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Celebrity Half
Birthdays for August 20

Discover all
the world-renowned actors, singers, athletes,
political leaders, and other celebrities who
share a half birthday on this day. (Source:
Wikipedia) And
hey, don't forget to calculate half birthdays of family &
friends and mark your calendar with alerts at
least a week before so you can plan!
- 1631 – Thomas
Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English
politician (d. 1712)
- 1633 – Jan de Baen,
Dutch painter (d. 1702)
- 1705 – Nicolas
Chédeville, French musette player
and composer (d. 1782)
- 1726 – William
Prescott, American colonel (d. 1795)
- 1745 – Henry James
Pye, English poet (d. 1813)
- 1751 – Johann
Heinrich Voss, German poet (d. 1826)
- 1753 – Louis-Alexandre
Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815)
- 1757 – John 'Mad
Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d.
1834)
- 1759 – Johann
Christian Reil, German physician (d. 1813)
- 1761 – Ludwig
Abeille, German pianist and composer (d.
1838)
- 1763 – Adalbert
Gyrowetz, Bohemian composer (d. 1850)
- 1794 – William
Carleton, Irish author (d. 1869)
- 1802 – Charles
Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and
composer (d. 1870)
- 1819 – Alfred
Escher, Swiss businessman and politician (d.
1882)
- 1839 – Benjamin
Waugh, English activist, founded the NSPCC (d.
1908)
- 1844 – Ludwig
Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (d. 1906)
- 1844 – Joshua
Slocum, Canadian sailor and adventurer (d.
1909)
- 1848 – E. H.
Harriman, American businessman (d. 1909)
- 1850 – Nérée
Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d.
1931)
- 1859 – Eliza
Courtney, French daughter of Georgiana,
Duchess of Devonshire (d.
1859)
- 1860 – Karl
Mantzius, Danish actor and director (d.
1921)
- 1866 – Carl
Westman, Swedish architect, designed the Stockholm
Court House and Röhsska
Museum (d.
1936)
- 1874 – Mary Garden,
Scottish soprano (d. 1967)
- 1879 – Hod Stuart,
Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1907)
- 1867 – Louise,
Princess Royal of
England (d. 1931)
- 1880 – Jacques
d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet
(d. 1923)
- 1887 – Vincent
Massey, Canadian politician, 18th Governor
General of Canada (d.
1967)
- 1888 – Georges
Bernanos, French soldier and author (d.
1948)
- 1893 – Russel
Crouse, American playwright (d. 1966)
- 1893 – Elizabeth
Holloway Marston, American psychologist (d.
1993)
- 1898 – Jimmy
Yancey, American pianist and composer (d.
1951)
- 1899 – Cornelius
Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman (d.
1992)
- 1901 – René Dubos,
French-born American biologist and author (d.
1982)
- 1901 – Cecil
Harmsworth King, English publisher (d. 1987)
- 1901 – Muhammad
Naguib, Egyptian general and politician, 1st President
of Egypt (d.
1984)
- 1901 – Ramakrishna
Ranga Rao of Bobbili, Indian lawyer and
politician (d. 1978)
- 1902 – Ansel Adams,
American photographer (d. 1984)
- 1904 – Alexei
Kosygin, Soviet politician, 8th Premier of
the Soviet Union (d.
1980)
- 1906 – Gale Gordon,
American actor (d. 1995)
- 1907 – Malcolm
Atterbury, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1912 – Pierre
Boulle, French author (d. 1994)
- 1913 – Tommy
Henrich, American baseball player (d. 2009)
- 1914 – John
Charles Daly, South African–American
journalist and game show host (d. 1991)
- 1916 – Jean Erdman,
American dancer and choreographer
- 1918 – Leonore
Annenberg, American businesswoman (d. 2009)
- 1919 – James
O'Meara, English pilot (d. 1974)
- 1920 – Yevgeny
Dragunov, Russian weapons designer, designed
the Dragunov
sniper rifle (d.
1991)
- 1920 – Carl
Schwende, Canadian fencer (d. 2002)
- 1921 – René
Jalbert, Canadian soldier (d. 1996)
- 1921 – Tom
McGuigan, New Zealand politician (d. 2013)
- 1921 – Buddy
Rogers, American wrestler (d. 1992)
- 1923 – Forbes
Burnham, Guyanese politician, 2nd President
of Guyana (d.
1985)
- 1924 – Gloria
Vanderbilt, American actress, author, and
fashion designer
- 1925 – Robert
Altman, American director and screenwriter
(d. 2006)
- 1925 – Tochinishiki
Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (d.
1990)
- 1925 – Heinz
Kluncker, German union leader (d. 2005)
- 1926 – Adolf
Bechtold, German footballer (d. 2012)
- 1926 – Richard
Matheson, American author and screenwriter
(d. 2013)
- 1927 – Roy Cohn,
American lawyer (d. 1986)
- 1927 – Ibrahim
Ferrer, Cuban singer (Buena Vista
Social Club and Afro-Cuban
All Stars) (d. 2005)
- 1927 – Sidney
Poitier, American actor and director
- 1928 – Roy Face,
American baseball player
- 1928 – Jean
Kennedy Smith, American diplomat, 25th United
States Ambassador to Ireland
- 1929 – Amanda
Blake, American actress (d. 1989)
- 1930 – Willie
Cunningham, Irish footballer (d. 2007)
- 1932 – Adrian
Cristobal, Filipino journalist and author
(d. 2007)
- 1932 – Tom Patey,
Scottish mountaineer (d. 1970)
- 1934 – Bobby Unser,
American race car driver
- 1935 – Ellen
Gilchrist, American writer
- 1936 – Marj Dusay,
American actress
- 1936 – Larry Hovis,
American actor and singer (d. 2003)
- 1936 – Shigeo
Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and
coach
- 1937 – Robert
Huber, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1937 – Roger
Penske, American race car driver
- 1937 – Nancy
Wilson, American singer and actress
- 1938 – Richard
Beymer, American actor
- 1938 – Inge
Lønning, Norwegian theologian, educator, and
politician (d. 2013)
- 1939 – Frank
Arundel, English footballer (d. 1994)
- 1940 – John
Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley,
German-English businessman
- 1940 – Jimmy
Greaves, English footballer
- 1941 – Buffy
Sainte-Marie, Canadian-American
singer-songwriter and producer
- 1941 – Lim Kit
Siang, Malaysian politician
- 1942 – Phil
Esposito, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1942 – Charlie
Gillett, English radio host (d. 2010)
- 1942 – Mitch
McConnell, American politician
- 1942 – Claude
Miller, French director, producer, and
screenwriter (d. 2012)
- 1942 – Arbo Valdma,
Estonian pianist
- 1943 – Moshe Cotel,
American pianist and composer (d. 2008)
- 1943 – Antonio
Inoki, Japanese wrestler
- 1943 – Carlos,
French singer, actor and entertainer (d. 2008)
- 1943 – Mike Leigh,
English director
- 1944 – Robert de
Cotret, Canadian politician, 56th Secretary
of State for Canada (d.
1999)
- 1944 – Willem van
Hanegem, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1945 – Andrew
Bergman, American screenwriter and director
- 1945 – Alan Hull,
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lindisfarne)
(d. 1995)
- 1945 – Brion James,
American actor (d. 1999)
- 1945 – Annu Kapoor,
Indian actor
- 1945 – Henry Polic
II, American actor (d. 2013)
- 1946 – Brenda
Blethyn, English actress
- 1946 – Riccardo
Cocciante, French-Italian singer-songwriter
and pianist
- 1946 – Sandy
Duncan, American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1946 – J. Geils,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The J.
Geils Band)
- 1947 – Eggert
Magnússon, Icelandic businessman
- 1947 – Peter
Osgood, English footballer (d. 2006)
- 1947 – Peter
Strauss, American actor and producer
- 1947 – André van
Duin, Dutch actor and singer
- 1948 – Juhan Aare,
Estonian politician
- 1948 – Pierre
Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1948 – Jennifer
O'Neill, Brazilian-American actress
- 1949 – Mab Segrest,
American author and activist
- 1949 – Ivana Trump,
Czech-American skier and model
- 1950 – Walter
Becker, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and producer (Steely Dan)
- 1950 – Ken Shimura,
Japanese actor
- 1950 – Tony Wilson,
English journalist (d. 2007)
- 1951 – Edward
Albert, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1951 – Gordon
Brown, Scottish politician, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1951 – Randy
California, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (Spirit and The Blue
Flame) (d. 1997)
- 1951 – Phil Neal,
English footballer
- 1951 – Sean
Wilentz, American historian and author
- 1953 – Riccardo
Chailly, Italian conductor
- 1953 – Roberto
Ciotti, Italian guitarist and composer (d.
2013)
- 1953 – Poison Ivy,
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and
producer (The Cramps)
- 1954 – Jon Brant,
American bass player (Cheap Trick)
- 1954 – Anthony
Head, English actor and singer
- 1954 – Patty
Hearst, American actress
- 1954 – Billy
Pontoni, Colombian singer-songwriter and
guitarist
- 1956 – Rick Green,
Canadian ice hockey player
- 1957 – Glen Hanlon,
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1958 – James Wilby,
English actor
- 1959 – Scott
Brayton, American race car driver (d. 1996)
- 1959 – Bill
Gullickson, American baseball player
- 1960 – Joel
Hodgson, American comedian and actor
- 1960 – Kee
Marcello, Swedish guitarist (Europe and Kee
Marcello's K2)
- 1961 – Imogen
Stubbs, English actress
- 1962 – Atul
Chitnis, German-Indian technologist (d.
2013)
- 1962 – Kenn
Nesbitt, American author
- 1962 – Dwayne
McDuffie, American author, screenwriter, and
producer, co-founded Milestone
Media (d.
2011)
- 1963 – Charles
Barkley, American basketball player and
sportscaster
- 1963 – Ian Brown,
English singer-songwriter (The Stone
Roses)
- 1963 – Jon Lynn
Christensen, American politician
- 1963 – Mariliza
Xenogiannakopoulou, Greek politician
- 1964 – Willie
Garson, American actor
- 1964 – Rodney
Rowland, American actor
- 1964 – French
Stewart, American actor
- 1965 – Ron Eldard,
American actor
- 1966 – Cindy
Crawford, American model and actress
- 1967 – Paul Accola,
Swiss skier
- 1967 – Kurt Cobain,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nirvana and Fecal
Matter) (d. 1994)
- 1967 – David
Herman, American comedian and actor
- 1967 – Andrew Shue,
American actor
- 1967 – Lili Taylor,
American actress
- 1967 – Tom Waddle,
American football player
- 1968 – Ted Hankey,
English darts player
- 1969 – Gedo,
Japanese wrestler
- 1969 – Vaginal
Davis, American drag queen performer
- 1969 – Siniša
Mihajlović, Serbian footballer
- 1969 – Esther
Moreno, Mexican wrestler
- 1969 – Danis
Tanovic, Bosnian director and screenwriter
- 1969 – Tommy
Vardell, American football player
- 1971 – Calpernia
Addams, American actress, author, and
activist
- 1971 – Jari
Litmanen, Finnish footballer
- 1971 – Shawn
McKenzie, American programmer, created AutoTheme
- 1972 – k-os,
Canadian rapper and producer
- 1972 – Brent
Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 – Kimberley
Davies, Australian actress
- 1973 – Rohan
Alexander, Jamaican-American cricketer
- 1974 – Karim
Bagheri, Iranian footballer
- 1974 – Kateřina
Kroupová-Sisková, Czech tennis player
- 1974 – Ophelie
Winter, French actress
- 1975 – Liván
Hernández, Cuban baseball player
- 1975 – Brian
Littrell, American singer-songwriter and
actor (Backstreet
Boys)
- 1975 – Niclas
Wallin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1976 – Rohan
Gavaskar, Indian cricketer
- 1976 – Ed Graham,
English drummer (The
Darkness and Stone Gods)
- 1977 – Amal Hijazi,
Lebanese singer and model
- 1977 – Gail Kim,
Canadian wrestler and actress
- 1977 – Bartosz
Kizierowski, Polish swimmer
- 1977 – Stephon
Marbury, American basketball player
- 1977 – T. J.
Slaughter, American football player
- 1978 – Lauren
Ambrose, American actress
- 1978 – Jakki Degg,
English model and actress
- 1978 – Jay
Hernandez, American actor
- 1978 – Julia
Jentsch, German actress
- 1980 – Artur Boruc,
Polish footballer
- 1980 – Imanol
Harinordoquy, French rugby player
- 1980 – Luis
Gabriel Rey, Colombian footballer
- 1980 – Yūichi
Nakamura, Japanese voice actor
- 1981 – Tony
Hibbert, English footballer
- 1981 – Fred
Jackson, American football player
- 1981 – Chris Thile,
American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (Nickel
Creek and Punch
Brothers)
- 1982 – Fait-Florian
Banser, German footballer
- 1982 – Jason Hirsh,
American baseball player
- 1983 – Jose
Morales, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1983 – Justin
Verlander, American baseball player
- 1984 – Brian
McCann, American baseball player
- 1984 – Gilles
Pagnon, French-German rugby player
- 1984 – Ramzee
Robinson, American football player
- 1985 – Ryan
Sweeney, American baseball player
- 1985 – Julia
Volkova, Russian singer (t.A.T.u. and Neposedi)
- 1986 – Diego Reis,
Brazilian footballer
- 1988 – Rihanna,
Barbadian-American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1988 – Jiah Khan,
American-Indian actress and singer (d. 2013)
- 1988 – Kealoha
Pilares, American football player
- 1989 – Iga Wyrwał,
Polish model and actress
- 1991 – Giovanni
Kyeremateng Italian
footballer
- 1991 – Angelique
van der Meet, Dutch tennis player
- 1991 – Antonio
Pedroza, English-Mexican footballer
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