April 20 - Births

Births

• 83 BC – Marc Antony, Roman general and statesman (d. 30 BC)
• 1492 – Pietro Aretino, Italian writer and poet (d. 1556)
• 1494 – Johannes Agricola, German Protestant reformer (d. 1566)
• 1586 – Saint Rose of Lima (d. 1617)
• 1633 – Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)
• 1646 – Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)
• 1650 – William Bedloe, English informer (d. 1680)
• 1718 – David Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747)
• 1723 – Cornelius Harnett, American merchant, farmer, and statesman (d. 1781)
• 1727 – Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (d. 1794)
• 1745 – Philippe Pinel, French physician (d. 1826)
• 1748 – Georg Michael Telemann, German composer and theologian (d. 1831)
• 1808 – Napoleon III of France (d. 1873)
• 1816 – Bogoslav Šulek, Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer (d. 1895)
• 1818 – Heinrich Göbel, German mechanic and inventor (d. 1893)
• 1826 – Dinah Craik, English author (d. 1887)
• 1836 – Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American scientist (d. 1895)
• 1850 – Daniel Chester French, American sculptor (d. 1931)
• 1851 – Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1875)
• 1851 – Siegmund Lubin, Polish-American motion picture pioneer (d. 1923)
• 1860 – Justinien de Clary, French trap shooter (d. 1933)
• 1870 – Maulvi Abdul Haq, Pakistani scholar (d. 1961)
• 1871 – Sydney Chapman, British economist and civil servant (d. 1951)
• 1875 – Vladimir Vidrić, Croatian poet (d. 1909)
• 1879 – Paul Poiret, French couturier (d. 1944)
• 1882 – Holland Smith, American General (d. 1967)
• 1884 – Oliver Kirk, American boxer (d. 1960)
• 1884 – Daniel Varujan, Armenian poet (d. 1915)
• 1884 – Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1966)
• 1889 – Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish rabbi, businessman, lawyer and activist (d. 1996)
• 1889 – Adolf Hitler, Austrian-German politician and author, Dictator of Nazi Germany (d. 1945)
• 1890 – Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (d. 1959)
• 1893 – Harold Lloyd, American actor (d. 1971)
• 1893 – Joan Miró, Spanish painter (d. 1983)
• 1893 – Edna Parker, American teacher and super-centenarian (d. 2008)
• 1895 – Emile Christian, American jazz musician (d. 1973)
• 1895 – Henry de Montherlant, French writer (d. 1972)
• 1896 – Wop May, Canadian aviator (d. 1952)
• 1899 – Alan Arnett McLeod Canadian soldier (d. 1918)
• 1904 – Bruce Cabot, American actor (d. 1972)
• 1904 – George Stibitz, American scientist (d. 1995)
• 1907 – Augoustinos Kantiotes, Greek Orthodox bishop of Florina (d. 2010)
• 1908 – Lionel Hampton, American jazz musician, bandleader, and actor (d. 2002)
• 1913 – Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor (d. 1986)
• 1914 – Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (d. 1999)
• 1915 – Joseph Wolpe, South African psychotherapist (d. 1997)
• 1918 – Edward L. Beach, Jr., American naval officer and author (d. 2002)
• 1918 – Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Richard Hillary, Australian pilot and author (d. 1943)
• 1920 – Ronald Speirs, American army officer (d. 2007)
• 1920 – John Paul Stevens, American jurist
• 1920 – Clement Isong, Nigerian politician (d. 2000)
• 1921 – Janine Sutto, French-Canadian actress
• 1923 – Mother Angelica, American nun and broadcaster
• 1923 – Irene Lieblich, Polish painter (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Tito Puente, American jazz musician and producer (d. 2000)
• 1924 – Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Leslie Phillips, English actor
• 1924 – Guy Rocher, Canadian academic and sociologist
• 1925 – Ernie Stautner, German-American football player (d. 2006)
• 1927 – Bud Cullen, Canadian politician and judge (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Phil Hill, American race car driver (d. 2008)
• 1927 – Karl Alexander Müller, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1928 – Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Gerald S. Hawkins, English astronomer (d. 2003)
• 1928 – Arvo Kruusement, Estonian film director
• 1929 – Harry Agganis, Greek-American baseball and football player (d. 1955)
• 1931 – John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles, British businessman and Peer
• 1936 – Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2012)
• 1936 – Pat Roberts, American politician
• 1937 – George Takei, American actor
• 1937 – Antonios Kounadis, Greek discus thrower
• 1937 – Jiří Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician (d. 2011)
• 1938 – Johnny Tillotson, American singer and songwriter
• 1938 – Tamási Eszter, Hungarian actress (d. 1991)
• 1939 – Peter S. Beagle, American author
• 1939 – Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian politician, diplomat, and physician, Prime Minister of Norway
• 1940 – James Gammon, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1941 – David L. Boren, American politician
• 1941 – Ryan O'Neal, American actor
• 1942 – Arto Paasilinna, Finnish writer
• 1943 – John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor
• 1943 – Edie Sedgwick, American actress (d. 1971)
• 1945 – Michael Brandon, American actor
• 1945 – Judith O'Dea, American actress
• 1945 – Steve Spurrier, American football player and coach
• 1945 – Thein Sein, Burmese politician, President of Burma
• 1946 – Tommy Hutton, American baseball player and analyst
• 1946 – Julien Poulin, French-Canadian actor
• 1946 – Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (d. 1982)
• 1947 – Rita Dionne-Marsolais, Canadian politician
• 1947 – David Leland, British actor, director and screenwriter
• 1947 – Ken Scott, English record producer and engineer
• 1947 – Björn Skifs, Swedish singer-songwriter, actor, and screenwriter (Blue Swede and Slam Creepers’)
• 1947 – Andrew Tobias, American journalist and author
• 1948 – Craig Frost, American musician (Grand Funk)
• 1948 – Gregory Itzin, American actor
• 1948 – Rémy Trudel, French-Canadian politician
• 1949 – Veronica Cartwright, American actress
• 1949 – Toller Cranston, Canadian figure skater and artist
• 1949 – Massimo D'Alema, Italian journalist and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Italy
• 1949 – Jessica Lange, American actress
• 1950 – Steve Erickson, American novelist
• 1950 – Alexander Lebed, Russian general and politician (d. 2002)
• 1950 – Chandra Babu Naidu, Indian politician
• 1951 – Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter and producer (Change) (d. 2005)
• 1952 – Louka Katseli, Greek politician, Minister for Labour and Social Security
• 1952 – Božidar Maljković, Serbian basketball coach
• 1953 – Robert Crais, American author
• 1953 – Sebastian Faulks, British novelist
• 1954 – Gilles Lupien, French-Canadian ice hockey player
• 1955 – Don Pettit, American astronaut and engineer
• 1956 – Beatrice Ask, Swedish politician
• 1957 – Geraint Wyn Davies, Welsh-Canadian actor
• 1958 – Viacheslav Fetisov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1959 – Clint Howard, American actor
• 1960 – Rodney Holman American football player
• 1961 – Konstantin Lavronenko, Russian actor
• 1961 – Don Mattingly, American baseball player
• 1961 – Corrado Micalef, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 – Barry Smolin, American radio host, teacher, writer, and composer
• 1961 – Nicholas Lyndhurst, British actor
• 1962 – Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, American radio personality (d. 2001)
• 1963 – Aubrey de Grey, British biomedical gerontologist
• 1963 – Maurício Gugelmin, Brazilian race car driver
• 1964 – Crispin Glover, American actor
• 1964 – Andy Serkis, English actor
• 1964 – Rosalynn Sumners, American figure skater
• 1964 – John Carney American football player
• 1965 – Adrian Fernández, Mexican race car driver
• 1965 – Kostas Hatzidakis, Greek politician
• 1965 – April March, American singer-songwriter and animator
• 1966 – David Chalmers, Australian philosopher
• 1966 – Vincent Riendeau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Raymond van Barneveld, Dutch darts player
• 1967 – Lara Jill Miller, American actress
• 1967 – Mike Portnoy, American musician (Dream Theater, Transatlantic, Liquid Tension Experiment, and Flying Colors)
• 1968 – J. D. Roth, American television host and actor
• 1968 – Yelena Välbe, Russian cross-country skier
• 1968 – Julia Morris, Australian comedian, actress, writer and producer
• 1969 – Felix Baumgartner, Austrian skydiver
• 1970 – Sarantuya, Mongolian soprano
• 1970 – Shemar Moore, American actor
• 1970 – Adriano Moraes, Brazilian bull rider
• 1971 – Carla Geurts, Dutch swimmer
• 1971 – Allan Houston, American basketball player
• 1971 – Nikos Kyzeridis, Greek footballer
• 1972 – Le Huynh Đuc, Vietnamese footballer
• 1972 – Carmen Electra, American actress
• 1972 – Željko Joksimović, Serbian singer-songwriter, and producer
• 1972 – Marko Kon, Serbian singer and songwriter
• 1972 – Stephen Marley, American singer and musician
• 1973 – Geoff Lloyd, English radio presenter
• 1973 – Todd Hollandsworth American baseball player
• 1973 – Lamond Murray, American basketball player
• 1974 – Tina Cousins, English singer-songwriter and model
• 1975 – Benjamin Butler, American artist
• 1976 – Aldo Bobadilla, Paraguayan footballer
• 1976 – Shay Given, Irish footballer
• 1976 – Joey Lawrence, American actor
• 1976 – Chris Mason, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Lenka Němečková, Czech tennis player
• 1977 – John Hugger, American wrestler
• 1978 – Mirei Kuroda, Japanese model
• 1978 – Clayne Crawford, American actor
• 1979 – Ludovic Magnin, Swiss footballer
• 1979 – Nathan Marquardt, American mixed martial artist
• 1979 – Quinn Weng, Taiwanese singer (Seraphim)
• 1980 – Chris Duffy, American baseball player
• 1980 – Arin Paul, Indian director
• 1980 – Jasmin Wagner, German singer, actress, and model
• 1981 – Saša Tabaković, Slovenian actor
• 1982 – Jacqueline Govaert, Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist (Krezip)
• 1982 – Sayaka Kamiya, Japanese actress and model
• 1982 – Dario Knežević, Croatian football player
• 1983 – Danny Granger, American basketball player
• 1983 – Miranda Kerr, Australian model
• 1983 – Sebastian Ingrosso, Swedish DJ and producer (Swedish House Mafia)
• 1983 – Joanne King, Irish-English actress
• 1983 – Patrice M'Bock, Cameroonian footballer
• 1983 – Erik Segerstedt, Swedish singer (E.M.D.)
• 1983 – Fabio Staibano, Italian rugby player
• 1983 – Yuri van Gelder, Dutch gymnast
• 1984 – Nelson Évora, Portuguese athlete
• 1984 – Anthony Fasano, American football player
• 1984 – Tyson Griffin, American mixed martial artist
• 1984 – Jenna Shoemaker, American triathlete
• 1984 – Edixon Perea Valencia, Colombian football player
• 1984 – Harris Wittels, American actor, comedian, and writer
• 1985 – Amanda Fahy, English actress
• 1985 – Curt Hawkins, American wrestler
• 1985 – Ehsan Jami, Dutch-Iranian politician and activist
• 1985 – Billy Magnussen, American actor
• 1985 – Jadyn Maria, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
• 1985 – Brent Seabrook, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director (d. 2003)
• 1987 – John Patrick Amedori, American actor
• 1987 – Thorsten Kirschbaum, German footballer
• 1987 – Michael Klauß, German footballer
• 1987 – Anna Rossinelli, Swiss singer-songwriter
• 1989 – Alex Black, American actor
• 1989 – Heejun Han, American singer
• 1991 – Thomas Curtis, American actor
• 1991 – Marissa King, English gymnast
• 1991 – Ondřej Kraják, Czech footballer
• 1992 – Kristian Álvarez, Mexican footballer
• 1999 – Carly Rose Sonenclar, American actress and singer