According to Gregory calendar, on August 20, the day number in a year is 233 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 234. Find List of Famous People Born on August 20 in India and the World: Here you can find the names of famous people born on August 20 in India and the World along with their date of birth, their profession and the country they belong to, etc. From World history, you will know about famous people like emperor, king, pundit, historian, explorer etc. And famous people born in modern world history include actors, actresses, filmmakers, businessmen, cricketers as well as players from other sports. This chapter is important as questions related to the birth of famous people are often asked in competitive exams.

Famous People's Birthdays on August 20 😀

Birth YearName/Category/Country/Lived
1086Bolesław III Wrymouth / Prince / Poland
1517Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle / Cardinal / France
1561Jacopo Peri / Composer / Italy
1625Thomas Corneille / Playwright / France
1632Louis Bourdaloue / Academic / France
1710Thomas Simpson / Academic / United Kingdom
1719Christian Mayer / Educator / Czech Republic
1720Bernard de Bury / Composer / France
1778Bernardo O'Higgins / Politician / Chile
1779Jöns Jacob Berzelius / Chemist / Sweden
1799James Prinsep / Scholar / United Kingdom
1833Benjamin Harrison / Lawyer / United States of America
1845Albert Chmielowski / Saint / Poland
1847Andrew Greenwood / Cricketer / United Kingdom
1856Jakub Bart-Ćišinski / Poet / Germany
1860Raymond Poincaré / Politician / France
1865Bernard Tancred / Cricketer / South Africa
1868Ellen Roosevelt / Tennis Player / United States of America
1873Eliel Saarinen / Academic / Finland
1881Edgar Guest / Poet / United States of America
1881Aleksander Hellat / Politician / Estonia
1885Dino Campana / Author / Italy
1886Paul Tillich / Philosopher / Germany
1887Phan Khôi / Journalist / Vietnam
1888Tôn Đức Thắng / Politician / Vietnam
1890H. P. Lovecraft / Writer / United States of America
1896Gostha Pal / Footballer / India
1897Tarjei Vesaas / Author / Norway
1898Vilhelm Moberg / Journalist / Sweden
1901Salvatore Quasimodo / Poet / Italy
1905Jean Gebser / Poet / Germany
1905Jack Teagarden / Writer / United States of America
1906Bunny Austin / Tennis Player / United Kingdom
1906Vidrik Rootare / Chess Player / Estonia
1908Al López / Baseball Player / United States of America
1909Alby Roberts / Cricketer / New Zealand
1910Eero Saarinen / Architect / United States of America
1912John H. Michaelis / General / United States of America
1913Roger Wolcott Sperry / Psychologist / United States of America
1915D. Devaraj Urs / Politician / India
1916Paul Felix Schmidt / Chemist / Germany
1918Jacqueline Susann / Actress / United States of America
1919Walter Bernstein / Writer / United States of America
1919Adamantios Androutsopoulos / Educator / Greece
1920Arnold Green / Politician / Estonia
1921Jack Wilson / Cricketer / Australia
1923Jim Reeves / Writer / United States of America
1924George Zuverink / Baseball Player / United States of America
1926Frank Rosolino / Jazz Trombonist / United States of America
1926Nobby Wirkowski / Footballer / United States of America
1927John Boardman / Historian / United Kingdom
1927Yootha Joyce / Actress / United Kingdom
1927Fred Kavli / Business Man / United States of America
1927Peter Oakley / Soldier / United Kingdom
1929Kevin Heffernan / Footballer / Ireland
1930Mario Bernardi / Conductor / Canada
1930Peter Randall / Sergeant / United Kingdom
1931Don King / Boxing Promoter / United States of America
1932Vasily Aksyonov / Author / Russia
1932Atholl McKinnon / Cricketer / South Africa
1933George J. Mitchell / Lawyer / United States of America
1934Sneaky Pete Kleinow / Writer / United States of America
1934Tom Mangold / Author / United Kingdom
1935Ron Paul / Physician / United States of America
1936Hideki Shirakawa / Engineer / Japan
1937Stelvio Cipriani / Composer / Italy
1937Andrei Konchalovsky / Producer / Russia
1937Sky Saxon / Writer / United States of America
1938Peter Day / Academic / United Kingdom
1938Alain Vivien / Politician / France
1939Fernando Poe Jr. / Politician / Philippines
1940Rubén Hinojosa / Politician / United States of America
1940Gus Macdonald / Politician / Scotland
1940Rex Sellers / Cricketer / India
1941Dave Brock / Writer / United Kingdom
1941Rich Brooks / Footballer / United States of America
1941Anne Evans / Actress / United Kingdom
1941William H. Gray / Politician / United States of America
1941Slobodan Milošević / Politician / Serbia
1941Robin Oakley / Author / United Kingdom
1941Jo Ramírez / Racing Car Driver / Mexico
1942Isaac Hayes / Actor / United States of America
1942Fred Norman / Baseball Player / United States of America
1943Roger Gale / Politician / United Kingdom
1943Sylvester McCoy / Actor / Scotland
1944Rajiv Gandhi / Politician / India
1944Graig Nettles / Baseball Player / United States of America
1944Rajiv Gandhi / Politician / India
1944Rajeev Gandhi / Politician / India
1945Roy Gardner / Business Man / United Kingdom
1946Henryk Broder / Author / Germany
1946Connie Chung / Journalist / United States of America
1946Laurent Fabius / Politician / France
1946Ralf Hütter / Singer / Germany
1946N. R. Narayana Murthy / Business Man / India
1947Alan Lee / Painter / United Kingdom
1947Ray Wise / Actor / United States of America
1948Kamaljeet Sandhu / Athlete / India
1948John Noble / Actor / Australia
1948Robert Plant / Writer / United Kingdom
1949Nikolas Asimos / Singer / Greece
1949Phil Lynott / Singer / Ireland
1951Mohamed Morsi / Politician / Egypt
1951DeForest Soaries / Politician / United States of America
1952John Emburey / Cricketer / United Kingdom
1952Doug Fieger / Writer / United States of America
1952John Hiatt / Writer / United States of America
1952Ric Menello / Writer / United States of America
1953Gerry Bertier / Footballer / United States of America
1953Peter Horton / Actor / United States of America
1953Mike Jackson / Politician / United States of America
1953Jim Trenton / Actor / United States of America
1953Leroy Burgess / Writer / United States of America
1954Quinn Buckner / Basketball Player / United States of America
1954Tawn Mastrey / Producer / United States of America
1954Al Roker / Television Personality / United States of America
1955Agnes Chan / Singer / China
1955Janet Royall / Politician / United Kingdom
1956Joan Allen / Actress / United States of America
1956Alvin Greenidge / Cricketer / Barbados
1956Desmond Swayne / Politician / United Kingdom
1957Finlay Calder / Rugby Player / Scotland
1957Jim Calder / Rugby Player / Scotland
1957Simon Donaldson / Academic / United Kingdom
1957Sorin Antohi / Journalist / Romania
1957Paul Johnson / Football Coach / United States of America
1958Nigel Dodds / Politician / Ireland
1958Patricia Rozema / Writer / Canada
1958David O. Russell / Writer / United States of America
1958John Stehr / Journalist / United States of America
1960Mark Langston / Baseball Player / United States of America
1961Amanda Sonia Berry / Business Woman / United Kingdom
1962James Marsters / Actor / United States of America
1963Uwe Bialon / Footballer / Germany
1963Kal Daniels / Baseball Player / United States of America
1963José Cecena / Baseball Player / Mexico
1964Azarias Ruberwa / Politician / Democratic Republic of the Congo
1966Miguel Albaladejo / Writer / Spain
1966Dimebag Darrell / Writer / United States of America
1966Enrico Letta / Politician / Italy
1967Andy Benes / Baseball Player / United States of America
1968Brett Angell / Footballer / United Kingdom
1968Abdelatif Benazzi / Rugby Player / France
1968Klas Ingesson / Footballer / Sweden
1968Yuri Shiratori / Actress / Japan
1969Billy Gardell / Actor / United States of America
1969Mark Holzemer / Baseball Player / United States of America
1970Els Callens / Tennis Player / Belgium
1970Fred Durst / Writer / United States of America
1971Nenad Bjelica / Footballer / Croatia
1971Matt Calland / Rugby Player / United Kingdom
1971Steve Stone / Footballer / United Kingdom
1971David Walliams / Actor / United Kingdom
1972Derrick Alston / Basketball Player / United States of America
1972Melvin Booker / Basketball Player / United States of America
1972Chaney Kley / Actor / United States of America
1972Scott Quinnell / Rugby Player / United Kingdom
1972Anna Umemiya / Actress / Japan
1973Alban Bushi / Footballer / Albania
1973Alexandre Finazzi / Footballer / Brazil
1973Scott Goodman / Swimmer / Australia
1973Todd Helton / Baseball Player / United States of America
1973Cameron Mather / Rugby Player / New Zealand
1973José Paniagua / Baseball Player / Dominican Republic
1973Donn Swaby / Actor / United States of America
1974Amy Adams / Actress / United States of America
1974Misha Collins / Actor / United States of America
1974Szabolcs Sáfár / Footballer / Hungary
1974Andy Strachan / Writer / Australia
1974Maxim Vengerov / Conductor / Russia
1975Marcin Adamski / Footballer / Poland
1975Marko Martin / Educator / Estonia
1975Shaun Newton / Footballer / United Kingdom
1975Elijah Williams / Footballer / United States of America
1976Chris Drury / Ice Hockey Player / United States of America
1976Cornel Frăsineanu / Footballer / Romania
1976Tony Grant / Footballer / Ireland
1976Kristen Miller / Actress / United States of America
1976Marcel Podszus / Footballer / Germany
1977Paolo Bianco / Footballer / Italy
1977Wayne Brown / Footballer / United Kingdom
1977Felipe Contepomi / Rugby Player / Argentina
1977Manuel Contepomi / Rugby Player / Argentina
1977Shockmain Davis / Footballer / United States of America
1977A. M. Esmonde / Author / United Kingdom
1977Aaron Hamill / Footballer / Australia
1977Ívar Ingimarsson / Footballer / Iceland
1977James Ormond / Cricketer / United Kingdom
1977Josh Pearce / Baseball Player / United States of America
1977Aaron Taylor / Baseball Player / United States of America
1978Alberto Martín / Tennis Player / Spain
1978Chris Schroder / Baseball Player / United States of America
1979Sarah Borwell / Tennis Player / United Kingdom
1979Jamie Cullum / Writer / United Kingdom
1979Cory Sullivan / Baseball Player / United States of America
1981Brett Finch / Rugby Player / Australia
1981Artur Kotenko / Footballer / Estonia
1981Bernard Mendy / Footballer / France
1981Craig Ochs / Footballer / United States of America
1981Byron Saxton / Wrestler / United States of America
1981Ben Barnes / Actor / United Kingdom
1982Cléber Luis Alberti / Footballer / Brazil
1982Monty Dumond / Rugby Player / South Africa
1982Youssouf Hersi / Footballer / Ethiopia
1982Joshua Kennedy / Footballer / Australia
1982Mijaín López / Wrestler / Cuba
1982Richard Petiot / Ice Hockey Player / Canada
1982Barney Rogers / Cricketer / Zimbabwe
1982Enyelbert Soto / Baseball Player / Japan
1983Hamza Abdullah / Footballer / United States of America
1983Paulo André Cren Benini / Footballer / Brazil
1983Andrew Garfield / Actor / United States of America
1983Héctor Landazuri / Footballer / Colombia
1983Mladen Pelaić / Footballer / Croatia
1983Brian Schaefering / Footballer / United States of America
1983Yuri Zhirkov / Fooballer / Russia
1984Aílton José Almeida / Footballer / Brazil
1984Pavel Eismann / Footballer / Czech Republic
1984Laura Georges / Footballer / France
1984Jamie Hoffmann / Baseball Player / United States of America
1984Ingrid Lukas / Singer / Estonia
1985Glen Buttriss / Rugby Player / Australia
1985Blake DeWitt / Baseball Player / United States of America
1985Thomas Domingo / Rugby Player / France
1985Matt Hague / Baseball Player / United States of America
1985Jack King / Footballer / United Kingdom
1985Álvaro Negredo / Footballer / Spain
1985Willie Ripia / Rugby Player / New Zealand
1985Joe Vitale / Ice Hockey Player / United States of America
1985Stephen Ward / Footballer / Ireland
1985Mark Washington / Footballer / United States of America
1986Andrew Surman / Footballer / United Kingdom
1986Steven Zalewski / Ice Hockey Player / United States of America
1986Taniya Sachdev / Chess Player / India
1987Stefan Aigner / Footballer / Germany
1987Vedran Janjetović / Footballer / Australia
1987Sido Jombati / Footballer / Portugal
1987Egon Kaur / Racing Car Driver / Estonia
1988Jerryd Bayless / Basketball Player / United States of America
1988Sarah R / Writer / United States of America
1988José Zamora / Footballer / Spain
1989Kirko Bangz / Producer / United States of America
1989Nebil Gahwagi / Footballer / Hungary
1989Silas Kiplagat / Runner / Kenya
1989Slavcho Shokolarov / Footballer / Bulgaria
1989Judd Trump / Snooker Player / United Kingdom
1989Dean Winnard / Footballer / United Kingdom
1990Macauley Chrisantus / Footballer / Nigeria
1990Venelin Filipov / Footballer / Bulgaria
1990Leigh Griffiths / Footballer / Scotland

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