Births on 20 May
2000s
Doug the Pug
2012
American celebrity dog (born 2012)
1900s
Jamie Chadwick
1998
British racing driver (born 1998)
Nam Nguyen
1998
Canadian figure skater (born 1998)
Kaoru Mitoma
1997
Japanese footballer (born 1997)
Brian Kelly (rugby league)
1996
Australian rugby league footballer (born 1996)
Ramy Rabia
1993
Egyptian footballer (born 1993)
Caroline Zhang
1993
American figure skater
Cate Campbell
1992
Australian competitive swimmer (born 1992)
Jack Gleeson
1992
Irish actor (born 1992)
Enes Kanter Freedom
1992
American basketball player (born 1992)
Fanny Smith
1992
Swiss freestyle skier (born 1992)
Bastian Baker
1991
Swiss musician
Emre Çolak
1991
Turkish footballer
Josh O'Connor
1990
English actor (born 1990)
Siosaia Vave
1989
Tonga international rugby league footballer
Joel Moon
1988
Australian rugby league footballer
Mike Havenaar
1987
Japanese footballer
Julian Wright
1987
American basketball player (born 1987)
Dexter Blackstock
1986
English-Antiguan footballer (born 1986)
Stéphane Mbia
1986
Cameroonian footballer (born 1986)
Jiřina Kudličková
1986
Czech pole vaulter
Chris Froome
1985
British cyclist (born 1985)
Brendon Goddard
1985
Australian rules footballer, born 1985
Mauro (footballer, born May 1984)
1984
Brazilian footballer
Patrick Ewing Jr.
1984
American basketball player (born 1984)
Keith Grennan
1984
American football player (born 1984)
N. T. Rama Rao Jr.
1983
Indian actor (born 1983)
Óscar Cardozo
1983
Paraguayan footballer (born 1983)
Matt Langridge
1983
British rower
Petr Čech
1982
Czech footballer and ice hockey player (born 1982)
Imran Farhat
1982
Pakistani cricketer
Jessica Raine
1982
British actress (born 1981/82)
Daniel Ribeiro (director)
1982
Brazilian film director
Iker Casillas
1981
Spanish footballer (born 1981)
Rachel Platten
1981
American singer-songwriter (born 1981)
Lindsay Taylor
1981
American basketball player (born 1981)
Mark Winterbottom
1981
Australian racing driver
Austin Kearns
1980
American baseball player (born 1980)
Kassim Osgood
1980
American football player (born 1980)
Andrew Scheer
1979
Canadian politician (born 1979)
Jayson Werth
1979
American baseball player (born 1979)
Hristos Banikas
1978
Greek chess grandmaster (born 1978)
Pavla Rybová
1978
Czech pole vaulter
Nils Schumann
1978
German middle-distance runner
Matt Czuchry
1977
American actor (born 1977)
Leo Franco
1977
Argentine former professional footballer
Angela Goethals
1977
American actress (born 1977)
Stirling Mortlock
1977
Australia international rugby union player
Vesa Toskala
1977
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1977)
Ramón Hernández
1976
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1976)
Tomoya Satozaki
1976
Japanese baseball player
Juan Minujín
1975
Argentine actor and film director (born 1975)
Allison Amend
1974
American novelist and short story writer
Shiboprosad Mukherjee
1974
Indian film director, writer, actor (b. 1974)
Nathan Long (rugby league)
1973
Australian rugby league footballer
Michael Diamond (sport shooter)
1972
Australian sport shooter
Christophe Dominici
1972
French rugby union player (1972–2020)
Busta Rhymes
1972
American rapper (born 1972)
Šárka Kašpárková
1971
Czech former track and field athlete (born 1971)
Hanne Stenvaag
1971
Norwegian politician (born 1971)
Tony Stewart
1971
American racing driver and team owner (born 1971)
Terrell Brandon
1970
American basketball player (born 1970)
Louis Theroux
1970
British and American journalist and author (born 1970)
Road Dogg
1969
American professional wrestler
Timothy Olyphant
1968
American actor (born 1968)
Graham Brady
1967
British politician (born 1967)
Gabriele Muccino
1967
Italian film director (born 1967)
Dan Abrams
1966
American entrepreneur, television host, and lawyer (born 1966)
Ted Allen
1965
American television personality (born 1965)
Stu Grimson
1965
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1965)
Kōichirō Genba
1964
Japanese politician (born 1964)
Edin Osmanović
1964
Slovenian association football manager
Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
1964
British peer and the brother of Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1964)
David Wells
1963
American baseball player (born 1963)
Clive Allen
1961
English footballer (born 1961)
Nick Heyward
1961
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Tony Goldwyn
1960
American actor and director (born 1960)
Susan Cowsill
1959
American musician, singer and songwriter (born 1959)
Ron Reagan
1958
American progressive political commentator
Jane Wiedlin
1958
American musician and actress (born 1958)
Yoshihiko Noda
1957
Prime Minister of Japan from 2011 to 2012
Ingvar Ambjørnsen
1956
Norwegian writer (1956–2025)
Gerry Peyton
1956
Association football player (born 1956)
Douglas Preston
1956
American journalist and author (born 1956)
Steve George (keyboardist)
1955
Musical artist
Zbigniew Preisner
1955
Polish film score composer
David Paterson
1954
Governor of New York from 2008 to 2010
Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway
1954
Scottish advocate and judge
Robert Doyle
1953
Australian politician
Roger Milla
1952
Cameroonian footballer (born 1952)
Michael Wills
1952
British Labour politician
Thomas Akers
1951
American astronaut (born 1951)
Christie Blatchford
1951
Canadian journalist
Mike Crapo
1951
American lawyer and politician (born 1951)
Andy Johns
1950
British record producer and engineer (1950–2013)
Reinaldo Merlo
1950
Argentine footballer (born 1950)
Jane Parker-Smith
1950
British classical organist (1950–2020)
Robert Morin
1949
Canadian film director, actor and cinematographer
Michèle Roberts
1949
British writer, novelist and poet (born 1949)
Dave Thomas (actor)
1949
Canadian actor and comedian (born 1949)
T. Rex (band)
1947
English rock band (1967–1977)
Greg Dyke
1947
British media executive (born 1947)
Cher
1946
American singer and actress (born 1946)
Bobby Murcer
1946
American baseball player and broadcaster (1946–2008)
Vladimiro Montesinos
1945
Former Head of Peruvian Intelligence Service
Joe Cocker
1944
English singer (1944–2014)
Boudewijn de Groot
1944
Dutch musician (born 1944)
Keith Fletcher
1944
English cricketer
Dietrich Mateschitz
1944
Austrian entrepreneur (1944–2022)
Pekka Siitoin
1944
Finnish neo-Nazi and Satanist (1944–2003)
Albano Carrisi
1943
Italian recording artist; singer and actor
Deryck Murray
1943
West Indies cricketer (born 1943)
Raymond Chrétien
1942
Canadian diplomat
Lynn Davies
1942
Welsh former track and field athlete
Carlos Hathcock
1942
United States Marine Corps sniper (1942–1999)
Frew McMillan
1942
South African tennis player
Goh Chok Tong
1941
Prime Minister of Singapore from 1990 to 2004
John Strasberg
1941
American actor
Shorty Long
1940
American R&B and soul singer-songwriter (1940–1969)
Stan Mikita
1940
Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player (1940–2018)
Sadaharu Oh
1940
Chinese-Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1940)
Balu Mahendra
1939
Film director in Indian cinema (1939–2014)
Dave Hill (golfer)
1937
American professional golfer (1937–2011)
Derek Lampe
1937
English footballer
Anthony Zerbe
1936
American actor
José Mujica
1935
President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015
Constance Towers
1933
American actress (born 1933)
Ken Boyer
1931
American baseball player and manager (1931–1982)
Louis Smith (musician)
1931
American jazz musician
Sam Etcheverry
1930
American gridiron football player (1930–2009)
Pedro Trebbau
1929
Venezuelan zoologist (1929–2021)
Gilles Loiselle
1929
Canadian politician (1929–2022)
Bud Grant
1927
American football player and coach (1927–2023)
David Hedison
1927
American actor (1927–2019)
Franciszek Macharski
1927
Polish cardinal (1927–2016)
Bob Sweikert
1926
American racing driver (1926–1956)
Aleksey Tupolev
1925
Soviet aircraft designer (1925–2001)
David Chavchavadze
1924
American writer (1924–2014)
Zelmar Michelini
1924
Uruguayan reporter and politician
Edith Fellows
1923
American actress (1923–2011)
Sam Selvon
1923
Trinidadian writer (1923–1994)
Ted Hinton (footballer)
1922
Northern Ireland footballer
Wolfgang Borchert
1921
German playwright and writer
Hal Newhouser
1921
American baseball player (1921–1998)
Hao Wang (academic)
1921
Chinese-American professor (1921–1995)
John Cruickshank
1920
Scottish Royal Air Force officer (1920–2025)
George Gobel
1919
American comedian and actor (1919–1991)
Aleksandra Boiko
1918
Russian military personnel
Edward B. Lewis
1918
American biologist (1918-2004)
Tony Cliff
1917
Jewish-British socialist activist (1917–2000)
Guy Favreau
1917
Canadian politician (1917–1967)
Owen Chadwick
1916
British historian and academic (1916–2015)
Aleksey Maresyev
1916
Soviet World War II flying ace
Ondina Valla
1916
Italian athletics competitor
Peter Copley
1915
English actor (1915–2008)
Moshe Dayan
1915
Israeli military leader and politician (1915–1981)
Joff Ellen
1915
Australian entertainer, actor and comedian
Teodoro Fernández
1913
Peruvian footballer (1913–1996)
Bill Hewlett
1913
American engineer (1913–2001)
Carlos J. Gradin
1913
Argentine archaeologist (1918–2002)
Gardner Fox
1911
American comics writer (1911–1986)
Annie M.G. Schmidt
1911
Dutch writer (1911–1995)
Henry Bolte
1908
Australian politician (1908–1990)
Louis Daquin
1908
French film director
Francis Raymond Fosberg
1908
American botanist
James Stewart
1908
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
Carl Mydans
1907
American photographer
Giuseppe Siri
1906
Italian cardinal (1906–1989)
Margery Allingham
1904
English editor and novelist (1904–1966)
Max Euwe
1901
Dutch chess grandmaster (1901–1981)
Doris Fleeson
1901
American journalist and columnist (1901–1970)
Sumitranandan Pant
1900
Indian writer
1800s
Aleksandr Deyneka
1899
Russian and Soviet painter
John Marshall Harlan II
1899
US Supreme Court justice from 1955 to 1971
Eduard Ole
1898
Estonian painter
Diego Abad de Santillán
1897
Spanish anarchist, author, economist (1897–1983)
Malcolm Nokes
1897
British athlete
R. J. Mitchell
1895
British aircraft designer (1895–1937)
Chandrashekharendra Saraswati VIII
1894
68th Peethadishwar of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
Ali Sami Yen
1886
Turkish footballer and sports manager (1886–1951)
Faisal I
1883
King of Iraq from 1921 to 1933
Sigrid Undset
1882
Norwegian novelist (1882–1949)
Hans Meerwein
1879
German chemist (1879–1965)
Patrick Leahy (athlete)
1877
Athletics competitor (1877–1927)
Hendrik Offerhaus
1875
Dutch rower
Eduard Buchner
1860
German chemist (1860–1917)
Henri-Edmond Cross
1856
French Neo-Impressionist painter (1856–1910)
George Prendergast
1854
Australian politician
Emile Berliner
1851
German-born American inventor (1851–1929)
Jules Méline
1838
Prime Minister of France from 1896 to 1898
Hector Malot
1830
French writer (1830-1907)
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
1825
American philosopher (1825-1921)
Cadmus M. Wilcox
1824
United States Army officer (1824–1890)
Frédéric Passy
1822
French economist and pacifist (1822–1912)
William Fargo
1818
American businessman and politician (1818–1881)
Alfred Domett
1811
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1862 to 1863
John Stuart Mill
1806
English philosopher and author (1806–1873)
Before 1800
Honoré de Balzac
1799
French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
Pedro María de Anaya
1795
President of Mexico from 1847 to 1848
Simon Fraser (explorer)
1776
Canadian explorer (1776–1862)
Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet
1772
British politician (1772–1828)
Andreas Miaoulis
1769
Greek naval officer (1765–1835)
William Thornton
1759
American inventor and architect (1759–1828)
Francis Cotes
1726
English painter (1726–1770)
Andreas Schlüter
1664
German sculptor and architect (1659–1714)
Robert Heath
1575
English judge and politician
Hieronymus Fabricius
1537
Italian physician, anatomist and surgeon (1533–1619)
Thado Minsaw of Ava
1531
16th-century Burmese Viceroy of Ava
Levinus Lemnius
1505
Dutch physician and author (1505–1568)
Pietro Bembo
1470
Italian scholar, poet, and cardinal (1470–1547)
Bonne of Luxembourg
1315
French noblewoman (1315–1349)