Famous Births on 20 Mar

Famous Births on 20 Mar

1469 - Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)
1477 - Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)
1502 - Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)
1644 - Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)
1725 - Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)
1735 - Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (d. 1784)
1737 - Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (d. 1809)
1741 - Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (d. 1828)
1770 - Friedrich Hölderlin, German writer (d. 1843)
1799 - Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (d. 1839)
1811 - Napoleon II of France, (d. 1832)
1823 - Ned Buntline, American publisher (d. 1886)
1828 - Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (d. 1906)
1831 - Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman (d. 1881)
1834 - Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University (d. 1926)
1836 - Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American politician (d. 1886)
1836 - Sir Edward Poynter, British painter (d. 1919)
1840 - Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894)
1856 - Sir John Lavery, Irish artist (d. 1941)
1856 - Frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor (d. 1915)
1870 - Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (d. 1964)
1874 - Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (d. 1945)
1876 - Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1927)
1879 - Maud Menten, Canadian biochemist (d. 1960)
1882 - René Coty, French President (d.1962)
1890 - Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (d. 1957)
1890 - Lauritz Melchior, Danish tenor (d. 1973)
1895 - Fredric Wertham, German-born psychologist (d. 1981)
1897 - Ruby Muhammad, American matriarch of Black Islam
1903 - Edgar Buchanan, American actor (d. 1979)
1904 - B. F. Skinner, American psychologist (d. 1990)
1905 - Jean Galia, French rugby footballer (d. 1949)
1906 - Abraham Beame, American politician (d. 2001)
1906 - Ozzie Nelson, American bandleader and actor (d. 1975)
1908 - Michael Redgrave, English actor (d. 1985)
1911 - Alfonso García Robles, Nobel laureate (d. 1991)
1914 - Wendell Corey, American actor (d. 1968)
1915 - Rudolf Kirchschläger, President of Austria (d. 2000)
1915 - Sviatoslav Richter, Soviet pianist (d. 1997)
1916 - Pierre Messmer, French politician and Prime Minister (d. 2007)
1917 - Vera Lynn, English actress and singer
1918 - Marian McPartland, British jazz pianist
1918 - Donald Featherstone, British writer and wargamer
1918 - Jack Barry, American TV host (d. 1984)
1920 - Pamela Harriman, British-American diplomat (d. 1997)
1921 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer (d. 1973)
1922 - Larry Elgart, American saxophonist and bandleader
1922 - Ray Goulding, American comedian (d. 1990)
1922 - Carl Reiner, American film director
1923 - Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani Author, Journalist and Political Activist (d. 2006)
1924 - Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (d. 1998)
1925 - John Ehrlichman, American political figure (d. 1999)
1927 - John Joubert, South African-born British composer
1928 - Fred Rogers, American TV host (d. 2003)
1929 - Germán Robles, Spanish actor
1931 - Hal Linden, American actor
1933 - George Altman, American baseball player
1933 - Alexander Gorodnitsky, Russian geologist and poet
1934 - Willie Brown, American politician
1935 - Ted Bessell, American actor (d. 1996)
1936 - Vaughn Meader, American comedian (d. 2004)
1936 - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Reggae artist
1937 - Jerry Reed, American singer and actor
1938 - Sergei Petrovich Novikov, Russian Mathematician, Fields Medalist
1939 - Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada
1941 - Pat Corrales, American baseball player
1943 - Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer
1943 - Paul Junger Witt, American TV producer
1943 - Naima Neidre, Estonian graphic artist
1945 - Pat Riley, American basketball player and coach
1945 - Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author
1945 - Rick Berman, American TV and film producer
1945 - Henry Bartholomay, American fighter pilot
1947 - John Boswell, American historian (d. 1994)
1948 - John de Lancie, American actor
1948 - Bobby Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
1949 - Marcia Ball, American singer and pianist
1950 - William Hurt, American actor
1950 - Carl Palmer, English drummer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
1951 - Curt Smith, American author and media host
1951 - Jimmie Vaughan, American blues guitarist
1952 - Geoff Brabham, Australian racing driver
1954 - Mike Francesa, American sports talk show host
1954 - Liana Kanelli, Greek journalist and politician
1957 - Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress
1957 - David Foster, Australian woodchopper
1957 - Spike Lee, American film director
1957 - Theresa Russell, American actress
1958 - Holly Hunter, American actress
1958 - Phil Anderson, Australian cyclist
1959 - Dave Beasant, English football goalkeeper
1959 - Steve McFadden, British actor
1959 - Sting, American professional wrestler
1961 - Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer
1961 - Slim Jim Phantom, American musician (Stray Cats)
1962 - Stephen Sommers, American film director
1963 - Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (d. 2007)
1963 - David Thewlis, British actor
1963 - Manabu Suzuki, Japanese racing driver and broadcaster
1963 - Paul Annacone, American tennis player
1964 - Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer
1966 - Alka Yagnik, Indian singer
1967 - Mookie Blaylock, American basketball player
1969 - Mannie Fresh, American producer
1969 - Caroline Brunet, Quebec kayaker
1970 - Michael Rapaport, American actor
1971 - Touré, American writer
1971 - Manny Alexander, Dominican baseball player
1972 - Alexander Kapranos, Greek-British musician (Franz Ferdinand)
1973 - Cedric Yarbrough, American actor
1973 - Christopher Heinz, American businessman; son of Teresa Heinz
1973 - Jane March, English actress
1973 - Jung Woo-sung, South Korean actor
1974 - Andrzej Pilipiuk, Polish writer
1974 - Paula Garces, Colombian actress
1976 - Chester Bennington, American musician (Linkin Park)
1979 - Molly Jenson, American musician
1979 - Bernard O'Connor, Gaelic Footballer
1979 - Keven Mealamu, New Zealand rugby player
1979 - Bianca Lawson, American actress
1979 - Silvia Abascal, Spanish actress
1980 - Jamal Crawford, American basketball player
1980 - Ock Ju-Hyun, South Korean singer
1982 - José Moreira, Portuguese footballer
1982 - Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish footballer
1982 - Nick Wheeler, American guitarist (The All-American Rejects)
1982 - Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer
1984 - Marcus Vick, American football player
1984 - Valtteri Filppula, Finnish professional ice-hockey player
1984 - Winta, Norwegian musician
1984 - Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
1984 - Christy Carlson Romano, American actress
1984 - Markus Niemelä, Finnish racing driver
1984 - Rami Malek, Egyptian-born actor
1984 - Justine Ezarik, American Internet personality
1987 - Jô, Brazilian footballer
1987 - Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian hockey player
1987 - Patrick Boyle, Scottish footballer
1987 - Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian football player
1987 - Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer
1987 - Rollo Weeks, English actor
1989 - Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer
43 BC - Ovid, Roman poet (d. 17)