Famous Births on 20 Jul

Famous Births on 20 Jul

1304 - Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (d. 1374)
1537 - Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (d. 1604)
1620 - Nikolaes Heinsius, Dutch scholar (d. 1681)
1659 - Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)
1754 - Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher (d. 1836)
1757 - Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (d. 1811)
1774 - Auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. 1852)
1797 - Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (d. 1873)
1822 - Gregor Mendel, father of modern genetics (d. 1884)
1838 - Augustin Daly, American playwright (d. 1899)
1838 - George Otto Trevelyan, British statesman and biographer (d. 1928)
1847 - Max Liebermann, German artist (d. 1935)
1849 - Robert Anderson Van Wyck, Mayor of New York City (d. 1918)
1858 - Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (d. 1925)
1864 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (d. 1931)
1868 - Miron Cristea, 1st Patriarch of All Romania (d. 1939)
1873 - Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviator (d. 1932)
1876 - Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician (d. 1944)
1889 - John Reith, British broadcast executive (d. 1971)
1890 - King George II of Greece (d. 1947)
1893 - George Llewelyn-Davies, English Peter Pan character model (d. 1915)
1895 - László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1946)
1897 - Tadeus Reichstein, Polish-born chemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 1996)
1900 - Maurice Leyland, Former England cricketer (d. 1967)
1901 - Heinie Manush, American baseball player (d. 1971)
1902 - Jimmy Kennedy, Irish composer (d. 1984)
1909 - Jean Focas, Greco-French astronomer (d. 1969)
1909 - Eric Rowan, Former South African cricketer (d. 1993)
1910 - Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (d. 2004)
1911 - Baqa Jilani, Former Indian cricketer (d. 1941)
1918 - Cindy Walker, American singer (d. 2006)
1919 - Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountain climber (d. 2008)
1920 - Elliot Richardson, American politician (d. 1999)
1922 - Alan Stephenson Boyd, American politician
1923 - Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (d. 2005)
1924 - Thomas Berger, American novelist
1924 - Mort Garson, Canadian composer
1925 - Frantz Fanon, West Indian psychiatrist and writer (d. 1961)
1925 - Jacques Delors, French President of the European Commission
1926 - Lola Albright, American actress
1926 - Patricia Cutts, English actress (d. 1974)
1929 - Mike Ilitch, American businessman and sports executive
1929 - Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (d. 1999)
1930 - Chuck Daly, American basketball coach
1930 - Sally Ann Howes, English-born singer and actress
1931 - Tony Marsh, English racing driver
1932 - Nam June Paik, Korean-born artist (d. 2006)
1932 - Otto Schily, German politician
1933 - Buddy Knox, American singer and songwriter (d. 1999)
1933 - Cormac McCarthy, American author
1933 - Rex Williams, English snooker player
1934 - Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress (d. 1996)
1934 - Uwe Johnson, German writer
1934 - Doug Padgett, Former England cricketer
1935 - Ted Rogers, English comedian (d. 2001)
1936 - Barbara Mikulski, American politician
1937 - Ken Ogata, Japanese actor
1938 - Natalie Wood, American actress (d. 1981)
1938 - Dame Diana Rigg, English actress
1938 - Roger Hunt, English footballer
1939 - Judy Chicago, American artist
1940 - Tony Oliva, Cuban baseball player
1941 - Kurt Raab, German actor (d. 1988)
1942 - T. G. Sheppard, American country music singer
1942 - Pete Hamilton, American race car driver
1942 - Ron Bowden, Australian politician
1943 - Chris Amon, New Zealand racing driver
1943 - Wendy Richard, English actress
1945 - Bo Rein, American football coach (d. 1980)
1945 - Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer (d. 2005)
1945 - Kim Carnes, American singer and songwriter
1945 - Larry Craig, American politician
1945 - John Lodge, English musician (The Moody Blues)
1946 - Randal Kleiser, American film director
1947 - Carlos Santana, Mexican-born American guitarist
1947 - Gerd Binnig, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate
1948 - Muse Watson, American actor
1950 - Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor
1950 - Tantoo Cardinal, Canadian actress
1951 - Jeff Rawle, English actor
1952 - Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress
1953 - Marcia Hines, American-born Australian singer
1953 - Thomas Friedman, American journalist
1953 - Dan Shaughnessy, American sports writer
1954 - Moira Harris, American actress
1955 - Jem Finer, English musician and composer (The Pogues)
1956 - Jim Prentice, Canadian politician
1956 - Paul Cook, English musician (The Sex Pistols)
1957 - Nancy Cruzan, American figure in right-to-die case (d. 1990)
1957 - Donna Dixon, American actress
1958 - Mick MacNeil, Scottish musician (Simple Minds)
1960 - Claudio Langes, Italian racing driver
1962 - Carlos Alazraqui, American actor and comedian
1962 - Giovanna Amati, Italian racing driver
1962 - Lee Harris, English drummer (Talk Talk, .O.rang)
1963 - Frank Whaley, American actor
1964 - Dean Winters, American actor
1964 - Bernd Schneider, German racing driver
1964 - Kool G Rap, American musician
1964 - Terri Irwin, American naturalist; widow of Steve Irwin
1964 - Chris Cornell, American musician (Soundgarden, Audioslave)
1966 - Stone Gossard, American musician (Pearl Jam, Mother Love Bone, Brad)
1967 - Reed Diamond, American actor
1968 - Jimmy Carson, American ice hockey player
1968 - Michael Park, American actor
1968 - Julian Rhind-Tutt, English actor
1969 - Vitamin C, American singer
1969 - Tobi Vail, American musician (Bikini Kill, The Go Team, The Frumpies)
1969 - Giovanni Lombardi, Italian cyclist
1969 - Josh Holloway, American actor
1971 - DJ Screw, American hiphop DJ (d. 2000)
1971 - Sandra Oh, Korean Canadian actress
1971 - Charles Johnson, American baseball player
1971 - Ed Giddins, England cricketer
1972 - Erik Ullenhag, Swedish jurist and politician
1972 - Jozef Stümpel, Slovak ice hockey player
1973 - Mads Rieper, Danish footballer
1973 - Courtney Taylor-Taylor, American singer (The Dandy Warhols)
1973 - Claudio Reyna, American soccer player
1973 - Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway
1973 - Nixon McLean, West Indian cricketer
1973 - Peter Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player
1974 - Bengie Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
1974 - Simon Rex, American actor
1975 - Atiq-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer
1975 - Birgitta Ohlsson, Swedish politician
1975 - Erik Hagen, Norwegian footballer
1975 - Judy Greer, American actress
1975 - Ray Allen, American basketball player
1976 - Alex Yoong, Malaysian racing driver
1976 - Andrew Stockdale, Australian musician (Wolfmother)
1976 - Debashish Mohanty, Indian cricketer
1976 - Erica Hill, American news anchor
1977 - Kiki Musampa, Congolese footballer
1977 - Alessandro dos Santos, Brazilian-born Japanese footballer
1978 - Elliott Yamin, American Idol contestant
1978 - Will Solomon, American basketball player
1978 - Tamsyn Lewis, Australian athlete
1978 - Charlie Korsmo, American actor
1978 - Pavel Datsyuk, Russian ice hockey player
1979 - Claudine Barretto, Filipino actress
1979 - Miklos Feher, Hungarian football player (d. 2004)
1979 - David Ortega, Spanish freestyle and backstroke swimmer
1980 - Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian model
1980 - Mike Kennerty, American guitarist (The All-American Rejects)
1981 - Thorsten Engelmann, German rower
1981 - Damien Delaney, Irish footballer
1982 - Percy Daggs III, American actor
1984 - Alexi Casilla, Dominican baseball player
1984 - Troy Smith, American football player
1985 - John Francis Daley, American actor
1988 - Julianne Hough, American ballroom dancer
1989 - Witwisit Hirunwongkul, Thai actor
1991 - William Tomlin, British actor
1997 - Billi Bruno, American actress
1999 - Princess Alexandra of Hanover, daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco
356 BC - Alexander the Great, Macedonian-Greek king and military leader (d. 323 BC)
810 - Imam Bukhari, Muslim scholar and compiler of Hadith (d. 870)