Famous Births on 20 May

Famous Births on 20 May

1315 - Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)
1470 - Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal (d. 1547)
1554 - Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (d. 1594)
1593 - Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)
1660 - Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor (d. 1714)
1663 - William Bradford, British-born printer (d. 1752)
1706 - Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (d. 1777)
1726 - Francis Cotes, English painter (d. 1770)
1737 - William Petty Fitzmaurice, British statesman (d. 1805)
1759 - William Thornton, West Indian-born architect (d. 1828)
1768 - Dolley Madison, First Lady of the United States (d. 1849)
1769 - Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (d. 1835)
1772 - Sir William Congreve, English inventor (d. 1828)
1799 - Honoré de Balzac, French novelist (d. 1850)
1806 - John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (d. 1873)
1818 - William Fargo, co-founder of Wells, Fargo & Company (d. 1881)
1822 - Frédéric Passy, French economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1912)
1830 - Hector Malot, French writer (d. 1907)
1838 - Jules Méline, French statesman (d. 1925)
1851 - Emil Berliner, German-born recording pioneer (d. 1929)
1860 - Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1917)
1882 - Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author, Nobel laureate (d. 1949)
1883 - King Faisal I of Iraq (d. 1933)
1894 - Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian Hindu sage, Jivanmukta (d. 1994)
1895 - R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (d. 1937)
1897 - Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish anarchist (d. 1983)
1899 - John Marshall Harlan II, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1971)
1899 - Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (d. 1969)
1901 - Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (d. 1981)
1906 - Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1989)
1908 - James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997)
1911 - Gardner Fox, American writer (d. 1986)
1913 - William Hewlett, American engineer (d. 2001)
1914 - Hideko Maehata, Japanese swimmer (d. 1995)
1914 - Corneliu Coposu, Romanian politician (d. 1995)
1915 - Moshe Dayan, Israeli general (d. 1981)
1916 - Trebisonda Valla, Italian athlete (d. 2006)
1916 - Alexei Petrovich Maresiev, Russian flying ace (d. 2001)
1917 - Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer (d. 1967)
1917 - Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (d. 2005)
1918 - Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
1919 - George Gobel, American comedian (d. 1991)
1919 - Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter pilot (d. 1983)
1920 - John Cruickshank, Scottish airman, won Victoria Cross
1920 - Betty Driver, English singer and actress
1921 - Wolfgang Borchert, German writer (d. 1947)
1921 - Hal Newhouser, American baseball player (d. 1998)
1925 - Chester Ludgin, American baritone (d. 2003)
1926 - Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956)
1926 - John Lucarotti, TV writer (d. 1994)
1927 - David Hedison, American actor
1927 - Franciszek Macharski, Polish Cardinal
1927 - Bud Grant, American football coach
1928 - Jack Kevorkian, controversial American medical doctor
1930 - Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach
1931 - Ken Boyer, American baseball player (d. 1982)
1931 - Paul Evans, American furniture designer and sculptor (d.1987)
1932 - Bob Florence, American jazz pianist, composer, arranger (d. 2008)
1936 - Anthony Zerbe, American actor
1936 - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican reggae and dub artist
1938 - Marinella, Greek singer and actress
1940 - Stan Mikita, Slovak-born ice hockey player
1940 - Sadaharu Oh, Japanese baseball player
1940 - Shorty Long, American musician (d. 1969)
1941 - Goh Chok Tong, Singaporean Senior Minister
1941 - John Strasberg, American actor
1941 - Manuel Isaias Lopez, Mexican child psychiatrist
1942 - Carlos Hathcock, American Marine sniper (d. 1999)
1942 - Jill Jackson, American singer
1943 - Al Bano, Italian singer
1944 - Joe Cocker, British singer
1944 - Boudewijn de Groot, Dutch singer
1944 - Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman
1945 - Vladimiro Montesinos, Peruvian politician
1946 - Cher, American singer
1947 - Greg Dyke, British broadcast executive
1949 - Dave Thomas, Canadian comedian & actor
1950 - Yvon Lambert, French Canadian ice hockey player
1950 - Reinaldo Merlo, Argentine footballer
1951 - Mike Crapo, American politician
1952 - Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer
1953 - Robert Doyle, Australian politician
1954 - Guy Hoffman, American musician (Violent Femmes)
1954 - David Paterson, American politician
1954 - Cindy Hensley McCain, wife of John McCain
1954 - Robert Van de Walle, Belgian judoka
1955 - Zbigniew Preisner, Polish film composer
1956 - William Michaelian, American novelist and poet
1956 - Dean Butler, American actor
1956 - Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian author
1958 - Ron Reagan, American talk show host
1958 - Jane Wiedlin, American singer (The Go-Go's)
1959 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, American singer (d. 1997)
1959 - Bronson Pinchot, American actor
1960 - John Billingsley, American actor
1960 - Chuck Brodsky, American musician
1960 - Tony Goldwyn, American actor
1961 - Clive Allen, English footballer
1962 - Mike Jeffries, American soccer coach
1963 - David Wells, American baseball player
1965 - Ted Allen, American television host
1966 - Mindy Cohn, American actress
1966 - Dan Abrams, American TV reporter
1966 - Gina Ravera, American actress
1967 - Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece
1967 - Ramzi Yousef, Kuwaiti-born Pakistani terrorist
1967 - Gabriele Muccino, Italian film director
1968 - Timothy Olyphant, American actor
1968 - Waisale Serevi, Fijian rugby union and rugby sevens footballer
1969 - Brian Gerard James, American professional wrestler
1970 - Louis Theroux, British television presenter
1970 - Terrell Brandon, American basketball player
1971 - Šárka Kašpárková, Czech athlete
1971 - Tony Stewart, American race car driver
1972 - Busta Rhymes, American singer and rapper
1972 - Tina Hobley, British television actress
1973 - Elsa Lunghini, French singer and actress
1975 - Isaac Gálvez, Spanish cyclist (d. 2006)
1975 - Mark Zupan, American quadriplegic rugby player
1976 - Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
1976 - Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player
1977 - Vesa Toskala, Finnish ice hockey player
1977 - Angela Goethals, American actress
1977 - Miriam Parrish, American television actress
1977 - Leonardo Noeren Franco, Argentine footballer
1977 - Chad Muska, American Skateboarder for Element Skateboards
1977 - Matt Czuchry, American actor
1980 - Austin Kearns, American Baseball player
1981 - Mark Winterbottom, Australian racing driver
1981 - Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player
1981 - Calico Cooper, American actress and dancer
1981 - Iker Casillas, Spanish footballer
1982 - Petr ÄŒech, Czech footballer
1982 - Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer
1983 - Jr. NTR, Indian film actor
1986 - Dexter Blackstock, English footballer
1986 - LaLa Brown, American singer (d. 2007)
1988 - Carla Humphries, Filipina actress
1993 - Caroline Zhang, American figure skater