Saturday, June 19, 2010

Famous Births on 20 Jun

Famous Births on 20 Jun

1005 - Ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)
1389 - John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)
1583 - Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)
1634 - Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (d. 1675)
1647 - John George III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1691)
1717 - Jacques Saly, French sculptor (d. 1776)
1733 - Betty Washington- sister of George Washington
1737 - Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese military (d. 1786)
1756 - Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish composer (d. 1792)
1763 - Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (d. 1798)
1770 - Moses Waddel, American educator/minister and bestselling author (d. 1840)
1771 - Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist (d. 1820)
1786 - Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet (d. 1859)
1808 - Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (d. 1888)
1819 - Jacques Offenbach, German-born French composer (d. 1880)
1858 - Charles W. Chesnutt, American writer (d. 1932)
1860 - Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. 1937)
1861 - Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (d.1947)
1872 - George Carpenter, the 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948)
1885 - Andrzej Gawroński, Polish scholar (d. 1927)
1887 - Kurt Schwitters, German painter and writer (d. 1948)
1889 - John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer (d. 1951)
1891 - John A. Costello, second Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (d. 1976)
1894 - Lloyd Hall, American chemist (d. 1971)
1896 - Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian conductor (d. 1982)
1897 - Elisabeth Hauptmann, German writer (d. 1973)
1899 - Jean Moulin, French Resistance leader (d. 1943)
1905 - Lillian Hellman, American playwright (d. 1984)
1907 - Jimmy Driftwood, American songwriter and musician (d. 1998)
1908 - Billy Werber, American baseball player
1909 - Errol Flynn, Australian actor (d. 1959)
1911 - Gail Patrick, American actress (d. 1980)
1912 - Anthony Buckeridge, English author (d. 2004)
1915 - Dick Reynolds, Australian rules footballer and coach (d. 2002)
1915 - Terence Young, British film director (d. 1994)
1916 - Jean-Jacques Bertrand, premier of Quebec (d. 1973)
1917 - Igor Śmiałowski, Polish actor (d. 2006)
1918 - George Lynch, American auto racer (d. 1997)
1918 - Zoltán Sztáray, Hungarian writer
1920 - Hans Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater
1924 - Chet Atkins, American guitar player and producer (d. 2001)
1924 - Audie Murphy, American Medal of Honor recipient and actor (d. 1971)
1924 - Fritz Koenig, German sculptor
1928 - Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (d. 1964)
1928 - Jean-Marie Le Pen, French politician
1930 - Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish artist
1930 - Paul Pender, American boxer
1931 - Olympia Dukakis, Greek-American actress
1931 - Martin Landau, American actor
1932 - Robert Rozhdestvensky, Russian poet (d. 1994)
1933 - Danny Aiello, American actor
1934 - Wendy Craig, English actress
1934 - Rossana Podestà , Italian actress
1935 - Neal Knox, gun rights activist (d. 2005)
1935 - Len Dawson, former football player
1936 - Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2002)
1937 - Jerry Keller, pop singer and songwriter
1938 - Mickie Most, British record producer (d. 2003)
1939 - Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
1940 - Eugen Drewermann, German theologian
1940 - John Mahoney, English actor
1941 - Ulf Merbold, German physicist and astronaut
1941 - Stephen Frears, English film director
1942 - Brian Wilson, American musician; founder of The Beach Boys
1944 - Cheryl Holdridge, American actress
1944 - David Roper, English actor
1945 - Anne Murray, Canadian singer
1946 - Bob Vila, television presenter
1946 - Xanana Gusmão, President of East Timor
1946 - Andre Watts, American pianist
1947 - Ivo Milazzo, Italian comic book artist
1947 - Josef Clemens, German bishop and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
1947 - Candy Clark, American actress
1947 - Dolores Brooks, American singer (the Crystals)
1948 - Ludwig Scotty, President of Nauru
1949 - Lionel Richie, American musician (The Commodores)
1949 - Alan Longmuir, Scottish bass guitarist (Bay City Rollers)
1951 - Bill Simon, American businessman and politician
1951 - Paul Muldoon, Northern Irish poet
1951 - Tress MacNeille, American voice actress
1952 - Willy Rampf, German F1 technical director (BMW Sauber)
1952 - Vikram Seth, Indian poet
1952 - Larry Riley, American actor (d. 1992)
1952 - John Goodman, American actor
1953 - Ulrich Mühe, German actor (d. 2007)
1953 - Raúl Ramírez, Mexican tennis player
1954 - Michael Anthony, American musician (Van Halen)
1954 - Ilan Ramon, Israeli combat pilot and astronaut (d. 2003)
1954 - Allan Lamb, South African born English cricketer
1956 - Peter Reid, English former footballer
1957 - Koko B. Ware, American professional wrestler
1958 - Chuck Wagner, American actor
1958 - Ron Hornaday, American racecar driver
1960 - John Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran)
1963 - Amir Derakh, American musician (Orgy)
1963 - Don West, American professional wrestling announcer
1964 - Pierfrancesco Chili, Italian motorcycle racer
1964 - Silke Möller, German track and field athlete
1967 - Nicole Kidman, American-born Australian actress
1968 - Robert Rodriguez, American film director
1969 - MaliVai Washington, American former tennis player
1970 - Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco
1970 - Andrea Nahles, German politician
1970 - Bruce Woodcock, American computer games analyst
1971 - Josh Lucas, American actor
1971 - Jeordie White, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
1971 - Rodney Rogers, American basketball player
1972 - Paul Bako, American baseball player
1973 - Brian Maloney, Austin Designer and creator of snerst.com
1973 - Chino Moreno, American musician (Deftones)
1974 - Attila Czene, Hungarian swimmer
1974 - Jami Ferrell, American model and actress
1975 - Daniel Zítka, Czech footballer
1976 - Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer
1976 - Rob Mackowiak, American baseball player
1976 - Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player
1976 - Jerome Fontamillas,Filipino American musician (Switchfoot)
1977 - Gordan Giriček, Croatian basketball player
1978 - Bobby Seay, American baseball player
1978 - Jan-Paul Saeijs, Dutch footballer
1978 - Frank Lampard, English footballer
1978 - Quinton Jackson, American Mixed Martial Artist
1978 - LaVar Arrington, American football player
1979 - Lani Billard, Canadian actress
1979 - Cael Sanderson, Olympic Wrestler
1979 - Charles Howell III, Professional Golfer
1979 - Charlotte Hatherley, English guitarist (Ash)
1980 - Carlo Festuccia, Italian rugby union footballer
1980 - Fabian Wegmann, German road racing cyclist
1980 - Tony Lovato, American singer and guitarrist (Mest)
1980 - Franco Semioli, Italian footballer
1981 - Ardian Gashi, Albanian-Norwegian footballer
1983 - Cherrie Ying, Hong Kong actress
1983 - Josh Childress, American basketball player
1983 - Darren Sproles, American football player
1985 - Souleymane Mamam, Togolese footballer
1985 - Darko Miličić, Serbian basketball player
1986 - DJ Biz, Computer DJ
1988 - Shefali Chowdhury, Welsh actress
1989 - Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
1990 - Tim Commandeur, Australian musician
1997 - Maria Lark, Russian-born American actress

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