July 20/Births

This page is to record people born on July 20.

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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)

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")

References

*"Facts on File Yearbook", various years
*Facts on File's "Day by Day" series
*"Encyclopaedia Britannica Yearbook", various years
* [http://www.imdb.com/OnThisDay?day=20&month=July Internet Movie Database July 20 in Movie History page]
*"The New York Times," July 21st issues of various years
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External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/20 BBC: On This Day]