)
1808 - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (d. 1873)
1818 - Heinrich Göbel, German-born inventor (d. 1893)
1826 - Dinah Craik, English author (d. 1887)
1850 - Daniel Chester French, American sculptor (d. 1931)
1851 - Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1875)
1870 - Maulvi Abdul Haq, Father of Urdu, Pakistani scholar (d.1961)
1879 - Paul Poiret, French couturier (d. 1944)
1882 - Holland Smith, U.S. General (d. 1967)
1884 - Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1966)
1889 - Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish-born businessman and social activist (d. 1996)
1889 - Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his death (d. 1945)
1890 - Maurice Duplessis, premier of Québec, known as "Le Chef" (d. 1959)
1893 - Harold Lloyd, American actor (d. 1971)
1893 - Edna Parker, American supercentenarian
1893 - Joan Miró, Spanish painter (d. 1983)
1895 - Emile Christian, American musician (d. 1973)
1896 - Wop May, Canadian aviator (d. 1952)
1896 - Henry de Montherlant, French writer (d. 1972)
1904 - George Stibitz, American scientist (d. 1995)
1904 - Bruce Cabot, American actor (d. 1972)
1908 - Lionel Hampton, American musician (d. 2002)
1914 - Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (d. 1999)
1915 - Joseph Wolpe, South African-born psychotherapist (d. 1997)
1918 - Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1918 - Edward L. Beach, Jr., American naval officer, author (d. 2002)
1919 - Richard Hillary, Australian Spitfire pilot and author (d. 1943)
1920 - John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
1920 - Ronald Speirs, WWII Veteran (d. 2007)
1921 - Janine Sutto, French Canadian actress
1923 - Mother Angelica, American nun and broadcaster
1923 - Tito Puente, American musician (d. 2000)
1924 - Leslie Phillips, English actor
1925 - Ernie Stautner, German-born American football player (d. 2006)
1927 - Karl Alexander Müller, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1927 - Phil Hill, American race car driver and one-time F1 world champion
1928 - Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (d. 2007)
1928 - Gerald S. Hawkins, English astronomer (d. 2003)
1936 - Pat Roberts, American politician
1937 - George Takei, American actor
1939 - Johnny Tillotson, American singer
1939 - Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway
1939 - Peter S. Beagle, American author
1941 - Ryan O'Neal, American actor
1943 - Edie Sedgwick, American actress (d. 1971)
1943 - John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor
1945 - Steve Spurrier, American football player and coach
1945 - Michael Brandon, American actor
1946 - Mel Winkler, American voice actor
1946 - Gordon Smiley, American racecar driver (d. 1982)
1946 - Julien Poulin, French Canadian actor
1947 - Björn Skifs, Swedish singer (Blue Swede)
1947 - Andrew Tobias, American journalist and author
1947 - David Leland, British actor, director and screenwriter
1948 - Rémy Trudel, French Canadian politician
1948 - Gregory Itzin, American actor
1948 - Craig Frost, American musician (Grand Funk & Bob Seger)
1949 - Massimo D'Alema, Prime Minister of Italy
1949 - Veronica Cartwright, American actress
1949 - Toller Cranston, Canadian figure skater and artist
1949 - Jessica Lange, American actress
1950 - Chandra Babu Naidu, Indian politician
1950 - Aleksandr Lebed, Russian general and politician (d. 2002)
1950 - Steve Erickson, American novelist
1951 - Luther Vandross, American singer (d. 2005)
1952 - Božidar Maljković, Serbian basketball coach
1953 - Sebastian Faulks, British novelist
1954 - Gilles Lupien, French Canadian ice hockey player
1956 - Beatrice Ask, Swedish politician
1957 - Geraint Wyn Davies, Welsh-Canadian actor
1958 - Viacheslav Fetisov, Russian ice hockey player
1959 - Clint Howard, American actor
1961 - Don Mattingly, American baseball player
1961 - Konstantin Lavronenko, Russian actor
1963 - Mauricio Gugelmin, Brazilian racing driver
1963 - Aubrey de Grey, British biomedical gerontologist
1964 - Rosalynn Sumners, American figure skater
1964 - Andy Serkis, English actor
1964 - Crispin Glover, American actor
1965 - Ralph Cirella, stylist and friend of Howard Stern
1965 - Kostas Hatzidakis, Greek politician
1965 - Adrian Fernández, Mexican racing driver
1966 - David Chalmers, Australian philosopher
1967 - Lara Jill Miller, American actress
1967 - Mike Portnoy, American drummer (Dream Theater)
1967 - Raymond van Barneveld, Dutch darts player
1968 - J. D. Roth, American game show host and television personality
1969 - Chris Jarvis, children's TV personality
1970 - Shemar Moore, American actor
1970 - Adriano Moraes, Brazilian rodeo performer
1971 - Tina Cousins, English singer
1971 - Allan Houston, American basketball player
1971 - Carla Geurts, Dutch swimmer
1972 - Carmen Electra, American actress
1972 - Le Huynh Đuc, Vietnamese footballer
1972 - Stephen Marley, Jamaican musician
1973 - Geoff Lloyd, British radio presenter
1976 - Joey Lawrence, American actor
1976 - Shay Given, Irish footballer
1977 - Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli, professional wrestler
1978 - Mirei Kuroda, Japanese gravure idol
1980 - Jasmin Wagner, German singer
1981 - Matus Valent, male fitness model
1983 - Terrence J, American television host
1983 - Miranda Kerr, Australian supermodel
1984 - Tyson Griffin, American mixed martial artist
1986 - Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director (d. 2003)
1987 - John Patrick Amedori, American actor
702 - Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)