July 20/Births
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This page is to record people born on July 20.
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[edit] 1300-1899
- 1304 - Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (d. 1374)
- 1519 - Pope Innocent IX
- 1754 - Destutt de Tracy, philosopher
- 1797 - Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (d. 1873)
- 1838 - George Otto Trevelyan, British statesman and biographer (d. 1928)
- 1838 - Augustin Daly, American playwright (d. 1899)
- 1847 - Max Liebermann, painter and graphic artist (d. 1935)
- 1849 - Robert Anderson Van Wyck, Mayor of New York City (d. 1918)
- 1865 - Carlos Avril, French actor (d. 1940)
- 1868 - Miron Cristea, First patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (d. 1939)
- 1870 - Charles McHugh, American actor (d. 1931)
- 1870 - Gerard Wolst Trenité, Dutch writer
- 1873 - Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviator (d. 1932)
- 1877 - William Colman, American actor (d. 1930)
- 1881 - Clyde Benson, American actor (d. 1947)
- 1881 - Hugh Sothern, American actor (d. 1947)
- 1884 - Hellwig F. Rimmen, Danish actor
- 1889 - Erich Pommer, German actor (d. 1966)
- 1889 - Ruth Weijden (d. 1956)
- 1889 - John Reith, BBC director-general
- 1890 - Theda Bara (Theodosia Burr Goodman), American actress (d. 1955)
- 1890 - Gonzalo Roig, Cuban composer (d. 1970)
- 1890 - Richard Billinger, Austrian writer (d. 1965)
- 1890 - Freeman H. Owens, American cinematographer
- 1890 - King George II of Greece (d. 1947)
- 1891 - Ralph Faukner, American actor and fight choreographer for films (d. 1987)
- 1894 - Errett Cord, automobile entrepreneur
- 1895 - László Moholy-Nagy, painter, photographer, sculptor (d. 1946)
- 1897 - Clifford Braughton, American actor (d. 1979)
- 1898 - Stepan Kayukov, Russian actor (d. 1960)
- 1899 - Melville De Lay, American actor (d. 1947)
[edit] 1900-1909
- 1900 - Maurice Gilliams, Belgian writer (d. 1979)
- 1901 - Heinie Manush, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1971)
- 1901 - Sergei Blinnikov, Russian actor (d. 1969)
- 1902 - Jimmy Kennedy, Irish composer (d. 1984)
- 1903 - Maria Paudle, German actress (d. 1990)
- 1905 - Pascual Pelliciota, Argentine actor (d. 1985)
- 1907 - Leon Pietraskiewicz, Polish actor (d. 1987)
- 1909 - Clint Sharp, American stuntman in films (d. 1989)
[edit] 1910-1919
- 1910 - Louise Rousseau, American screenwriter (d. 1981)
- 1910 - Henri Calef, Belgian filmmaker (d. 1994)
- 1910 - Muriel Evans, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1911 - Mirelle Balin, French actress (d. 1968)
- 1912 - Tom McDermott, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1913 - Elmer Lahti, Finnish actor
- 1913 - Irma Cordoba, Argentine actress
- 1914 - Masa Niemi, Finnish actor (d. 1960)
- 1916 - Claude Vernier, French actor (d. 1996)
- 1917 - Paul Hubschmid, German actor (d. 2001)
- 1918 - Cindy Walker, American country music singer
- 1919 - Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountain climber
- 1919 - Ernie Wilkins, American jazz musician (d. 1999)
- 1919 - Benson Ford, son of industrialist Henry Ford (d. 1978)
- 1919 - Paolo Levi, Italian writer (d. 1989)
- 1919 - K. T. Stevens, American actress (d. 1994)
[edit] 1920-1929
- 1920 - Tommy Prothro, American football coach
- 1920 - Elliot Richardson, American politician (d. 1999)
- 1920 - Dick Lucas, American animator (d. 1997)
- 1921 - Hall Daniels, American composer (d. 1984)
- 1921 - Takanobu Hozumi, Japanese actor
- 1923 - Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (d.2005)
- 1924 - Tor Isedal, Swedish actor (d. 1990)
- 1924 - Mort Garson, Canadian composer
- 1924 - Tatyana Lioznova, Soviet director
- 1924 - Thomas Berger, American novelist
- 1924 - Bob Nichols, American actor
- 1925 - Jacques Delors, former President of the European Commission
- 1926 - Lola Albright, American actress (Peter Gunn)
- 1926 - Ilija Ivezic, Yugoslav actor
- 1926 - Patricia Cutts, British actress (Coronation Street)(d. 1974)
- 1927 - Leon Sinden, British actor
- 1927 - Heather Chasen, British actress
- 1927 - Paul Marin, American actor
- 1928 - Terence Feely, British screenwriter
- 1928 - Pavel Kohout, Czech writer
- 1929 - Mike Ilitch, American businessman (Little Caesar's Pizza), sports executive, and philanthropist
- 1929 - Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (d. 1999)
- 1929 - Zlatko Sudovic, Yugoslav director
[edit] 1930-1939
- 1930 - Oleg Anofriyev, Russian actor
- 1930 - Sally Ann Howes, British actress
- 1930 - James Kenney, British actor (d. 1982)
- 1932 - Otto Schily, German politician
- 1932 - Ove Verner Hansen, Danish actor
- 1933 - Chuck Daly, American basketball coach
- 1933 - Nelson Doubleday, American book publisher and baseball executive
- 1933 - Cormac McCarthy, American author
- 1933 - Rex Williams, English snooker player
- 1934 - Uwe Johnson, German writer
- 1934 - Adriano Reys, Brazilian actor
- 1934 - Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress
- 1935 - Henson Cargill, American country music singer
- 1935 - Sleepy LaBeef, American country music singer
- 1935 - Raleigh Bond, American actor (d. 1989)
- 1936 - Barbara Mikulski, U.S. Senator from Maryland
- 1936 - Ken Johnson, American sound editor in motion pictures
- 1936 - Christian Rode, German actor
- 1936 - Andrzej Kondratiuk, Polish filmmaker
- 1937 - Ken Ogata, Japanese actor
- 1938 - Natalie Wood, American actress: (Rebel Without a Cause, West Side Story (d. 1981)
- 1938 - Dame Diana Rigg, British actress
- 1938 - Timothy Scott, American actor (d. 1995)
- 1939 - Judy Chicago, American feminist artist
[edit] 1940-1949
- 1940 - Tony Oliva, Cuban-born American baseball player
- 1940 - David Tukhmanov, Russian composer
- 1941 - Kurt Raab, German actor (d. 1988)
- 1941 - Lyudmila Chursina, Russian actress
- 1941 - Koji Ishizaka, Japanese actor
- 1942 - Pete Hamilton, American race car driver
- 1942 - Yves Mourousi, French television news anchor (d. 1998)
- 1943 - Wendy Richard, British television actress (Are You Being Served?, EastEnders)
- 1943 - Ernie Gehr, American film director
- 1943 - Chris Murney, American actor
- 1943 - Chris Aman, New Zealand race car driver
- 1944 - T. G. Sheppard, American country music singer
- 1945 - Kim Carnes, American singer and songwriter ("Bette Davis Eyes")
- 1945 - Larry Craig, U.S. Senator from Idaho
- 1945 - Harrison Ellenshaw, American special effects artist in motion pictures
- 1945 - John Lodge, British singer and bass guitarist (The Moody Blues)
- 1946 - Randal Kleiser, American film director (Grease)
- 1946 - Peter Simons, Belgian director
- 1947 - Carlos Santana, Mexican-born guitarist and rock musician
- 1947 - Judi Connelli, Australian opera singer
- 1948 - Niki Haris, American dancer
- 1948 - Muse Watson, American actor
[edit] 1950-1959
- 1950 - Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor
- 1950 - Tantoo Cardinal, Canadian actress
- 1951 - Anne Dymna, Polish actress
- 1951 - Hans Royards, Belgian actor
- 1951 - Jeff Rawle, English actor
- 1952 - Keiko Maysuzako, Japanese actress
- 1953 - Marcia Hines, American born-Australian singer
- 1956 - Paul Cook, English musician (The Sex Pistols)
- 1956 - Donna Dixon, American actress (Spies Like Us), wife of Dan Aykroyd
- 1958 - Michael MacNeil, American musician (Simple Minds)
- 1959 - Radney Foster, American singer
[edit] 1960-1969
- 1961 - Robert Peters, American actor
- 1961 - Cheryl Rusa, American wrestler (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling) and motion picture stuntwoman
- 1962 - Carols Alazraqui, American actor
- 1963 - Alexander Zhulin, Russian ice skater
- 1963 - Dino Espisito, American singer
- 1963 - Frank Whaley, American actor
- 1963 - Amir Derakh, American guitarist (Orgy
- 1964 - Chris Cornell, American musician
- 1964 - Kool G. Rap, American musician
- 1964 - Terri Irwin, American television personality, wife of Steve Irwin
- 1964 - Michael Richard Plowman, British-born Canadian composer
- 1965 - Laurent Lucas, French actor
- 1966 - Steve Gossard, American musician (Pearl Jam)
- 1967 - Reed Diamond, American actor (Judging Amy)
- 1968 - Michael Park, American actor (As the World Turns)
- 1968 - Jimmy Carson, American hockey player
- 1968 - Julian Rhind-Tutt, English actor (Keen Eddie)
- 1968 - Dave Revsine, American television sportscaster
- 1969 - Vitamin C, American pop singer
- 1969 - Josh Holloway, American actor (Lost)
[edit] 1970 to date
- 1971 - Yasmine Pendavis, American actress in pornographic films
- 1971 - Charles Johnson, American baseball player
- 1972 - Geena Lisa, Beligan musician (The Dinky Toys)
- 1973 - Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway
- 1973 - Marco Wiedmann-Valaitis, German producer
- 1973 - Peter Forsberg, Swedish-born hockey player
- 1974 - Simon Rex, American actor
- 1974 - Bengie Molina, American baseball player
- 1975 - Judy Evans Greer, American actress
- 1975 - Jason Raize, American actor (The Lion King) (d. 2004)
- 1976 - Florian Panzer, German actor
- 1977 - Dora Lipoucan, German actress
- 1977 - Susana Werner, Brazilian actress
- 1977 - Bert Ratundo, American actor
- 1978 - Tamsyn Lewis, Australian athlete
- 1978 - Charlie Korsmo, American actor (Dick Tracy)
- 1978 - Denny Mendez, Italian model and former Miss Italy
- 1979 - Claudine Barretto, Filipino actor
- 1980 - Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian model
- 1985 - John Francis Daley, American actor
- 1990 - Tyler Russell, 123456789 (123456789)
- 1991 - Scout Willis, daughter of actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore
- 1997 - Billi Bruno, American actress (According to Jim)
[edit] References
- Facts on File Yearbook, various years
- Facts on File's Day by Day series
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Yearbook, various years
- Internet Movie Database July 20 in Movie History page
- The New York Times, July 21st issues of various years
- The New York Times: On This Day
