Births on 20 August
2000s
Prince Gabriel of Belgium
2003
Belgian prince (born 2003)
1900s
Lieke Klaver
1998
Dutch sprinter (born 1998)
Kaho Minagawa
1997
Japanese rhythmic gymnast
Daniel Vladař
1997
Czech ice hockey player (born 1997)
Bunty Afoa
1996
Samoan international rugby league footballer
Liana Liberato
1995
American actress (born 1995)
Mitchell Trubisky
1994
American football player (born 1994)
Tonisha Rock-Yaw
1993
Barbadian netball player
Matt Eisenhuth
1992
Australian rugby league footballer
Carolina Horta
1992
Brazilian beach volleyball player (born 1992)
Demi Lovato
1992
American singer (born 1992)
Alex Newell
1992
American actor and singer (born 1992)
Deniss Rakels
1992
Latvian footballer
Callum Skinner
1992
Scottish track cyclist
Marko Djokovic
1991
Serbian professional tennis player
Jyrki Jokipakka
1991
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1991)
Cory Joseph
1991
Canadian basketball player (born 1991)
Macauley Chrisantus
1990
Nigerian footballer
Culoe De Song
1990
South African DJ and music producer
Leigh Griffiths
1990
Scottish footballer (born 1990)
Bradley Klahn
1990
American tennis player
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
1990
Dutch swimmer
Kirko Bangz
1989
American rapper (born 1989)
Silas Kiplagat
1989
Kenyan middle-distance runner
Slavcho Shokolarov
1989
Bulgarian footballer
Judd Trump
1989
English snooker player (born 1989)
Dean Winnard
1989
British footballer (born 1989)
Jerryd Bayless
1988
American basketball player (born 1988)
Sarah R. Lotfi
1988
American filmmaker (born 1988)
José Zamora (footballer, born 1988)
1988
Spanish footballer
Stefan Aigner
1987
German footballer (born 1987)
Gunther (wrestler)
1987
Austrian professional wrestler (born 1987)
Manny Jacinto
1987
Canadian actor (born 1987)
Vedran Janjetović
1987
Croatian professional footballer
Sido Jombati
1987
Portuguese footballer (born 1987)
Egon Kaur
1987
Estonian rally driver (born 1987)
Andrew Surman
1986
English footballer (born 1986)
Steven Zalewski
1986
American ice hockey player (born 1986)
Brant Daugherty
1985
American actor
Glen Buttriss
1985
Australian rugby league footballer
Blake DeWitt
1985
American baseball player (born 1985)
Thomas Domingo
1985
France international rugby union player
Matt Hague
1985
American baseball player & coach (born 1985)
Jack King (footballer, born 1985)
1985
English association football player
Álvaro Negredo
1985
Spanish footballer (born 1985)
Willie Ripia
1985
Rugby player
Joe Vitale (ice hockey)
1985
American ice hockey player
Stephen Ward (footballer)
1985
Irish footballer
Mark Washington (linebacker)
1985
American football player and coach (born 1985)
Aílton (footballer, born August 1984)
1984
Brazilian footballer
Pavel Eismann
1984
Czech footballer
Laura Georges
1984
French footballer (born 1984)
Jamie Hoffmann
1984
American baseball player (born 1984)
Ingrid Lukas
1984
Estonian-Swiss singer, pianist and composer
Hamza Abdullah
1983
American football player (born 1983)
Paulo André
1983
Brazilian footballer
Andrew Garfield
1983
English and American actor (born 1983)
Héctor Landázuri
1983
Colombian footballer (born 1983)
Brian Schaefering
1983
American football player (born 1983)
Yuri Zhirkov
1983
Russian footballer (born 1983)
Cléber (footballer, born August 1982)
1982
Brazilian footballer
Aleksandre Amisulashvili
1982
Georgian footballer
Monty Dumond
1982
South African rugby union player
Youssouf Hersi
1982
Footballer (born 1982)
Joshua Kennedy
1982
Australian association football player (born 1982)
Mijaín López
1982
Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler (born 1982)
Meghan Ory
1982
Canadian television and film actress (born 1982)
Richard Petiot
1982
Canadian ice hockey player
Barney Rogers
1982
Enyelbert Soto
1982
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1982)
Ben Barnes (actor)
1981
English actor (born 1981)
Brett Finch
1981
Australian rugby league footballer
Artur Kotenko
1981
Estonian footballer
Bernard Mendy
1981
French footballer (born 1981)
Craig Ochs
1981
American football player (born 1981)
Byron Saxton
1981
American professional wrestling color commentator
Sarah Borwell
1979
British tennis player
Jamie Cullum
1979
English jazz-pop singer (born 1979)
Cory Sullivan
1979
American baseball player (born 1979)
Alberto Martín
1978
Spanish tennis player (born 1978)
Emir Mkademi
1978
Tunisian footballer
Chris Schroder
1978
American baseball player (born 1978)
Paolo Bianco
1977
Italian footballer (born 1977)
Wayne Brown (footballer, born August 1977)
1977
English footballer (born 1977)
Felipe Contepomi
1977
Argentina international rugby union player & coach
Manuel Contepomi
1977
Argentine rugby union footballer
Stéphane Gillet
1977
Luxembourgish footballer (born 1977)
Aaron Hamill
1977
Australian rules footballer
Ívar Ingimarsson
1977
Icelandic footballer (born 1977)
Jimmy Ormond
1977
English cricketer (born 1977)
Josh Pearce
1977
American baseball player (born 1977)
Aaron Taylor (baseball)
1977
American baseball player (born 1977)
Chris Drury
1976
American ice hockey player and executive (born 1976)
Cornel Frăsineanu
1976
Romanian footballer (born 1976)
Tony Grant (Irish footballer)
1976
Irish footballer (born 1976)
Kristen Miller
1976
American actress (born 1976)
Fabio Ulloa
1976
Honduran footballer (born 1976)
Marcin Adamski
1975
Polish footballer (born 1975)
Marko Martin
1975
Estonian pianist
Shaun Newton
1975
English footballer (born 1975)
Elijah Williams (defensive back)
1975
American football player (born 1975)
Amy Adams
1974
American actress (born 1974)
Misha Collins
1974
American actor
Szabolcs Sáfár
1974
Hungarian footballer
Andy Strachan
1974
Australian rock musician (born 1974)
Maxim Vengerov
1974
Israeli violinist, violist, and conductor (born 1974)
Alban Bushi
1973
Albanian footballer (born 1973)
Alexandre Finazzi
1973
Brazilian footballer (born 1973)
Scott Goodman
1973
Australian swimmer
Todd Helton
1973
American baseball player (born 1973)
Cameron Mather
1973
Scotland international rugby union player
José Paniagua
1973
Dominican baseball player (born 1973)
Donn Swaby
1973
American actor (born 1973)
Juan Becerra Acosta
1973
Mexican journalist
Derrick Alston
1972
American basketball player (born 1972)
Melvin Booker
1972
American basketball player (born 1972)
Chaney Kley
1972
American actor (1972–2007)
Scott Quinnell
1972
British Lions & Wales international dual-code rugby footballer
Anna Umemiya
1972
Japanese television personality and model (born 1972)
Nenad Bjelica
1971
Croatian football manager
Matt Calland
1971
England international Rugby League footballer and coach
Ke Huy Quan
1971
American actor (born 1970/1971)
Steve Stone (footballer)
1971
English footballer (born 1971)
David Walliams
1971
English comedian, writer and actor (born 1971)
Els Callens
1970
Belgian tennis player
Fred Durst
1970
American musician (born 1970)
Billy Gardell
1969
American actor (born 1968)
Mark Holzemer
1969
American baseball player (born 1969)
Santeri Kinnunen
1969
Finnish actor (born 1969)
Brett Angell
1968
English footballer and coach
Abdelatif Benazzi
1968
France & Morocco international rugby union player
Sandy Brondello
1968
Australian basketball player and coach (born 1968)
Klas Ingesson
1968
Swedish footballer and manager (1968-2014)
Yuri Shiratori
1968
Japanese voice actress and singer
Bai Yansong
1968
Chinese journalist
Andy Benes
1967
American baseball player (born 1967)
Miguel Albaladejo
1966
Spanish screenwriter and film director
Colin Cunningham
1966
American television and film actor
Dimebag Darrell
1966
American guitarist (1966–2004)
Enrico Letta
1966
Italian politician (born 1966)
Liu Chunyan
1966
Chinese host and actress
KRS-One
1965
American rapper (born 1965)
Azarias Ruberwa
1964
Congolese politician, lawyer and public figure
Uwe Bialon
1963
German footballer and manager
Kal Daniels
1963
American baseball player (born 1963)
José Cecena
1963
Mexican baseball player (born 1963)
James Marsters
1962
American actor (born 1962)
Amanda Berry (film executive)
1961
British media businesswoman
Dom Duff
1960
Musical artist
Mark Langston
1960
American baseball player (born 1960)
Nigel Dodds
1958
Northern Ireland politician (born 1958)
Patricia Rozema
1958
Canadian film director, writer and producer
David O. Russell
1958
American filmmaker (born 1958)
John Stehr
1958
American journalist
Finlay Calder
1957
British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player
Jim Calder (rugby union)
1957
British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player
Simon Donaldson
1957
English mathematician (born 1957)
Sorin Antohi
1957
Romanian historian, essayist, and journalist
Paul Johnson (American football coach, born 1957)
1957
American college football coach
Joan Allen
1956
American actress (born 1956)
Alvin Greenidge
1956
West Indian cricketer (born 1956)
Desmond Swayne
1956
British politician (born 1956)
Agnes Chan
1955
Hong Kong-born singer and activist
Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
1955
British politician and life peer (born 1955)
Quinn Buckner
1954
American basketball player and coach
Tawn Mastrey
1954
American infotainer
Al Roker
1954
American weather presenter, television and radio personality (born 1954)
Gerry Bertier
1953
American high school football player and Paralympian (1953–1981)
Peter Horton
1953
American actor and director
Mike Jackson (Texas politician)
1953
American politician (born 1953)
Jim Trenton
1953
American radio broadcaster
Leroy Burgess
1953
American music producer (born 1953)
John Emburey
1952
English cricketer (born 1952)
Doug Fieger
1952
American singer-songwriter
John Hiatt
1952
American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1952)
Ric Menello
1952
American filmmaker and screenwriter (1952–2013)
Greg Bear
1951
American writer and illustrator (1951–2022)
DeForest Soaries
1951
American politician
Nikolas Asimos
1949
Greek composer and singer
Phil Lynott
1949
Irish rock musician (1949–1986)
John Noble
1948
Australian actor (born 1948)
Robert Plant
1948
English singer (born 1948)
Alan Lee (illustrator)
1947
Illustrator and movie conceptual designer (born 1947)
James Pankow
1947
American trombone player and songwriter (born 1947)
Ray Wise
1947
American actor (born 1947)
Mufaddal Saifuddin
1946
53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra
Henryk M. Broder
1946
German journalist (born 1946)
Connie Chung
1946
American TV journalist (born 1946)
Laurent Fabius
1946
Prime Minister of France from 1984 to 1986
Ralf Hütter
1946
German musician and composer (born 1946)
N. R. Narayana Murthy
1946
Indian businessman (born 1946)
Roy Gardner (businessman)
1945
British businessman
Rajiv Gandhi
1944
Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989
Graig Nettles
1944
American professional baseball player, third baseman, coach (born 1944)
José Wilker
1944
Brazilian actor and director
Roger Gale
1943
British Conservative politician
Sylvester McCoy
1943
Scottish actor (born 1943)
Isaac Hayes
1942
American musician and actor (1942–2008)
Fred Norman (baseball)
1942
American baseball player (born 1942)
Dave Brock
1941
English musician
Rich Brooks
1941
American football player and coach (born 1941)
Anne Evans (soprano)
1941
Musical artist
William H. Gray III
1941
American politician (1941–2013)
Slobodan Milošević
1941
Yugoslav and Serbian politician (1941–2006)
Robin Oakley
1941
British journalist
Jo Ramírez
1941
Mexican motorsport engineer and manager (born 1941)
Rubén Hinojosa
1940
American politician (born 1940)
Gus Macdonald
1940
Scottish television executive, life peer (born 1940)
Rex Sellers (cricketer)
1940
Australian cricketer (born 1940)
Fernando Poe Jr.
1939
Filipino actor, film director, and politician (1939–2004)
Mike Velarde
1939
Filipino television evangelist (born 1939)
Jean-Loup Chrétien
1938
French astronaut (born 1938)
Peter Day (chemist)
1938
British inorganic chemist (1938–2020)
Alain Vivien
1938
French politician
Stelvio Cipriani
1937
Italian composer
Andrei Konchalovsky
1937
Russian filmmaker (born 1937)
Sky Saxon
1937
American singer (1937–2009)
Hideki Shirakawa
1936
Japanese chemist, engineer, and professor
Ron Paul
1935
American author, activist and politician (born 1935)
Sneaky Pete Kleinow
1934
American country musician (1934–2007)
Tom Mangold
1934
British writer and broadcaster
Ted Donaldson
1933
American child actor (1933–2023)
George J. Mitchell
1933
American politician, diplomat, and judge (born 1933)
Anthony Ainley
1932
British actor (1932–2004)
Vasily Aksyonov
1932
Soviet and Russian novelist (1932–2009)
Atholl McKinnon
1932
South African cricketer (1932–1983)
Don King
1931
American boxing promoter (born 1931)
Mario Bernardi
1930
Canadian conductor and pianist
Peter Randall (British Army soldier)
1930
Kevin Heffernan (Gaelic footballer)
1929
Irish Gaelic footballer and manager (1929–2013
John Boardman (art historian)
1927
British classical archaeologist (1927–2024)
Yootha Joyce
1927
British actress (1927–1980)
Fred Kavli
1927
Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist
Peter Oakley
1927
British vlogger (1927–2014)
Frank Rosolino
1926
American jazz trombonist (1926–1978)
Nobby Wirkowski
1926
American gridiron football player and coach (1926–2014)
George Zuverink
1924
American baseball player (1924–2014)
Jim Reeves
1923
American singer (1923–1964)
Keith Froome
1921
Australia international rugby league footballer
Jack Wilson (Australian cricketer)
1921
Australian cricketer
H. R. Van Dongen
1920
American artist
Walter Bernstein
1919
American screenwriter and film producer (1919–2021)
Adamantios Androutsopoulos
1919
Lawyer and professor (1919–2000)
Jacqueline Susann
1918
American novelist and actress (1918–1974)
Terry Sanford
1917
American lawyer and politician (1917–1998)
Paul Felix Schmidt
1916
Estonian chess player and chemist (1916–1984)
Ivo Rojnica
1915
Croatian fascist official (1915–2007)
Roger Wolcott Sperry
1913
American neuropsychologist, neurobiologist and Nobel laureate
John H. Michaelis
1912
United States Army general
Eero Saarinen
1910
American architect (1910–1961)
André Morell
1909
English actor (1909–1978)
Alby Roberts
1909
New Zealand cricketer (1909–1978)
Al López
1908
American baseball player and manager (1908–2005)
Vidrik Rootare
1906
Estonian chess player (1906–1981)
Jean Gebser
1905
Swiss philosopher, linguist, and poet
Mikio Naruse
1905
Japanese filmmaker (1905–1969)
Jack Teagarden
1905
American jazz trombonist and singer (1905–1964)
Salvatore Quasimodo
1901
Italian poet and translator (1901–1968)
1800s
Vilhelm Moberg
1898
Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater
Tarjei Vesaas
1897
Norwegian writer (1897–1970)
Gostha Pal
1896
Indian footballer (1896–1976)
H. P. Lovecraft
1890
American writer (1890–1937)
Tôn Đức Thắng
1888
Vietnamese politician (1888–1980)
Phan Khôi
1887
Paul Tillich
1886
German and American theologian and philosopher (1886–1965)
Dino Campana
1885
Italian poet
Rudolf Bultmann
1884
German theologian (1884–1976)
Edgar A. Guest
1881
British-born American writer and poet (1881–1959)
Aleksander Hellat
1881
Estonian politician
Eliel Saarinen
1873
Finnish and American architect (1873–1950)
Ellen Roosevelt
1868
American tennis player
Bernard Tancred
1865
South African cricketer
Raymond Poincaré
1860
President of France from 1913 to 1920
George Griffith
1857
British science fiction writer (1857–1906)
Jakub Bart-Ćišinski
1856
Sorbian writer (1856–1909)
Andrew Greenwood
1847
English cricketer (1847–1889)
Bolesław Prus
1847
Polish novelist (1847–1912)
Albert Chmielowski
1845
Polish noble and saint
Benjamin Harrison
1833
President of the United States from 1889 to 1893
Before 1800
James Prinsep
1799
English scholar, orientalist and antiquary(1799–1840)
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
1779
Swedish chemist (1779–1848)
Bernardo O'Higgins
1778
Chilean independence leader (1778–1842)
Bernard de Bury
1720
French musician and court composer
Christian Mayer (astronomer)
1719
Czech-German astronomer
Thomas Simpson
1710
British mathematician and inventor
Henry Every
1659
English captain and pirate (late 1600s)
Louis Bourdaloue
1632
French Jesuit and preacher (1632–1704)
Thomas Corneille
1625
French lexicographer and dramatist (1625-1709)
Jacopo Peri
1561
Italian composer and singer (1561–1633)
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle
1517
Burgundian statesman
Shah Rukh
1377
Ruler of the Timurid Empire from 1405 to 1447