Births on 20 July
2000s
Álex Baena
2001
Spanish footballer (born 2001)
1900s
Pop Smoke
1999
American rapper (1999–2020)
Ben Simmons
1996
Australian basketball player (born 1996)
Moses Leota
1995
New Zealand and Samoa international rugby league footballer
Steven Adams
1993
New Zealand basketball player (born 1993)
Nick Cousins
1993
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1993)
Chiyoshōma Fujio
1991
Mongolian sumo wrestler
Ryan James (rugby league)
1991
Australian rugby league footballer
Kira Dixon
1991
American beauty pageant contestant (born 1991)
Philipp Reiter
1991
German ski mountaineer and runner
Tawan Vihokratana
1991
Thai actor, model and host (born 1991)
Lars Unnerstall
1990
German footballer (born 1990)
Javier Cortés
1989
Mexican footballer (born 1989)
Cristian Pasquato
1989
Italian footballer (born 1989)
Julianne Hough
1988
American dancer (born 1988)
Stephen Strasburg
1988
American baseball pitcher (born 1988)
Shahram Mahmoudi
1988
Iranian volleyball player
Nicola Benedetti
1987
Scottish violinist (born 1987)
Niall McGinn
1987
Northern Irish professional footballer (born 1987)
Osric Chau
1986
Canadian actor and martial artist
John Francis Daley
1985
American filmmaker and actor (born 1985)
Harley Morenstein
1985
Canadian Internet personality (born 1985)
David Mundy
1985
Australian rules footballer, born 1985
Alexi Casilla
1984
Dominican baseball player (born 1984)
Matt Gilroy
1984
American ice hockey player (born 1984)
Antoine Vermette
1982
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1982)
Viktoria Ladõnskaja
1981
Estonian politician
Tesfaye Bramble
1980
Footballer (born 1980)
Gisele Bündchen
1980
Brazilian fashion model (born 1980)
Miklós Fehér
1979
Hungarian footballer (1979–2004)
Charlotte Hatherley
1979
British musician
David Ortega (swimmer)
1979
Spanish swimmer (born 1979)
Pavel Datsyuk
1978
Russian ice hockey player (born 1978)
Will Solomon
1978
American basketball player
Elliott Yamin
1978
American singer (born 1978)
Ieva Zunda
1978
Latvian athlete
Kiki Musampa
1977
Footballer (born 1977)
Yves Niaré
1977
French shot putter (1977–2012)
Alessandro Santos
1977
Brazilian-born Japanese footballer (born 1977)
Erica Hill
1976
American journalist
Debashish Mohanty
1976
Indian cricketer (born 1976)
Andrew Stockdale
1976
Australian musician (born 1976)
Alex Yoong
1976
Malaysian racing driver (born 1976)
Ray Allen
1975
American basketball player (born 1975)
Judy Greer
1975
American actress (born 1975)
Erik Hagen
1975
Norwegian footballer (born 1975)
Birgitta Ohlsson
1975
Swedish politician (born 1975)
Jason Raize
1975
American actor and singer (1975–2004)
Yusuf Şimşek
1975
Turkish manager and footballer
Monica Nielsen (politician)
1974
Norwegian politician (born 1974)
Omar Epps
1973
American actor and musician (born 1973)
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
1973
Heir apparent to the Norwegian throne (born 1973)
Peter Forsberg
1973
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1973)
Nixon McLean
1973
West Indian cricketer (born 1973)
Roberto Orci
1973
American screenwriter and producer (1973–2025)
Claudio Reyna
1973
American soccer player
Jamie Ainscough
1972
Australia international rugby league footballer
Jozef Stümpel
1972
Slovak professional ice hockey centre (born 1972)
Erik Ullenhag
1972
Swedish politician and diplomat
Charles Johnson (catcher)
1971
American baseball player (born 1971)
Sandra Oh
1971
Canadian and American actress (born 1971)
DJ Screw
1971
American hip hop DJ (1971–2000)
Josh Holloway
1969
American actor (born 1969)
Kreso Kovacec
1969
German footballer (born 1969)
Giovanni Lombardi (cyclist)
1969
Italian cyclist
Joon Park
1969
South Korean-American entertainer (born 1969)
Tobi Vail
1969
American musician
Vitamin C (singer)
1969
American singer-songwriter (born 1969)
Jimmy Carson
1968
American ice hockey player (born 1968)
Hami Mandıralı
1968
Turkish footballer and manager
Kool G Rap
1968
American rapper (born 1968)
Courtney Taylor-Taylor
1967
American musician
Anton Du Beke
1966
English dancer and TV presenter (born 1966)
Stone Gossard
1966
American guitarist and songwriter (born 1966)
Enrique Peña Nieto
1966
President of Mexico from 2012 to 2018
Jess Walter
1965
American novelist (born 1965)
Chris Cornell
1964
American musician (1964–2017)
Terri Irwin
1964
American conservationist (born 1964)
Sebastiano Rossi
1964
Italian footballer
Bernd Schneider (racing driver)
1964
German racing driver (born 1964)
Frank Whaley
1963
American actor
Carlos Alazraqui
1962
American actor (born 1962)
Giovanna Amati
1962
Italian racing driver (born 1959)
Julie Bindel
1962
English radical feminist writer (born 1962)
Óscar Elías Biscet
1961
Cuban activist (1961-)
Claudio Langes
1960
Italian racing driver (born 1961)
Prvoslav Vujcic
1960
Serbian-Canadian author
Sudesh Berry
1960
Indian actor, director, producer, singer
Mike Witt
1960
American baseball player (born 1960)
Radney Foster
1959
American country singer-songwriter musician (born 1959)
Mick MacNeil
1958
Musical artist
Billy Mays
1958
American salesperson (1958–2009)
Paul Cook
1956
British drummer
Thomas N'Kono
1956
Cameroonian footballer
Jim Prentice
1956
Premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015
Desmond Douglas
1955
British table tennis player
René-Daniel Dubois
1955
Canadian playwright and actor
Jem Finer
1955
English musician (born 1955)
Moira Harris
1954
American actress
Jay Jay French
1954
American guitarist, manager and record producer
Dave Evans (singer)
1953
Welsh-Australian singer (born 1953)
Thomas L. Friedman
1953
American journalist and author (born 1953)
Marcia Hines
1953
Australian singer and TV personality (born 1953)
Jeff Rawle
1951
English actor (born 1951)
Edward Leigh
1950
British politician (born 1950)
Lucille Lemay
1950
Canadian archer (born 1950)
Muse Watson
1948
Film actor
Francis Billy Hilly
1948
Solomon Islands politician (1948–2025)
Gerd Binnig
1947
German physicist (born 1947)
Carlos Santana
1947
American guitarist (born 1947)
Randal Kleiser
1946
American filmmaker (born 1946)
Charles Bowden
1945
American writer (1945–2014)
Kim Carnes
1945
American singer and songwriter (born 1945)
Larry Craig
1945
American politician (born 1945)
Bo Rein
1945
American football player and coach, baseball player (1945–1980)
Mel Daniels
1944
American basketball player and coach (1944–2015)
W. Cary Edwards
1944
American politician
Olivier de Kersauson
1944
French sailor and sailing champion (born 1944)
T. G. Sheppard
1944
American country music singer (born 1944)
Chris Amon
1943
New Zealand racing driver (1943–2016)
John Lodge (musician)
1943
British rock musician (1943–2025)
Bob McNab
1943
English footballer (born 1943)
Adrian Păunescu
1943
Romanian poet and politician (1943–2010)
Wendy Richard
1943
British actress (1943–2009)
Pete Hamilton
1942
American racing driver
Don Chuy
1941
American football player (1941–2014)
Periklis Korovesis
1941
Greek politician and writer (1941–2020)
Kurt Raab
1941
West German stage and film actor
Judy Chicago
1939
American artist (born 1939)
Deniz Baykal
1938
Turkish politician (1938–2023)
Roger Hunt
1938
English footballer (1938–2021)
Tony Oliva
1938
Cuban baseball player (born 1938)
Diana Rigg
1938
English actress (1938–2020)
Natalie Wood
1938
American actress (1938–1981)
Alistair MacLeod
1936
Canadian writer and academic (1936–2014)
Barbara Mikulski
1936
American politician (born 1936)
Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo
1935
British politician, art collector, property developer and nobleman (born 1935)
Buddy Knox
1933
American singer-songwriter (1933–1999)
Cormac McCarthy
1933
American writer (1933–2023)
Rex Williams
1933
English billiards and snooker player (born 1933)
Nam June Paik
1932
South Korean video artist (1932–2006)
Otto Schily
1932
Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany from 1998 to 2005
Shakuntala Karandikar
1931
Indian biographer and philanthropist (1931–2018)
Tony Marsh (racing driver)
1931
British racing driver (1931–2009)
Chuck Daly
1930
American basketball coach (1930–2009)
William H. Goetzmann
1930
Sally Ann Howes
1930
British actress and singer (1930–2021)
Hazel Hawke
1929
First wife of Bob Hawke (1929–2013)
Mike Ilitch
1929
American businessman (1929–2017)
Rajendra Kumar
1929
Indian actor (1927–1999)
David Tonkin
1929
Australian politician (1929 – 2000)
Józef Czyrek
1928
Polish politician (1928–2013)
Belaid Abdessalam
1928
Algerian politician (1928–2020)
Barbara Bergmann
1927
American feminist economist
Heather Chasen
1927
English actress (1927–2020)
Michael Gielen
1927
Austrian conductor and composer (1927–2019)
Ian P. Howard
1927
Canadian psychologist (1927–2013)
Jacques Delors
1925
French politician (1925–2023)
Frantz Fanon
1925
French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925-1961)
Lola Albright
1924
American actress and singer (1924–2017)
Thomas Berger
1924
American writer (1924–2014)
Mort Garson
1924
Pioneering electronic music composer, arranger, and songwriter (1924–2008)
Stanisław Albinowski
1923
Polish economist, columnist, and journalist (born 1923)
Alan S. Boyd
1922
American politician (1922–2020)
Henri Alleg
1921
French-Algerian journalist (1921–2013)
Elliot Richardson
1920
American lawyer and politician (1920–1999)
Edmund Hillary
1919
New Zealand mountaineer (1919–2008)
Jacquemine Charrott Lodwidge
1919
British bookseller (1919–2012)
Cindy Walker
1918
American songwriter, singer (1917–2006)
Dobri Dobrev
1914
Bulgarian ascetic (1914–2018)
Charilaos Florakis
1914
Greek communist politician
Ersilio Tonini
1914
Italian cardinal
George Johnston (novelist)
1912
Australian journalist, war correspondent and novelist
Baqa Jilani
1911
José Zabala-Santos
1911
Filipino cartoonist (1911–1985)
Loda Halama
1911
Polish dancer and actress (1911–1996)
Vilém Tauský
1910
Eric Rowan
1909
South African cricketer
Joseph Levis
1905
American fencer (1905–2005)
Leonidas Berry
1902
American physician (1902–1995)
Vehbi Koç
1901
Turkish entrepreneur and philanthropist (1901–1996)
Eugenio López Sr.
1901
Filipino journalist and broadcaster (1901–1975)
Heinie Manush
1901
American baseball player (1901–1971)
Ida Mett
1901
Belarusian anarchist and writer (1901–1973)
Maurice Leyland
1900
English cricketer (1900–1967)
1800s
Tadeusz Reichstein
1897
Polish-Swiss chemist (1897–1996)
László Moholy-Nagy
1895
Hungarian painter and photographer
George Llewelyn Davies
1893
British Army officer
Verna Felton
1890
American actress (1890–1966)
Julie Vinter Hansen
1890
Danish astronomer (1890-1960)
Giorgio Morandi
1890
Italian painter (1890–1964)
John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
1889
British broadcasting executive and politician (1889–1971)
Olga Hahn-Neurath
1882
Austrian mathematician and philosopher
Tom Crean (explorer)
1877
Irish Antarctic explorer (1877–1938)
Otto Blumenthal
1876
German-Jewish mathematician (1876–1944)
Alberto Santos-Dumont
1873
Brazilian aviation pioneer (1873–1932)
Patriarch Miron of Romania
1868
Romanian Orthodox patriarch and prime minister (1868–1939)
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
1864
Swedish poet
Ruggero Oddi
1864
Italian physiologist and anatomist
Philomène Belliveau
1854
Canadian artist
Theo Heemskerk
1852
Dutch politician (1852–1932)
Robert Anderson Van Wyck
1849
1st Mayor of consolidated New York City (1898–1901)
Max Liebermann
1847
German painter (1847–1935)
Augustin Daly
1838
American theatre impresario (1838–1899)
William Paine Lord
1838
9th Governor of Oregon
Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet
1838
British statesman and author (1838–1928)
Clements Markham
1830
British geographer (1830–1916)
Gregor Mendel
1822
Austrian biologist and friar (1822–1884)
Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet
1816
English surgeon, histologist and anatomist (1816–1892)
Richard Owen
1804
English biologist and palaeontologist (1804–1892)
Before 1800
Mahmud II
1789
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 to 1839
Auguste de Marmont
1774
French Marshal (1774–1852)
Jakob Haibel
1762
Garsevan Chavchavadze
1757
Georgian nobleman, politician and diplomat
Antoine Destutt de Tracy
1754
French aristocrat and philosopher (1754–1836)
William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland
1649
Dutch-born British courtier and diplomat
Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder
1620
17th century Dutch scholar and poet (1620–1681)
Robert Wallop
1601
English politician (1601–1667)
Johan Björnsson Printz
1592
1600s governor of New Sweden
Anne Hutchinson
1591
English-born religious figure (1591–1643)
Alban Roe
1583
English Catholic saint
Arnaud d'Ossat
1537
French diplomat and Catholic cardinal (1537–1604)
Pope Innocent IX
1519
Head of the Catholic Church in 1591
John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath
1470
English noble
Margaret, Countess of Pembroke
1346
English princess (1346–1361)
John Tiptoft, 2nd Baron Tibetot
1313
English nobleman
Petrarch
1304
Italian scholar and poet (1304–1374)
Taichō
682
Japanese monk and scholar (682–767)